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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1897
Page
2
Reading lamps, gas light quality, and the shift from old student lamps to new patent burners. Advice from Woman's Home Companion on affordable lamps, safe design, and the benefits of personal lighting for comfort and eyesight at home.
A lovers quarrel on the way to the railroad station leads a fiancé to a bold scheme. He sends a chain of telegrams to his fiancée Delta traveling east from Albany to Buffalo, building suspense and finally prompting her reply and a quiet acknowledgment that the plan was both brutal and effective.
In Mississippi dialect the speaker tells how a father pushes his children to flee and seek luck. Bill buys a shotgun and goes to Orange Valley to shoot a revenue officer and is jailed for life. Sally gets a bike and marries quickly. Joe loses an ox to a railroad and pockets cash. Jim hustles to earn a living in a dime museum. Sue elopes thrice, burns a house twice, and phones her husband.
Electric Bitters is a medicine for any season aiding languid and exhausted feeling. It torpid liver relief and acts as a tonic and alterative. Prompt use may avert bilious fevers and malaria symptoms. Headache digestion constipation dizziness may yield to Electric Bitters, Inc. and $1.00 per bottle at W. A. Wright's Drug Store.
A pastor facing poverty hosts a winter prayer gathering for sick flock. An elder’s prayer prompts a farmer boy to deliver pa’s prayers, revealing the basket actually holds food and supplies. The meeting ends as the crowd retrieves the wagon full of relief items.
Sufferers urged to try DeWitts Little Early Risers for relief from dyspepsia constipation and sick headache. The small pills are advertised as great regulators and are recommended by Dr W A Wright.
A Virginia Penitentiary minister questions Washington Mills a Buckingham County convict about past thefts and future temptation. Mills, recalling two terms served, says he would walk away if faced with an alluring possum dinner, though he might crave the potatoes.
A Chicago Journal anecdote recalls a small dog named Tough who barked at everything yet faced a circus parade. An elephant seized him in a street stunt, carrying the dog a mile and a half before he finally jumped free. The dog then hid, never barked again, and died weeks later, likely from a broken heart.
To heal broken tissue and soothe irritated surfaces the product pledges instant relief and permanent cure. The claim is attributed to Dr. W. A. WricGHr.
A Presbyterian Review meditation lists six vows against harsh speech. It urges speaking kindly of others, repeating no unkind remarks, judging leniently, avoiding hypocrisy, refraining from injurious remarks, and giving the best motives to neighbors.
A reflective piece compares love to a precious gift she can offer and no wealth or wit can replace. It urges gentle speech and steadfast devotion, noting love outlives misfortune and even death, with a nod to moral authority and family well being.
A Chicago boy discovers that flipping a chair and hooking the bicycle on the rear legs lets him rest the saddle on the back to steady the wheel. This simple chair serves as a convenient bicycle rack enabling easier maintenance.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as the product designed to cure coughs and provide swift relief. The claim emphasizes quick action.
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