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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
6
Reports from St Louis recount a German engineer F W Kuhl showing a safety air cloak on a Rhine voyage. The inflated overcoat keeps a person afloat and breathable for days with minimal effort, enabling a shipwrecked individual to swim for 16 to 20 days with provisions.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for poison ivy insect bites bruises scalds and burns. Attorney Dr W A Wright endorses the remedy in a period voice likely from a historic newspaper page.
The narrator recalls four years living at Liberty Hall the home of Alexander H. Stephens in Crawfordville Georgia. They describe hospitality notable guests from many walks of life and the influence of Stephens memory inspiring notable civic duty. The piece closes with a call to preserve Liberty Hall as a memorial and pride of Georgia.
The Philadelphia Telegraph editorial optimistic on national recovery and a new era of prosperity. It urges merchants and manufacturers to act boldly and boost industrial activity for a profitable year end. It promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a cure for indigestion and sick poison, urging trial bottles at druggists.
A prose excerpt quoting Robert Ingersoll extols women's love as the enduring force behind humanity, praising women's self sacrifice and unwavering hearts. It lauds women over men and questions reformers to admire this virtue as guiding light and motive for maternity and sacrifice.
In 1764 Arnold the London watchmaker created a curious ring sized timepiece that repeated hours and minutes. The device weighed under five pennyweights yet consisted of 120 pieces and included the first cylinder ever made. George III received the wonder as a gift valued at 500 guineas from Arnold.
A grateful patient from Lois Georgia writes of a dramatic recovery from an eight year opium and rheumatism ordeal. She credits Dr B M Woolley of Atlanta with a successful antidote treatment that enabled her to regain mobility and weight and banish all opium desires after one year of therapy. The letter praises the doctor and urges public sharing of the cure’s promise.
A somber expression wishes a loved one a sweet peaceful hour in which to die. The speaker remains a well wisher and true friend until death.
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