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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
3
Fragment from The Banner shows signers including Pom and W. N. Sheaw with early 20th century style notices. It lists Sunday hours 12 20 a m to 12 00 p and money orders available at all hours the office is open except Sundays. The item references a post office directory and a PM entry for J P Schell.
A damaged article fragment mentions New York and weekly small items. Names, dates, and clear facts are unreadable. The readable bits hint at a farm or home ownership context but lack concrete details.
Lists of state officers Governor Gilchrist Secretary Crawford Attorney General Trammell Comptroller Croom and other executives. Florida land office officials AM Chubb Shields Warren and Washington County officers Circuit Clerk Lockey Vernor receiver and county surveyor Collins. Chipley city officials Mayor Wells and council members.
A comic list warns against common foods and drinks by claiming bizarre illnesses result from each. It absurdly links water to typhoid fever and milk to tuberculosis while also mentioning whiskey, soup, meat, oysters, vegetables, dessert, cigars, coffee, tea, wine, and even air sterilization as causes of various misfortunes.
An odd ad from Helftalo New York by A. Schingeck promotes Dr King’s New Life Pill as a universal cure. It lists ailments such as constipation indigestion headache chills malaria and debility as allegedly treated.
Hamp ton's Magazine lauds Geo Westinghouse as a living power plant not a dynamo, noting his 15 000 patents and over 300 inventions while contrasting his drive with mere machinery. The piece highlights general praise for his genius and prolific output.
A mountaineer observes a traveler at dawn as he brushes teeth and shaves before a cloudy mirror. The scene ends with the mountaineer joking about the morning routine and a medical ad offers Chamberlain Medicine Co. samples for biliousness and indigestion via a Des Moines Iowa address.
In a speech before the Royal Photographic Society Lord Redensdale debunked claims about rice paper, insisting it contains no rice and was made from tree pith. He argued early papers used rag fibers and noted the first paper manufactory arose in the late 13th century, after Arab and European developments.
The Secretary of Agriculture estimates 1910 agricultural products at 8.936 billion dollars and President Wilson notes this is a historic high. The article suggests that future output could reach one trillion dollars, surpassing past records.
An old ad claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures influenza and prevents pneumonia. Sold by City Drug Store and E.B. McGeseby.
Ends winter troubles with Bucklon's Aral Salve. It treats burns piles sores eczema sprains and cuts. Marketed as a great healer by S. BE. McGeachy.
A young man travels through the North Carolina mountains and stays at a native's cabin. He and the family share a single lavatory, using a gourd-dipped basin on the porch and a grimy towel for all.
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