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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1897
Page
6
Wash embroidered linens in warm water with Ivory Soap. Gently move through suds, rinse in blue water with thin starch, then hang to dry in shade. Iron on the wrong side pressing firmly to restore stitch detail. Exiza B Panxzs.
In a debate style exchange from the Chicago News a reader questions why ten cent magazines sell while others note advertising as a revenue source. An ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a travel remedy claimed to prevent seasickness and aid various ailments.
A collage of old advertisements touts deafness cures, catarrh remedies, meditated tobacco products, nerve restorers, teething syrups, and eye-water. Claims include Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money offer, EE M Medicated Tobacco, Dr Kline's nerve restorer, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, and Isaac Thompson Eye-water, with price hints and distributor notes.
A health advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood enriching tonic for tired nervous women and pale puny children delivering strength appetite and rosy cheeks. It also notes vaccines and voting rules in Norway and mentions long lived Greenland whales and deep Australian gold mines with specific depths.
A Chicago Journal item recalls Grabber’s estate value hitting only about 1.5 million and notes skeptically that no additional families were found, reflecting on the curbed fortune and lack of surprise.
A Washington report states Associate Justice Stephen J. Field has filed formal retirement papers with President McKinley under the age rule. Attorney General Joseph McKenna is named to succeed him on December 6, when Congress opens. Field, appointed in 1863 by Lincoln, set a record for longest service.
The examination in chief of Mrs. Atkinson wife of the West Virginia governor, charged with forgery, was heard at Glenville Virginia. She recounts her life service to Judge Camden from 1883 to his death and denies signing after his death. Prosecution evidence shows signatures were made with Camden's consent before his death. The court has sat about ten hours daily.
The letter shows Associate Justice Field announcing retirement effective December 1, 1897. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer convey regret and praise for Field’s thirty four years on the bench, noting his Lincoln commission and eminent service to the court and nation.
The South Carolina and Georgia railroad will build a new line in Southwest Georgia by leasing the Augusta Southern for 99 years and extending from Sandersville to Dublin to link with the Oconee and Western. It has bought the Oconee and Western and will extend from Hawkinsville to Cordele, connecting with the Albany and Northern, then reach Albany and construct to Thomasville for a through Augusta to Thomasville route. Contracts are let and work will be pushed rapidly to completion.
A major fire in Durham North Carolina Thursday destroyed seven tobacco warehouses and eight cottages, injuring no one but causing about 400000 dollars in losses with 200000 dollars insured. The blaze gutted three American Tobacco Company buildings housing about two and a half million pounds of tobacco. W T Carrington reported about 500000 pounds and 20000 dollars insurance.
In Paris at a cabinet council on Thursday President Faure approved Jules Patenotre to become French ambassador at Madrid and Jules Cambon to become ambassador at Washington, replacing retiring envoys.
A Selma special reports a wave of killings around Richmond and nearby counties. West Ethridge allegedly killed Allie Coleman, later Barrett Duckworth and Shelley Sumner were also slain, with Frank Banks shot at his home. No arrests made despite raids. public opinion ties crimes to the Ethridge Coleman feud.
A Lille dispatch reports a disaster at Cambria thirty-two miles from Lille. At the Central Sugar factory a large vat broke and fell Thursday, burning or crushing fourteen workers. Two of the injured died and many others are expected to die.
Advices from St Johns Newfoundland report the schooner Bloodhound a total wreck near Cape Pine on the Avalon Peninsula. Seven crew members are lost.
A heavy snowstorm swept southeastern Idaho beginning Thursday afternoon and continuing through the night. The storm is expected to cause extensive damage to grain and other crops as well as stored commodities in the region.
An advisory urging women to value health over fine possessions and to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore uterine and nerve health. It cites testimonials from named women in various cities and mentions a Sanative Wash for local troubles with an invitation to write for private questions.
A man envies a schoolboy's ease in studying and longs to pass a civil-service exam as well as the youth. He laments missed opportunities and contemplates his own past and future ambitions.
Madrid cabinet council resolves to pardon Cuban exiles not covered by prior amnesties and to suspend the September 12 decree on reforms in the Philippine islands. The decree called for a vigorous suppression of political associations and secret blood pacts.
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