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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
3
Dr Gore reports the smallest adult human brain on record from a 42 year old female. She stood five feet tall and weighed 10 ounces and 5 grains without membranes. Her intellect described as infantile.
The piece warns that fall brings reduced strength and new health risks as the stomach bowels nerves and defenses falter. It notes typhoid fever and malaria flourish in autumn and advocates Hood s Sarsaparilla as a safeguard before serious illness takes hold.
Poison Ivy insect bites bruises and minor burns are quickly cured by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve marketed by Dr. W A Wright as a great pile cure.
A grateful letter from Lois, Georgia, dated June 1 1895 to Dr B M Woolley of Atlanta details a dramatic recovery from an eight year opium and rheumatism ordeal. The writer describes initial paralysis and bed confinement, then a yearlong antidote treatment leading to regained mobility, weight gain from 90 to around 120 pounds, and seven months without opium or medicine. The note praises the doctor’s remedy and asks to share the account publicly.
A brief note reads a whispered prayer for a gentle end, signed Miss Alice Parrish, as a devoted friend and well wisher pledges continued support until death.
Emma Bolden of Wilberforce Ohio recounts dramatic relief from female illness after using a medicine from the Petrona Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus. She reports regained strength enabling work and daily tasks and urges other women to seek treatment, promising similar results and offering a free women’s book.
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys may find a remedy in Electric Bitters. The tonic and alterative aid digestion and strengthen the organs without whiskey or narcotics. Priced at fifty cents and one dollar per bottle at S. B. Burr Jr's Drug Store.
Li Hung Chang carries a ceremonial coffin on his embassy voyage to Moscow. The ornate chest for his possible death during the mission costs 13000 pounds, rests in each lodging beside his room, and is tended by two attendants with no other duties.
A speaker reflects on blessings of contentment over complaint. He cites Ridpath's history of the United States to honor ancestors, notes cotton crop uncertainties and drought, urges paying debts, and asserts Providence may favor producers. He champions farming sufficiency and personal contentment in any state.
A historic advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and prices at 25 cents per box sold by S. B. Burr Jr.
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