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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1898
Page
4
The article refutes the common belief that snakes bite. It explains that jaws are not hinged and cannot be forced together. It details how a venomous snake strikes with its upper jaw and fangs, and that swallowing happens by slow movement over prey aided by saliva and loose skull bones. The tongue, far from a sting, is a crucial organ for touch and taste.
The debate over expanding the Navy and fortifications contrasts with ads touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for malaria nerves and digestion. Prose poems promote Medicated Smoking Tobacco and EE-M tobacco products via mail order, claiming harmless cures and benefits.
A collage of curiosities on science and nature including salt differences in polar and equatorial currents, caterpillar muscles, dragonfly eyes, and theories about Earth's interior. It recounts experiments and anecdotes from figures like Darwin, Tichborne, and Paluj, plus a humorous two telephone story about butter and mistaken calls.
The Helena disturbance woke the Marden home at 2:30 AM and, for the first time in ten years, their daughter Etta whispered a word. Mrs. Marden notes improved interest since the quake and links the event to Etta’s speech. The report also mentions a London court legal issue about a dumb prisoner unable to plead.
Six firemen including a district chief and captains died when a five story factory on Merrimac Street Boston burned out its interior. The fire at G W Bent & Co beds and bedding caused extensive destruction with at least 75 000 in damages. Ten firemen were missing after the rear roof collapsed and the building was filled with inflammable materials.
The twenty days extra session closed with only two general bills becoming law. One reaffirms tax authority for railroad, telephone and telegraph property. the other amends the revenue law to exempt cigar stand taxes for merchants and imposes a privilege tax on circuses. Most passed measures were local to Nashville, Memphis, Bolivar and Martin. A veto blocked a $500 privilege tax on trading stamp agencies and a $250 tax on merchants using stamps.
A state department telegram from Consul General Lee in Havana states Cuban authorities consent to admit relief supplies for the destitute and suffering into any Cuban port without duty. John K. Elwell, a seasoned shipping clerk and Spanish speaker, is appointed by the central Cuban relief committee to accompany the Red Cross president to Cuba to aid in receiving and distributing aid.
The Senate spent over six hours Wednesday debating Teller's resolution allowing government payment of principal and interest on U S bonds in silver. Supporters included Teller and Virginia Democrat Daniel. opponents were Hoar and Platt.
The Olivet, first Plant steamship, will leave Port Tampa for Honduras on February 11. President H. L. Plant invites prominent men to join the voyage to establish the Tampa Central America line. The trip is scheduled to last ten days.
Paris witnesses a melee as Emile Zola and Emile Perreux face the Seine assizes over a December Aurore letter about the Dreyfus affair. Hundreds press the gates, cries of Vive Zola ring out, and police struggle to restrain the mob while Zola seeks safety inside the court compound.
London dispatch reports the fourth session of the fourteenth Parliament opened by commission at 2 pm. Queen Victoria outlines treaties with Turkey and Greece, Crete autonomy talks, friendship with Abyssinia, and notes West Indian sugar depressions. She foresees a prosperous year for India and warns MPs of defense spending amid global arms buildup.
The Fabre line steamer Burgundia reached New York from the Mediterranean with sixteen seamen saved at sea. Captain Larsen and fifteen crew members of the Norwegian bark N. D. Metcalf, en route from Savannah to Hamburg, report sailing from Savannah December 10 with naval stores aboard.
A Paw Paw, Illinois resident who lost two children in six years attributes recovery from neuralgia and stomach ailments to Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After taking seven to eight boxes, she reports improved appetite, no nervousness, and overall cure. Contact offered for details via the resident, Mrs. Even A. Oderkirk.
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