21 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1898
Page
1
An advertisement claims Hood s Sarsaparilla cures scrofula salt rheum and related ailments as thousands testify to its healing powers. The tone imitates a late 19th century patent medicine pitch highlighting universal benefits and strong endorsements.
A 1898 sermon analogizes Caleb giving Achsah a south land to the world God grants this life. The speaker contrasts worldly wealth with spiritual blessings described as nether and upper springs, praising religious life as the true portion. He urges pursuit of eternal comfort through Christ, warning that earthly change and disappearance render wealth hollow.
Surgeon General George M. Sternbergh reports to the secretary of war on medical corps work during the war. Key points include 102 medical officers allowed by law, 650 contract surgeons used, 1700+ female nurses employed, and early supply efforts aided by governors. The age limit drop to 18 caused illness in early camps, tied to inexperience and camp sanitation. Typhoid and malaria plagued regiments. camps near cities encouraged dissipation. Medical logistics, transport losses at Cuba, and Red Cross aid are noted.
Marton Budison of Terre Haute Indiana arrives home after over six months in Mexican custody following a high speed chase with two highwaymen near Toluca Vereguera and Tenancingo. Budison and companion Powell fought off attackers, Budison shot one assailant, both men surrendered to authorities, aided by ex officials and lawmakers in Washington. Hudson’s relief came through efforts of ex Secretary of the Navy and other officials. Beresford urges firm policy to protect British commerce in Shanghai, calling for a strong Chinese army and a US Germany Japan alliance to preserve China open and intact.
Dispatches detail Governor Tanner sending Fifth Illinois infantry to Pana after business leaders warn of terror and captain Butler’s inadequacy. Other items report a deadly Paris cafe blast, a Utah Indian hunting exodus, a Colorado snowstorm, and a Baltimore roadway accident injuring two society women.
A British ship the Atlanta capt Charles Mee Bride from Tacoma to Cape Town struck breakers off Algwond five miles south last Thursday. Twenty three crew and officers perished. only McMahon of Belfast and Webber of New York survived to tell the tale. A survivor Describes the frantic rescue and the ship breaking in two as it pitched on the sea and the mizzenmast fell. The disaster is blamed on the captain losing reckoning amid three days of bad weather.
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