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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
8
The piece cites Edward Bok’s view that women’s clubs serve a worthy social mental and educational role as long as they avoid political entanglement and municipal overreach. They should aid personal development and cross gender companionship rather than becoming ends in themselves.
An article on proper matrimony etiquette notes that wedding invitations must be correct in form and material. It recommends consulting J. P Stevens & Bro., engravers at 9 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, for fashionable stationery aligned with London and New York elite trends.
The Central of Georgia railroad reported earnings for the second week in August of 87,596 dollars, up from 86,563 in the same week last year. For January 1 to the end of the second week in August the total was 3,078,763 dollars, compared with 2,912,510 dollars in 1897.
The Central railroad announced numerous conductor shifts in the mainstem division with several veterans leaving and new men taking their places as part of a planned roster refresh. The move aims to improve operations and efficiency across key routes.
Chilhowie merchant R B Greeve declares he was dying from consumption after exhausting treatments and remedies. He tried Dr King s New Discovery and was cured after two bottles and has resumed business for three years, praising the remedy.
Miss Emmie Murphey's Tuesday shopping in Gate City and Miss Lizzie Middlebrooks return from Forsyth are noted along with visits by Rev. Jones Bush of Weaver and Editor Addis Rose of Cordele. Local residents, guests of the Veal and Chambers families, plan travel to New York and Atlanta while others comment on health products and school ties.
Miss Clifford Goodwyn returned from Griffin after visiting friends and noted ties in Newton county. G G McKinney of Smarts Ga surveyed Barnesville for moving there to educate children and hoped for a small nearby farm. J R Deavours of the Penny Racket returned from New York City with fall and winter stock, reporting a pleasant profitable trip.
A sensational ad promises painless, scientific cures for women’s diseases. Dr Mary Brannon offers free initial treatment samples and directs readers to 102 Capitol Avenue Atlanta Georgia for postal payment and further guidance.
Reports say Mr. Green Allen a prominent mountain resident was stabbed in a recent incident. Earlier word claimed he had died but that report was denied and his status remains unclear.
The finest leaf sugar is used in making Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the roots give a maple syrup flavor making it pleasant to take. It is presented as a cure for coughs colds la grippe croup and whooping cough and claimed to cure quickly. For sale by J H Blackburn.
Rev W M Hunter is expected back from Huntersville North Carolina today to resume duties as pastor of the Presbyterian churches in Barnesville Forsyth Thomaston and Senoia after a month long vacation in his old home.
Milner's Ginnery owned by Mrs. J. B. P. Milner is in excellent condition and prepared to handle the needs of local cotton planters. The gin produces fine samples and operates with minimal trouble. Mr. Milner personally manages the business to please customers.
A 25 year survey hails Browns' Iron Bitters as a sterling household remedy. The article claims it contains elements of good health and benefits men, women, and children. It notes Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Barnesville merchants stock up for fall and winter sales while cotton arrives and three warehouses contend for volume. Construction rises with the Hanson-Crawley Co. building, Kennedy warehouse, Stafford Blalock project, and a Gray home nearing completion. Gordon Institute anticipates a busy fall term as students return.
An ad seeks three reliable men to travel, apply at Barnesville Medicine Company in Barnesville Georgia. The passage then shifts to a long excerpt about Blind Tom Thomas Wiggins, describing his life, home on the Shrewsbury river estate, and his piano mastery as a blind African American pianist.
A Virginia resident J. R. Grass of Fincastle reports chronic diarrhoea since the war. He credits one bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with restoring his health and strength.
Public sale by order of the Court of Ordinary Pike County Georgia on the first Tuesday in September 1898 at Barnesville court house. It includes a four acre dwelling on Greenwood street once used by Chas E Lambdin, bounded by J C Collier C H Rivere Greenwood street and Thonaston railroad right of way and the east half of lot 22 in the 7th District totaling about 100 acres. Proceeds to Admx of Chi E Lambdin.
Weatherford Texas June 25 1995 statement by J C McConnell who says seven years of kidney trouble ended after using Hall's Great Discovery with a single bottle claiming permanent relief and cure.
The passage notes dwindling energy in the populist party with many members likely to align with the Democratic Party in the upcoming fall elections.
The ad touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as instantly reliving a burn or scald and healing injured parts faster than other treatments without scarring. It notes sale by J. H. Blackburn. Also mentions Gov. Atkinson's strong Dublin speech praising his administration and a Democratic Party boast.
S L Shaver of Fincastle Virginia reports chronic diarrhoea since youth ended after using three bottles of Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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