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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1898
Page
6
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Mrs Lucy Goodwin writes from Holly West Virginia praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Sanative Wash and Liver Pills after four years of female disorder. She describes improved strength weight gain from 108 to 131 1 2 pounds and ability to work. She credits the medicine with restoring health and urges others to try it.
Reports from London and Havana describe Spain preparing a massive Atlantic strike on the United States. Hawaii offers to transfer to U S control for wartime base use while Mexican neutrality laws curb clerks aiding Cuba. Admiral Sampson’s fleet and Dewey’s victories reshape tensions with Spain and Britain.
Governor Atkinson selects Camp Northen in Griffin Georgia as the mobilizing site for state volunteers. Fort McPherson near Atlanta is chosen for holding Spanish prisoners. The Lafayette liner bound from Corunna Spain was captured off Havana by the Annapolis but released after a miscue. authorities consider British residents to be moved from the Canary Islands amid defense concerns.
The Senate Finance Committee plans a substitute for the bond feature of the post office appropriation bill. The bill as passed by the House totals 99 112 800 dollars and the Senate version adds 112 000 more. Senate Republicans discuss strategy while Nevada Senator Jones and Wolcott oppose the bond plan without a viable substitute. The House Foreign Affairs Committee reviews Hawaiian annexation but adjourns until Tuesday with a majority reportedly favoring the resolution.
Washington reports show no confirmation on Admiral Sampson’s fleet movements. Officials deny publicizing strategy, while conflicting claims place the fleet at Porto Rico, converging on the Oregon, or seizing a base at Panamasas for operations.
Advices from Madrid via Paris say two ironclads two cruisers and three transports will sail from Cadiz to drive the Americans from Manila and then bombard California porte. Cuban and Porto Rican authorities report no imminent American landing.
Secretary Alger and General Miles discussed plans to divide the volunteer and regular armies into corps and divisions and to assign major generals to commands in a lengthy Thursday consultation.
The Mexican government prohibits a planned gathering of Spanish clerks in Mexico City to raise volunteers for Spain to protect neutrality. Local papers anxious over the American victory anticipate broad moral effects as Spanish influence journals predicted a naval triumph.
Detroit’s Mrs. Alexander B. Clark narrates a decades wife’s burden from ovarian trouble. After years of pain, bed rest, and failed treatments, she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health, energy, and weight, ending headaches and nervous tremors.
Larimer quips that war talk should boost stationery sales while Frankstown questions the idea, noting the note exchanges by European governments. The exchange hints at a light economic aside in a broader news context.
An old newspaper display promotes tetterine cures for skin conditions from J T Shuptrine and assorted tonics from Sterling Remedy Co. It also advertises No ToBak tobacco alternatives, Allen's Foot Ease for sore feet, and a wind packey item from Le Roy New York, with brief metric notes on UK dog density.
A palm reader tells Madam that her husband shows a life line of remarkable longevity and a secondary line indicating a double life, prompting her exclamation that the scoundrel has deceived her. The quote is attributed to the New York World.
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