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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1898
Page
4
An advertising appeal touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for health with a promise to cure where others fail. It also mentions Hood's Pills as a preferred cathartic and cites a quotation about American racial mixture from the New York World, followed by a humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Record.
A piece urging mothers to educate daughters and seek medical help when needed. It cites a letter from Miss Manne F. Johnson of Centralia Pennsylvania recounting severe illness, fatigue, and irregular menses, and crediting Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies with her recovery.
Admiral Dewey forwarded a memo by Professor George F. Becker outlining Philippine mineral resources. Becker identifies about twenty islands with deposits including coal gold copper lead iron sulfur marble kaolin and notes coal similarities to Japanese and Washington coals. He describes Philippine coal as highly carbonized lignite with potential as fuel when pyritous seams are avoided.
The 1897 census for France, compared with 1891 figures, reports a population of 38,228,969 and 38,? million respectively, with only a small six year increase of 133,819 persons. The gain is concentrated in large towns and due to rising foreign arrivals, notably Belgians and Italians, in urban areas.
A report says the Sultan nears completion of the world’s largest hotel at Mecca to house six thousand pilgrims and camels, claimed as a grand, picturesque resort though infidel dogs are barred. The note compares it to Vienna’s 1500 room apartment house with 3000 occupants, 32 stairways, 13 courtyards and 850 street windows.
After ten days battling flames in the hold a Spanish steamer arrives in Baltimore. The crew endured a long voyage and severe fire fight at sea, while the ad urges health remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive and kidney disorders and No-To-Bac tobacco habit care.
The Vedamere saved twenty five crew members of the British Londonian of London after a November gale. The Londonian bound from Boston to London with 650 cattle on deck capsized and drifted for two days. Rescue attempts failed at first. lifebuoys and a lifecar eventually hauled twenty five men aboard before dawn broke. The ship and remaining crew vanished at sea.
The administration plans a three department delegation War Treasury and Postoffice to Cuba to decide on a general approach for US governance of the island. A complete postal service is contemplated and a military customs system will be developed at the earliest feasible moment.
A Montgomery special reports the Democratic caucus declared for a constitutional convention, preparing a party bill to authorize a July election to decide on a new constitution and to choose delegates for a convention in the next month.
Washington officials describe Havana as filthy and unsanitary, especially in poorer quarters, signaling a huge effort required to clean and restore the Cuban capital.
A brief exchange notes a rule to pay as you go while one speaker hints at staying longer. The Chicago Evening Post quotes a polite back and forth about timing and obligation.
An advertiser touts Cascarets as a blood cleansers and liver stimulant to banish pimples and blemishes with a ten cent claim. It notes druggists carry the product with satisfaction guaranteed. The piece also claims chocolate’s nutritive powers are widely recognized and used in European military campaigns.
An old patent remedy claims a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises refunds from all druggists if the treatment fails to cure.
A farmer and bystander in a humorous exchange mistake a plant building for a factory. The bystander retorts with a joke about currents, pricing them by the shock, prompting the farmer to doubt and head to town with vegetables to sell. The fragment hints at a folksy American Messenger vignette.
A wanderer from the Flowery Kingdom died in Melbourne as an inquest revealed a Chinese physician treated him with pills the size of a duck's egg. The medicine reportedly contained forty ingredients including blood grasshoppers ashes bone dust clay dates honey cawdust and ground insects.
A Washington Star humor piece notes a wife remarks her husband never talks back and a companion quips that he is a professional pugilist who leaves his business at the office. The exchange highlights domestic calm and comic misperception.
An advertisement promotes No Tobacco with claims of quick quitting and health boosts. It offers a money back guarantee and lists Sterling Remedy Co. as contact points in Chicago or New York. Also featured is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Piso's Cure with a testimonial from THOMSON in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, dated March 19, 1834.
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