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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1898
Page
3
Fragmentary entry records times from early morning to late evening, listing 2 AM 4 AM and 6 47 PM 12 42 1 M with unclear context. No named individuals or organizations are clearly legible to identify the event or purpose of the times.
Local notices name A Q Jones for re election as Tax Collector A C Horne for County Treasurer and J W Williams for Tax Assessor subject to the Democratic convention July 23. The piece notes drowning illness rain and various local happenings and ads.
Chipley residents meet at Dekle’s hall to plan July 4 celebrations. A three member committee will solicit funds for a horse swapping convention with prizes for most swaps and for the oldest man and woman. Events include flag-raising, Declaration of Independence readings, speeches, fireworks, water for attendees and stock.
From Our Soldiers Boys Desoto Park Tampa June 8 1898 describes camp moves from Fort Brooks to Desoto Park Palmetto Bottom conditions health and diet jokes about a sick comrade and salt water baths daily. The letter notes the guard Ripley promoted to Sergeant and general roughing it with palmetto roots and hardtack.
A Victorian style ad touts Cascarets as a beauty aid that cleanses the blood and liver to improve skin. It claims to remove pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion and offers pills for ten cents with guaranteed relief.
Dispatches describe Spanish regulars and guerrillas attacking U S Marines at Guantanamo, a thirteen hour action with machine guns and rifles. London editors call the capture of Guantanamo pivotal, signaling looming moves on Santiago and Puerto Rico as Shafter sails for Cuba. A second expedition to Porto Rico is planned with about ten thousand troops. Local notes discuss winter visitors seeking teaching jobs and a separate assault by a negro assailant with a hatchet in Rock Hill, later captured by bloodhounds before jail.
Public notice promotes Cascarets as the most delightful remedy and regulator for daily use. Drug stores offer them at 10 cents with a guarantee of cure.
A moonlit gathering at LeConte Farm celebrated the anniversaries of Joe Schell and Walter Johnson with music games and a lantern photo by Col Johnston hiring Pleas the photographer. The evening featured a flash light photo as a keepsake and a playful melon contest offering BANNER subscriptions for the season’s largest and second largest melons.
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