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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
6
A Boston Transcript note condemns child suffering and cites moral warnings about anger and cruelty. It mentions global child mortality from harsh climates, health issues in adults, and social concerns about poorhouse conditions. Advertisements promote tonics, tonics for malaria and digestion, and various patent remedies.
Cassier's Magazine highlights an electric trolley wagon by W G Caffrey of Reno Nevada. The design uses a double trolley system with two wires eighteen inches apart and seventeen feet high, a pantograph linkage, automatic reel cables, and a two horned power motor for road traction. It envisions farm produce transport away from rail facilities and potential competition to light railways.
A tailor claims clothing color reveals a man’s origin in England. Fawn is popular in Lincoln. Cornwall and Somerset favor navy. North Wales prefers light yellow. further south dark browns prevail. Lancashire sells more black cloth while drab and tweed dominate the north. Yorkshiremen favor reddish brown.
An advertisement urges readers to treat skin diseases from simple abrasions to eczema with Tetterine. It promises a lasting cure and offers 50 cent boxes via drugstores or mail order from J. T. Shuptrine of Savannah, Georgia.
A Bushnell Illinois woman Mrs Jacob Weaver wife of ex City Marshal Weaver testifies to recovery from years of female illness aided by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She describes long hardship, initial benefits from the remedy starting with the first box bought in March 1897 and urges other women to use the pills. Notary public O O Hicks attests to the sworn statement. Also mentions seed company promo and Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement.
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