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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1885
Page
10
A local ad proclaims dramatic discounts on ladies shoes and men’s furnishings. It touts wool medicated flannel at 25 cents, ladies kid and pelt button shoes at low prices, and a broad selection of clothing and gents goods, claiming $10 000 in stock and new merchandise from Voorheis and Ban Fred Jacobs.
The New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition proves highly successful with 59 000 attendees. Improvements include rebuilt halls, a new steam railway every fifteen minutes, and an electric railway across the grounds. The Pompeii panorama and a nonsectarian exhibition scheme attract wide interest from U S and foreign visitors.
Local merchant advertises a large fall stock including dress goods, flannels, waterproof fabrics, linens, blankets and white spreads. He touts factory prices on domestics, low prices on hats and shoes, and promises cheaper clothing for boys youths and men. Charlie T. Tyler and Thomas J. Williamson invite all friends to inspect the full inventory.
Washington letters describe a surge of office reshuffles in the Treasury and other departments, the President trimming interviews, and plans to press the Bland silver bill repeal and tariff reforms. There is talk of the House committee powers, a telephone controversy case, and debates over sugar from sorghum, Indian policy, and Sheridan’s staff.
Representative Randall arrives on Capital Hill as a party confirms contested seats in four districts. Secretaries Endicott Bayard Manning Lamar Garland and Vlas are described with limited social hosting as court politics and Supreme Court appointment talk unfold.
Farmers and Mechanics ad touts Dr Bosanko's Cough and Latha Syrup as a cure for coughs colds croup and bronchial issues claiming it saves doctor bills and relief for children at night. Price fifty cents and one dollar samples free sold by J W Hightower. Staunton Virginia treasurer relocates to Canada with discrepancies found in accounts.
A promotional note touts Ely’s Cream Balm as a non liquid nasal remedy for sneezing sniffing and coughing spreading a nationwide chorus of cold symptoms. The ad claims fast radical relief applied by finger to the nostrils and warns the condition may persist until June.
Houghton Mifflin in Boston releases a new Portrait Catalogue listing all their publications by author, alphabetically, with new portraits of Crandock, Murfree, White, and many celebrated writers. It promises free shipping to inquiries and includes extensive author lists beyond the core names.
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