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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
4
Patriotic Americans back a school project to raise 96 000 000 for a battleship named the American Boy. The appeal lists large sums for the project while noting health tips and a tonic for stomach liver and bowel troubles.
A report by George Hoare of the British Central Africa Protectorate notes lake Chiuta crocodiles as strict vegetarians. They have not attacked fishermen and are said to travel miles inland for roots, contrasting with typical carnivorous crocs. Efforts to obtain a specimen will be made.
Several women report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs A W Smrru of Biddeford Maine says symptoms vanished after one bottle. Mrs Mevissa Paris of Lexington Indiana and Mrs Motu E Henner of Powell Station Tennessee share improved energy and health after weeks of use.
The pagodas in Japan are among the few building types that endure frequent earthquakes. Centuries-old structures remain firm due to a pendulum-like design: heavy timbers form a wide base with a long beam at the apex, balanced by bolted timbers on four sides. This arrangement keeps the center of gravity at the base, preserving stability during tremors.
A survey of medical advice and assorted commercial notices: a foreign specialist advocates bananas as a safe, nutritious option for typhoid patients, explaining that solid foods risk perforation while bananas offer high nutrition with minimal irritation. The page also includes reminders for No-To-Bac tobacco cure, cold remedies, fish and cod warnings, low priced buggies, bicycle sales, nerve restorers, public executions in Austria, and Cascarets for constipation.
A Practical Classics vignette shows Mrs Timkins urging her son’s education as she emphasizes Latin. The schoolmaster notes Latin is a dead language, but she insists it will be useful since he plans to become an undertaker.
The table lists national wealth by nation led by the United States at 81.75 billion dollars with Britain France Germany Russia and others noted. A Boston Transcript quip about women's views on husbands follows, illustrating the era's voice and tone.
An array of old advertisements tout Cascarets for cleaning blood and liver, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, H. H. Green’s Dropsy treatment, Lyon & Co smoking tobacco, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, highlighting cures, offers, and testimonials from various locales.
In August the Siberian railroad opened to Siminskaya on the Oka within 150 miles of Irkutsk, the Siberia capital near Lake Baikal. Rails already extend to Irkutsk, with traffic planned to begin there before winter.
James O Neill recalls a New York Fifth Avenue hotel gathering where Edwin Booth repeated the Lord s Prayer for diplomats statesmen and New Yorkers The actor s performance moved listeners to awe saying it was the most powerful argument for Christianity and left them with a lasting shudder
A man finds his son Harry sitting on a horse in the stable with slate and pencil. When asked what he is doing, the boy says he is writing a composition. He explains he is writing on charge because the teacher told him to.
The passage surveys naval gun wear limits and a sermon on patents for horsehoes, while warning about mercurial catarrh remedies and touting Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It includes ads for No-To-Bac and Cascarets with pricing notes and a note about gold and silver in circulation.
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