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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1898
Page
4
An account of the world’s largest England ordinance survey map costing a million dollars over twenty years, detailing its extreme scale and precision. It notes California malarial fevers and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure and health aid. It also mentions a Pennsylvania inventor’s telescoping door sill dustpan for sweeping dirt.
Advertising blurb promising a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims all druggists refund money if the remedy fails to cure. The text reads as a patent medicine promotion with price 2c.
A San Francisco Chronicle account recalls Premier Sagasta staging a silent test after a British minister’s watch disappears at a reception. Lights would be dimmed and all guests would pass Sagasta’s desk, hoping the thief would restore the watch. A missing inkstand is later noted.
Two letters from Mrs Lizzm Beventy and Mrs Amos Trombleay share strong claims of illness relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Beventy describes ulcerated womb recovery after doctor's failed treatment. Trombleay reports milk leg, womb dropping, and general recovery after starting the remedy.
Washington lauds Rear Admiral Dewey for dispatching Raleigh and Concord to Subic bay after German gunboat Irene blocked an attack on Grande island. American ships forced the Spaniards to surrender while Irene withdrew. Official dispatches report Aguinaldo's forces took Subic bay save Isla Grande and describe Berlin's cruiser retreat as policy driven.
An Associated Press dispatch reports Juar Aguacito Siboney burned by army health authorities to cleanse the hospital camp and clear unhealthy structures. Major Legaro of the hospital corps urged the action, destroying nearly all fifty buildings and driving Cuban followers from the area as troops advanced.
Reports from Havana received in Key West say Governor General Blanco tried to take his own life upon learning Admiral Cervera's squadron was annihilated. News of the Spanish defeat cast gloom over the Cuban capital as revelry ceased and crepe hung from public and many private buildings.
Madrid dispatch shows the Bank of Spain added 8,403,000 pesetas in gold and 6,525,000 pesetas in silver for the week ending Saturday. Note circulation rose by 17,883,000 pesetas.
Mrs William Shay of Freeport recounts how her four year old daughter Beatrice, paralyzed after spinal meningitis, recovered after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Beatrice relearned to walk and now sleeps through the night. Pills sold by all druggists.
Recruits anticipate government medical exams may loosen in future drafts. A sergeant recalls a Mount Gretna Highth Regiment muster where two volunteers failed the physical: one underweight by two pounds and one an inch short. He jokes that morning measurements could have altered the roster.
The cemetery superintendent asks if selling old Billions was possible. The agent doubts, fearing incomplete value. The superintendent laments the inevitability of death while the agent speculates about being lost at sea in a wry Chicago Post note.
A collage of 1890s era cures and quack ads tout Cascarets Candy Cathartic Pile of tonics including No-To-Bop and Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Mentions liver cleansing, cosmetics promises, and a rabbit hunt anecdote. Includes stray joke about breaking into a girls high school.
A flood of wartime dispatches describes 235 wounded soldiers at Fort McPherson Georgia lettered through June battles, plus refugee crises at El Caney. Reports mention the Wary prize and Cervera’s fleet’s fate, casualty tallies, and plans for officers rewards and reassignments.
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