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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1899
Page
4
A clipped remark on wisdom is followed by a bold claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best blood medicine. The snippet hints the ad reveals information about circulation of the blood and the product’s reputation.
A Lexington Avenue sign offers parlor rental to a doctor or a gentleman, recalled after a girl notes five doctors and one gentleman among her acquaintances joining a new whist club. The anecdote mocks doctors’ social standing.
An advertisement touts Windrey's Eye Salve promising eye cure with no pain and money back if not satisfied. It offers 25 cents per box and lists druggists or mail orders, attributed to J. P. Hayten and others. It also mentions Dr Kline's Restorer and a treatment offer with trial bottles. The copy contains promotional language and dated spelling.
The latest trend in household arts features embroidery of the owner’s favorite flower in a corner of mourning chairs and linens instead of initials or monograms. The article also describes making an ice poultice from cracked ice and sawdust packed in a flannel bag for fever reduction in children, noting careful use.
Readable fragment covers home hygiene advice on cleaning mattresses and feather beds, a mountain trip producing safe fire kindling from corn cobs, a new table for photographs with interior compartments and satin brocade, and dinner etiquette for bananas oranges apples fish bones and basic recipes including rusk baked fish roll and turnip sauce.
The Russian ice breaker Yermak, the largest vessel of its kind, returns to the Tyne after a bold voyage to the Polar Sea. It opened routes through ice to Cronstadt Revel and St. Petersburg, aiding 40 steamers earlier than usual, while Arctic tests showed ice up to eighteen feet high. Commander Admiral Makaroff lauds performance though calls for strengthening certain sections. The piece also notes a nutrition study on bread by Professor Harry Snyder and stray items on health remedies and anecdotes.
The late John Cook, founder of Cook's Tours, endured extensive railway travel averaging 40,000 miles a year. Despite a robust constitution, he developed a peculiar nervous affliction in later years that vanished after he stopped riding with his back to the engine.
Frank J. Cuenry, senior partner of Caenry & Co. in Toledo, vows to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses the oath dated December 6, 1836, with testimonials and advertisements claiming the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
Meck Wende of Wende Station Erie County owns Dick the bulldog who began diving after a drowning in a creek. The two year old animal now dives to ten feet with ease, lingering under water up to a minute and a half to retrieve objects and at times the drowned boy Dick helped recover has been his underwater quarry since that July incident.
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