20 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1894
Page
1
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A citizens meeting in Barnesville, led by Col J J Rogers, Dr J P Thurman, and Edgar L Rogers, approves a new hosiery knitting mill. The project is nearly funded with about $10,000 capital, employing 75 workers and slated to begin operation in two months, marking rapid local growth.
Residents urged to attend at Dr. Connally's home Friday night to reorganize the literary club. Officials say the club has long benefited the town and invites both young and old to join for profit and pleasure.
Dr L B Clifton of Macon has exhibited photographic views of the World’s Fair at Granite Hall. Each night this week crowds admire exact representations of fair buildings lakes statues and scenes. The instantaneous process creates natural looking pictures told by an educated lecturer who speaks twelve languages.
The long-standing nuisance on Zebulon street is reduced to a shell as Mr. S. M. Howard tears down the Murphey warehouse he bought. No new construction is planned for the site at present bringing relief to nearby homes and the street’s appearance.
A letter to the editor recounts a near accident when a horse hitched to a carriage fell through a damaged bridge on a main street. The writer faults the city for poor street conditions and urges swift repairs to prevent repeat, more serious incidents.
Notice from E R Carswell of Barnesville Georgia states he remains in the wood business despite reports he is out of it. He urges patrons to place orders in the front of J H Blackburne’s drug store or at his wool yard for prompt service and notes his machinery is in good condition. The date is September 17 1894.
Barnesville merchants push summer goods at sacrifice as fall stock arrives. Shoppers hurry to clear remaining summer inventory while a new, better line of fall goods is anticipated and welcomed by locals.
President Pound introduces a new rule at Gordon Institute banning smokers from holding military department offices or speaking roles at commencement. The policy aims to curb cigarette use among students and earns strong endorsement from the paper and Barnesville citizens.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser flesh builder and strength restorer. It claims to cure torpid liver impure blood and numerous diseases including dyspepsia biliousness bronchial throat lung scrofula skin and scalp diseases and even consumption in its early to advanced stages with a full money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
Property offers 200 acres with 30 acres recently cleared and half in original woods. Located on the Fiat Shoal road running through the place, this is the speaker’s own residence land offered for sale. Provides a dense, definite setting around a historic homestead.
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