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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
2
An advertisement-style claim urges readers to protect hair to retain youthfulness. It states that hair health determines perceived age and promises to stop hair loss and restore normal color using a product or treatment.
Countess of Aberdeen quotes The Ladies Home Journal on how American women view domestic service while factory work draws many young women. The piece questions whether domestic service is treated as a real trade and highlights public notions of inferiority and lack of opportunity for women in the workforce.
The article argues for elevating domestic work to a profession requiring mental and manual training. It urges schools and homes to value industrial education for girls, permitting lessons in domestic economy, housekeeping, and related crafts. It envisions certificates and degrees for domestic arts at industrial education centers.
Advertisers claim Electric Bitters tone and tonic the stomach and bowels without whiskey. They say the remedy aids digestion and natural functions, especially for older people needing medicine for bowels and kidneys. Available at W. A. Wright's Drug Store for fifty cents and one dollar per bottle.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant gentle medicine for kidneys liver and bowels. It claims to cleanse the system dispel colds cure headache fever and biliousness with a guaranteed sale by druggists.
A citizen escaped a house struck by lightning by ten minutes, sparking talk at City Hall. Chief Dickinson recalled a wartime close call arriving on the battlefield a day after the fiercest fighting, reflecting on how timing shapes survival.
A music teacher answers an ad and invites the applicant to sit and play a pair of duets. The audition aims to judge the student’s skill and fit for lessons.
A courtroom exchanges a terse exchange as the judge asks why the prisoner snatched a gentleman's purse. The prisoner replies he hoped the change would do him good.
Waycross Reporter quotes jokes on love loyalty and happiness while promoting DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a universal emergency salve. The ad extols relief for piles cuts bruises eczema and skin conditions and names Dr W A Wri ct as a authority.
Hiram, the eldest son, returns after ten years and notes apparent changes on the farm. Farmer Haycroft denies shrinkage while asserting the old place remains the same. Later, Haycroft enlarges the doorway to the upstairs to avoid Hiram’s need to stoop.
The speaker notes campmeetings vary in attendance by region, some dying while others draw large crowds. He credits the gospel with enduring power and warns that shifting focus to real estate or excursions undermines their mission. He asserts no era has needed gospel blessings more.
An advertisement claims no one can enjoy life or achieve much with a torpid liver and touts DeWitts Little Early Risers pills as a quick cleanse option endorsed by Dr. W. A. Wright.
Opinion urging farmers to sow a large wheat crop this fall to offset cotton prices and drought risk. Encourages staying on Georgia farms, stressing health, prosperity cycles, and practical harvest planning despite current cotton dependency and rising costs. Mentions Sam Snip in Madisonian.
The promotion claims the salve heals broken tissues and disease, soothes irritated surfaces, relieves instantly, and permanently cures as its mission.
A dramatic line from a girl weeps that heartbreak follows a broken romance. Her friend consoles her with sympathy and suggests the fault may lie with a bicycle rather than the relationship. The fragment hints at a minor social moment rendered with sentimentality.
An advertisement promises relief for women with menstrual disorders using a patent remedy. It asserts quick restoration of health by a proprietary formula and urges readers to try the product for relief from painful, suppressed, or irregular menstruation.
Beadfield's Female Regulator marketed as a 25 year proven remedy for menstruation related issues. It claims to relieve scant or irregular flow and strengthens the system by removing impurities. Advert says it benefits girls entering womanhood and delicate women and cites a customer anecdote about a daughter’s recovery after using one bottle. Sold by Bradfield Recurator Co Atlanta Georgia at 1 per bottle.
A professor asks for a quiet room with no noise from a cat. Margaret responds that the cat is under the professor, who is unaware he is sitting on it. The incident unfolds as a humorous domestic moment in a scholarly setting.
A line promising immediate relief from coughs touts One Minute Cough Cure as the solution when moments are wasted. The claim suggests rapid improvement, urging readers to act now to avoid delay.
A notice highlights DeWitt's Little Early Lisers described as famous small pilots.
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