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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1896
Page
2
A collection of practical folk sayings and home remedies. It claims quiet mouths avoid trouble, and offers tips such as cucumber cream soothing skin, seed bait for mice, cloves and sunflowers deterring pests, and simple rust prevention for stoves. It also advises carpet moth prevention and keeping flatirons smooth with wax and salt.
A detailed recipe for lemon custard pie. It describes beating egg yolks with powdered sugar, folding in beaten whites, cooking the mixture over hot water until thickened, and filling baked crusts with lemon juice and rind. It ends with a meringue topping baked briefly to set and lightly browned.
The Baltimore Sun editorial urges a forward look as factories reopen, workers return, and prices for wheat and cotton rise. It calls on people to unite for public welfare and not dwell on past regrets, urging confidence and collective effort.
An elderly woman recalls using One Minute Cough Cure to treat a child with croup delaying medical help. She attributes the saved life to a few doses, noting prior success with the remedy and naming Dr W A Wricur.
A study notes humbugs among animals with examples from horses feigning lameness to dodge drills and a chimpanzee feigning coughing for treats. It cites a cuckoo laying eggs in others nests and bees hesitating before thieving, suggesting animals act with guilt and preemptive measures.
A discussion of the afternoon nap as a natural physiological response after meals. It explains how digestion draws blood from the brain, inducing sleep, and notes that brain work after a solid meal is not advisable.
Mrs Inez Sprague wife of Rhode Island Governor Sprague rises as a noted vocalist surpassing Kate Chase with a Virginia heritage and Paris trained voice noted for long range a strong middle register and dramatic power.
The piece argues a forthcoming business revival across commercial and industrial sectors. It cites optimism from silver and gold advocates, predicts a boom for a couple of years, and stresses that aggressive advertising yields the largest profits as the key to capturing revived trade with DeWitt's Little Early Risers endorsed as a helpful remedy.
The Florida Citizen argues that a stable gold standard will invite capital and spur Southern development. It contends fear of monetary disruption deterred investment, and that assurance of gold standard will attract settlers and leverage the South’s natural advantages.
A humorous exchange about marriage and crime features Witte and a husband debating statistics. The wife claims 65 percent of criminals are celibates, while the husband counters that celibates may prefer prison to marriage, exposing a satirical view of social arguments.
The Augusta Chronicle shares a light hearted prescription for love presented as a cure. The write up frames romance with a playful, newspaper tone suggesting simple, wholesome remedies.
A collection of Scottish anecdotes with dry wit about ministers, temperance talk, and canny Scots then a promotion for One Minute Cough Cure touting its harmless, reliable relief for colds, croup and lung troubles, including why children favor it.
Uncle Allen Sparks muses about feeding moths to spare clothes while planning to give an unworn $65 overcoat to a tramp. The Maine industry note highlights a chewing gum company with $88,000 invested, over $50,000 annual sales, $52,934 factory output, forty workers, and $7,835 yearly wages.
A Manayunk, Pennsylvania native walks to Lincoln, Nebraska as part of an election wager. He escaped the fool-killer and plans to land in Lincoln in a weary frame of mind, ready to offer pointed remarks about the defeated candidate.
Our books on blood and skin diseases mailed free to any address by Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta Georgia.
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