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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
9
A quarter century of sale by Boyce, a wholesale and retail druggist of Duluth Minnesota, yields praise for Ayer's Sarsaparilla. He reports customers universally laud it as the best blood purifier, and urges sending for Curebook to kill doubts.
England has 3000 miles of canal and 36000000 tons of traffic yearly. France makes 26000000 pairs of gloves and exports 18000000 annually. Great Britain imported 15000000 pairs per year valued at 4150000. The United Kingdom has 222000 gentry families and 4750000 working class families. The empire covers 11400000 square miles with 400000000 people, six times Rome at its peak.
A humorous exchange has Da Wrappen Wife mock the search for a collar-button. The husband concedes that the very place a collar-button ends up is the last place one would think to search.
A lighthearted exchange shows a husband urging his wife to open jars to check for a missing collar button he misplaced yesterday. The playful dialogue highlights domestic humor over a small domestic mishap.
The Dawson News calls for halting the state pension appropriation and beginning cuts at the next legislature session. It notes the annual pension cost of 580 000 dollars, questions roaves and fishes for all, and argues pruning pensions will ease tax burdens for veterans and taxpayers. Conservative lawmakers are considering closing flood gates to prevent taxation from rising further.
An advertisement highlights the opening of the Astoria in New York built by John Jacob Astor with nine million dollars invested. It notes its size, staff, engines, and laundry capacity. The page also pitches Dr DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and Dr. King's New Life Pills with claims of health benefits and a list of retailers.
A Dahlonega exchange notes a man aged 21 to 50 owning a female dog must pay $7.60 in taxes this year. Poll tax $1, state and county taxes $1.30, city tax 30 cents, female dog $2, street tax $3, plus $3 more if caught shooting a sling shot by the marshal.
Small precautions prevent mischiefs and DeWitt's Little Early Risers are tiny pills. They curb liver and stomach troubles, relieve constipation and headaches, and regulate the bowels as endorsed by Dr. W. A. Wright.
A Cartersville man purchased the gallows used for a hanging and constructed a hennery from the lumber. The owner says no chicken has ever been stolen from it and reports claim the local colored brother avoids the area if possible.
Excerpt warns against believing rumors and slander about neighbors. It argues credulity harms individuals and communities, citing ruined reputations of pure women and broken hearts. The author urges mercy, kindness, and trust in others’ integrity for a humane society.
Department of Agriculture Atlanta issues guidance on cotton and corn markets noting unprecedented supply and low prices despite strong demand. Advice stresses saving early picked cotton in clean condition and improving fall oats and corn storage, with emphasis on grain preservation, silage packing, and fodder handling.
The State Agricultural Department reports widespread crop damage from Rust shedding drought and caterpillars. Cotton yields fall about 25 percent from earlier promises, with prices down and production near last year’s level. Corn remains scarce, rice in the coast counties is good, sorghum and sugar cane fair, peas good, fodder and hay curing well, groundpeas and sweet potatoes average, and corn and fodder bounties likely to keep livestock fed. A note on sand vetch shows it is hard to harvest. seeding with wheat or rye can help, and the crop should be cut young.
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