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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
6
A physician in the United States invites letters from the public seeking medical guidance for babies, mothers, or any family member. He promises careful reading of each letter and a conscientious diagnosis, with compassionate staff assisting him.
A private letter offers confidential medical advice from a renowned U S practitioner. It states the advice may or may not suit the reader and requires a two cent stamp to mail the letter to the Medical Department, Dr J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass.
The article details a battleship's armament including a 12 inch rifle 38 feet long with a 4 foot breech diameter and 48 ton weight. It fires an 850 pound shell with a 430 pound charge reaching 1400 mph, hitting range in 24 seconds. the report travels 27 seconds. At mile and a half it could pierce 19 inches of steel. It notes an 8 inch gun 250 pound shell piercing a foot of armor at one mile, six 4 inch rapid fire guns delivering eight 46 pound shells per minute, 26 pounders for deck clearance, and four torpedo tubes for auto and dirigible destroyers with 150 pounds of guncotton.
The essay reflects on unseen beauty beyond human reach, from distant sunsets at sea to jungle flowers and arctic light. It argues that many forms of beauty exist on earth that people rarely witness, yet are visible to God and known to explorers.
An advertisement describes scrofula as a hereditary blood disease and promotes Swift's Specific 8 8 8 as a deep reaching cure. Affected boy Charlie is claimed to have recovered after a dozen bottles, with sores healed and skin clear. Endorsed by Manny of Macon Georgia.
Commissioner R. T. Nesbitt reflects on eight years leading Georgia's Department of Agriculture. He highlights curbed abuses in oil and fertilizer inspection, retrenchment savings, revamped fertilizer inspection, lab relocation to Atlanta, and new farmer-focused communications and publications that boosted state agriculture.
A Pueblo Colorado woman long troubled by springtime sleeplessness and nervous weakness finds relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She notes improved sleep and even hearing, praising the medicine after four boxes and stating it renews energy and mood. The ad notes the pills sell for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 and are available from druggists or by mail.
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