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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1898
Page
4
In Geneva a new electric mail box automates deliveries by floor. A deposited letter triggers a bell on its floor, opens a roof tank valve, and a water counterweight lifts the box to drop mail to each corridor box. The descent resets after the top floor. A single paper left behind triggers the same cycle.
Miss Matilda Anderson died at St. Paul hospital after six weeks of artificial respiration for paralysis with lung congestion. Nurses used chest manipulation to fill her lungs for 42 days, but the lung filling was only partial and would have been fatal if continued less. The case drew attention from eminent physicians.
A cork rope made of end to end corks covered with cotton twine and heavy braiding is described as able to withstand 1000 pounds. The note highlights this invention amid a broader page of assorted health and science claims and advertisements from the era.
A Washington dispatch reports Spain weighing a formal request for U S good offices to halt fighting in Cuba. Sagasta signals desperation over autonomy failure. Canovas and officials fear a Spanish revolution if public mediation is announced. Negotiations with the insurgents and recognition of belligerents may follow US mediation.
Directors of the Valley Falls Company at Albion and the Albion Company at Valley Falls agreed to post notices announcing wage reductions. Mills across Arctic Riverpoint Quidnick Pontiac Natick and nearby Pawtucket Blackstone valley towns reported strong opposition to the proposed cuts. The mills employ about 12,000 workers and run 425,000 spindles.
Kia Murphy a Chicago gambler was shot dead and Frank alias Dickey Dean and Martin Donahue were wounded in a saloon quarrel likely over months old feuds. Dean and Donahue are hospitalized at Alexian Brothers with likely fatal injuries. Donahue claimed Murphy was killed in self defense while Dean tried to mediate.
Hibbard the Richmond Indiana manager at Odell and Co Cincinnati is missing and owes over 800 dollars to his employers. Local investors press claims totaling 2000 dollars which Odell and Co will not settle until Hib bard makes good his deficit.
A Chattanooga call by the chamber of commerce gathered leaders from Bridgeport, Sheffield, Decatur, Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville, Wheeler, Rossville, Columbus, Fayetteville, St. Louis, and Chattanooga to form the Tennessee River Improvement Association. A memorial to Congress and a dedicated committee, led by Judge Thomas R. B. Roulhac, were named to secure river navigation funding with a target hearing by February 1, 1898.
General Haygood Hagood aged sixty nine died at his home in Barnwell, D C Tuesday from Brights disease. A Citadel graduate of 1857 he served as deputy adjutant general of militia and rose to brigadier general under Beauregard. He fought at Sumter and Manassas and later exposed state frauds and served as comptroller general and governor.
Kansas City's bold trio of robbers targeted the Port Arthur express on the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf road. They overpowered the messenger, bound and gagged him, and rifled the car before fleeing near the city limits. No arrests or booty amount are known yet.
A Columbus special reports the anti Hanna organization showing strength and unity. It cites Chicago specials where Senator Burke pledged to return and back Republicans to control the Senate, then voting with Democrats on key issues the morning the new Senate convened.
Knoxville dispatch reports Assembly Knights of Labor No 5 covering the mining region has lifted the boycott on coal from 20 Jellico mines. The Jellico strike involving about 3000 workers has been settled after months of action.
The Indianapolis Business Men's Convention reports urge the United States to remove uncertainty over coin meaning in obligations. It proposes keeping silver dollars, restricting paper money to silver certificates below ten dollars, and shifting the burden of redeemable circulation to banks. The Treasury would sell bonds to replenish gold reserves as needed.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant reliable remedy for kidney and bowel cleansing, cold and fever relief, and habitual constipation. It claims early action, healthful ingredients, and wide availability in 50 cent bottles through California Fig Syrup Co with delivery via druggists in multiple cities.
The Commission argues that removing government paper reduces country costs, strengthens confidence in the standard, and allows gold or expanded bank notes to replace cancelled notes. Bank notes are tied to negotiable property and expand with business activity, while government notes remain rigid. The plan aims for safe, elastic, evenly distributed national banking with gradually relaxed bond security requirements for note issuance.
The proposal imposes a two percent tax on notes beyond eighty percent and up to one hundred percent, plus six percent for higher notes. Notes would become a prior lien on bank resources and stockholders' liability. Banks must contribute five percent of circulation to a permanent guaranty fund and hold five percent redemption funds with the Comptroller of the Currency. New banks with $25 000 capital may be established in towns of 400 inhabitants, with branch banks allowed.
Meadow grass blocks pressed with oil tar and resin are now produced by a clergyman inventor. Iron straps bind the blocks. Claims praise their noiseless elastic wear resistance and heat and cold imperviousness.
A 19th century advertisement touts Tetterine as a quick cure for rough dry patches and ring worms. It markets 50 cents a box and suggests stamps from J T Dhuptrine Savannah Ga for ordering. Also includes a tobacco ad and Piso's Cure testimonial with names and Brooklyn addresses.
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