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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1897
Page
1
The text discusses elevator safety with air cushions to reduce crashes and notes a Shaft edge danger. It also includes a Ledger fable about the Stork visiting a sumptous scene and brief, ironic dialogue from the Cayenne and the Washington Star about estrangement and gossip.
Readers note Hostetter's Bitters touted for malaria cure and relief from constipation rheumatism neuralgia nervousness and loss of appetite across distant lands including South America Guatemala Indies Australia and Europe amid reports from medical men and inhabitants.
The article discusses road conditions and the debate over tire width, noting wide tires may hurt roads less but require broad adoption, likely via fines. It also recounts Rushville’s dray mishap, Keokuk and Scott County road improvements, and the impact of good roads on farm values, with several anecdotes and quotes from period sources.
The article discusses the good roads movement as favored by L A W and state legislatures. It notes Pennsylvania's pending 1,000,000 appropriation bill, Arkansas and New Jersey progress, and Massachusetts funding. It argues road education reveals roads as a tax relief and prosperity aid, with local effort common in many states. It also mentions Patrick County Virginia stones linked to luck and a Carlsbad springs visitation figure of 42,448.
A father warns his son that a potential employer may be jealous of his talent after hearing the commencement address. The son defends his performance, while the father worries about future professional inroads in the same field. Washington Star appears.
A collage of patent medicine pitches notes Tetterine as painless harmless and odorless with a 50 cent price and mail order option. Additional items include ostrich plume yields and glove cleaning service. Ends with cures and tonics from various doctors and vendors and price points.
A Knightstown Indiana woman narrates eight years of Change of Life suffering and praise for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Pills and Sanative Wash. She reports rapid relief after one year of use and says the remedies cured several female diseases and restored her health. She recommends them to friends and asserts there is no need for女性 suffering.
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