Minister and saloon owner swap invitations in disguise
A Louisville Times feature recalls a popular Indianapolis pastor famed as a mixer. He chats with rough workmen in a blacksmith shop and befriends a florid saloon operator. The punch line reveals the minister’s own joke that his joint is the First Presbyterian church run by Myron W. Weed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Louisville
Henry George
West Street
First Presbyterian Church
Myron W. Weed
Unclear Health Claim Ad Claims Dr King’s New Lite Pill
The text promotes a controversial health pill named Dr King’s New Lite Pilla claiming to cure a wide range of ailments from constipation to malaria. It suggests a high daily usage and attributes extraordinary, unverified benefits to the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
McGeauby
Florida Lands Being Settled
Col H S Chubb of the U S Land Office at Guineaville says government lands in the state have fallen from 1 7 million acres to about 4 hundred thousand as Florida grows rapidly. He notes nationwide promotion of the state through magazines and New York papers and predicts population gains will add another congressman after the next apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
H.S. Chubb
U. S. Land Office
Guineaville
New York City
General Land Office
United States
Folly of Burning Off Woods and Pastures
Dr. Booper Cartice of the United States Department of Agriculture notes that burning forests does not eradicate cattle ticks. He explains that while some ticks may be removed in burned areas, unburned patches persist and reliance on fire leads to failed eradication. Repeated burning harms grass roots and allows coarser grasses to replace softer varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booper Cartice
United States Department of Agriculture
Harsh View on Family Violence and Forest Fire Farming
The writer condemns patricide and fratricide, noting tragic killings by youths and urging that youths who harm parents should leave home. They warn of legal punishment and moral judgment, and comment on the harms of fire to woods and poor farming practices.
Pies of Bay Hood Prompts Health Touting Tone
An advertisement extols bayhood pies while attacking current digestion and health, urging a total toning by a nostrum from E McGuachy. It claims renewed appetite and vigor through a digestive remedy claimed to target stomach liver kidneys and bowels with a broad set of ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayhood
Buyhomt
Allargana
Digoshoe
McGuachy
Gulf Stream Weather Shapes Superior Foreign Fruits
In St James Gazette style, a claim that the Gulf Stream fosters unique English fruits by providing ideal humidity. It asserts English strawberries and apples benefit from climate, while foreign varieties lack the same atmospheric advantage.
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Gulf Stream
St James
Gasotte
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Gretna
Bey
Commonwealth
Bay Hood
Lange
Marine Jacksonville
Fla
Scientific Hierica
Ahmodeory Sy Waatradnd Wranaty
Chipley Banner
Chipley, Filia
Finiah
Marianna Manufacturing CO
Marianna, Fla
New York World
Ite
News Seryion
Ita
SOR 7
R. E. Tiller
Chipley
Attorneys At Law
Tommy
Curtis L. Jones
Wausau, Florida
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