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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
3
Scrappy items showNo. 3 South and No. 2 North trains connect at Montgomery for southern and coastal routes as Chipley High School reopens September 25. Local notes praise road-building, business moves, visitors, political turnout, and small ads with prices on socks knives brooms and chairs.
The paper notes a quiet election and various brief items. Mentions look for the X mark on ballots, arrivals such as Mr A Boney and Fr W A Wancan, requests for potatoes, inquiry about the next Beity council meeting, and locals painting store fronts plus ads for goods and roads.
A busy local page lists discount prices at A S Cook emporium and notes travel and social updates. It reports Mr A H Lewis planning a trip to Petrolia N Y, local visits by Mrs W Lockey and the Johnston couple, personnel shifts at Hagerman Co and a Gainesville area clothes store, plus community events and church remarks.
Farmers harvest cot ton and corn while residents make career moves and attend a quiet prohibition election. Genevan attorney H S Laird locates with the community as Stanmore is praised, Louis Harrell opens stock in the Nelson store, Ed Brock returns to work as a salesman for J W Howell, and Prof G F Tucker becomes Blountstown school principal. The Friday gathering at the courthouse features Roddenberg’s speech, Chipley brass band music, and ample dinner for a larger crowd.
The New Orange Baptist church will hold a conference on Saturday September 23 at 11 a.m. All church members are urged to attend and others are cordially invited, said Bens. Urton.
A special extra passenger train will run from River Junction to DeFuniak on the morning of September 22 to serve attendees of the Street Fair. Tickets are one fare round trip, valid until September 24.
Mothers of children with croup or severe cold are urged to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It contains no opiate or narcotic and may be given to babies and adults with confidence. The remedy has achieved widespread praise in the United States and many foreign lands. Sold by Patrick Bros. druggist.
The society announces a full meeting on the 22nd at the DeFuniak courthouse to perfect a permanent organization and adopt a constitution and by laws. A fare of one cent per mile is set for members only for similar meetings, with membership cards required. Charter members pay 50 cents, which also covers dues for the year.
Mrs. R. M. Roesener replies to a Times-Union and Citizen query about Florida tea culture. She notes a tea plant surviving seven years on a yard hill while camphor trees pomegranates and fig trees were frozen to the ground but are now sprouting, reflecting on Florida horticulture.
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