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Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a nerve tonic and blood purifier. Claims nervousness stems from starved nerves and promises relief by enriching blood strength and vitality.
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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1899
Page
4
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a nerve tonic and blood purifier. Claims nervousness stems from starved nerves and promises relief by enriching blood strength and vitality.
A German report tells of Neuendorf where lightning hit a barn ending a stork family. The nest burned as the mother stork shielded her helpless chicks, dying in the flames rather than fleeing.
A jumble of old medical ads offers Findley's Eye Salve promising cures for bore eyes in eight days and chronic cases in 380 days with a money back guarantee. Hall's Catarrh Cure pledges a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and is sold by J Curner & C, Toledo. Nall's Catarrh Cure, and Mail's Family Pills are promoted with testimonials from druggists and wholesalers.
A London report says General White remains well and holding his position after a Kimberley sortie. British commander Colonel Kekewitch reportedly notes heavy Boer losses. The London press praises American sympathy, highlighting a hospital ship funded by American women and nurses valued in the Cuban war.
Paris dispatch via Havas reports Afrikanders joyful as Ladysmith siege tightens. General White loses about 350 in two engagements. Colenso falls to Lucas Meyer and retreat is cut off. Mafeking under siege with possible surrender anticipated.
General Frederick Funston directs Topeka lawyers Green Ware Green to press criminal libel charges against Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and civil action against The Monitor of San Francisco over statements accusing him of looting Catholic churches in the Philippines. Ireland urged Funston to deny the article and sue the Monitor’s editor to prevent public belief in the accusations.
A London dispatch reports twenty British dead and one hundred wounded at the scene of Monday’s disaster. Eighty seven hundred prisoners were sent to Pretoria.
The Pittsburg plants of American Tin Plate prepare to shut down likely after November 6 leaving about 700 workers in suspense. Officials consider dismantling the Monongahela and Star works and concentrating operations at Indiana and Newcastle Pennsylvania plants.
Three of the South’s largest milling companies in Chattanooga have pulled out of the New York led movement to form a southern millers’ combine. Reports also say the Louisville Kentucky and Sweetwater Tennessee mills have withdrawn.
The Argonaut notes a tale of Richard Cumberland jealous of Richard Sheridan. Cumberland reportedly pinched his children during a performance of The School for Scandal, saying there was nothing to laugh at. Sheridan replied it was ungrateful to complain since Cumberland laughed at his tragedy.
An advertisement promises cures for skin ailments such as tetter, salt rheum, ringworm, and eczema using Tetterine. It urges sending 50 cents in stamps to J. T. Shuptriac of Savannah Georgia to receive a box postpaid and notes that testimonials are available upon request.
In Paris an elite canine trade flourishes with thousands of dogs cared for by top clients who pay high prices. A dog tailor notes wealthy owners order gala outfits matching their staff’s livery, including rain gear, cloaks, boots, and accessories. The article describes a dog’s life as a luxury lifestyle among the wealthy.
An ad from Peerless Tobacco Wars Co of Bedford City Virginia seeks two traveling salesmen per Southern state with a fifty dollar fee plus expenses for a permanent position. No particular experience required and address given for applications.
A noted optician urges frequent bath cleansing for spectacles. He advises soaking in warm water with soap, brushing, then polishing with tooth powder and using tissue for drying to prevent eye strain from dirty lenses.
Engineers claim to have solved the Panama Canal completion challenge and foresee vast benefits to mankind. The note likens the success to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, praising its reliability in curing stomach ailments and torpid livers as a sign of progress in the era.
Isaac Wintermute eighty year old postmaster at Milldrift Pike county Pennsylvania faced a six foot black snake inside the post office. The reptile coiled around his legs and arms during sorting before Wintermute killed it with a boot heel after pursuing it into the adjacent grocery store.
A reader from Greenpoint Brooklyn reports severe hysteria nerve suffering and painful menstruation eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of illness and failed medical treatments. A Fremont Michigan user credits the remedy and Liver Pills with relief from years of stomach neuralgia and restored appetite after three bottles and one Liver Pills box.
A schoolboy’s spoof of a stage drama features mangled dialogue with a villain malevolently declaring bloodshed and vengeance while the hero proclaims divine intervention. phrases about corpses and drowning with a millstone appear, reflecting a humorous yet grim imitation.
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