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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1898
Page
7
In this week’s notes, readers are urged to announce candidacies for Washington county in the next legislature, a Pensacola regatta is promoted with ticket sales, Campbell & Butler advertise bargains, and local real estate sales, new stores, and renovations are reported amid community life and weather concerns.
All parties indebted to the firm of WM. WILLIAMS must settle their accounts at Baxley's store as the firm is going out of business. In the absence of Mr A D Carmichael will receive and receipt you per J J Willis.
Notices urge overdue subscribers to settle up with two year backers offered six months free and one to two year backers offered three months. A second column notes A Q Jones seeking re election as Tax Collector, backed by praise. Also reports Ball Watts and Sheriff Allen delivering prisoners to Vernon jail for timber fraud and government defrauding offenses.
The writer urges erecting substantial brick stone or steel structures as the town develops. Emphasizes avoiding flimsy shanties like those destroyed by the late fire and states better construction increases property value and reflects the town's growing prosperity.
The article promotes Browns Iron Bitters as a rapid permanent cure for neuralgia and all blood, nerve, and stomach diseases, claiming decades of use and wide dealer distribution. It also notes local updates on politics, business, jail, mills, and community health observations, ending with a testimonial from Mrs. Mary A. Beard of Claremore Arkansas.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets candy cathartic cleans your blood by stirring the liver and driving impurities from it. Begin today to finish pimples boils spots blackheads and a bilious complexion by taking Cascarets. Ten cents, all drug stores, satisfaction guaranteed.
Daily dispatches recount U S troops landing near Aguadores and heavy naval bombardment of El Morro and Punta Gorda as Hobson’s crew sinks the Merrimac to seal Santiago harbor. Dewey directs operations at Manila while Cuban fighting intensifies. Reports note Spanish bombardments silenced but Costa Rica threats loom. McKinley calls for Cuba’s freedom, Puerto Rico occupancy, and Philippine holding.
Lieutenant Hobson is praised as the hero of the hour for planning the project and leading the effort with notable vision and courage. His strategic role underscores the significance of the undertaking and its impact.
The Southern Amateur Rowing Association announces train fare specials on the P and A railroad for the Pensacola regatta. Round trip tickets go on sale June 12 and 13 with return validity June 15. Fares from De Funiak Springs to River Junction vary from eight tenths of a cent per mile to about 4.85 dollars at River Junction.
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