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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1897
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads scattered times and codes like 11:55 PM 9 21 AM 5227 AM and 12:50 PM, with garbled references to a location or schedule. The readable pieces imply a dated timeline or timetable fragment, lacking clear events, names, or places to anchor a full summary.
Fragmented remarks from residents including J. D. Smith illness and Williams trip up the creeks. References to Dekle and Dekle Says Hamilton-Brown shows. Mentions of Graceville Alex Carmichael absence and county board of education inquiry. Trips by R C Horne Bryant and W S eChesner to Gap Pond. Annie E. Forster leaving Ozark after months visit.
Chipley items note Dekle buying cotton and inviting farmers to visit for prices and wagons. Marriages at Graceville and Cottondale, local visits by J A Oliver and others, plus commerce updates, school opening, and a horse swap convention scheduled for October 2.
The article urges Florida health authorities to maintain a strict quarantine to keep yellow fever from entering the state. It cites support for aggressive measures and notes the value of Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a trusted remedy, with local sellers R. B. Bellamy and J. S. Farnor offering 25 and 50 cent sizes.
Mrs J A Coleman, a recent Bonifay resident, was buried Sunday afternoon. She leaves a husband and seven children, and neighbors extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Banner lists weighings and winners from the prize melon contest closing September 10. Names include G A Danley with a 40 1bs melon on July 1, W Lackey with a 40bs melon on July 28, and P L Horne with a 45lbs melon. Horne wins first prize a year’s Banner subscription. Danley and Lackey receive second prizes.
J. E. Minchen and Eliza MecColsky united in marriage by Rev. 8 B. Rogers at eight in the Baptist church. The ceremony drew many friends and was followed by congratulations at the Collier House. They will be at home soon at the McCullough place on 6th street.
The city invites investors to establish a furniture factory a cannery for fruits and vegetables a cigar factory a brick yard a tannery a cotton factory a shoe factory a sugar refinery and a guano factory. Capital investment is pledged to ensure returns and a land donation accompanies each new industry onboard. The Board of Trade invites serious capitalists to correspond for site opportunities.
A Graceville Florida letter dated September 13 1897 criticizes a local banker and politician known as Mr Dick Busted. The writer accuses hidden residence in a bushy area and alleges misuse of funds in elections and the town’s governance while defending public scrutiny and implying election manipulation by a few.
Advertises Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless iron and quinine remedy for chills and malaria. Claims to be loved by children and preferred by adults to bitter tonics. Mentions price but text ends abruptly.
Seaview Virginia reports a strong sale of Chamberlains Cough Remedy with claims of saving children from croup. Advertisers cite 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by local merchants and praise the remedy’s life saving value.
Visitors flock to Machinery Hall at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition to see the round-bale cotton press. A hotel clerk notes widespread interest as the cylindrical press impresses cotton men with its compact bales and clean fabric, hailed as the future of cotton pressing.
.G D Sharp cites Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as sole relief for years of billious colic attacks. One dose reportedly relieves when other remedies fail. Sold by R B Bellany and J R Farrior in Screven Co Georgia.
Notice to all property owners in Chipley to call at the office on September 20, 1897 to have property assessed for taxes. Signed R B Bellamy.
Advert reads Cotton is Coming. 10 lbs coffee for 81 00. 1 lb Arbuche’s Coffee 15 cents. 1 lb Tobacco 25 cents. 1 yd 36 in Sheeting 5 cents. School Books at catalogue prices. Everything in my line is September Values, come and look at them.
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