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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
14
A collection of witty epigrams attributed to P W discusses love, marriage, and gender roles. The poems play with marriage as antidote to love, and joke about independence, gossip, and domestic life through humorous lines and social observations.
A vintage advertisement explains urine sediment and urinary symptoms as kidney indicators. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming relief for back pain, frequent urination, and bladder issues, with price and mail order details. The note ends with a light cartoon quote about wine and dining.
The article recommends daily brushing through to the scalp and occasional application of Hall's Hair Renewer to maintain a luxuriant head of hair with a natural hue. It presents a practical routine for sustaining hair quality.
The piece argues colts resemble children and that education strengthens latent abilities. It urges breeding for weight, cites English practice, notes buyers pay more for geldings and trained stock, and stresses prudent market culling plus intelligent handling and scientific feeding for improvement.
Parliament orders a report on unclaimed funds held by government departments. The Chancery Division has over 300 million dollars left after 85 million dollars paid to claimants. The Irish Court of Chancery holds about 50 million, Treasury unclaimed stocks and dividends total 28 million, bankruptcy dividends stand at 50.6 million, army and navy prize money and pay exceed 3 million. The government uses these funds until claims are proven and Parliament may transfer custody to the state, noting the colossal total exceeds government held funds.
Send your address for a free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills. They ease constipation and sick headache and aid malaria and liver troubles. Purely vegetable and non deleterious. Regular size 25c per box sold by W A Wright Druggist. Dr Miles Nerve Plasters for Rheumatism.
A New York Observer note tells of a missionary who, as a child, read a gravestone inscription asking that a man take his place. The wish inspired him to pursue missionary work, suggesting how a single word or deed can spread the gospel to the heathen.
Agricultural guidance urges waiting until eight months to use a boar and until one year for breeding sows. It stresses regular feeding, avoiding overfeeding on new corn, and careful management to prevent hog losses, noting breeders should not treat cattle like hogs.
Do not use soap on mirrors or windows as it leaves streaks. use water and household ammonia instead. Avoid washing glass in direct sun. An oyster shell in the tea kettle prevents crust, with frequent shell changes. Wash stove door mica in diluted vinegar. Use stale bread pieces browned and stored to enrich thin soups. Do not leave a spoon in boiling foods to avoid heat transfer.
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