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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1899
Page
3
Unclear OCR text lists mixed and fast mail trains between Pensacola and Chipley with arrival times around 11.00 p.m. and 6.90 p.m. The fragment references division table and service labels for the South Florida railway and postal routes.
Piney Bay news items report visits, entertainments, and local business. Mentions N D Bland thanks, C F Cope trips Bay country, E N Everett and son from Wausau, Mayview post office, Campbellton DeFuniak Quincy baseball schedule, and Chamberlain cough remedy. Also notes Mrs Gillis Jackson death, and beef market license lifted by Mayor Carmichael. Includes calls for local auctions and furniture sales at Campbell & Butler.
Public spirited citizens sponsor weekly band performances in Chipley from eight to four each Saturday with free admission. Local notes praise Dr. Porter and quarantine laws, report a horse accident, homestead proof notices, births and deaths, and updates on local commerce and agriculture.
A reader refuses payment for a borrowed issue of The Breeze. The borrower has taken the paper for about a year and a half without paying and has repeatedly been offered work to settle the debt. The writer notes no sympathy is expected.
Piney Grove locals note a quarterly meeting held Tuesday with protracted services. Geoquerer plans a dwelling addition and improvements to the little farm. Brannan and his mother travel to Carrabelle by private convoy to visit his brother. A local joke involving Mark Scott and Frank Taylor drew sharp reaction.
A terse public notice states price terms and service notice through an unspecified future date. It mentions Thomas as a contact point and references multiple small items, including a salvo of discounted shaves and penhe. The fragmentary text implies a formal offer or request for engagement.
The Natchez Democrat urges cotton farmers to withhold one third of their ginnage until after December to avoid low prices. It notes 8 percent fewer acres, 34-10 percent poorer July condition, and a projected crop around 9.923 million bales for 1899 1900. It cautions against clever spinner pressure and pledges ongoing advocacy.
Mr and Mrs W C Lockey of Chipley visited relatives here last week with Mr Lockey visiting Philips inlet and West Bay schools. The Hutchison family and W L Hutchison with relatives moved to Carrabelle Florida to start a fish business. Miss Cora Thompson traveled to Chipley with the Lockeys then plans to join kin in Carrabelle.
The rain continues in the county as fodder pulling begins and turpentine operators suffer damage. A family mourns the death of the Levy Johnsons' young daughter while Postmaster J. W. Bush and others attend a district meeting at High Hill church with reports of good attendance and rain. Mr Hampton is ill but hoped to recover.
Temporary President announces members from Escambia Santa Rosa Walton Holmes Jackson Calhoun counties and calls a meeting at DeFuniak on August 17 to organize a permanent committee and set a program. All interested persons invited to attend. Grand Ridge Aug 3 1899. Special cash rates this month.
A Liberty Missouri mother describes severe dysentery in her youngest daughter and credits Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the child s life. She urges other mothers to use the medicine and notes it was available from Patrick Bros.
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal teething cure used by millions of mothers. It claims to soothe the child, ease wind colic, and relieve pain immediately, sold by druggists worldwide at 2 cents per bottle.
Rev W A Bryan of Washington County proclaims a three year evangel addressing sores boils burns inflammations in man and beast with a claimed cure called THE GREAT HEALER. He offers its mercy at reasonable prices and seeks agents worldwide as requests pour in from Chipley Florida and other areas.
Department of the Interior notice states Caroline Oberts of Chipley Florida filed for land claim proof to be made September 2 1899 before the Vernon Circuit Court. Witnesses named R J Vanhorn Jas A Jenkins W W Gainer Daniel Mathis, all from Chipley Florida.
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