Aluminum in Shirts: Linen Substitutes Introduced
Aluminum replaces linen in collars cuffs shirt fronts and similar garments. The metal is coated with white Japanese varnish and imprints imitate weaving and sewing patterns.
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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1898
Page
4
Aluminum replaces linen in collars cuffs shirt fronts and similar garments. The metal is coated with white Japanese varnish and imprints imitate weaving and sewing patterns.
The text items discuss the costs of freeing Cuba and holding the Philippines, then pivot to ads for health tonics and products. It mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, ramie fiber as a future textile, cold cure tablets, and No-To-Bac tobacco aid. It also gives price references like 500, 50 cents, and universal druggist availability.
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as vital for autumn health, claiming it purifies blood, boosts appetite, aids digestion, strengthens organs, wards off malaria and fevers, and calls Hood’s Pills the cure for indigestion at 2 cents.
A busy New York fruit seller on a crowded downtown street speaks Italian, French, English, and German with ease. He keeps a box of books under his counter, studying classics and histories between customers. Arriving in America at seventeen with only Italian, a Columbia College professor inspired his literary pursuits.
A period piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. An endorsement from Mrs. J. C. Orms praises relief from headaches dizziness hot flashes and womb trouble after using the remedy. The article notes Mrs. Pinkham's ongoing leadership of the correspondence department treating thousands of women annually.
In Canton Ohio Mrs Anna E George was arraigned on a murder affidavit charging her with killing George D Saxton brother of Mrs McKinley The court entered a not guilty plea and set a preliminary hearing for Tuesday The funeral for Saxton was held at the Barber residence with President McKinley and family in attendance before departing on a special train to Omaha
Louis Kempner a United States postal agent arrived in Key West on his way to Washington. He reports Spanish troops concentrating at Cienfuegos and a meeting of all Cuban army commanding officers will be held in Havana province in a few days. General Maximo Gomez will preside. The talks are seen as shaping the island’s future policy.
President McKinley and his party left Omaha aboard the Burlington Flyer as crowds lined stations from western Iowa to Burlington. At each stop along the route home, thousands cheered the president and his cabinet members, with especially rousing demonstrations at Burlington and in the eastern Iowa towns.
Advices from Virden Illinois report Thursday without new violence though no peace progress. Battery B Illinois artillery arrived from Pana. Fourteen dead from Wednesday’s shooting and about twenty injured. coroner’s inquest found no crucial evidence. Striking leaders say Pinkerton guards are not deputies and threaten murder accessories while planning grand jury action.
Adjutant General Reece of Illinois reports four companies of the Sons of Veterans were mustered into the Illinois national guard for service at Virden. He returned to Springfield from Virden on Thursday. Firing began by deputies on the train, and the dead show wounds suggesting shots from the train and a nearby tower.
The Navy Department released the court martial findings in Chaplain McIntyre case. All specifications were proved and he was found guilty for criticizing superiors in a Denver lecture and sentenced to dismissal from the U S naval service. The case goes to review at the department.
The Turkish government submitted its reply to the powers on Crete evacuation to ambassadors in Constantinople Tuesday evening. Turkey accepts the terms but asks for certain modifications.
Canton dispatch reports the state claims Mrs George bought a self acting 38 calibre revolver in Chicago and intended to use it against Saxton. She allegedly warned a friend after a damages settlement that there would be either a wedding or a funeral.
Frank Long of Lennon Michigan describes severe back pain and chronic rheumatic lumbago. After failed treatments a reader’s letter credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a full recovery after five boxes. He urges others to try the remedy and offers to answer inquiries with stamps. Venice Michigan Justice of the Peace G B Gotosmira signs the affidavit date April 1893.
A Sixty-ninth New York soldier, arrested for AWOL, tells his captain he went to the half minute regiment. The captain, a son of Erin, asks where it is and is told it is over to the Thirt y second regiment. The note comes from Fer Dand in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The parish of Whiggenhall in Norfolk announces a pioneer move by its parish council to float a public loan. The amount is a modest 2000 dollars to finance a new burying ground, unusual for a public stock issue in small rural parishes. The Westminster Gazette comments on the delicate balance between local resources and financier demand.
A collage of advertising lines touts No To Bac as a quit aid with cure guarantees and offers pamphlets from Sterling Remedy Co. Health remedy claims cover deafness cures, catarrh, and nerve restoration. Other items promote Cascarets for constipation and Lyon & Co tobacco, with various price points and trial offers.
Estella A Knapps of Oakland is legally adopted by her own father to become heir to $100000 from her grandfather. The grandfather had not recognized the child but left provision for future children. lawyers advised how to work around that clause.
A Cleveland Leader reader quotes a social quip about Miss Rockingham choosing a humble husband over a Marquis. The exchange suggests the husband’s seeming simplicity masked charm and compatibility.
A mix of old ads promotes Cascarets cosmetic claims to clear skin and a separate notice targets farmers with a commission based opportunity selling a history of the war with Spain. It promises liberal commissions, premiums, and free outfit for 20 cents postage to receive territory.
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