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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1898
Page
8
Captain Milan keeper of Mount Desert Rock Light visits the mainland and reads reports of the Maine catastrophe in the Boston Transcript. He brings newspapers to his island community to keep them informed about the disaster affecting the state.
Public clocks are praised for timekeeping across major cities in a broad survey. An unrelated health ad promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive and nervous complaints. A separate note mentions a planned magnetic survey of Prussia with coastal measurements by imperial naval authorities.
An old print ad touts Cascarets as a blood purifier and skin aid. It claims clean blood yields beauty and promises to clear pimples boils blotches blackheads and a bilious complexion. Available in 10c 25c and 50c sizes from druggists with satisfaction guaranteed.
A Washington Star explanation traces the phrase a lead pipe cinch to Brooklyn turfmen. A thief stuffed lead pipe under clothes to hide it while fleeing, fell overboard on a ferry, and drowned, giving rise to the saying meaning a dead sure thing.
Mrs Rosa Gaum of Los Angeles writes that after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her ovarian tumor disappeared and she avoided an operation. The note promotes the product as a modern safeguard for women's health and invites inquiries to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
General Fred D. Grant took the oath Wednesday as brigadier general in a ceremony at Missionary Ridge. Ex-confederate Judge George A. Harris administered the oath before a large crowd of ex-confederates and ex-federal soldiers. Major George L. Gillespie greeted Grant, recalling Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, as cheers rang out. The Chattanooga relief branch announced readiness to accept donations for sick soldiers, with supplies directed to Dr. W. J. Trimble or ex-mayor George W. Ochs. Additional items note the deaths of A. C. Post and the drowning of E. L. Thompson, plus Major Shiba’s remarks on the Japanese volunteer army and plans to Tampa and Cuba. Six regiments were ordered to Tampa, with full strength and recruitment efforts under way.
Mrs. L. Z. Leiter has donated a permanent hospital building near Crawfish springs at Chickamauga park to the United States government. The facility, acquired after correspondence with Assistant Surgeon General Senn, will provide accommodations for about 600 to 700 troops and enhance comfort beyond a standard field shelter.
Three mile parade in Omaha inaugurates the Trans Mississippi and International Exposition. President McKinley via telegram addresses attendees from Washington as more than a hundred bands and flags fill the scene. Also includes a comic aside on women’s fashion from Detroit press.
The monthly debt statement shows at May 31 1898 the public debt less cash in the treasury totaling 1 037 773 760 dollars, up by 19 341 108 dollars from April.
The war department is massing thirty days of rations for troops assembling at Jacksonville under General Lee. Officials decline to disclose the number of men or whether they will remain there for the full thirty days.
California dealers decry the reciprocity proclamation admitting fruits brandies and spirits at 120 dollars a gallon and warn ruin of their industry. A committee of wine growers has sent an agreement to Senator Perkins urging an immediate protest against the provisions.
The London Morning Post reports Spain’s ambassador to France Senor Leon y Castillo was instructed to request intervention by the great powers to secure peace on terms that preserve Spain’s honor. He is expected to argue that continued war risks hurting the powers’ own trade. Madrid circles expect success.
A published report of an insurgent attack on Santiago de Cuba is denied and deemed unfounded. The tale of the assault lacks confirmation while reports of widespread destitution and food shortages among the city’s inhabitants are now reported as verified.
A New York Mail and Express blurb extols crochet work as durable and stylish for collars edgings and coifs, especially on dark velvet. A broad clippings mix includes health testimonial about Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and a 1897 notary affidavit from Jefferson City Missouri.
A West Philadelphia matron uses the code F H B meaning family hold back to quietly ration scarce dishes when unexpected guests arrive. The tactic surfaces as she admits the method after a recent dinner reveal. The quirk highlights cautious household management amid social interruptions.
A nine foot diameter beam with 90 million candles will rise 246 feet above tide at Highlands near Sandy Hook to guide mariners into New York Harbor visible up to 30 miles. It, exhibited at the World’s Fair by Henry Lepaute, cost 10000 dollars, uses 55 volt power and mercury float for the lamp.
An assortment of misused health claims and patent medicine pitches dominate this snippet. Tetterine and No-To-Bac promotions assert cures for eczema and tobacco addiction respectively, with prices and supplier details. Additional notes mention a proposed Johannesburg school of mines, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, and Natal wool production figures.
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