Florida Tobacco Growers Call for January Meeting and Exhibition
The Florida State Tobacco Growers Association issues notice for the annual meeting at Green Cove Springs on January 18 and 19, 1898. An accompanying tobacco exhibition invites members to submit 5 to 10 pounds of their crop for prizes while experts critique samples to aid future yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida State Tobacco Growers’ Association
Green Cove Springs
Florida
T. J. Land- Brown
Fla
W. M. Corry
H.R. Duval
F. B. Moodie
H. Curtis
J. B. Johnston
T. J. Land-Brown
Beauty Is Blood Deep Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure all for skin blemishes and liver cleansing. It promises clearer skin by “stirring up the lazy liver” and removing impurities, with prices listed as 10c, 25c, and 50c.
Tramps and Convicts Drive North Carolina Roads
The piece notes seventeen North Carolina counties employ tramps and convicts on road work, praising Good Roads societies in areas with solid roads. It argues Florida should adopt a similar system by forcing every tramp entering the state to work on road construction, claiming this would reduce roaming vagrants and improve roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Florida
Clemency in Banking Offenses Sparks Caution
The Louisville Courier Journal argues that executive clemency for bank officers undermines trust and invites further crime. The piece urges strict investigation before pardons and stresses bank officers' unique temptations and responsibility to protect public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier- Journal
Pension Reform Leaders Cite Cleveland’s Pension Fight
The piece notes Republican leaders and newspapers pushing pension reform, crediting President Cleveland with exposing frauds and calling for a pension roll of honor. It cites Indianapolis News editorials and praises his wartime stance against liberal pensions, recognizing him as a pioneer in pension reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Cleveland
Indianapolis News
Indiana
Fairbanks
Congress
Unscrupulous Cures Advertised by Local Vendor
An advertisement promises a Constipation cure with Cascarets from a vendor named Andy Peeraat. The item claims a money back refund if it fails, referencing druggists and a C. 6.0 rating with a claim of permanent relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascarets
Andy Peeraat
Sugar supply and bounty politics across Europe and Britain
The article surveys sugar production boosts under artificial bounties in Europe, Austria seeking loan reimbursements, and looming 88 million marks for next year. It notes Argentina’s 25 percent bounty, Cuba’s minimal crop, Demerara shipping to America, and rising global demand. UK consumption nears 1.4 million tons while imports surge. yet refinery output falls as domestic refiners shrink from 29 to 12. With potential continental war, where will world sugar come from?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Austria
Reichstag
Argentine Republic
United States
Florida
London
France
Cuba
Demerara
America
United Kingdom
Remedy Popular in New York Marked by Limited Digestion
A partially digested form of mapa tee har Sit combined with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda has long served as a standard remedy for a quarter century in Scott & Down, Caomane New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott & Down
Caomane
New York
Florida cane hopes to boost national riches
A Times-Union and Citizen editorial argues the nation should expand cane cultivation in Florida to meet global sugar demand, noting restricted territories and overseas production like Barbados and Hawaii are insufficient. It asserts cheaper lands exist in the continent and that cane profits outpace beet sugar, urging investment to avoid import reliance.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Tops Yearly Sales Promise
In an upbeat pitch the ad proclaims two million boxes sold yearly rising to three million before New Year's. It claims Cascarets are the year round bone regulator and urges readers that all druggists carry 10 25 or 50 cent boxes with a cure guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tte
Uo Journal
John Temple
Polit
Journal
Atlanta
A Better Outlook for Prosperity in 1898
The dispatch reports suggest a brighter year ahead with renewed money supply and low interest. Southern cotton prices differ from northern struggles, while the West enjoys good grain sales. U.S. exports and skilled labor bolster confidence in sustained national growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iit
New England
Global exports and industrial reach touted in dispatches
The report notes Cleveland firms selling pig iron to Cardiff for 20 million dollars and mentions contracts for Holland’s bridge, rail shipments to England India and engines to Russia South America. It emphasizes broad export growth and near-total manufacturing reach with minimal competition in hardware and machinery. Browns Iron Bitters touted for health, Apples can store two years with newspaper wrapping, and a Congress bill to end electors’ messengers may save 20 000 annually for pensions and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cardiff
Wales
Great Bridge of
Holland
England
India
Russia
South America
Japan
Europe
Savannah News
Swear Off from The St. Augustine News Satire
The piece mocks readers who complain about the post office preacher neighbor or paper, noting the least sensible, most conceited, and the borrower of a neighbor’s paper have the most fault to find with how things are run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine
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Glen St. May
G L. Taber
Glen St. Mary, Fla
Fawcett & CO
Chatham Mills
Texas
Panu Des A& Bs
Bay Street
Savannah
Commission Co
Pensacola
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John Gosgove
Pensacola Foundry
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Globe Valves, and Pipe Fitting
Pensacola, Florida
DeFuntak Spgs Business College
South
Cook
Prin DeFuniak Springs
Ferry
O.m.ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
West Florida
R.b.bellamy
Cripley
Flordia
R. B Bellamy
Novers
Sam
Wig Powell
Mar
Pat McHugh
Union ‘Depot
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NEW York World Chipley Banner
Chipley Banner
Chipley, Fla
Sinco
Pep
Cosmopolitan Magazine
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Irvington-on-the ¢-Hudson
MoorRaTer
U.S
Joost
U. S
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