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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1898
Page
4
James Balfour-Melville longtime Royal and Ancient Golf Club member since 1846 and gold medal winner died after being choked by a piece of beef during a dinner. The incident was reported as a fatal accident linked to eating.
In a Ladies' Home Journal piece Robert J. Burdette argues hotel clocks are reliable while home clocks mislead. He recalls missing trains and lectures due to clocks, praising the hotel timepieces for accuracy and condemning ornate mantel clocks.
Captain Antone Rose of the whaling schooner Joseph A. Manta reached Provincetown ill from exposure after a whale fight near Hatteras on April 25. The crew faced a blown boat and a hurricane gale, losing an eighty-barrel prize worth about $2000, while Rose sought land medical aid after four hours afloat and five weeks in New Bedford Hospital.
In the mid 18th century David Brainerd traveled from Stockbridge toward the Forks of the Delaware to evangelize a Delaware valley village in New Jersey. He camped with a small kit and tent and preached among a hostile native population that later embraced him as a prophet. A rattlesnake crept into his tent but paused by his knee, gazed at him, then slipped away, leaving Brainerd to lead a growing church of about seventy to eighty converts.
An engineer cadet aboard a cruiser in Cuban waters fell between a coal lighter and the ship at Honolulu. A moon-faced landsman leapt to aid, lifting the cadet from danger with a decisive blow that saved his life. The sailor was later removed from service. Also reported is a swordfish catch aboard the yacht Chetolah weighing 625 pounds after a lengthy pursuit.
An Ordnance Sergeant at a Pacific coast post went insane over a rejected marriage, aimed to blow up magazines. A Swedish recruit, shouting Ay tank, knocked him with a shellbar and carried him to the guard house. The Swede became a corporal the next day.
A captain of an Atlantic liner concludes after calculations that the general fog size across the Atlantic is about thirty miles in diameter.
Sergeant Richard Dunn of the Michigan Soldiers Home recounts a stomach ailment from Civil War days. After trying medicines, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, taking five boxes and feeling healthier than before. He notes others at the Home also benefiting and urges readers to request information with a stamped reply.
A brief glimpse of a Jalapa funeral shows coffin bearers without a hearse, a gaudy pine box, and a city with scarce resources. The text blends warnings about false remedies and drug advertisements with notes on local life and markets.
A dust-covered St Paul story recalls Henry Villard’s regime on the Northern Pacific. A man known as the tailor arranged uniforms for every station agent, sending measurers aboard No. 7. In Dakota a lingering misunderstanding led to the tailor fleeing when an axe appeared, ending the scheme.
A brief Boston Traveler style remark reveals a family scene as a mother questions the Parlor about events, and Madge shyly responds that only the engagement ring was involved. The exchange underscores a quiet domestic moment centered on a marriage-related symbol.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a ten cent beauty aid that cleans blood by purging the liver and reducing pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion. It claims druggists stock the product with satisfaction guaranteed and offers 10 25 or 50 cent sizes.
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