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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
2
A Chipley Florida paper from March 26 1898 reports on war spirit in North Carolina spread by The Tarheel Advocate and discusses tobacco packing by John Dzialonska in Jacksonville Florida. It cites Spain debt and population figures, a fertilizer guarantee scheme, and a 13 inch rifle with its specs.
Pensacola reports daily arrivals of powder shot and shell for harbor defenses. Three of eight large mortars for the Santa Rosa battery have reached the site. Fort Pickens receives new ammunition and a Litch gun is mounted as activity rises. Major promotion for Captain M MacMurray in the Fourth Artillery. Deepening the new channel progresses as ships pass with expected twenty eight feet of water.
A formal call issued by S Boteler Thompson secretary asks Florida state and county officials land and immigration firms railways and progressive citizens to send delegates to a Jacksonville meeting April 6 in preparation for Florida's possible participation in the Omaha World’s Fair opening this summer. Delegates must provide views on whether Florida should exhibit and how funded and are urged to respond via Lake City.
Advertisement touts Cascarets candy cathartic as a beauty remedy. Claims to purify blood by stimulating the liver and removing impurities, promising vanishing pimples boils blotches and bilious complexion. Available at druggists for ten cents and up.
The Metropolis argues the $50 million appropriation cited to bolster defense is not a surplus but a remnant of a $100 million gold loan by President Cleveland. It notes the money funded deficits and gold reserves, and calls surplus claims by Congressmen and others misleading.
A diplomat predicts Spain will split its 200,000 troops into four divisions landing at different points and converging to a central point to accept a peace dictates. He imagines prisoners of war and a new government arranged by the victors, a scenario described by the Times Union and Citizens.
A private letter from Hon. S. M. Sparkman argues the Democrats have an excellent chance in the next election. He credits Republican policies, especially the Dingley tariff, with harming revenue and burdens on the public, and says victory hinges on the party platform pledging relief.
An advertisement claims Browns' Iron Bitters quickly and permanently cures neuralgia and all diseases of the blood nerves and stomach. It touts a nearly 25 year history and promotes wide dealer availability.
The Post Office Department has tightened rules to ban puzzles advertising large rewards for solving seemingly simple clues. A noted example misled readers to think a phrase about Abraham Lincoln but referred to a necktie knot. The Atlanta Journal urges quicker and stronger exclusions of such schemes and other traps sent through the mails.
Ex President Harrison, speaking on Washingtons Birthday in Chicago, denounces the concealment of personal property from taxation. He argues personalty taxes are far too low, cites New York data showing personalty one eighth of realty taxed, and notes state movements toward tax commissions to remedy the inequities.
The piece argues the crisis centers on right and wrong rather than Spain alone. It urges accountability for the Maine disaster and emphasizes reparations over seeking war, invoking historical wartime turns from the Civil War era.
A citizen message praises the President and Congress for their disciplined handling of tensions with Spain. It proposes a five-nation arbitration plan to resolve all disputes within thirty days, selecting two nations and two by the United States and Spain, with four choosing a fifth arbitrator. The writer argues this would lift fear and allow national progress.
The Reverend Hugh Johnston preached a warlike sermon in President McKinley's presence urging swift action against Spain. Two weeks earlier Johnston spoke of peace, raising questions about what changed, possibly influenced by Hearst's yellow journalism.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Qundy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure for constipation and related ailments. It claims the product stimulates the liver and intestines, offering money back if not cured, with price options and free sample literature.
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