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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1898
Page
6
A short moral reflection notes actors resorting to makeup, revenge being sweeter than hate, wise marriage for protection and money, matrimony souring love, natural appearance lacking purpose, managers’ gambling stance, and sins haunting a man until exposure. The tone reads as cautionary maxims on behavior and consequences.
The document notes decisions by General Appraisers of Goods at the Custom House awaiting Treasury approval. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic, mentions Prof. Tracy Peck taking a Rome post, and includes ads for Cure for Cold in One Day, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, The Romance of Palestine book offer, and Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with endorsements.
A Salem era advertisement promotes Salzer German Coffee Berry at 15 cents per package, claiming 300 pounds yield and selling seeds and seed catalogues from Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wisconsin, upon mailing 15 cents. Also notes an investment broker Charles Hughes offering guidance from Wall Street with INSIDE INFORMATION and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents a bottle.
President McKinley told a senator he does not seek war with Spain but will prepare for the future as events unfold. Indemnity talks target about 13 million dollars with a likely Spanish rejection, as war prep continues and a Spanish squadron moves toward Cuba via Cadiz, Canary Islands, and Porto Rico.
Investigators find conclusive evidence from interior wreckage that the explosion originated beneath the ship and not from the main magazine. Outside force is increasingly suspected as the cause while Spain’s accidental theory weakens. Uprising in Cuba feared as Havana prepares for possible war. Senate voices concern over strain in Maine inquiry.
M Zola found guilty on all counts for libeling the French administration and the army. He received one year in prison and a 3000 franc fine. Outside Asize court crowds rioted with anti Jewish shouts and clashes injuring a police secretary.
Advices from Key West report Washington orders to mass the navy’s best ships off Key West in coming days. Cap tain Sigsbee reportedly seeks to avert trouble in Havana as the Maine inquiry concludes. Vessels named include the Texas Nashville Marblehead Montgomery Brooklyn New York Indiana Massachusetts Town Detroit Ericsson and Cushing.
Washington dispatch reports the post office department will act at once over the Lake City lynching of a colored postmaster. Officials say they will prosecute to the full extent and dispatch inspectors to hunt down those responsible.
On Washington's Birthday the house heard heated remarks after Mr Bailey's adjournment motion failed. J Johnson of Indiana delivered a electrifying speech denouncing a shift from traditional US policy toward colonization seen as ruinous for empires. The gallery and minority roared with applause.
A Board of Inquiry from Santiago de Cuba reports a severe hunger crisis in Matanzas with about 14 000 people described as absolutely without food or clothing. Some 3 000 live in palm branch huts while 11 000 dwell in the streets without homes or shelter.
The Illinois Republican State Central Committee met in Springfield and set the state convention for June 14. Delegates will be allotted by McKinley vote at one per 400 votes, yielding over 1,500 delegates in the largest Illinois convention ever.
Squire John Castor of Newpoint Indiana testifies a thirty year struggle with rheumatism and heart disease ended after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He says the pills gave immediate help, completing six boxes and leaving him free of pain. He praises the remedy for blood related ailments and notes they do not affect the bowels.
Genuine Russian crown sable remains the costliest fur with some garments valued at thousands. Sables vary by shade and quality. Alaska sable, codorized skunk fur, silver gray fox, and dyed black fox offer different prices and appearances. Fur hues reflect habitat, with Arctic whiteness and snow tones common across species.
Bert Magoffin of Kentucky recounts blowing springs at Brandensburg Kentucky where salt water gusts blow a handkerchief and in Walker County Georgia where the breeze is stronger and audible from a small mountain opening, with no external air movement observed.
A well known speculator boasted of buying a cheap item in winter and selling at a much higher price in summer. The item was a thermometer, rising from 33 to 84, illustrating the market beat of a single instrument. The San Francisco World records the anecdote as a witty tale.
A domestic scene escalates as a woman crying brain on fire exclaims to her partner who responds with a nonchalant remark and dodges a flying hair brush, ending in a tense moment as the couple sit amid the evening paper.
An OCR fragment touts tetterine as the only cure for tetter, eczema, ringworm and other skin diseases. It promises safe, certain relief for 50 cents at druggists or by mail from J Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia. Also includes a caution about lending and a tobacco promotion and horse hair protection note.
Letters from Mrs T A Walden of Gibson Georgia and Mrs Florence Wolfe of Ohio praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash for relief from menstrual pain inflammation and leucorrhea. A Mansfield Ohio writer credits the remedies with curing painful menstruation and abdominal discomfort. A W Bates from Lay writes that the product restored health after severe menstrual pain and is praised by friends.
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