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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1898
Page
6
The piece highlights odd language exchanges about flinging and kneeling. It notes Cuba’s entanglement affecting markets lightly, with Wall Street expecting few systemic shocks. It praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestion and other ailments amid mixed health signals from old notes.
An old patent medicine promotion asserts Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims the product acts on blood and mucous surfaces and includes testimonials, Toledo company branding, and a 7 cent price, urging Druggists to stock Hall's Family Pills as well.
An 1860s advertisement highlights Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gums soften, inflammation reduce, pain eased, wind colic cured, price four cents a bottle.
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla absolutely cures scrofula salt rheum dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh and all diseases originating in or promoted by impure blood It is described as a great nerve tonic stomach regulator and strength builder.
In Washington, Speaker Reed and Democrat leader Bailey publicly spar over a motion to recommit the Cuban debate. The clash, amid three days of Cuba discussion, ended with a party line vote to lay the appeal on the table. Senate action showed strong silver support amid gold opposition.
A Washington special reports President Dole of the Hawaiian Islands will be welcomed as the nation’s guest upon arrival in the capital. President McKinley has ordered generous entertainment, with an official tour beginning in Chicago and government officials meeting him en route.
A towboat owned by B Williams with sixty coal boats was hit by a Wednesday night storm near Leavenworth Indiana. Fourteen coal boats sank and two crew members were washed overboard and drowned. The towboat was badly damaged but continued southward.
Boston report notes Cabot mill in Brunswick Maine shut for desertion in sympathy with striking weavers. Social Manufacturing Woonsocket Rhode Island plans a brief shutdown for lack of orders. Massachusetts lawmakers push 55 hour week and child and woman work limits as textile unrest grows across Fall River Biddeford and neighboring towns.
The London Times editorial discusses Representative Hitt on the Cuban question and suggests President McKinley seeks no war with Spain, aims to grow US industry, but faces party pressure and an unsettled government. It warns an accident could precipitate a crisis.
The Comptroller of the Currency set a Thursday deadline for depositors to approve a voluntary liquidation plan for the Chestnut Street National Bank in Philadelphia. Unanimous assent is required, with most depositors favorable but a few withdrawing. The state treasurer’s $205,000 account at the bank remains an unresolved obstacle.
Wheeler & Co. at Bay City Michigan shut down Thursday morning, throwing 700 men out of work after riveters refused a 7 percent wage increase. The workers had sought wages equal to 1895 levels and balked at signing an agreement requiring individual action and forfeiture of 10 percent of wages if they quit without consent.
The advisory council of the grand camp Confederate Veterans of Virginia met in Lynchburg and, after debate, adopted a resolution by 21 to 10 finding Commander Stubbs not guilty of bribery but removing him from command and from the history committee.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator White of California elected chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee. He was supported by Bailey allies who back his candidacy if the next House remains Democratic. Thirty three members attended the meeting.
A detailed milk soup method describes mashed potatoes seasoned with pepper and salt, eggs creamed with butter, hot milk with flour, and a Charlotte de Russe base. Gelatine soaked in milk, whipped cream, and beaten eggs are combined, then poured into a mold and served with whipped cream. The recipe emphasizes rapid mixing for success.
Select large smelts and clean them. Split down the backs and remove the backbone. Rub with oil or butter, season with salt and a pinch of pepper, then broil two to three minutes per side. Serve on toast with butter, parsley garnish, and tartar sauce made from mayonnaise, capers, grated onion, and red pepper.
Clean young chick cut into ten pieces boil briefly then simmer in salted onions and bouquet until tender. Make roux with butter and flour, add strained broth, stir in egg yolk cream and lemon juice, simmer, strain, and pour over chicken. Serve hot with croutons and parsley decorations.
A miscellany of domestic advice including cooking methods avoid boiling, steam cooking, and wiping meat with a damp towel. Tips cover removing fish odors, greasing soup tops with brown paper, airing rooms after gas use, mouth washes with tincture of myrrh, and home care for furniture and wringer machines with kerosene and oil.
An 1897 interview profile recounts how John B. Cook of Lyon Iowa says daily pain and invalid status improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He claims weight gain of 48 pounds and loss of craving for alcohol tea and coffee, with renewed health and energy. The piece promotes the medicine with notarized endorsement.
On a voyage from Kennebec to Boston a dove boarded the steamship off Cape Elizabeth. Here a flock of sea gulls harassed the bird repeatedly until evening, when the exhausted dove found refuge under a lifeboat and waited. It then escaped when the ship reached Boston.
An 1804 advertisement fragment touts Tetterine for skin diseases including eczema and ringworm, sold at drug stores or by mail from Savannah Georgia. It also promotes Star Tobacco and Sledge Cigarettes, mentions Dr Kline's nerve restorer with a $2 trial bottle, and cites Piso's Cure for Whooping Cough with an address in Brooklyn.
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