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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
3
Market chatter and local notices run alongside war dispatches as Campbell & Butler promote low prices and cash discounts. Town figures, traders, and travelers drop names while advertising remedies and dental services amid a restless week of politics and travel.
A local Cornish note from Ebro Florida reports farming activity and a busy mill scene. Mentions J M Howell with 4000 logs near Pine Log Creek and Taunton’s mill. Mrs Sarah M Raley loses house and furniture to a recent fire. A Suggs family returns from Geneva Alabama with their 15 year old daughter’s burial. Foresters plan cattle shipment early April. County Commissioners grant a voting precinct at the post office. Rumor of a venomous rattlesnake bite near Otter Creek. Fortune tellers and river fishing luck noted. Road Commissioner D S Corley recent discharge. A marketing ad promotes a laxative product.
Dr R A Rozier announces permanent location for Hipley and readiness to perform all dental work. He will extract teeth and make artificial teeth at Dr P F C Wilson’s office near A Cook’s store. Office promises quality work at reasonable prices.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief public notice about undergarment sales or distribution labeled Look Here with unclear locality and date, offering few concrete details beyond the product category and a call for attention.
Local retailer promotes deep discounts on clothing shoes and pants with cheap flour and thread specials. Advertises 8 spools of thread for 10 cents and a raffle ticket for every 35 cents spent, offering a chance to win a bicycle.
W J Cuyler of Red Creek New York extols Chamberlain s Pain Ball as effective for rheumatism and other home use. The Red Creek Herald note and local merchants R Bellamy and J Ry Purtior carry the remedy as advertised.
Fragmented local notice promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for yellow jaundice and dyspepsia with testimonials from M A Trogarty of Lexington and Browns Iron Bitters for stomach nerve and blood issues. Mentions smallpox hoax from West Bay and public works by Marshal Watson on Sth street crossline. Candy Cathartic ad excerpt included with pricing and guarantees.
The L and N railroad announces from Louisville that on April 1 R J Wemyss is named general land commissioner at Pensacola succeeding the late W D Chipley. Wemyss, already in Pensacola from Orlando, will relieve temporary appointee F B Bonifay and may keep his role as assistant land commissioner under Wemyss.
A Shelby North Carolina case reports a seven year battle with disease ending in victory after using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. One woman slept through the first dose and after two bottles was cured. Trial bottles offered free at J R Farrior's drug store with regular sizes 60c and 1. Every bottle guaranteed.
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