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Newspaper
Ocala Evening Star
Location
Ocala, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1901
Page
5
Substantial goods for autumn wear and health use attract shoppers. Ribbons and trimmings offer vast variety with affordable lines and early buys securing best choices. Linens and muslins promote ready made and stock quality at low prices for undergarments or sewing.
Fresh gossip and notices from Ocala feature Col Lloyd of Inverness visiting town and merchants discussed in interviews. Also noted are local lodging, club dishes, cemetery care, an excursion to St Augustine, and a Lake Weir trip recollection.
Weather notes forecast fair conditions tonight into Tuesday. Local items mention long tenure of P J Cheney, business ads, and promotions for products, legal notices, and personnel moves in Ocala Jacksonville and Orlando. Various names appear including Cecil Willcox and Bertie Norrell, with reports on health, furniture arrivals, and a bicycle accident caution.
In an early 20th century classified style notice, Trlinge & Co advertises home improvement services by the Greenlows to handle all carpentry needs. The fragment promises thorough work and guarantees on materials, urging readers to engage their services.
A fragmentary ad-like item claims Buckles Arnica Salve cures bruises burns boils piles and skin issues with a 26 cent price. It mentions torture and remedies with dubious phrasing and an anti monopoly decree. The readable portion preserves names Hillsborough Mt Buckles Arnica Salve and generic ailment terms.
Ceci Willcox, Gen. Agt., Jacksonville, Fla., and M. Fisher, Agent, Ocala, Fla., tout BAL DARD S SNOW LINIMENT for sprains, cuts, and injured wrists. It is priced at 25 cents. Anti Monopoly Druggist advertises summer excursion via Plant System. agent J.C. Maughn handles city tickets at Ocala House.
In a listings blurb from Ovala News Co readers are informed that a batch of Street & Smith Medal Library best books for boys is available for purchase. The notice notes crokipole boards priced at $1.40 each.
Ray sare four years old perfectly vous and pentiogue saddler and river will work anywhere For cheap for cond Apply at this office Sixty five dollars gets the mare We are selling Loximer Lap Covers rewarkshly low now Ie a good time for you to buy 8 A Standley
A garbled 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce remedies and the Medical Adviser. The text cites a Mrs Douglass of Glenewer Quercy praising his pills and colloquially claims cures for stomach and nervouse ailments, with testimonials of long practice and free consultation offered by Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York. It urges women to seek his featured tonics and recommends his Common Sense Medical Adviser book.
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