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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1898
Page
4
The city of Grenoble operates a large restaurant and kitchen for fifty years supplying meals at cost or home delivery. It offers multiple dining rooms, with prices from three to twelve cents, serving 15,000 to 20,000 meals daily. The facility emphasizes quality and service with no financial profit to the city.
A reader testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the thorough female regulator. Miss Jennie R. Miles of Leon Wisconsin reports relief from menstrual pain, nervousness, headaches, and loss of appetite after using multiple Pinkham products and Liver Pills. She urges others suffering to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s free advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
A Washington special reports that the senate approved annexation of Hawaii with a 42 to 21 vote after lengthy debate. The roll call listed 42 yeas and 21 nays with several paired votes noted, as the process moved from house passage to senate approval.
A special dispatch reports 450 Maria Teresa prisoners mutinied aboard the Harvard after Spain’s fleet was destroyed. The Harvard’s officers fired on the mutineers, killing six and wounding twelve, as the crew restored order.
Camp near Santiago July 5 General Hafter reports a proposed exchange of Hobson and his men with Toral or Soul, with negotiations failing yesterday. Admiral Sampson to send prisoners to the United States. Harvard may bring some. St Louis crowded with wounded sailors cannot transport prisoners. others to Portsmouth New Hampshire for confinement on Seavis Island. urgent orders issued for facilities.
The Spanish government received a telegram from Admiral Cervera informing of Admiral Villamil's death by self inflicted act and the suicide of Captain Lazaga commander of the Infanta Maria Teresa during the Santiago de Cuba operations.
War department officials blame Cuban unreliability in blocking General Pando's reinforcements for Santiago. Shafter orders 15,000 more troops from Tampa. Madrid will continue war. Caney yields 290 prisoners, many civilians among them. Shafter and Sampson plan combined land sea strike on Santiago as bombardment is postponed. Admiral Cervera remains in play as tensions simmer across Manila and Santiago.
Max R. Davies of Detroit, First Sergeant in Co. B, recounts his battle with chronic dyspepsia and how Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People relieved his symptoms. He praises the pills after trying remedies and hot water treatment, endorsing their effectiveness and listing price and purchasing options.
The piece notes that Sally the London chimpanzee and Berlin apes show a preference for animal food, while remaining mixed feeders. It argues early humans also had a mixed diet including animal matter and plant foods, with animal protein valued as a variation from roots and fruits.
Senator Hoar recalls his father charging Sanford Adams five dollars for brief legal advice about a pump. Adams fixed a loose spigot, the pump worked, Hoar thanked him, and Adams billed five dollars, which Hoar returned.
An old advertisement promises constipation relief with Candy Cathartic, claiming a refund if not satisfied. The snippet also includes a harsh schoolroom dialogue about truthfulness and punishment, attributed to a vignette style from Puck.
Inventor patents a pocket pistol that shoots liquids like ammonia or water to repel stray dogs while riding. The device, touted as effective and humane, is already earning income as a novelty and defense tool.
The Corona ran aground off Lewis Island Alaska and later was towed to Port Townsend for cargo discharge. A full grown black fish wedged head first in a hull hole stopped a seawater leak, winding up with its tail four feet inside the ship and the animal chopped out with an ax.
Mendicant Michael tells Mrs. Skinner he has seven children all under five, all of them twins. Tit-Bits reports the peculiar family detail.
An early 20th century advertisement claims beauty comes from clean blood and a healthy liver. It promotes Cascarets candy tablets as a ten cent remedy to purify blood, clear pimples and bilious skin, with druggists selling 10c 25c or 50c units and a satisfaction guarantee. It adds a strange note promising a cure for headaches by walking backward for ten minutes.
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