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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1899
Page
6
Travelers hail Ellis MacQuown as the nation best train caller with a stentorian voice. He works for the Warsaw Goshen Big Four line, calling departures with clear diction and religious devotion guiding his long workday amid inquiries about casualties from Manila.
Washington April 13 orders from the war department discharge from the volunteer service several generals as the war with Spain ends. Major generals listed include Wilson Lee Wheeler Bates Young Chaffee Ludlow Wood Wade Anderson Henry. brigadier generals include Davis Schwann Hall Wheaton King Grant Hughes Ovenshine Hale Otis Hasbrouck Gilmour Ernst Otis Humphreys Harris Otis. Retained ranks under March 2 act: Maj generals Shafter Otis Lawton McArthur and several brigadiers now in the Philippines.
In Havana on April 13 the clash between American soldiers and police escalates as two soldiers are shot dead in three days. Fellow soldiers vow revenge, escalating friction between U S forces and Cuban authorities.
Madrid reports that after ratification of the peace treaty with the United States Spain will formally demand the United States free the Spanish prisoners held by insurgents in the Philippines.
Wm. J. Bryan will speak in Milwaukee Thursday night. Chicago plumbers return to work at four a day. Missouri house vetoes bill legalizing sparring contests. Six men drown when coal barge Ellingsworth sinks off Montauk Point. D K Pearsons Hinsdale Ill donates fifty thousand dollars to Berea College as endowment. Private watchman Stuttgast Godfrey Ill kills unknown tramp in fight. one bullet hits him. Parents of Ensign Monaghan, killed at Samoa, visit San Francisco and mourn. Oliver H Belmont of New York accepts Chicago Democrats invitation to $1 dinner. Rumor that Sir Wilfrid Laurier is tired.
The Electrical Review reports on April 13 that negotiations are far advanced to form a large New York based company to manufacture storage batteries using the Willard patents. The Edison interests back the new firm, which will challenge the Chloride battery from the American Battery Company in Chicago.
Startling results from the Ohio experiment station show that tuberculosis can be transmitted from diseased cattle to healthy cattle kept together and to dogs via milk. Slaughter revealed infection in two healthy cattle after contact with ten diseased animals, and milk from the diseased cattle is said to have infected dogs, suggesting similar risks to humans who drank it.
Amusements note a repeat of the Terpsichoren carnival at English's Thursday matinee and Friday night. Aristocracy continues to draw crowds at the Grand with its costumes and scenery. The Waite comic opera company remains popular, packing the Park for each performance.
An advertisement argues that piles are curable with the Pyramid Pile Cure relieving congestion reducing tumors and stopping pain quickly. It claims many avoid hospital surgery and that the remedy is now a proven medicinal certainty sold by Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan at 50 cents per box.
April 15 Indianapolis market report documents exhaustive prices for meats fruits vegetables canned goods seeds and more. Entries include smoked hams bacon lard veal sausage and pickled meats with per hundredweight and per bushel figures alongside dairy and produce items.
A playful note blends Riley inspired verse with original prose, presenting a limned gallery of rhythm and memory. The piece celebrates nostalgic cadence and personal literary voice emerging in a domestic reading.
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