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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1898
Page
6
A metropolitan issue notes that in large U S cities the poor receive aid from wealthy benefactors and sanitary reforms are proposed and carried out. It mentions Hostetters Stomach Bitters and No-To-Bac as cures and a list of tonics and laxatives with prices. The piece ends with a cynical aside about empty laughter and questionable cures.
A Texas jeweler crafts a tiny electric motor searfpin weighing one pennyweight three grains. Complete in all parts, it runs briskly on a small silver chloride battery carried in the vest pocket and hums when current is supplied. Gold replaces copper throughout the miniature device.
Humorous exchange between Mrs Dearborn and Mrs Warbash about a parrot learning to swear. Warbash reveals her husband keeps an alarm clock in his room triggering the bird. Uncle Tom’s joke about going to South Africa for lungs adds to the comic fragment.
A persuasive advertisement argues regular menstruation is vital and warns against pain. It cites Miss GeER TRADE Sikes of Eldred PA and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash as remedies. The ad urges women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn MA for health guidance.
In a Senate debate on Cuba, Senators Chandler Turner Harris Kenney and others urged immediate war against Spain to free Cuba. Turner argued for swift action and criticized diplomacy while praising a declaration of war to curb Spanish cruelty and avenge the Maine disaster.
A Washington dispatch reports Governor Atkinson of Georgia asked the War Department to exchange old arms in the Georgia militia for new ones and to supply guns to the artillery as the nation prepares for war.
The battleship Texas sailed from New York to join the flying squadron at Hampton Roads, cast off at the navy yard dock around 8 a.m., and proceeded down East River amid steam salutes. The double turreted monitor Amphitrite departed Beaufort Wednesday to bolster Captain Sampson's fleet at Key West.
A Rome dispatch reports the Vatican sought US intervention in politics. President McKinley appreciated the pope's initiative but rejected Vatican involvement in political affairs, marking the plan's failure.
The article discusses bicycle riding for women as a debated health topic among physicians and reformers. It cites Bertha Reed of Delaware Ohio, a seventeen year old who worsened after heavy cycling but recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, praised for improving blood and nerves and restoring vitality.
A Yorkshire tale from Sir Tatton Sykes famed for wit and generosity. On a fence by Sledmere a tramp mistook him for a farmer and received hospitality once, then returned to be rewarded for a splendid dinner and ale. The baronet charged the butler to give the man two pounds and fifty to York Hospital.
A collage of early 20th century medical advertisements touts laxatives, tonics, tonics for beauty, nerve restorers, teething syrups, cough cures, and patent medicines. It mocks patriotism while promoting Cascarets, Dr Kline remedies, Taber’s Pepsin, and Castarets. It also cites blood circulation trivia in a didactic aside.
A playful exchange follows with Chappie and Miss Montmorency debating headgear and thoughts. She refuses to reverse the order, preferring to reserve her Easter bonnet for a future moment while keeping her mind on it until then.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a detective lured by a well dressed stranger claiming to be a fellow detective. The man coordinated a theft at a glove counter and followed the thief to her home, leaving the original detective duped while losses reached two to three hundred dollars.
Letter from a Georgia reader recounts fifteen years of morphine addiction and pain relief through Dr Woolley’s antidote. The writer praises the transformation, credits recovery to the physician, and notes renewed health and gratitude, dated Atlanta March 6 1898.
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