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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
5
A cascade of names reports residents and visitors to Atlanta and the great exposition, with many Waterloo area figures traveling to see the fair. Occasional notes include building lot sales on Holmes street, reorganizing a literary club, and local families visiting kin in nearby towns.
Crowds gather in the Manufactur ers and Liberal Arts Building to view the Stevens Brothers exhibit of solid silver cut glass and watches. The Atlanta jewelers demonstrate engraving for wedding invitations and visiting cards, with a free souvenir giveaway and a running press. Their No. 47 Whitehall street store is famed among visitors, and the exhibit is a city wonder and a highlight of the exposition.
A miscellany of visits from Macon and Americus residents to Barnesville, plus an extended grocery advertisement touting a wide variety of foods and low prices. The piece highlights neighbors and a shop promising guaranteed quality and home delivery within Barnesville.
The Gazette notes Barnesville residents and advertisers aiding the paper. A. M. Speer, visiting from Washington D C, holds a government post and is well regarded in Georgia. John T. Chambers Jr visits, plans a Florida trip, and is praised as a top seller for Beck-Greg Hardware Co. Capt. W. P. Becker returns from Alabama after promoting Barnesville Hosiery Co. and receives an ovation in Selma, with a profitable trip overall.
A long standing Zebulon plantation once home to Jonathan Milner is offered for sale on the first Tuesday in November. The Middle Georgia property features high cultivation, multiple water streams, 200 acres of woodland near rail access, a six room main house with outbuildings, and tenant housing. Rev Wash Oliver currently on site can show the property. contact Dr. K P Moors in Macon for details.
Public notice offering money to lend at seven percent interest on improved county real estate. Details available from B. H. Butts. 4t
Property listing offers 143 acres for sale located two miles east of Barnesville along the Central railroad. The tract promises agricultural and potential development use with easy rail access and nearby markets. No sale date or price disclosed in available text.
A traveling man in the city this week says the cotton market here this season has surpassed any other place within his knowledge. Barnesville has paid the price and has got the cotton. Mr. Miller near the Barnesville Miner road asks the Gazette to note two Barnesville young ladies who were out driving that it is better to ask for pumpkins than to take them without permission, to set a good example.
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