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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
4
A 1898 message urges gratitude despite poverty and debt. The speaker argues God blessed southern planters with record crops while criticising greed, calling for honesty, responsibility, and unity while urging payment of debts and perseverance during adversity. The note closes with civic updates and local notices.
Regular meeting notes approved finance bills totaling 1656.83 including bonds, street lights, dispensary, and liquor company payments. A committee reports on extending fire limits along Elm Street and Brown Avenue starting at the railroad crossing, proposing a 200 foot westward reach.
Texas patent medicine claim promises to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism with Hall's Great Discovery. One bottle, mailed if not available locally, two months of treatment. Sold by W A Wright in Barnesville and manufacturer E W Hall in Waco Texas.
A Georgia note from Cuthbert dated April 2, 1898 asserts gravel illness treatment with Hall’s Great Discovery. The signer J.T. Stevens claims 60 drops cured him and touts the product as worth $1,009 per bottle to buyers in need.
Mr W D Upshaw known as Ernest Willie delighted Shiloh churchgoers last Sunday with lectures, arousing great enthusiasm and likely doing much good for the community.
An advertisement touts Dr David Wamen as endorsing a remedy that supposedly cures kidney stoma and liver troubles. It also promotes Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer for hair whitening and dandruff, and De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as a universal sore and burn treatment.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a dire illness with yellowing skin and failing strength. After three physicians gave up, a friend recommended Electric Bitters, which he credits with a dramatic turn toward health after three weeks. He asserts the tonic saved his life and urges others to try it at 50 cents per bottle at W. A. Wincutt Drug Store.
The firm of J P Stevens and Bro in Atlanta Georgia is praised for reliability prompt service and top quality work in engraving and jewelry. Readers are invited to correspond for inquiries and orders.
A small barn on Edward Elder's property caught fire Monday evening around seven. Hay inside burned quickly, but the house was saved. firemen contained the blaze with little total loss. The notice then advertises De Witt's Little Early Risers for constipation and related symptoms.
Old loans renewed and new loans promptly made with cheapest money on the market. Apply to J. J. Garland at The Rock in Georgia.
The Gordon Institute cadets organize a band under instructor R L Swatts. They practice daily using fine horns from the Barnesville silver cornet band. Members include H C Lamar M Boley C P Walker J Bush Ike Middlebrooks Leon Brooks Will Turner Cornel Marchman Henry Epps Robert Murphey Clarence Willis E Boley Hal Reviere Pierce Hammond John Holmes Roy Blount Jim Brown.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. internal remedies are required. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets the blood and mucous surfaces. It is presented as a legitimate prescription from a leading physician, combining tonics and blood purifiers. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
An ad style notice promotes Castor brand product featuring the familiar slogan The Kind You Can Always Buy. It asserts authenticity with a signature mark and implies reliability and wide availability for shoppers.
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