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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
2
A periodical note describes The Banner and Pensacola Press editions with subscription and advertising details. It includes humorous quips about state differences and wartime morale, plus a joke about grass widows and dogkennel widows from St Louis Humorist.
An arnica salve ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for burns sores ulcers boils felons and skin eruptions with a 25 cent box price and guaranteed cure Sold by local druggists.
Mrs J B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced surgery for stomach trouble and jaundice but after seven bottles of Electric Bitters she was cured and avoids the knife. The remedy is claimed to cure stomach liver and kidney troubles with a money back guarantee at W Farrior's drugstore.
The Gainesville Sun remarks that local papers are the town's looking glasses. They mirror business vigor or dullness through advertising space and editorial presence, revealing whether merchants and citizens are lively or lackluster.
The Pensacola Press argues for selecting honest capable officials to safeguard public welfare and criticizes political shysters who manipulate nominations. It cites Kansas in a warning against loyalty to party over merit and notes a good roads convention in Orlando on March 22 23 with calls for county delegates and organizational representation. The piece also notes anticipated Florida Democratic activity linked to the national convention and possible June state events.
State audit confirms liabilities and assets as stated by the Insurance Department. Officials named include Charles A. Preccer auditor Walter R. Gillette and Walter F. Stoup with regional agent Cecil Wilcox in Jacksonville Florida.
The state press backs Town McBeath for Florida State Superintendent of Public Instruction in a non partisan effort to remove politics from the office. A letter from J M Guilliams of Chattanooga Normal University lauds McBeath as a principled practical educator with broad training and a tender heart.
A vintage advertisement claims a monster dev il fish of a murky malady attacks organs nerves muscles and brain. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe cure for stomach liver kidneys and bowels at 25 cents at W L Farrior s drugstore.
A Pensacola letter argues the 80 percent rise in white paper prices by the paper trust taxes intelligence by raising costs for publishers and consumers. It urges passage of measures to curb inflating costs, warns of fewer publications and poorer quality if prices remain high.
Mrs H Lincoln recalls a night with her widowly companion, Gen Baraham of Machias. Doctors warned she would die from pneumonia but she credits Dr King’s New Discovery. After three small doses she slept and found relief from throat chest and lung troubles. Trial bottles free at W L Farrior drugstore.
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