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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1899
Page
5
The Spectator notes Abyssinia’s strong rifle culture and unity risks. Menelek aims to unite the feudal state into a monarchy but suffers northern Tigre unrest and southern Gajlas resistance. He could be a useful ally to England yet remains a potential future threat, prompting speculation of another Abyssinian campaign.
A letter from Mrs Florence B Hoffman of Canton Ohio describes months of abdominal pain dizziness and insomnia improved after following Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound advice. The note lauds the cure and endorses sharing with friends as Pinkhams experience treating female illnesses is highlighted along with her correspondence efforts.
Tradesman notes multiple new Southern ventures reported in the past week including a $50,000 boiler feeder plant in Arkansas a $300,000 cotton mill in Texas a $400,000 silk mill in Virginia and various mills factories and plants across Kentucky Georgia South Carolina East Tennessee West Virginia and North Carolina.
President Schurman of Cornell met at the White House and accepted a place on a five member commission to study the Philippines commercial and social problems. Reported members include Admiral Dewey General Otis Colonel Denby and Professor Dean I Worcester with the work to be economic not political.
General Joseph Wheeler, hailed as the lion of Richmond, arrived in the city and attended a Confederate Veterans meeting at the R. E. Lee camp No. 1. He accepted a portrait of Major John Pelham presented by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, with Edwin P. Cox presenting and Wheeler delivering the acceptance speech before a large crowd and visiting dignitaries.
The Vermont seat was filled by Jonathan Ross after reading credentials from Gov Edward Smith. Vice President Hobart administered the oath of office, with the senate voting to adjourn for the Morrill funeral obsequies.
New York dispatch reports Fayne Strahan Moore to face trial in the criminal branch of the supreme court after a jury deadlocked on her alleged complicity with husband in the Martin Mahon case. Her husband William Moore was ordered to Sing Sing for nineteen years. In Charleston, South Carolina, Allen Beck faces federal charges linked to the lynching of postmaster Baker, his family, and others, with thirteen white men indicted for the crime to be tried in April.
Mexican national Santiago Murphy was arrested in New Orleans on Monday night charged with stealing 870000 from the Mexican National bank using forged securities and drafts in April last. He had been chief clerk at the bank for years and the robbery was found after his departure. He came to America, followed the races in New York, and was traced to New Orleans.
A detective notes no distinguishing marks on a runaway boy. The father lists many small items found on him, including a knife handle and a broken blade, a pistol cartridge, twine, buttons, and chalk. The ledger records “No distinguishing marks” as the main description.
A fragmentary newspaper page blends a humorous family exchange about Dr. Dwight and football with a tale of Emma J. Keener who swallowed a needle in 1881 and later retrieved it, plus an assortment of ads and items on astrology and Cascarets promising blood purification and skin results. The text touches on miscommunication, aging, and public notices alongside miscellaneous notices.
The article argues cotton remains the South’s money crop and that the profit goes to the planter who yields the most at the lowest cost. It stresses good cultivation proper rotation and liberal use of fertilizers with at least 3 percent actual content.
Fragmented OCR listing includes political precincts claim, lunar cycles, patent medicines, and a Berlin watchmaker invention. Mentions New York election offices, England population comparison, cure claims, and various advertisements with prices and trial offers. The text is noisy and uneven but preserves ad style and public notices.
A scientific meeting reported Spain leads Europe with about 3,000 hours of sunshine annually, followed by Italy at 2,300, Germany 1,700, and England 1,400 hours.
A jumble of old advertisements references No To Bac claims for quitting tobacco, Hall's Catarrh Cure with internal use, and Cascarets for constipation. It notes electric industries employment and a historical aside on champagne by monks in the seventeenth century. The text reads as a cut-and-paste ad collage with no clear single news event.
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