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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1898
Page
3
A collage of notices from Vernon area newspapers recounting visitors, meetings, and commerce. Farmers haul large guano shipments while merchants tout whiskey sales and local services. society figures attend meetings, births, and relocations are noted. a Mardi Gras rail fare offer and travels to Pensacola are mentioned alongside subscription appeals for the Banner.
Mr. Randal Scott of Marianna visits Friday along with D C Bule of Colquitt Georgia and Alabama guests. A Pensacola trade show date changes to Feb 22 due to transport costs. Vernon glimpses new shops and builders with Dr Coleman T J Mobley W B Lassitter and Parish Bros praised. Constituent Florida Democratic Clubs form state association with officers Frank W Pope president and John S Beard secretary. meetings quarterly in Jacksonville.
The South Atlantic and Gulf States Quarantine Convention met in Mobile Alabama with about 300 representatives from merchant groups science bodies transportation interests and city and state administrations. The discussion covered the quarantine issue in all its aspects and noted physician belief that impure blood causes many diseases. The piece cites Browns Iron Bitters as evidence of such cures and notes its sale by dealers.
The Agricultural Department reports Florida produced 48 730 bales of cotton in 1896 97 with 26 431 bales of sea island. Florida upland value 734 529 dollars and sea island value 1 359 735 dollars total value 2 094 264 dollars. Florida cut acreage 264 225 acres yielding about one bale per 534 acres.
The discovery earns endorsements from Aug J Bogel of Shreveport Louisiana and J F Campbell of Safford Arizona who call Dr King’s New Discovery a reliable cure for coughs colds and consumption. It is promoted as time tested and effective with free trials offered at J R Farrior’s drug store.
A Glenville West Virginia reader extols Chamberlains Couch Remedy as superior to all others and claims it has always worked when others failed. The letter notes voluntary praise and recommends purchase through R. B. Bellamy and J. R. Farrier.
Notice seeks information on a sorrel horse with a star fled on Tuesday night. Contact BAN NER office or Wm. Conner Chipley Florida. Mr John Oliver Philadelphia narrates recovery with Electric Bitters saving his life after doctors gave up. 50 cents per bottle at J R Farrar’s drug store.
An old medical ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the body and treats headaches fevers constipation and biliousness. It urges buyers to try a box priced at 10 or 25 cents with a guarantee of effect.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions plus piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and prices at 25 cents per box, sold by J R Farrior.
All persons indebted to J N Daniel deceased are notified to settle their amounts at once. Payments may be made to W A Maxwell at Chipley Florida. Immediate attention is requested to avoid further annoyance. W H Milton Jr administrator estate of J N Daniel Marianna Fla
The famous Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is claimed to soothe teething pain cleanse gums relieve wind colic diarrhea and calm distressed infants. Sold by druggists everywhere at 2d a bottle with insistence to ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup only.
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