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Newspaper
Ocala Evening Star
Location
Ocala, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
3
Ocala buzzes with shop and street life as Tydings & Co advertises beauty products while merchants like Melver & MacKay sell bamboo furniture and willow center tables. Local officials and residents travel to town for markets, fairs, and religious gatherings, with news of horses from Toneasee and Kentucky, a rail excursion, and updates from the Post Office Drug Store and Anti-Monopoly Drugstore.
Deputy Marshal Peacock brought in Maresmeen from Worthington Springs Baturday charged with distilling whisky. Preliminary hearing before Commissioner Williams bound over to next term of U S district court in Ocala. Also mentioned are Lot Boyd, Wor Nettles, Wesley Hazzard, JB Borland of Citra.
Ocala News Co promotes Waterman and Parker fountain pens inviting customers to call and inspect. Central Lumber Co advertises Patton's Sun proof paints and color cards urging buyers to compare before purchasing.
The item lists Tennessee butter supply terms with a Tennessee dairy daily at per pound, country smoked sausage price, a desribeable alx room house near the post office, and social mentions including Mrs Lang with Hon H W Lang at the county seat and a visit by Lee Cox of the Record Pub Co in St Augustine.
Dr Rargin of Pana Tk recommends Fillanta Snow Liniment for bruises and burns noting fast relief. The product claims to prevent serious injuries and should be kept in every home. Available at Anti Monopol y Drugstore and Desireable home in second ward near Team square W W Condon.
Just in time to save the crop reapers binders shredders grinders carload shipped to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co of Chicago. Powgee reports strong sales aided by home newspaper advertising. Admiral Dewey endorses Coke Dandruff Cure sold at Monopaly Drugstore.
Ocala News Co catalogues six water bottle styles including patent tops that can be unscrewed and resealed, highlighting versatile designs for daily use and travel.
Pass between wearers of our hats. This spring they are er than ever before. We also have in stock.
A local ad touts rose fitting garments described as warm and becoming for morning wear. It promotes the availability of goods for making such waists and highlights attractive prices and quality, inviting shoppers to compare value today.
Dr York of Lake Butler stops at the Porter House to treat the public Mosars. W C Powell and Allen Broney have returned home. Miss Kate Long and cousin Mise Smith visit Mrs W G Meyes. Mrs W Powell improving after a serious bee. Mr A J Lew with hie waa in the burg Monday. Mrs George Best left for St Petersburg to visit daughter Mrs D P Jena son. Outs are looking fing and with an aithes rain or two the yield will be splendid.
A humorous ad lists various remedies including a cough cure for consumption and bronchitis, claims extensive success, and advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate digestion and purify the bloodstream. It promotes sale at the Anti-Monopoly Drugstore with items like Opal Jars and ice cream treats.
Time and telephones advertise Standley’s Livery Stable with pickup and return, plus horse teams. Tydings & Co n offers prescriptions, while Wakte's Dream Vermifuge promotes child health. Anti-Monopoly Drugstore features Mentholatum and general drmn making. First chance the next buggy for sale with L V Stevens at McCarthy Store. Melver & MacKay boast city’s finest upholstery line.
Notice states Hollandsworth and Griggs of Dun- noltom Florida dissolved by mutual consent. John Gries retired and sold his interest to Hollandsworth who will pay all debts. May 2, 190%. Also mentions products for sale at McIver and Mackay and advertisements for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Five thousand six hundred cassava plants sought by George Giles & Co for a Georgia party. Also advertised are boots, livery, weather advice, and Hancock's Liver Sulphur cures sold by Anti Monopol y Drug Store in Ocala and Baltimore references.
An OCR fragment advertises Buckleaty Arnica Salve as a quick cure for ulcers, paver borea, rheum, and piles, claiming it is Earth’s greatest healer. The text also mentions a 15 cent price at an anti-Mosepely dragstare, reflecting a historical drugstore ad with dubious medical claims.
A candidate declares intent to run for Tax Collector subject to Democratic voters in the upcoming primaries and a bid for the State Senate in the district before the next Democratic primaries. Orange Lake, Florida.
John B Floyds Irving of Marion county announces candidacy for State Senator from Marion and Sumter counties subject to Democratic primaries. He submits his name to voters of Marion county for the lower house as a candidate in the Democratic primary on July 16.
Thos Pasteur of Ocala Florida announces candidacy for state senator from the twentieth senatorial district, comprising Marion and Sumter counties, subject to the Democratic primary. He thanks voters of Marion County for past support as county treasurer and submits his bid for re election before the next Democratic primary.
Marion county voters are urged to support Neill M. Allred for state attorney fifth circuit in the upcoming primary on July 15. The announcement requests Democratic backing and outlines Allred's bid for the office.
The candidate George Mathews submits a brief notice referencing a career as U.S. consul at Para Brazil from 1893 to 1897 and service history for consideration in the Democratic primary. The filing appears in a historical legislature context with formal submission details.
Fragmentary notice notes a seed sale item at a post office store with a quoted phrase None better. Mentions a person J R C Dump and a price per bushel TS cents, with unclear locality and context. The readable bits suggest a local trade or advertisement embedded in the page.
P H Gillen of Ocala Florida offers to exchange a saddle for a set of wagon horses. The note requests good condition gear and specifies the terms of trade in a brief local notice.
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