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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1898
Page
2
The text laments the dangers facing expectant mothers and the anxiety surrounding childbirth. It urges efforts to ease hardships for women before they reach the moment of labor and have their child.
A testimonial from Joan G. Potwin of Macon Georgia touts Mother's Friend for safer easier confinement. It claims reduced pain and shorter labor with strong recovery and offers a $1 bottle plus free informative books from the Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta GA.
A mule fell 60 feet into a dry well and became wedged. The owner planned to bury him alive, but the mule struggled as dirt was added. Neighbors continued filling the well, and the mule climbed inch by inch until he emerged unharmed. The tale ends with a plug for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
A fragment of ground on Walnut Street near Second, once set aside by William Penn for Delaware and related tribes, remains sacred and untouched by real estate but now surrounded by modern buildings and indifferent witnesses in Philadelphia.
The best salve in the world for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by W. A. Wright.
T A Slocum M D of New York City offers three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and all lung diseases to TH Gazette readers. He cites thousands cured and promises prompt shipment from 98 Pine Street, urging readers to mention the Gazette.
A sentimental girl and her practical aunt sit on a hillside as the girl gushes about nature and the brook. The aunt agrees the brook is pleasant but prefers it as a solo to a babbling duet. Then silence settles over the scene.
A man boasting perpetual sinlessness sought Moody and claimed no sins in years. Moody gently asked to verify with the man’s wife before being convinced, quoting the wife’s anticipated confirmation as part of the exchange.
A bicyclist at a rural inn asks for three boiled eggs for four minutes each. After fifteen minutes the waiter returns with a single egg saying they had only one left and boiled it twelve minutes. This humorous note from Harpers Bazaar highlights a kitchen miscue over a simple breakfast request.
An old idea claims impure blood causes most diseases and led to Browns' Iron Bitters. The text notes twenty five years of use, cites cures, and says the remedy is sold by all dealers.
The London Tablet notes Beira in Portuguese east Africa as a zinc dominated town built in six months. Houses hotels and public buildings are zinc clad with zinc mortuary and coffin trades all under metal rule. Large imports of zinc from France England and America fueled rapid construction.
A Civil War scene unfolds as the Cumberland battles a floating fortress in Hampton Roads. The projectile exchange ends with the ship sinking and brave sailors lost, while the flag drifts and the nation mourns. Longfellow’s elegy underscored by patriotic resolve.
A London Telegraph report warns that mills fill sheets and blankets with water and chemicals to weigh more, using zinc sulphate of magnesia and water through a sprinkler. The extra moisture harms sleepers, dampens on wet days, and risks chills and illness.
A kindly mistress meets a former washerwoman amid financial distress. The woman laments earning six dollars a week while paying eight dollars for board, claiming she can barely survive despite steady work. The dialogue satirically exposes economic strain and misplaced sympathy.
The New York Tribune quotes a dealer praising a plus size customer who bought many antiques for home decoration. He jokes the woman could not get ancestor shades for her parlor windows, implying she bought “the antique” for her whole house.
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