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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1898
Page
3
Local merchants Campbell and Butler push clothing hats tobacco and real estate deals at St Andrews Bay. Notices cover Prentice loans, sheriff transports, new office spaces, and upcoming church events. Various residents travel to Pensacola, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee for business and visits while local remedies and sales temptations appear throughout the column.
The list includes F H Ware W R Miller J E Nixon SB Marshal J E Minchen John Kent T O Roche J M Harper G A Danley M W May J A McKeithen J W Bowen Geo F Gainer Jr W F Carter T H Harmon J F Carter B Ellis J J Williams T J Mobley T D White J W Kimble James Yates 8 W Jones A W Potter Thomas Purvis J B Lockey J W Williams T T Markham W J Stott for the May 16 1898 term.
Deputy U S Marshal J L Ball arrested W L Poore a former Georgia deputy and alleged bribe taker. Poore fled to Florida and acted as agent for a patent anvil facing seven charges after his arrest. Ball refused to tolerate further trouble and detained Poore in Marianna this week.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a wonderful medical discovery that cleanses the system and benefits kidneys liver and bowels. It claims relief from headache fever constipation and biliousness with a guaranteed cure sold at 10 or 20 cents per box by druggists.
An ad fragment touts price savings with a bold claim Get our prices we promise to save you money attributed to Campbell and Butler. The line emphasizes shopper savings and direct selling language in a period local advertisement.
A column spotlights Westville merchants J F Flournoy John Neel and others advertising diverse goods from department store style floors to livery stables and groceries. It praises Dr Kings New Discovery for cures and urges trials at J R Farrior and Campbell Moore shops as local commerce thrives.
The Adjutant General's Office in Pensacola reports a meeting of Confederate veterans at DeFuniak on March 12 to elect a brigadier general for the First Florida Brigade UCV. Delegates are allotted by membership with rail rates advertised. camps listed include Pensacola Milton Chipley Marianna Quincy Tallahassee and Vernon. The note adds a local reference to Bledsoe in Vernon offering snake bite medicine as fishing season nears.
St Andrews notes say Mr Richard Brackin and Son rebuilt their wharf at the steamer landing improving safe freight transfer and passenger access. Mardi Gras festivities drew a good crowd at Mobile and hints of spring appear as sunshine returns despite cool winds.
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for coughs colds croup whooping cough and influenza. It claims wide world use and life saving effects for children with croup and whooping cough. Sold by R. B. Bellamy and J. R. Farrior.
Advert claims Cascarets are the most delightful bone regulator for year round use as druggists offer boxes at 10, 25, and 50 cents. The text cites two million boxes sold annually with a goal of three million by New Year. It asserts a cure guarantee and targets general consumers.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for back problems kidney weakness malaria and nervous troubles. Claims to tone the whole system stimulate liver and kidneys purify blood and ease constipation headaches sleeplessness and melancholy. Sold for 50 cents a bottle at Frrior's drug store.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup used for teething infants for over fifty years. It claims to soothe, ease gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhea with immediate relief. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
Bucklen’s Arniva Salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter and other skin eruptions. Guar anteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J R Farrior.
Sheriff of Washington County Florida announces a public sale on April 4 by court execution against James A. Jordan at Vernon Court House. Property described as SEY of NW4 and NE of SW with two acres excluded in Section 13 Township 5 North Range 18 West. Highest cash bidder wins. purchaser pays deed fees.
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