12 Sep 1895
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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
1
Store owner touts ready display of discounted fall and winter stock paid in full, promises old low prices on shoes and domestics, notes a $1500 June investment in textiles, claims ability to beat merchant prices, urges customers to wait for Rogers' prices and watch monthly cuts.
The Shakespearean Club met at Maj. Murphey's, planning a Sept 21 gathering at Rev. Myers's, featuring music and papers on Hamlet and Ophelia. Officers include Mrs. Annie Cochrane as president and Miss Lily Turner as secretary. Lectures by A M Lambdin on Sept 20 and Jere M Pound on Oct 4, both at Gordon Institute chapel, with free passes issued by the secretary.
A beautiful vacant lot on Thomas Ton Street is offered for sale with application through Gazurre office. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder displays top honors from the World's Fair. The Barnesville Blues travel to Atlanta next Wednesday for the exposition opening, invited by the expo managers and at Col Chandler's urging.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a small easy to take remedy for constipation indigestion bilious attacks and liver stomach and bowel derangements. It claims lasting benefit and a satisfaction guarantee with money back.
A letter from Corvon urges the new council to address vagrancy near the depot and blockades on sidewalks. He also asks police to manage train delays, improve drainage along Ponds east of Tromaston Street, and pressure county road upkeep by Potato Creek. The author favors a cotton compress in Barnesville to boost the market.
A letter urges appointing a town board of health of physicians with the mayor as ex officio chairman. It asks for monthly or at least quarterly reports to improve Barnesville sanitary conditions.
A jumble of civic notes calls for cheap horse teams for hauling trash and water works coal, railroad building, sidewalk improvements on East street, pond drainage, and street maintenance. Citizens urge police direction, better flood control, and crowd management at depots while addressing nuisance cows and road use during wet weather.
Inside pages carry a variety of items described as interesting local matter this week. Read them for community notices, notices, and brief items.
Smalt farm for sale near Vear Town. Apply to J. J. Stumpif for details and price.
U S Government reports place Royal Baking Powder at the top for leavening strength among baking powders. The claim appears in an advertising notice highlighting its tested performance and superiority.
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