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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1898
Page
4
A real estate agent surveys a house while an old man Kidder jokes that it is “the courtroom” and notes he has seven daughters. The passage blends humorous dialogue with then modern ads and product pitches including Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters No-To-Bac and tobacco cessation claims.
Four young couples enjoyed a lively ride when a seven year old boy asked a man why he would not kiss his girl. The girl's blush and the father’s rebuke sparked comic confusion as the boy reminded him of a prior promise, leading to the couples leaving the car.
Mrs. Joan Williams of Englishtown New Jersey reports severe weakness womb trouble and bladder inflammation eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. Mrs Joseph Peterson of Warren Pennsylvania describes long term womb problems heart trouble and dizziness alleviated after several bottles of the compound and Sonative Wash with claims of being perfectly cured.
A Washington interview with General Miles has stirred fierce war department debate over his conduct in the Santiago campaign. Rumors claim a covert war bureau and enmity within the department, with talk of a historic inquiry not a court martial to reveal fault lines and who bears responsibility.
Washington dispatch reports Lieutenant Tom Brumby of Decatur Georgia, famed for his Manila heroics, advanced five numbers in the presidential promotion list announced at the White House.
Household tips warn to empty and rinse garbage pails daily and scrub weekly with washing soda. It advises starching clothes in three waters, uses wax in starch for shine, and suggests copperas whitewash as a preventive in cellars to deter rats and mice.
A fragment lists home care for winter flannels with washing steps including dust removal, warm suds with borax or ammonia, careful squeezing and rinsing, and air drying to avoid shrinkage. It also includes a scattered set of recipes for Pineapple Marmalade, Chicken Patties, Sponge Cake, Cherry Loaf Pudding, Potted Fish, and Orange Custard with incomplete instructions and measurements.
A letter from Martin Prell of Troop G First Cavalry to his father Belthasar Prell of Baltimore describes wounds from the Santiago de Cuba battle. He suffered a compound fracture in the left leg, a flesh wound in the right ankle, and notes six weeks of bed rest ahead. He recalls the assault, Spanish trenches, and brave firefight as US forces planted the flag on the fort and hills. His brother Leonard serves in the Fifth Maryland regiment.
A Chicago teacher asked students to define war ships and received humorous answers. A pupil described battle ships as three masted schooners with guns on all corners, cruisers as what the Navy cruises found, a monitor as a boy or girl who rattles on, and torpedo boats as those that throw torpedoes upward and then smash everything.
An Oxford Michigan woman married to John recalls in a San Francisco Argonaut remark that she enjoyed a California earthquake. She says it was the first event since their marriage where he did not blame her for something.
An 1886 advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous remedy. It markets a ten cent beauty product and promises satisfaction. The text mentions Frank J. Henry and a Toledo firm offering payment for unresolved catarrh cases. It also touts Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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