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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
6
In Turin a group of medical men organize La Morte Apparente a new paper on cases of apparent death and burial alive and on methods to prevent misdiagnosis in the future. The venture aims to publish discussions on dangers and safeguards tied to the rare phenomenon of seeming death.
A historical advertisement-style note urges gentle kidney care using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to treat renal inactivity and other ailments. It warns against harsh stimulants and cites testimonials including Piso's Cure for Consumption and Hall's Catarrh Cure, with locations Covington Kentucky and Jackson Michigan.
The piece compares bicycle price reductions to anticipated falls in typewriter costs. It argues manufacturers kept high prices despite lower production costs and suggests large department stores in New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago could push mass production to lower prices.
The Philadelphia Record notes widespread adoption of electric power in shipyards. Electrically driven capstans and lifts enable mobility and rapid material handling, with hand cars moved by switches and plates hoisted into place. Electric hoists replace long stairways for high keel areas.
British naval officers fired a 110 pound heavy gun from the harbor bottom at Portsmouth to assess submerged bombardment. A diver loaded and aimed the gun toward a waterborne target and an armored hull, with water not noticeably hindering the shot. The experiment suggests new marine attack and harbor defense possibilities using submerged batteries.
A humorous Punch cartoon caption contrasts gas anesthesia costs with tooth pulling. A young man asks for the price and the reply is one shilling and five pence with gas. The client then jokes about returning in daylight for cheaper service.
The Georgia governor announced rewards of five hundred dollars for the first two lynchers of Dr. Ryder and one hundred dollars for each additional conviction. He named three men with clear evidence and expected more during the trial. He urged the press and citizens to condemn lynching and pledged to use the law to punish perpetrators.
The Roanoke populist state convention adjourned sine die after nominating Captain Edmund B. Cocke by acclamation for lieutenant governor while Major Gaines withdrew from the race.
Former Floyd county school commissioner Bridges has been jailed in Rome after his bondsman withdrew. Bridges plans to seek another bondsman as the trial reveals a $2,800 unaccounted poll tax receipt from 1894, boosting total shortages to over $7,000.
A Washington special reports a large batch of consular appointments announced Thursday. The president and Secretary Porter carried papers to Lake Champlain where he makes appointments away from the capital. Decisions are sent to Washington for official announcement.
Thousands of miners gathered around the New York and Cleveland mines near Oak Hill Turtle Creek and Plum Creek as strikers camped overnight preparing to press the work stoppage. Leaders including President Dolan M P Carrick and Eugene V Debs spoke urging sobriety and solidarity.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis in Washington issues a thorough revision of the adjudication rules under the 1890 pension act section two. The new code aims to cure difficulties in administration by providing a safe, speedy and uniform system for adjusting these cases.
Henry Taylor representing an English Boston syndicate nears closing a five million dollar option on East Tennessee coal mines. The properties employ about 3000 miners producing roughly three million tons annually. Stock and bonds are sold with planned improvements and a Jellico to sea railroad project.
Washington report states the new tariff act is issued as a seventy page document. House members receive 25 050 copies, senators 10 000, and the senate finance committee 15 000. Total distribution planned at 60 000 copies.
A Dallas News item records the Cloud Chief Herald of Oklahoma printed by wind power from a wind mill, the only such use in newspaper printing on record. It notes if not edited by wind power, it remains the sole instance of the sort on record.
The script presents a cryptic dialogue in which Boston Tran questions personal reputation and loyalty. It hints at social tension and a desire to confront perceived enmity, framed in terse, provocative exchanges.
Cure Corns With Physic promising a cure for tetter eczema and ringworm with Tetterine ointment at 50 cents from druggists or by mail from J T Shuptrine Savannah Ga. Fire is claimed to be permanently cured with Dr Kines Great Nerve Restorer two dollar trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H Kine Ltd Philadelphia Pa. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup advertised for teething with gum relief wind colic priced at two cents a bottle.
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