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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1899
Page
4
An unusual mix of ad copy and legal notes describes personal health routines and products. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is urged for cleansing the system, while No-To-Bac promises tobacco cessation. An iron trust formation in Nova Scotia and Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy are also mentioned with clinical claims and locations in Atlanta.
A Manila cable reports General MacArthur and General Joe Wheeler directing the push on Porac Pampanga with the Ninth and Thirty sixth regiments. The town fell after brisk fighting. American losses were five wounded and several men prostrated by heat. Insurgent force around 600. Bamban lines claim 7,000 new Japanese rifles.
London reports new statistics on Jewish populations across nations. Russia now has 4.5 million Jews, Austria over 500,000, England 150,000, and the United States 930,000, with growth noted in England and the U S since the century’s start when England had 14,000 and the United States 1,000 Jews.
A collage of product pitches and rural observations. Items include Allen’s Foot-Ease shoe powder, Cascarets cathartic, Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a bold money back claim, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and strawberry planting tips. Also quips about Perkins’ debts, crocodiles in Africa, and a jab about a lazy husband.
Admiral Dewey desires to keep Lieutenant Brumby on his staff while on shore duty in this country. This move would promote Brumby to captain, but the crucial issue is whether the comptroller will grant captain pay. The department holds that an aid to a full admiral must hold captain rank, though admirals often choose aides from above lieutenant level. Dewey’s wish to retain Brumby, a Georgian, is treated as decisive in the department.
Jeweler E A Bleser of New Kingston Pa acquired an old 1780 Berlin berg Germany Bible in good condition with faded leaves and wood covers. It came from a Newville Cumberland County sale where it sold for $1 to the unaware bidder. Between pages were clippings about early Pennsylvania governors.
The Chicago Record reports eucalyptus trees may be widely planted in Cuba to reduce malaria. Experiments elsewhere claim the tree clears land of malaria by root absorption, not leaf exhalations, and note rapid growth, cold tolerance down to 27 degrees, and value for wood. The paper also mentions rainfall influence in Southern California.
Letters from readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for addressing female ailments. Mrs. Mars. Masai Goon credits the remedy with restoring health after years of weakness and bedrest. Mrs. Dore Stanley reports relief from severe headaches and nervous weakness after five bottles.
The town of New Madrid on the Mississippi River about 40 miles below Cairo was wiped out by a blaze that struck shortly after midnight Wednesday. Only one grocery saloon remains, and losses top nearly 100000 dollars.
The British Samoa commissioner Mr. Eliot has received a full report on claims by British subjects for damages from bombardment and native uprisings. Claims total just over £7,000, with about £6,000 from the Matassa rebel depredations in January and March and about £1,000 for losses from naval bombardment and land operations.
Amos L. Allen, formerly private, was nominated by Republicans of the First Maine district in a Portland convention on Thursday. Thomas was the nominator.
Orders from Washington stop recruiting for the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth volunteer infantry as those regiments have already secured more than enough recruits.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure claims to make weak men strong and blood pure. Advertisement mentions Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with no fits after first day. Includes pricing and mailing offer from Kiaxe Ltd. 8 Aren St Patia Pa.
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