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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
12
A poem by George Birdseye in the Boston Journal weighs luck versus effort and grim views of modern morals. It argues perseverance can overcome misfortune and that a cheerful mind can find kindness from God despite gloom.
A bent, withered news-seller nicknamed Aunt John befriends a frail sickly boy among rival vendors at the Brooklyn Bridge. When the boy collapses into illness, Aunt John shields him and later dies grieving, with the boy’s daguerreotype and memory buried together in a tenement funeral.
A Knoxville Tribune reminiscence quotes a longtime fan who recalls catchers wearing no mitts, the rougher play of the sixties, and the two-player mound of old baseball. He praises Harry Wright’s monument while criticizing modern two-pitcher games and the softer era.
A Washington Star quip features a young woman questioning gold-seeking, and Derringer Pete replying that most men find gold by digging creeks and chasms while occasionally a bluff yields riches. The exchange captures frontier mining lore and sharp wit.
A Chicago Record quip notes a daughter breaking her betrothal to an English earl, joking that the reason was the high wheat prices pushing her to pursue an American farmer instead. The remark blends social humor with agricultural economics in a period-appropriate tone.
The article notes a shift from lath-built coops to poultry netting for backyards and commercial runs. It describes netting types, frame setups, and ways to create multiple enclosures, plus floor netting to deter rodents and rising prevalence of large chicken-raising operations.
In JA Pan the eclipse reached totality at 3:02. Mrs. Loomis Todd recalls watching from a lighthouse summit as day darkened to leaden stillness. Birds fled, sea faded, and a corona blazed then vanished behind drifting clouds in a surreal celestial display.
Sir Wyke Bayliss urged English art students at the South Kensington museum to reject the idea that art’s golden age is past. He warned against two dangers despondency and temptation and called for study based on accumulated knowledge and academic training. What has been done before can be done again.
A dialogue excerpt from Harper's Bazaar features Jimmieboy calming Buster after a catastrophe. They discuss Napoleon and his clashes with his brother, noting Napoleon's own eye injuries.
A fragment notes a new Detroit store offering bargains including silks at 18 cents. The tight space and crowding are hinted as many customers eye the storefront, indicating busy shopping atmosphere.
M G Howarp offers a house and lot on Zebulon street Barnesville Georgia. Located within a short walk of the depot school and three churches. Includes garden barn fruit water and ample land for two building lots. Will sell cheap and is open to trade. Come to see me.
Reward offered for the return of a six month old black shaggy shepherd dog. Contact John Collier in Marshall Barnesville or J. W. Poe in Goggansville, Georgia to claim.
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