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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
6
Dr J H Watts a Humboldt Nebraska druggist and physician reports four years of severe heart disease with breathlessness palpitations and pain. He says after trying many remedies he finally found a treatment that relieved his condition and believes heart disease is curable.
An Indianapolis Journal poem reflects on the year past and the future. It questions where life’s familiar songs and signs have gone under desert snow and urges that in the coming year old ways disappear and steps be firmer and truer, regardless of fortune.
Mrs. Meek must assist at a bazaar leaving Mr. Meek to cook. He buys mutton chops and apples, then battles a runaway kitchen in a comic cascade of burning pots, a cat gobbling oysters, a mislaid paste, and a chaotic final meal of cold ham and walnuts. He survives with burnt apples.
Youth's Companion notes Lucy Larcom began with two verses at age seven after her brother John proposed poetry for fun. The brief poem describes a shady lane, wind, red lightning, thunder, and a child feeling cooled by the storm. The piece frames her later claim that her "after years" saw nothing like that early success.
A Chicago Record account recalls soldiers using the same bicycle model to ride toward the enemy then lay down arms and greet each other with a handshake. The anecdote highlights shared equipment bridging opposing sides.
In Chambers' Journal Mortimer Mansell reflects on winter giving way to spring. The crocus and blossoms emerge despite lingering cold, symbolizing renewed hope. The poem compares seasonal rebirth to emotional resilience, urging a brighter outlook after sorrow.
A club raconteur recalls his cousin Amy from childhood to adulthood. He narrates how his self interest and bohemian years nearly ruined a possible union, and how Amy's confession about past love reshaped their understanding of the present. The tale ends with Amy's engagement to another, and the narrator reflecting on fortune knocking once.
The New York Journal reports a new nervous ailment among workers in tall buildings. Symptoms include intense restlessness and a urge to scream or descend to earth. Relief appears on grass or lower air exposure, suggesting a link to elevator travel or air rarity.
Excerpt from the Chicago Record shows a dialogue where Madge reveals she wanted to marry Simpkins, and his reaction suggests the proposal would have challenged his position. The exchange implies tension and social maneuvering around courtship expectations.
John B. Gorman, journalist, philanthropist and genial Georgia gentleman, has died in a foreign land far from home. He leaves a thousand enduring memories among those who knew him in his native land.
The advertisement proclaims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a speedy healer for ulcers and open sores and claims it is the best pile cure known. Doctor W. A. Wricxr endorses the product.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher has just entered upon her 85th year and remains remarkably well preserved and vigorous. All the little adornments of her toilet are her own handiwork with caps trimmed in ribbons and soft fleecy lace at the neck and wrists.
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