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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1897
Page
2
A collage of notices from Chipley Florida and beyond covers ad tips, a legal milestone for Lottie Lyles the first Black woman lawyer in Tennessee, Pensacola trade prospects, August land office proofs, and a VAT of printer's ink advocacy. The piece also notes Spain’s Cuba moves, Jubilee Lipton’s success claim, and stamp color changes affecting government costs.
A condensed note from the N Y Evening Post cites Nelson Dingley Jr and Senator Aldrich on fiscal policy. It covers the Dingley bill’s passage, and concerns over revenue, expenditure, and deficits through late September with figures from Detroit.
State Treasurer James B Whitfield outlines proper redemption procedure for tax sale certificates. Redeem within two years via the circuit court clerk paying the land price plus 25 percent interest and 50 cent fee, with the clerk issuing a receipt and forwarding funds to the treasurer. The clerk reports redeemed lands to the comptroller, certificates are canceled, and the process governs post two-year purchases and clerk fees.
A reader urges harsh public discipline for gossipers and gadabouts. The piece proposes pillory style punishment to curb social meddling and promote personal responsibility, recalling an old time saying about minding one’s own business.
The Western Union Telegraph Company through its local manager Len LeBarron offers free wire use to Dr. Joseph Y. Porter State health officer for health information and inquiry to any point in the state or boards of health in infected territory. The offer is described as liberal and will save the State Board of Health money.
A Birmingham dispatch reports Mannesman Bros the seamless tubing makers are negotiating with Gate City Land Co for Alabama property. Dr. Thene president of the Chicago Polytechnical Society favors purchase at 500000 with a plan to build a plant at 1500000 and employ about 5000 people.
A Point Pleasant item ridicules Hanna McKinley era politics as a circus. It boasts 5 000 special trains, 500 trained congressmen, 70 000 000 easterners, and a parade of courted issues. It promises satire on tariffs and trusts with vivid caricatures and calls for voters to close stores and attend the procession.
A sharp critique of local gossipers describes busybodies who spread private rumors about neighbors. The piece targets male and female gossips at street corners and tea rooms, condemning their parasitic intrusion into others' lives and accusing them of moral trivialities and private failures.
A vintage advertorial claims one third of children die before five from wasting illness and promotes Scott's Emulsion with Cod liver oil as the cure. It asserts the product builds solid flesh and bones, strengthens nerves, and even promises prosperity, urging readers to ask for the genuine 50 cent bottle.
The ex senator plans to canvass every corner of Florida in his own interest for Pasco's Senate seat and has challenged Col. C. L. Fields to a stump meeting, signaling a lively 1808 campaign per the Gainesville Sun. Immigrant and voting rights concerns are expressed in a Times-Union and Citizen editorial, warning about illiteracy and rapid immigration changing elections.
The article notes rising interest in Southern steel manufacturing with Roosevelt favoring a South site for a Government armor plant after a Baltimore Manufacturers' Record interview. Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway backs Southern steel growth, signaling optimism about the region's industrial future.
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