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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
5
One of the latest triumphs in the engineering world is the construction and shipment by steamer of a 4900 ton displacement steamer. It was transferred to railway transport and finally put afloat in Lake Baikal Iberia, over 6000 miles from St. Petersburg.
An English invention for steering any craft by wireless telegraph principle is perfected. It promises near infallibility for torpedo boats in naval warfare and mirrors Hostetter’s Digest style claims. The estate of D L Moody is said to chiefly consist of his library. Public notices echo medical ads and ship losses with foreign vessel figures and tonnage.
An advertisement urges readers to improve health by making blood rich with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims half-sick feelings vanish, sharing testimony from Mrs. A J Sprague of Fall River Massachusetts about relief from fatigue headaches and tiredness.
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent reports near Rivage de Questidhou on the Cherbourg promontory the coast is overrun by a surge of octopuses. Fishermen lose boats and oysters are consumed as giants measure up to six feet seven inches with suckers large as coins. If winter fails to kill them, bathing may be impossible next summer.
A collage of notes describes new uses for the old Themes subway in London for mushroom growing, a medical claim on influenza’s neural impact, and a French naturalist’s work with osmogens and flower odors. It also covers a German mountain rope railway, an electrolytic file sharpening method, Westernization pressures on China’s Great Wall bids, a humor vignette about a shoe-string faker, a delayed wedding fee anecdote, and a claim that the North Carolina penitentiary was self-sustaining and repaid a state loan.
The article explains how nail shape and color were once seen as signs of character and fate. Red spotted nails indicated a hot temper, pale nails meant melancholy, and nail shape was linked to ambition, knowledge, or gentleness depending on width and roundness.
The piece argues Lord Kitchener shuns married men in positions of power, citing his bachelor status and alleged discomfort in social settings with women. It notes a Cairo encounter where he questions a countess about Cairo's season before pausing, then asserts he is not a “ladies’ man.”
In a humorous exchange Mrs Muggs declares she is not lonely, saying her parrot swears and chews tobacco like a monkey, and that she can almost imagine her late husband is still present.
Irregular ad copy touts Cascarets as a cure for pimples boils blotches and bilious complexions by cleansing blood and liver. Sold by druggists with prices listed 10 25 and 60 cents and a satisfaction guarantee.
A fragmented page lists nonspecific medical claims and patent remedies. Items include Gnove's TasTmirss CHILL, Cascarets Candy Cathartic, and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money-back claim. It also mentions an Archaeological Congress in Rome after Easter and references to minerals, deafness cures, and universal remedies.
R N Mann of Fall Mills Tennessee recounts years of stubborn cough and wasted weight until using Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. He reports immediate improvement, regained flesh, and normal sleep at age seventy four after many eminent physicians offered no relief.
A collage of wartime dialogue and product ads appears with lines about Reginald and Miss Dimple, references to Manila Cuba and Ohio State Journal, a cure all laxative, and Ke. W. Grove box signatures. Mention of China’s Canton to Kanskow railroad financed by American capital and a parishioner finding $1,500 in a cake prize.
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