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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1899
Page
2
The Chipley Florida Banner notes a Saturday issue with advertising rates and local editor T. C. Jones. It surveys diverse items from Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes news to Democratic politics, war candy for soldiers, fiscal tax ideas, and critique of legislation and contractors.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as boosting health and energy with claims of improved brain and body power. It notes price 25 cents at Patrick Bros drugstore. The Boston Traveler is cited criticizing postwar annexation pushes and Republican maladministration figures.
An overture of rural longing shows a speaker craving a farmer's life with tilling virgin soil, fields of rye and corn, and crops like Hubbard squash and potatoes yet lacking funds to buy land or equipment. The playful verse hints at financial barrier preventing the dream.
The Tampa Tribune reports Representative Frank Clark of Duval county pushing a bill to make anonymous publications a felony. The Sunday Call urges all papers in the state to oppose the measure, arguing it cannot be enforced and would curb press freedom.
A Springfield Republican letter from a Civil War veteran calls for strict pension eligibility rules tied to income and urges purging the pension rolls. He notes current yearly pension costs around 150 million dollars, with projections to 230 million in five years due to the Spanish American War and Philippines entitlements.
A man named Tim Spriggins ceased paying for his newspaper, claiming economy. The editor later learned he had an outstanding balance of 8.10 and sent a receipt in full after Spriggins sang in church, drawing a humorous moral about misjudgments.
The New York Financial Chronicle notes trusts organized and stock floated in the first quarter total $1,586,329,000, higher than all of 1898. It warns hundreds of millions may be lost by gullible investors as these new trusts are vastly overcapitalized. The recent Wall Street rush spurs bank caution and market discipline.
Carl Schurz cites Washington Lincoln and Cleveland as principal leaders. He argues Republicans abandoned Lincoln era principles and Democrats rejected Cleveland's legacy. He adds that current generations can hope for a future posterity view of political positions.
Mr J E Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts a near death from typhoid and pneumonia and credits Dr King s New Discovery with a rapid cure. A Porto Rico report contrasts a humid northern climate with a dry southern zone, stressing irrigation for agriculture and settler prospects.
Old newspaper ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions fever sores ulcers boils felons corns warts cuts burns and more. Claims best pile cure and pain relief with a 25 cent box price and guaranteed satisfaction from Patrick Bros. druggists.
The Postmaster General lauded U S aid in the Philippines while censored Manila dispatches report a fighting death toll at Santa Cruz. U S infantry pursued rebels who refused to surrender and died fighting with rifles in hand.
The State Department orders consuls to resume duty in Spain. Bow en in Barcelona and Bartle man in Malaga are now in New York while Carroll in Cadiz is at Gibraltar. All three will be retained in the consular service as no personal ill will is evident.
Officials in Spain during the conflict continued service despite unrest, with some still performing part of their duties. They will all remain in service.
The advertisement promises Electric Bitters as a cure to regulate the stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood. It claims the product strengthens nerves improves complexion and facial attractiveness for a run down invalid. Available for 50 cents at Patrick Bros drug store.
A 40 acre farm south of town with 35 acres cleared and fencing. An 80 acre farm near Wausau in cultivation yielding potential corn. Also 160 acres four miles south of Chipley timbered and selling cheap. All properties offered cheaply with titles in order. Apply at this office.
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