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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1897
Page
3
The State Agricultural College board met at Lake City and elected Dr. W F Yocum of Bartow as president. The item notes satisfaction with the college’s direction and extends congratulatory sentiment to the new leader. It also comments on wage trends, editorials, and local newspaper consolidation.
Health authorities in New Orleans deserve praise for openly presenting all facts about yellow fever. The editorial argues transparency builds public trust, curbs panic, and upholds duty over pressure.
A citizens’ note recalls Col. Chipley’s lobbying in Tallahassee and Washington. He secured favorable freight rates for military road materials, arranged tax installments, and promoted the Pensacola Torpedo Flotilla rendezvous. He backed fairs, seed distribution, and a 1898 Agricultural and Horticultural Fair, sending West Florida farmers to Quincy to study tobacco methods.
An advertisement argues that thin people suffer sleeplessness and nervous complaints and warns against stimulants. It promotes Scott's Emulsion with cod liver oil and hypophosphites as a fat making blood builder and nerve tonic, claiming it strengthens tissues and nerves with a free book and a 50 cent price at druggists.
A private Pensacola resident, not a candidate, plans to raise about $100,000 worth of Cuban and Sumatra leaf in Western Florida next year. He has spent twenty years on similar efforts, earning praise as a capable railroad official and civic contributor despite past political losses. The piece highlights his Washington work and continued community impact.
Senator-elect Money of Mississippi says the next session will take definite steps to free Cuba from Spain. He expects the president to lead on the Cuban issue and foresees the Morgan resolution becoming central if the speaker blocks a vote, making the coming session history making.
The official statement for the month reports total money in the country at about 1.395 trillion dollars with the treasury holding 703.674 million. It notes 398.908 million in silver dollars and 15.335 million in subsidiary coins, with double counting for silver certificates deducted to reveal over 82 billion dollars in money. Circulation has risen from 1.580 billion to 1.066 billion, a last year increase of about 126.5 million, indicating roughly 125 million more in use or spent.
The Atlanta Journal notes a large silver in circulation alongside gold reserves. It cites a population of 73,000,900 and reports 521,848,563 dollars in gold in circulation, plus nearly 500,000,000 in silver and silver paper with 400,000,000 subsidiary silver in the treasury. The piece argues the United States has more silver in currency than any other major nation.
The Ladies' Home Journal photographed interiors of one thousand homes in the United States. One hundred best pictures will be reproduced. The first article, Inside of a Hundred Homes, debuts in October. Bedchambers baths halls and living spaces are shown as used daily with practical furnishing ideas for women on modest incomes. Homes from Maine to California are featured across the nation.
Census figures show 4 564 000 farms averaging 187 acres with farming employing 44 percent of breadwinners and manufacturing 22 percent. About 71 percent of farms are owner occupied while 28 percent are tenant. Record exports of breadstuffs promise a gold inflow and a projected U S gold gain of around 150 million with per capita gold rising by about one fifth in a year.
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