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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
4
A newspaper quip portrays a minister asking how skating on Sunday could be defended. The response notes potential thaw by Monday, mirroring a light political or social jab captured as a Puck cartoon caption.
Porto Rico correspondent reports growing unrest as locals press for self government. General Henry warns the war department needs far more troops to keep order amid mounting ill will between natives and American troops and police.
New York hotel man Martin Mahon now in Atlantic City says he will not return to New York to testify in the Fayne Moore retrial. He says badgering and ill treatment on the stand in the earlier trial led him to stay away and possibly go abroad. He denies bribery or inducement and calls the rumors false.
Washington dispatch notes no official war department report on rioting by the Tenth colored immune regiment after muster out at Macon Georgia. Officials say troops mustered out should be dealt with locally. the pattern raises a sore question and may shift musters to state discharge points.
Labor circles in the northwest report hundreds of Japanese contract laborers are being brought into Puget Sound cities. From 500 to 1,000 land monthly at Tacoma Vancouver and Portland. Most pass the entry tests with sound bodies and $30 in cash. Many secure work on various railroad lines.
Washington dispatch notes a statement from the adjutant general listing deaths from May 1 1898 to February 28 1899. In action 329 died of wounds 125 died of disease 5277 total 5781.
In a humorous exchange, Willie boasts he tricked his sister by claiming Dashaway was another man. Dashaway notes she hoped to be excused, as before, but Willie confirms the ruse and revels in his prank.
A Somerset woman lamented the death of a very wealthy but ill tempered neighbor who helped her country charities. She called him vulgar yet kind and said they would meet in heaven despite not knowing him in London. Chicago Times Herald reports.
Endeavor Herald urges readers to preserve virtue above wealth and power. It stresses holding to truth to endure eternity, guarding temper and tongue, and resisting evil company to protect character and reputation.
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