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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
11
A collection of maxim like statements on aspiration love and perseverance. It extols building visions over material poverty and claims hope kindness determination and purposeful living lead to small successes and meaningful outcomes.
The Greensboro Herald Journal and Milledgeville Recorder note the Herald Journal’s sixteen page edition describing Greens boro and Greene county industries and resources. The Gazetter publishes sixteen pages weekly promoting Barnesville and Pike county as the only 16 page paper in Georgia.
In Ma con Tuesday Barnesville showcased The Summers Buggy Co as a leading exhibitor with a float featuring a buggy and a bale of cotton to illustrate strength and durability. The display drew attention and praise from onlookers.
The Gordon Institute advances with strong teaching and busy departments. Teachers are delivering excellent work and students show unusually industrious effort, yielding gratifying progress across the school. Gordon Institute is celebrated as a glorious institution.
Tickets are on sale at Chambers Drug Store for a Friday evening show by the Druckenmillers at Kennedy's Opera House. The program promises an enjoyable performance to benefit the Presbyterian church and is expected to attract a good crowd.
W P Davis of Barnesville Georgia offers fresh Jersey butter and milk on daily or weekly schedules. Orders may be placed for regular delivery with prompt service in the area. September 13, 1897.
An appeal urging quick action to secure 100 Crayon Portraits at 85 cents each or Water Color options. Free sittings offered if no small picture available. First come, first served until all 100 portraits are taken. Signed Gro W. Grice.
The Western Union Telegraph Company has upgraded its line to Thomaston with new poles and wires, improving reliability and capacity for use.
The Georgia Experiment Station reports on Jackson's Limbless Cotton likely identical to Welborn's Pet, debunking lofty claims and warning farmers about high seed prices. It also details San Jose Scale origin, spread in Georgia, and recommended eradication methods including fire, whale oil soap, and fumigation, plus notes on corn stalk shredding and dairy association meeting details.
The notice ridicules rival traders and asserts J. C. Collier Co will underprice Middle Cay merchants. It boasts big lots and inside prices, cash and six month credit options, and positions the firm as independent and capable of lower prices than smaller competitors.
Local shop advertises BAO felt shades and cloth shades priced at 25 cents per unit with a reference to a 6555 code. The brief listing emphasizes affordable window coverings for immediate purchase.
A list of footwear items including Women’s everyday shoes Women’s solid button shoes women’s calf lace shoes men’s brogans high cut boots fine Sunday shoes children’s button shoes men’s dress shoesSadie’s rubbers men’s rubbers and a stray code Ca 010.
A fragmentary listing shows prices for various tableware items including white granite plates cups saucers bowls open dishes covered dishes and glass tumblers. Items include porcelain and granite plates at a few cents each and sets priced up to several dollars.
A catalog style listing shows calico at 4 cents, Cheeksy at 25 cents, New style outing cloth at 4 cents, best dress ginghams 5 cents, heavy red twin flannel, bed ticking, and blankets priced per pair at 50 to 60 cents, describing a dry goods display with assorted textiles and bedding.
An old newspaper item advertises MEER eye Groot x Seedbase shirts and vA 20C tops, white unlaundered shirts, heavy linen reinforcing backs, 75c front pieces, 50c laundered colored bosom shirts, and lingerie options. Mens linen collars are described as 4 ply, with heavier linen collars and ladies linen collars in latest styles.
The Station can supply a few bushels of Appler seed oats to Georgia farmers. Price is 60 cents per bushel sacked and f o b Griffin Georgia. Send P O money order or check with the order to the Director.
A farmer can compare the fertilizing value of one ton of cotton seed with 880 pounds of cotton seed meal, noting meal's higher concentration and better condition. If mills offer 1,100 pounds of meal per ton of seed, hauling costs cut value, but feeding the meal to cattle and saving manure increases overall value, making exchange more favorable even at lower meal rates.
Advert reads that disturbances of the nervous system cause hair blanching and loss. It touts Hall's Hair Renewer as a remedy to counteract this effect and restore natural color.
The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War is a 500 page illustrated one volume work offering 12x16 inch plates 1100 battle scenes portraits and maps. Agents receive $100 to $200 monthly on easy terms veterans and descendants urged to request a free circular and terms from Courier Journal Printing Co Louisville Ky.
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