Florida Politics and War Forecast in Chipley Note
Chipley Florida April 9 1898 note discusses advertisement value and local advertising rates. Mentions Gen William Miller en route to Jacksonville for a Pope convention and Cuban crisis commentary. Quotes on Southern leaders and McKinley policy reflect wartime sentiment and quarantine season begun April 1. Includes brief tax note and agricultural advice urging corn and pig care.
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Wm. Miller
Jacksonville
Treasury balance facts mark deficit and tariff impact
The Atlanta Journal reports that by 1804 the treasury balance was 90.375 million, bond proceeds reached 213 million, and deficits since January 1804 have grown to 158 million. It notes a 50 million shortfall in the current year and credits the Dingley tariff with raising enough revenue to fund government needs, explaining the drop in Cleveland era surpluses.
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Federal Treasury
United States Treasury
Cleveland
Treasury
Athanta Journal
Nation in prosperity contrasts with Spain in distress
A Times Union report notes the United States is financially strong with large gold reserves and rising industry while Spanish bonds falter and its people starve. The piece calls for restraint against war and contrasts America’s vigor with Europe’s turmoil amid political letters and local journalism news.
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R. G. Dunn & Co
America
Treasury
Bears
Dunn
Europe
Spain
West
Union and Citizen
Forest Fires Warning to Prospectors Campers and Herders
Washington July 28 1897 warning the public that vast areas of public forests burn yearly from careless acts by prospectors campers hunters and sheep herders and sometimes malicious acts. Fire origins will be investigated and offenders prosecuted under the February 24 1897 act to prevent forest fires.
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Washington, D. C
Forest Fire Prohibition Act Echoes in Public Domain
A historical notice summarizes a U S act penalizing deliberate forest fires on public land with fines up to five thousand dollars and two-year imprisonment, plus a provision for extinguishing campfires and directing collected fines to county school funds, as signed by officials. It also contains unrelated advertisements and market commentary on tea, pineapples, and Havana tobacco.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States of American Congress
United States
Florida
Havana
New York
Bahamas
West Indies
Peninsular
Times-Union
Citizen
Teachers should use local press to boost education
The Green Cove Spring notes teachers neglect use of the county newspaper to inform and influence public sentiment on education. It laments teachers rarely send news from their schools, despite offers to publish school news in the paper.
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Sterling Journal
McBeath
Green Cove
Canneries Promote Local Fruit and Vegetable Processing
The So. Fla. Sentinel argues canneries are vital for handling crop waste and fluctuating markets. It cites Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey paying 50 to 60 dollars per ton for tomatoes and peas at 1 3/4 cents per pound, noting Florida loses thousands of tons annually without canneries.
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Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
West
Florida
Fla. Sentinel
The Grand Old Man Gladstone in Quiet Dying Hours
The piece portrays Mr Gladstone as serene in his final days surrounded by family. It frames his life as devoted to public service and duty, noting Christian resignation and acceptance of nature's decrees. The passage shifts to an unrelated advertisement promising cures for constipation and listing Cascarets as a guaranteed remedy.
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Mr Gladstone
Bills Seek Ban on Advertising Using the United States Flag
Both houses propose identical bills making it a fine of 100 to print on or attach a business advertisement to the United States flag or its facsimile. The piece notes the flag’s popularity with advertisers and criticizes the desecration of landscapes by ad displays. Congress should act now to protect the flag.
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Congress
United States
Our Merchant Marine and Browns' Iron Bitters Notice
The Savannah News argues protection harmed the merchant marine reducing American foreign carrying to about 10 percent, warning of navy seamen shortages and urging a revival under the Stars and Stripes. Browns' Iron Bitters is advertised as a liver tonic sold by all dealers with claims of cure and vitality.
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Savannah News
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Chipley
T. G
Chipley, Fla
Reynolds
Secretary of the Treasury
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
D.C
Aisis
Morgan
Money
Batley
House
Springfield Republican
McKinley
Olney
DeFuniak Herald
Mallory
Frank W. Pope
Juniour
Blaine
de Lome
Times-Union and Citizen
Saturday Journal
W. M. Loftin
Pensacola
West Florida
Journal
Bro
Loftin
Pensacola News
Department OF the Interior
General Land Office
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Binger Herman
The
Co. N. Bliss
Secretary of the Interior
North Carolina
Key West
ORU
Smith & Barnes
Kimball
Dee
J.m.clutter
Palatox
Dominion Company
Dept. R
Chicago
Wferry
Ferry
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Fawcett & CO
Chatham Mills
Texas
Bay Street
Savannah
Rensac
John Cosgrove
Boundry
Globe Valves, and Pipe Vyttyg
DeFuniak Spgs
South
Cooke
PrinceFuniak Springs
Fla
Weg Powell
Mgr
U. S
Washington
U.S
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Aes
R.b.bellamy
Phystclan
Crispley
Flordia
R. B. Bellamy
Banner
RNR
Dunw
Pat McHugh
Union Depot
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Joan Brisben Walter
rvington-on-the-Hudson
NEW York” World Chipley ‘Banner
Marion & Marion Patent Solicitors & Experts
Civil & Mechanical Engineers
Polytechnic School of Engineering
Laval University
Meab Patent Law Association
American Water Works Association
New England Water Works Asso. I
Atlanta (Ga
Rocms Journal
Sammer
John TempleGi
Hergy
Atlanta
J. Jones
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