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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
4
Medical men in Turin form a syndicate to publish La Morte Apparente a paper on apparent death and burial alive, exploring cases and how to avoid mistakes in the future.
A reader recommends Mostetter's Stomach Bitters to ease renal inactivity and treat malarial complaints indigestion rheumatism neuralgia and biliousness with a gentle approach. Testimonial praise and various cures appear, including Piso's Cure for Consumption and Hall's Corres Cure, with several city names and dates.
The piece argues bicycle makers cut prices after profiteering era and suggests typewriters could follow. It notes buyers refused to pay 3100 for a machine and that cheaper models pressured prices downward. It proposes large stores coordinate outside trusts to mass produce at $50 and slash costs.
The Philadelphia Record notes rapid adoption of electric power in shipyards across the United States and Europe. Electrically driven capstans and lifts enable portable, switch-start operations for moving material, hoisting plates and angles, and transporting workers to upper decks, reducing reliance on ladders and stairs.
British naval officers tested a 110-pound gun fired from beneath water to strike an underwater target in Portsmouth harbor. The shot breached oak beams and a iron armored hull, with water seeming to barely affect the projectile. The experiment suggests new marine attack and harbor defense tactics using submerged guns.
A Punch caption jokes about gas anesthesia for dental work. A barber asks a young man the price to pull a tooth and learns gas fees vary from one shilling five to five shillings, prompting a plan to return at daylight.
The Georgia governor sets rewards of five hundred dollars each for the first two Ryder lynchers convicted, one hundred dollars for each additional lyncher, and two hundred fifty dollars for those arrested and convicted of felonious acts preventing arrest. He cites evidence pointing to three names and expects more during trial.
The Roanoke populist state convention met on Thursday and nominated Captain Edmund R. Cocke by acclimation for lieutenant governor after Major Gaines withdrew. The convention then adjourned sine die.
Former Floyd County School Commissioner Bridges is jailed in Rome after his bondsman withdrew. The trial revealed a $2,800 poll tax receipt from J. J. Black not entered on Bridges' books, pushing total shortages above $7,000.
A Washington special reports a large batch of consular appointments announced Thursday. The president and Secretary Porter took papers to Lake Champlain and made selections away from the bustle. Decisions are sent to Washington to be announced.
Thousands of miners gathered near Oak Hill and Turtle Creek after midnight on Wednesday and Thursday. Sheriff Lowry brought 50 deputies as protesters blocked access to the mines. Eugene V. Debs urged restraint and sobriety as a mass meeting praised wage rises and threatened a national sympathy strike.
Assistant Secretary Webster Davis in Washington issues a thorough revision of the pension adjudication rules under the act of June 27, 1890. The new code aims to replace present practices judged difficult and embarrassing with a safe, speedy, and uniform system for adjusting pension claims.
Mr Henry Taylor representing an English Boston syndicate has nearly closed a five million dollar deal on East Tennessee coal mines. The properties employ 3000 miners and produce about three billion tons annually. Boston and English capitalists own stock and bonds are sold. Improvements and a Jellico to sea railroad are planned.
Washington report notes the tariff act exists as a 70 page pamphlet in law form. House members to receive 25 000 copies, senators 10 000, and the Senate finance committee 15 000, totaling 60 000 copies for distribution.
The Cloud Chief Herald of Oklahoma claims unique use of wind power to run its printing mill. It notes wind powered edition is the sole instance on record and asserts wind powered editing if applicable.
A terse script fragment shows a speaker asking how others perceive them and whether they become lifelong enemies, with a sharp, confrontational tone and minimal context.
An advertisement promotes Tetterine for cures of tetter eczema ringworm and other skin conditions using blood medicine. It claims absolute safety and lists price in cents and mail order from J I Shuptrine Savannah Ga. Also offers Dr Kyines Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr Rt H King Ltd 981 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
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