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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1898
Page
4
A visitor, tall and shabby, claiming to be captain of a Spanish man of war in Cavite Harbor, repays Admiral Dewey’s loan of two hundred dollars with thin, gaunt features. General Anderson’s aide offers a receipt, but the captain declines, bowing with old‑fashioned courtesy.
Letters from Jennie Green of Denmark and Mrs Harry Harpy of Riverside describe severe monthly pains backache dizziness and ovarian trouble. Both credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with substantial relief improving mobility and overall health after other treatments failed.
H J Whigham former amateur champion argues golf fills a long empty niche in American sports. He notes it suits men from youth through old age, provides outdoor exercise, tones the body without intense training, and could revolutionize business life by drawing people away from stress after hours. He cites cost as a barrier and urges try golf.
A collection of aphorisms from various authors on being true to oneself, the power of order, and how perception and admiration shape our connections. It notes that doubt and cowardice hinder progress, while combining good will with understanding can reach deeper truths.
Women and children have started a fad of exercising small turtles in Central Park. Turtles are carried in embroidered blankets with name tags and rings attached to chains that allow limited crawling then are pulled back. Some turtles swim near the lake shore as spectators watch the display.
The famed rooster Commo dore Wainwright, after wins at Holletsville Laredo San Antonio and Caldwell, sold on General Per deu's ranch in Burleson County Texas for 1000 dollars. Don San Diego Montemayo of Monterey Mexico bought the bird with gold paid, and the rooster crowed as the sum was counted. The bird is said to have earned over 5000 dollars for his owner during his career.
Sailors of the Royal Navy obtained leave to travel inland near Rangoon and lost their way. Burmans found and fed them then guided them home. Sir Charles Aitchison failed to locate the sailors to reward the Burmans. The episode sparked Rangoon commentary on Buddha’s teaching curbing greed.
The Munster conscript fathers follow Bonn in levying a balcony and bow window tax ranging from 12 to 50 dollars yearly based on projection size and height. They cite air currents disruption in crowded streets and seek to beautify city highways by limiting architectural protrusions, hoping owners will sacrifice balconies to save money.
A fragmented collection of patent medicines and consumer ads. Claims include No-To-Bac tobacco cure, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hall's Family Pills, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Lyon’s tobacco, Piso’s Cure for throat and lung trouble, Cascarets Candy Cathartic, and a note on the México jury size. Contains testimonials and pricing.
The article outlines plans for The Companion 1889 including Stockton and Kipling pieces and works by Dufferin Howells Reed Nordica and Zangwill. Subscription offers include November December issues and a free Companion Calendar. notices advertise distribution from Boston. It also notes Swiss cantons’ method of removing tramps by lake crossing tickets.
Guidance on maintaining household items advises weekly cleaning of mirrors with methylated spirits and polishing, plus a leather care regimen using vinegar and boiled linseed oil to prevent cracking and keep leather in good condition.
A light rinse and half cup rice are cooked in two quarts salted water to create starch. Tomatoes are stewed half an hour with salt pepper sugar onion cloves bay leaf nutmeg. Pass tomatoes through a strainer into starch, adjust seasoning, then add a cup of whipped cream and serve.
A historic recipe outlines a half coup butter and sugar batter baked in gem tins. It describes a hot vanilla milk sauce thickened with corn starch and egg yolks, poured over puddings and topped with figs or dates for serving.
A hotel method soaks steak in vinegar and olive oil for hours, then cooks it without wiping and seasons with butter pepper and salt served with lemon and parsley. The piece cites digestibility studies noting variations among foods and high nutrient percentages for raw oils versus low for oysters and milk.
Plain thin pancake batter baked with stewed pineapple and sugar yields a hot triangular serving. Bread Crumb Omelet uses bread crumbs onions and milk with eggs baked to light brown and served with sauce. Blackberry Jelly cooks juice with sugar then thickens and sets. Fish Rolls crush halibut paste with whites cream and seasonings, shape into rolls, bread and fry, served with chamel sauce.
A Fort Hancock artillery officer recounts Grant telegraphing to the War Department that he would not move his army without onions. Three trainloads of onions were sent to the front the next day, amid widespread dysentery. The piece argues Napoléon and Wellington also valued ample food, praising Grant as a leader who cared for troops' sustenance and noting onions as a remedy.
The advertisement promotes Cascarets for skin cleansing and liver health, a nerve restorer with trial bottles offered, and a carriage firm listing services in Atlanta with price range from $10 to premium carriages. It mentions Copenhagen’s tower relocation and announces a Gov. Candier carriage from Southern Carriage and Wagon Co. in Atlanta.
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