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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1898
Page
3
The notice lists P. and A. Division times and connections as trains to Jacksonville South. It notes immediate connection with the F. C. & P. to Montgomery and onward to the East and West, including links with New Orleans and the South.
The column lists residents from Vernon Bainbridge and nearby towns visiting on business in Vernon and Caryville. It notes enlisting boys, a dissolution of a partnership, and new business ventures including a hotel and a soda water stand. Health remedies and advertising blurbs appear amid community announcements and condolences.
Advertisers tout Campbell and Butler as selling some of the prettiest goods in town at low prices. J W Lurton of Pensacola, traffic manager for P and A, visited, praising the road. Volmer Hinson leaves to enlist with First Florida Regiment. Town cleanup urged, streets and vacant lots addressed. Reports of local construction progress and a murder arrest in Fernandina.
General Greely reveals for the first time his 278 days of suffering with his heroic Arctic expedition crew. He had kept silent for years about the harsh ordeal in which companions perished beside him and now recounts the brutal hardship.
Ex judge Car michael of Newton Henry county Alabama died after hydrophobia attack. He had been bitten by a dog weeks earlier but healed and traveled to Chipley and Graceville before falling ill. He passed away Tuesday morning and was laid to rest in Newton with sympathy from relatives and friends.
A Pine-not-level Florida letter criticizes Populist leaders tied to the County Convention. The writer defends Dr. Coleman the Democratic nominee as honest and questions Populist influence, asserting Florida and Alabama trends favor the Democrats. The piece argues Populists are dying out in Washington County and the state.
Pulaski Kentucky dealer Mr. Joan Mathias states after over a week with flux and failed medical relief he used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and claims a cure. For sale by J R Farrior.
The Florida Regiment staged a burlesque parade at Fernandina camp with men in comical rigs armed with hoes axes and brooms. The regimental band played and crowds cheered as General Orders were read detailing drills pay and disciplinary notes. The event featured Colonel Bartlett on muleback and Post Major Smith, with a palmetto flag and camp humor.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets are the most effective bed of the United States with sales at a million boxes per year and projections to triple before New Year. It promotes candy cathartic tablets available from druggists at 10 25 or 50 cents per box with a money back guarantee.
A portrait from Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is sent for publication in The Ladies' Home Journal ahead of her September coronation. A separate letter from C L Boys of Stumptown Gilmer County West Virginia describes a infant's recovery from severe diarrhea using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, with a lasting cure reported.
On September 24, 1898, in Chipley, R J Vanhorn will sell at public auction for cash a young horse eight head of milk stock a Holstein Durham bull one lumber wagon one set double harness three cultivators two plows corn planter and more to raise funds for farming plans. Bid your price and attend.
A good farm of 175 acres near Chipley within city limits. 60 acres cultivated, rest fenced for pasture. Features include orchard with pears and peaches, lamb trees, and grapes. Owner wishes to quit farming. Apply at this office for information.
The registration books for Washington county were opened at Vernon on Monday August 1 1898 and will remain open as directed by law. They will open at precincts on the first Monday in September and stay open as required by law. D Bostick is the registration officer for Washington County.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for babies and toddlers, claiming immediate relief from wind colic and diarrhea and urging purchase at 25 cents a bottle from druggists worldwide. Public notices follow about land patent filings and final proof requirements in Florida, listing names and witnesses.
Florida Secretary of State John L. Crawford announces a general election to ratify or reject proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. The measures include Article XI Section 18 and Article XIII Section 8, with details on bond sureties and impeachment processes. Publication duty to newspapers or five public postings is urged. August 1, 1898.
A series of notice for publication lists settlers including Horrace J. Jones of Vernon and William G. Grantham of Wausau filing for final proof on September 24 and August 27 respectively. Names of witnesses N P Taylor T L Jones W N Carter Levi Brock are given. Land locations cover sections in Florida counties with land office confirmations by Register W G Robinson.
Notice states dissolution by mutual consent of T. J. Miller Sr and T. J. Miller Jr. and one W. Anderson of Caryville FI. firm Miller & Anderson will collect all accounts due to the firm and assume liabilities as of August 4.
A fragment mentions wedding invitations and letter envelopes with business receipts and circulars. The items imply financial or administrative tasks tied to notices and transactions.
August 1, 198 acknowledges a settler named Thomas Jefferson Wilcox of Wausau Florida who fled notice to make final proof for land in section 96, township 3 north range 14, with witnesses John Tiler Thomas Jones James Lay Iverson Mainer of Wausau Florida.
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