This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary note lists train or mail movements including Pensacola departure and fast mail departures. The text hints at a division table with 8000th and mixed services but key details are unclear.
A collection of brief items from Chipley and Vernon recount visitors, shop news, and community notes. Mentions Lipley banking facilities arrival Jeritt Allen cycling Campbell visiting relatives Ran Edge DeFuniak W A Bryan week in Jackson County and more. Reports include store improvements at Campbell Butler, post office closure at Alpine, and upcoming church preaching by Rev. M M Carroll.
The saw mill runs steadily and cotton picking improves as Naval Stores Co sells turpentine interests to J. B. Blackwell. Gen Wm Miller visits with sister Mrs Criglar. J. W Cravey & Co lease the Dickey purchase for turpentine and timber. A man named Z W White dies from an apparent gunshot at Piney Branch. On the 10th Inst, Pomeroy Bryan marries Alma Cox with friends witnessing.
The DeFuniak boys edged Chipley 5 to 6 in a wind storm halted match. Umpire W Jones officiated with Harley Cawthon as assistant as Chipley led early but Invincibles rallied for a sixth inning rally, aided by Brown Farrior’s catch and Frank Cawthon’s solid defense.
News from Carrabelle reports a party stranded by a coastal storm. Two men, Boyd Russell and J F Pitts, were aboard a capsized schooner at the river mouth. Pitts’ body was recovered. Russell’s body remains missing. The Hutchison brothers face significant financial loss but express relief that others survived.
Fodder pullings and warm weather noted in the backwoods as Pitts and family move into town. A heavy rainstorm visited the settlement, with Mr Teston of Georgia surveying nearby land and Mr A R Wells and sons from Chipley collecting beef cattle. Melissa Mashburn of Econfina visits relatives while R D Murray returns from East Bay. Noted sickness among log workers, with several banished from the creek area.
Theron Yates attends Bonifay school while Florence Yates visits Westville relatives. Lillie Roberts is sick. Thomas Brock Jr. visited, and Hampton has recovered. Bostick tours the area as superintendent. Gadi Yates plans a large barn. Fine weather aids fodder and cotton work. Harrell schoolhouse held Sunday services and Sunday School. J J Merritt and family from Geneva, Alabama visited. crops are good in their area.
Farmers finish pulling ord er. ministers preach at Harrell schoolhouse Piney Grove and North Bay visits noted. A Brock Bros. still area killing is reported with no suspect named. Civil War diarrhoeal battles recalled and Chamberlain's remedy praised by David Taylor of Wind Ridge Pennsylvania, sold by Patrick Bros.
Mr Dave Cutchins claims grinding capacity and abundant water supply. Mr Henry Taylor of Hogebon's cypress camp seriously cut his leg with a cub ax on Monday. A D Alsterbroosk and family moved into the settlement to work in the timber camp. Mr Harper, long ill, died last Thursday and was buried at Bethlehem Church leaving a wife and four children.
The court house in Vernon opens registration from August 18 to September 1 for all wishing to register. D. Bostick, Supervisor of Registration of Washington County Florida, announces a competitive examination on August 26 to fill a vacancy in the South Florida Military Institute. W. E. Coleman, Vernon, Fla., August 14, 1899.
Campbell and Butler announce readiness to purchase all cotton brought to Chipley and pay in hard cash, promising improved service and preparation for buyers.
A Liberty Missouri mother of eight recounts severe waterborne dysentery in her young daughter last summer. She credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, bought after an ad, with saving the child's life and urges other mothers to use it. Patrick Bros. sells the medicine.
John M. Harper asks the County Commissioners to grant a permit to sell spirits wines and beer in Election District Number ne Washington County Florida from October 1 18% to October 100. He respectfully requests approval for the license.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.