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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1900
Page
2
A county executive committee meeting urges a primary election to settle offices. The piece argues the public benefit, cites a state tax reduction from 3 to 2 mills, and notes Gov. Bloxham’s popularity rising. It also mocks William J. Bryan’s anticipated White House tenure.
A LaGrange Georgia man reports a six month leg sore cured in ten days by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad touts it for ulcers wounds burns boils pain and piles. Also notes Dewey as a presidential candidate and a Florida case where a Florida act regulating labeling was deemed unconstitutional as an interstate commerce issue.
The item extols Dr King’s New Life Pills and their claimed health benefits. It also discusses 8 M Robertson’s candidacy for Commissioner of Agriculture, praising him while challenging an incumbent, notes Frank Clark's withdrawal from the race, and references Tallahassee and Pensacola papers commenting on political dynamics and past figures.
The piece argues against war taxes citing Otis and McKinley in peacetime. It notes a fiscal year surplus exceeding 54 million with three months left and warns surplus risks like currency shortages or reckless spending. It urges both parties to repeal superfluous taxes as a shared duty.
The Dispatch reports a warning from the Democratic National Committee press bureau, led by a Bryan ally, urging nationwide Democrats to instruct delegates for Bryan and the Chicago platform. The piece questions prospects of a stealth push to alter the party at Kansas City and notes most mentioned leaders were bolters in 1896.
The Florida First Congressional District Democratic Party calls a convention in Tallahassee on Wednesday May 30 1900 at noon to nominate a candidate for Congress for the fifty seventh Congress and to transact further business. Delegates are apportioned by county votes in 1896 with adjustments for 1893 results, with counties to choose delegates as their party organizations see fit. County chairs must submit county convention records and committee rosters to W B Henderson Tampon Fla and Perry G Wall as chairman and secretary.
An old advertisement asserts that people can gain a pound a day by taking an ounce of Scotts Emulsion. It states the product may stimulate digestion enabling absorption of ordinary food to produce rapid weight gain. The piece explains the concept of needing flesh for health and implies a remedy.
Scout's Fension described as useful in all seasons for thriving skin care. Distributed by Scott & Bowne chemists New York with no further product details or usage instructions.
The Tampa Tribune urges readers to favor home merchants over out of town firms. Local retailers support community growth, churches, schools, and the town’s prosperity, while distant sellers offer little beyond business gains.
A country editor praises the county candidate as jolly and vain yet friendly and generous. He notes churchgoing habits and public spirit, while recounting a scene where the candidate’s second, the early rising, buoyant rival is described. The excerpt ends with a wife’s weary remark about a paralyzed leg.
Manchester Michigan resident George D. Williams tells how his wife recovered after five years of helplessness. He credits Elective Pitters as a supreme remedy for female diseases easing nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and physical weakness. Bottles cost 50 cents and are sold by W L Warrior, a local druggist.
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