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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1897
Page
1
Dr William Darnell warns that improper cycling harms health with two main effects. It lowers spirits and strains the heart, potentially causing hypertrophy and weakened vitality. He urges upright position with a straight handlebar and a saddle without a pommel to prevent nerve and organ damage.
A Chicago Journal fragment quotes a resident and a helper from a local charity discussing the needy. The passage references a Help Hand to the Worthy Poor Sewing Mission society and reactions from a good dame about the poor.
An OCR filled page note lists tonics and remedies for nervous disorders and weak health. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for nervousness appetite and digestion, quotes various cures and prices, and includes Hod's Sarsaparilla and other patent medicines. It reads like a bustle of early 20th century medical ads with claims of cure and longevity.
Excerpted lines mix Guiney and Shakespeare showing contrasting poetry on silence and disgrace. The speakers reference nature and ascent as well as longing and self-reflection. The passage juxtaposes rural service to village enterprise with personal exile and the solace found in remembered love.
A mixed verse item quotes M A Holt and James Whitcomb Riley with reflections on memory and youth. It intertwines longing for past beauty and the comfort of a present loving home, ending with a fragment from Atlanta Constitution.
Hezekiah Bradds, the only American known to live in a church steeple, occupies a tiny room under the bells of the Westport Baptist Church near Kansas City. He cooks, sleeps, and eats there, looking out on the city while swallows flutter above. Bradds became the resident sexton after marital troubles led his wife to leave, and trustees moved him into the steeple residence.
A British steamer at sea tapped the Fitzsimmons Corbett match via a Mexican cable link on March 17. Captain Southerland and crew aboard Oxus followed each round as a telegraph operator relayed the result, noting Corbett’s solar plexus punch and his inability to respond.
A Washington Star fragment notes a young woman recalling a friend who rode so devotedly that she spoke little, until asked the time. The cyclometer showed two miles and a quarter past dinner time, prompting a hurried return home.
Advertising note promotes Tetterine for skin diseases with a 50 cent box price and mail order from J. T. Shuptrine plus mentions jewels valued at 3 500 000 for the king of Portugal and a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also references Dr Isaac Thompson Eye-water and a 250 price.
A collection of aphorisms on discipline humility and self improvement. It contrasts patience with constant complaint and suggests happiness comes from inner disposition and small daily kindnesses. Women are praised for virtue and devotion on major occasions.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hiller near La Grange Indiana celebrate 87 years of marriage. He is 107 and she 105. their one room frame cottage has sheltered them nearly 85 years. He remains vigorous with bright eyes and white hair while she is frail and blind. They recall a Canada birth, 1812 war memories, and eleven children aged between 57 and 82.
An old Ledger report discusses the air cushion innovation for elevators. A deep shaft well and a platform fit create gradual air resistance to lessen crash danger if the elevator fails, claiming it nearly eliminates serious injuries.
German experiments reveal bacteria thrive in certain building stones and even in less porous types. Recommendation favors non porous stones for hospital construction, though granites absorb water making such stones scarce.
The piece attributes a surge in female illness and deaths to August heat, urging early treatment and endorsing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Saturn Craic of Baker's Landing, Pa, describing recovery from pro lapsus uteri and leucorrhea after using the product.
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