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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
2
Price 31.00 per bottle. Available at tall Drug Stores or by express on receipt of price. Free information on women’s health sent to any address by The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta upon application.
The Gordon Institute founded in 1872 by Chas E Lambdin is praised for its growth, graduates, and rising curriculum. Prof Jere M Pound leads with motto Excelsior, backed by a capable faculty and a 2000 seating auditorium funded by Barnesville citizens.
Edward Bok urges farm families to ease women’s labor by forming Leisure Guilds and cooperative groups. Proposals include public libraries galleries, amateur photo clubs, natural history study, reading and dramatic classes, music bands, women and farmer clubs, Chautauqua circles, art exhibits, and dinner clubs to improve town life and roads.
The Great Chemist T A Slocum of New York City offers three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and lung diseases to Gazette readers. He asserts a proven cure and urges afflicted readers to mail their address to 98 Pine Street, New York, noting testimonials from worldwide laboratories.
A Lebanon dispatch relays Proctor Knott and a Danville professional debating who deserves credit for the Santiago naval victory. The pro asserts Sampson’s primacy, while Knott’s companion narrates a personal tale about a rabbit he once claimed, ending with a rare moment of conscience relief.
An advertisement touts a new remedy labeled Don's Complete Pile Cure said to cure all forms of dyspepsia, regulate the stomach and restore the appetite. Sold by Joan H. Blackburn.
William Perrine lauds John Wannamaker as superintendent of The Most Interesting Sunday school in America. He highlights Wannamaker’s painstaking study, smooth earnest talk, practical anecdotes, self governance, and vivid illustrations from travels and local deeds that illustrate biblical lessons.
Two American captains recall March 2 sightings of locust clouds. One reports a hand‑sized swarm that left no canvas on the yards, while the other says every locust wore a No 1 canvas trouser.
A prominent product advertised as highly recommended for coughs colds hoarseness sore throat bronchitis asthma whooping cough and all diseases of the throat lungs and bronchial tubes. It is presented as a positive specific for croup and related respiratory issues.
H J Cleveland recalls Remenyi refusing to play at a Council Bluffs stable before a grain hall audience. After seeking pumpernickel on Pearl Street he brought it to Remenyi, who ate and performed until two in the morning. The tale contrasts Remenyi’s odd appetite with Janauschek’s beer ritual.
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