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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1898
Page
6
A Chicago News item includes a courtroom quip about a minister marrying a couple five years prior and a classroom joke about Plymouth Rock. It also comments on mining wealth often controlled by syndicates and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for health issues. It notes how proper lamp maintenance prevents oil spillage and glass sooting.
Assertive marketing lines promise cures for colds digestion and tobacco habits. Various product pitches claim refunds if failing to cure and include references to drugs like No-To-Bac Taber’s Pepsin Compound and Piso’s Cure for Consumption with addresses and prices.
Dispatches from Key West report the New York, Puritan and Cincinnati bombarding Matanzas forts on Wednesday afternoon. No American casualties, Spaniards reportedly suffered losses as 300 shells and 80 eight-inch and light rounds pummeled earthworks to prevent Punta Gorda completion. Admiral Sampson praised the result as expected.
Reported clash expectation between United States Asiatic Squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Dewey and the Spanish fleet near the Philippines. U S ships include Olympia Balti more Boston Concord Raleigh Petrel Nanshin Zafiro along with despatch Hugh McCulloch store ship and coal ships while the Spanish muster four cruisers five gunboats two transports and ten named vessels.
The Oregon is cruising up the South American coast at high speed and the navy plans to hear from her next at Montevideo for coal. Under neutrality rules she may take on enough fuel to reach a U.S. port, with 24 hours between departures if a Spanish vessel is in port.
The flying squadron endured a 36 hour communication blackout with shore after a Tuesday night storm surged up Hampton Roads at 50 miles per hour. No ships were harmed though a collision between the Brooklyn and Massachusetts was narrowly prevented.
Harper's Weekly recounts a Cuba expedition aboard a vessel delivering explosive cargo. Coast guards greet the crew with Viva Cuba libre as unloading proceeds near Havana. A near-miss fire incident, an American eagle omen, and weather delays mark the voyage before the second cargo is landed near Morro Castle.
Cascade of medical and lifestyle claims fills the column ad space. Promotions push Cascarets for blood, B B B cures rheumatism and scrofula, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer promises nervous-disease cures, plus tobacco and saw advertising interspersed.
Chicago Inter Ocean reports Lincoln responding to preachers and a New Jersey congressman with wry humor. He questions divine messaging via Chicago and uses a sheep tail joke to challenge delegation claims, then remarks on the wealth of two southern constituents.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine claims and product pitches. Advertisements promise relief from tetter and nervous disorders, touts No-To-Bac tobacco cessation, Star Tobacco, and Sledge cigarettes, and markets Dr Kline nerve restorer, Mrs Winslow teething syrup, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and other remedies with testimonials and mail orders.
A letter from Mrs J Orms of Johnstown Pa extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from head dizzy spells hot flashes and womb troubles. The piece notes Mrs Pinkham's long career and the present manager Mrs Pinkham's unmatched work with female illnesses handling up to a hundred thousand letters yearly.
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