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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1898
Page
4
A bookseller notes the obscurity of the pencil inventor while recounting the creation process. He explains graphite and German clay as key materials, describes grinding them into a paste, shaping leads, and gluing blocks to form pencils.
A humorous exchange features a man declaring he will marry only when he finds a woman his exact opposite mentally. The woman suggests Miss Floyd as a candidate, noting she is regarded as one of the town’s most intellectual girls.
A brief Harlem Life dialogue scene shows a flirty exchange with playful threats and physical proximity described between a smiling woman and a man. The two exchange remarks on closeness and distance, highlighting a lighthearted mood.
Reports of maritime disasters along the coast flood in with warnings to mariners. The text tours into advertisements for remedies and tonics including Hostetter's Stomach Hitters Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr Keine's Great Nerve Restorer, with testimonials and personal addresses.
A brief health advisory urges readers to guard against colds during the season by keeping bodily systems strong and blood clean through a tonic or regimen.
Crowds greet Governor Bushnell in Columbus for a second term. Excursion trains bring about 15 000 visitors as Bushnell supporters fill the statehouse grounds and rotunda. Chief Justice Burkett administers the oath and Bushnell delivers a brief inaugural address stressing honest service and faithful stewardship.
A Washington dispatch reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission, in an opinion by Commissioner Clements, ruled that freight rates from New Orleans to LaGrange Georgia are unreasonable both in themselves and relative to charges to Atlanta Fairburn Palmetto Newnan and Hogansville. The decision involves F E Calloway of LaGrange versus Louisville and Nashville Western Railway of Alabama and Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company.
The senate expects an earlier vote on the Hawaiian treaty after opposition said they can defeat ratification. Representative Livingston of Georgia spoke on urgent deficiency bill arguing the item places transportation costs from the assay office to the mint on bullion owners.
The British steamship Ranza under Captain Johnstanhope cleared from Savannah Georgia Thursday for Bremen by the Georgia Export and Import company with 18 200 bales of cotton weighing 8 968 855 pounds valued at 524 952 dollars. It is the largest cargo of cotton ever shipped from an Atlantic port.
Governor Ellerbe's annual message warns of a $100,000 deficit and a fragile revenue from phosphate royalties while urging prompt adjournment. He notes dispensary finances, education progress, and a penitentiary debt payoff, with detailed sinking fund assets and investments totaling $263,007.56.
A statewide general election in Louisiana approved holding a constitutional convention. Of 134 delegates elected, 110 Democrats, 10 Populists, 6 independents, 5 loyal Republicans, and 3 regular Republicans will meet. The Democratic majority aims to pass an educational qualification to disfranchise the Negro. No Black delegates are expected.
A dispatch from Butte Mont reports two explosions early Thursday in the flume tunnel near the upper smelting works in Anaconda destroying timbering and entombing five workmen. Miners and timbermen are driving a three foot drift to reach the men. recovery chances are described as hopeless.
The Ohio senatorial race draws attention as Hanna’s odds improve. Mr. Perkins, Hanna’s private secretary, wagers $1,500 that Hanna will win, reflecting the civil service debate's influence in Washington and public interest.
An explanation of true Swiss cheese as made in chalets with mixed goat sheep and cow milk. The article details the alpine process from pasture to aging, the herb influence, and the Gruyere style noted for its size texture and embedded cavities.
A comic exchange with a bluebird and a catbird unfolds over a berry mishap and a jab at a jealous husband. The New York Press frames the volley as witty banter about mischief and distraction.
A story from New Era notes a 43 year old Indiana woman with four years of stomach trouble causing heart irregularities. After treating digestion with Dr Alliams Pink Pills for Pale People her appetite returned, choking spells ceased, weight and blood improved, and heart action normalized.
Clarence Pullen recalls discovering a thirty two pound landlocked salmon in a high brook above a secluded Maine lake. He describes climbing to a snow crowned peak and wading into a drying pool to seize the gigantic fish guarding the upper cascades.
A playful catalog of twelve night and New Year superstitions from North Germany. It warns against spinning after Christmas, walking after sunset on Saturdays, and bad omens for neglecting good luck rituals such as eating herrings on New Year's Day, avoiding empty cradles, not spilling salt, not crossing knives, or pointing at stars. It also notes social taboos about leaving dirty cloths, pointing to rainbows, talking of cabbages, and moon gazing to spare or upset guardian beings and villagers.
Exchange notes a British prophet predicting in 1898 major events including a North Pole discovery and Mars contact. The forecast mentions European war a South American revolution riots in London and the kidnapping of Spain's young king, with the South American event deemed reasonably certain.
An ad touts Tetterine as a simple cure for eczema and skin troubles offering 50 cents in stamps. A note credits a Swede Carl Jersen shaping Turkish policy. A cold cure claim promises one day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a Canadian lumber labor rule is announced.
A note from Salzer's German Coffee Berry seeds claims 800 pounds per package from one package and compares favorably to store prices. It requests 15 cents in stamps and this notice, sent via John A. Seed Co. of Cross, Wisconsin, for delivery of seeds and plant stock.
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