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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
4
The piece reflects on journalistic versatility and shows that top writers blend editorials, ads, and local correspondence. It argues the best reporters craft engaging copy from scant facts, making fake stories readable while cold data feels dull to most readers.
The article profiles Dr Matthew Henry Kollock a Norfolk born physician from Savannah with Southern roots. It notes his status as a standard authority in the Encyclopaedia Britannica and his discovery of the active principle of Gelsemium for neuralgia. It highlights his worldwide travels and notable cures at Hot Springs Arkansas once deemed incurable by other doctors.
Mrs. Yerger wears a new dress to the ball amid remarks on its costly price in hard times. Colonel Yerger reacts with practical concern, while Mrs. Yerger replies money matters are irrelevant when it comes to making him happy.
An 1870s style note states Orange Blossom is a safe harm free flax seed poultice usable by any woman. It is sold by J H Blackburn.
A county institute survey found only six of about one hundred teachers hold up their local paper to support community notices. The superintendent warned that papers print free items only when patrons invest. he threatened to reject communications from societies unwilling to subscribe.
A merchant in Ionia Michigan paid a debt with a First National Bank of Ionia check. The Detroit bank sent it to Chicago then Muskegon Grand Rapids and back to Detroit eventually returning to Ionia. The route covered 36 miles and twelve postage usages, prompting call for a faster collection method.
Lanier notes years of selling Tetterine which he deems highly effective for ringworm, ground itch, and piles. The ad states it is a sure cure and offers the product by mail for 50 cents from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah, Georgia.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes irritation from a horn blowing rag peddler and humorously compares it to a neighborly piano peddler. The exchange captures urban small annoyances in a playful aside.
The Wigwam hotel at Indian Spring was sold Tuesday at a receiver's sale for 15000, far below its original cost. South Carolina buyer Mr. Strother plans to convert the property into a female college, praising the site with its high vantage over rushing creek and healing springs.
The London tax records show at least 66 people with annual incomes over 300 000 dollars. About 2 000 earn from 300 000 down to 50 000, over 3 000 from 25 000 to 50 000, and around 5 000 taxed at 10 000 to 15 000. Nearly 15 000 report 5 000 to 10 000, reflecting a broad distribution of high earnings in Britain.
Reverend P M Doxoner of St Marys Church Sherman testifies to Dr Moore’s success after other oculists failed. He details four years of eye pain and a later recovery from nasal catarrh, noting Dr Moore moved to 307 308 Norcross Building and draws patients from the south west and beyond. The Atlanta Journal lauds his skill.
An advertisement claims Borance acts as a poultice to draw out fever and pain and reinvigorate the female system. It markets "Orange Blossom" as a painless cure for womb issues, irregular menses, leucorrhoea, ulcers and tumors, mailed for $1 from Chicago makers and sold by J. H. Blackburn.
Walter Merrchoff, the former divekeeper now running a New York rescue mission, is plagued by nightly burglaries he suspects are old cronies. He hopes to reform them before police intervene. Princess Marie of Orleans in Copenhagen starts a new firemen relief trend, while Cornelius Vanderbilt and Charles B. Alexander feud over hedges.
The private Pullman palace car Columbia, used by the president and party to Atlanta, is described as the most elaborate and expensive car of its kind. Built over two years at Pullman NL, it features Santiago and white mahogany interiors, vermillion wood, plush upholstery, silk panels, steam heat, Pitsch gas lighting, air-pressurized water systems, and is valued around 25000 dollars.
Walter Welmen reports from Washington that cabinet members describe President Cleveland as kind, companionable, informal, and genial. He is seen as considerate of others and never overbearing or masterful, with all cabinet members liking him and viewing him as a friend.
A healthful body yields beauty and the favorite prescription by Doctor Pierce is promoted as a cure for women’s ailments. It claims to restore proper circulation and ease derangements and weaknesses causing congestion and debility, offering permanent relief from inflammatory signs and irregularities.
A colossal black diamond weighing 3073 karats was displayed to the Paris Academy of Sciences by French chemist M. Moissan. Found last July in a Bahia diamond field by a digger, it surpasses all prior specimens in size and industrial value, though Moissan laments it cannot be bought for the Museum.
Retired Kentucky judge John M Rice of Louisa Lawrence County recounts a years long battle with rheumatic and liver illness. After failed treatments, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and says his life was saved. Pills sold by a Schenectady company 50c per box, six for $2.50.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has helped millions of mothers ease teething pain. It soothes gums, relieves wind colic, and calms diarrhoea with immediate relief. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and no other kind.
A line of verse offers instruction that sorrow and joy are both fleeting, urging balance in mood for readers facing hardship or happiness. The couplet echoes a timeless reminder that feelings change with time and circumstance.
An old southern storyteller recalls a shrewd mule barter. A buyer returns furious claiming the mule is blind in one eye, while the seller insists the latent fault is the mule’s misfortune not its fault, highlighting wit over deception.
A Milwaukee hotel provides 365 potatoes per year as pen wipers for guests. Each morning a potato is placed in a pen box and removed after 24 hours for a fresh one. Potatoes are inserted with pins to resemble a porcupine and kept for use in the pens, using Early Rose and Kidney Flake varieties.
A terse exchange notes a Deutsche train departure and inquiry about further connections to Ulm, as an inspector comments on the station waiting room and routine.
An old ad notes Orange Blossom, a common sense female remedy, claimed to draw out pain and soreness and sold by J H Blackburn.
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