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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
4
A historical note touts 1898 as a remarkable gold year with expected output doubling, citing global mining prospects in South Africa the Klondike and Russia, while also promoting tonics like Hostetters Stomach Bitters and Cascarets for digestive issues. It references public sentiment about honesty and remedies for constipation, ending with a drug advert tone.
Providence Journal commentary notes Anglo-Saxon idea of hanging as a brutal deterrent. It discusses British execution of seven Muslims in Crete, suggesting public sentiment and leadership restraint may grow from such rituals. The piece contrasts hanging with other methods and reflects on religious fatalism.
Two letters from Mrs Lizzie Beverly of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs Amos Trombleay of Ellenburgh Center New York recount severe illnesses cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Beverly claims ulcerated wombs healed after treatment and Trombleay credits relief from milk legs and womb prolapse after using the remedies.
Senator Frye told Washington Star reporters that post treaty relations should quickly normalize. He said sentiment against the United States appears only in France’s press and that diplomacy will shape new commercial treaties and prisoner releases while Congress holds the islands’ disposition.
The article notes Rear Admiral George Dewey becoming the United States Navy's senior rear admiral following the retirement of Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce after more than 46 years of service. Bunce commanded the Maine and Brooklyn Navy Yard, while Dewey's career spans over forty four years with a May 1898 congressional vote elevating him to rear admiral. A second brief section describes the violet snail Ianthina and its self-built raft-like shell, air compartments, and egg arrangement, observed with jellyfish prey and violet dye when washed ashore on France's northwest coast.
Paris report claims police seized bundles of letters showing a military plot in progress. London papers telegraphed anticipation of a coup set for the 26th ult. and a Dreyfus verdict on Thursday under state necessity.
Near Hillsboro Texas Mrs Isabel her daughter Mrs Ossie Malone and Mrs Malone s infant perished in a Monday house fire. Firefighters tried to rescue them but could not. The blaze is believed to have started from kerosene used to kindle the fire, leaving only a few charred bones.
Vienna dispatch reports that remains of Bela III and his first wife Anna, Duchess of Antioch, are temporarily buried in a glass coffin in Budapest. A shrine will later receive the bones, with Cardinal Veszáry conducting rites attended by court officials and ministers. The scattered royal bones were found in Stuhlweisenburg and cataloged for eventual reburial.
A Denver Times reader recounts a neighbor’s father disciplining his deaf and blind? not deaf and dumb? son with a rawhide after the boy cursed at onlookers. The crowd congratulated the father for “making a man of him” and the note explains the father’s rationale for correction and empathy.
A witty exchange contrasts a young woman’s voice with an old man’s memory as they joke about her talkativeness. The line reveals humor and the setting hints at remote mountain surroundings.
An assortment of drugstore cures and consumer items includes Cascarets candy cathartic for blood cleansing and acne, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds, No To Bac tobacco cure, Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials, and several other remedies and notices. Public notices mix with promotional lines and a few miscellaneous quips.
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