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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1904
Page
3
A fragmentary remark about naval strategy, noting visitors touring a large shipyard or fleet facility. The escort asks about a bottling department and a witty reply claims modern navies constantly bottle up something, reflecting humorous wartime sentiment from Chicago Daily News.
A witty exchange contrasts a publisher criticizing the book after the seventeenth chapter with an author replying that the misfortune lies in the discovery of the underlying aim. Puck’s quip highlights the ironic twist in intent during writing.
Mrs Lillie Jacobs of Mount Hor Kentucky describes a six year bed bound illness with severe kidney trouble and pain in urination. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she is completely cured and regains strength able to do housework and garden chores.
A Russian newspaper quotes the Manchester Union claiming the Chinese will astonish the world when least expected and that there is no need for delay in meeting these requirements.
The article describes spring fatigue as a sluggish blood condition and urges cleansing the liver and bowels. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant laxative to relieve bilious, constipated symptoms like yellow skin, dull eyes, foul breath, and tiredness.
Puck notes Ted-Is Sawyer a clever doctor Ned-Very. He can tell a woman patient she needs to take beauty exercises without offending her.
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company's Annual Almanac for 1904 is ready for distribution. It includes monthly calendars and household hints, with information covering Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Send requests to G Warner, Gen. Pass. & Tut., Kansas City. Also includes a quip about riches and poverty from the Atlanta Constitution.
The ad proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease a certain cure for hot sweaty feet, calluses, and swelling. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free. Address Allen 5 Olmsted Le Roy New York. The note adds a quip about ingratitude from the Chicago Tribune.
Mrs Danforth of St Joseph Michigan recounts relief from prolapse and womb pains after four months using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. The ad offers free medical advice to women and warns of a $5000 forfeit for withholding the original letter.
London May 10 report says a portion of the Vladivostok fleet has been shut off and now sails in the Sea of Japan, attempting to evade Japanese forces. The dispatch notes supplies are scarce and a denial follows about recall of a commander.
War committee adjourned Monday and did not publish any eastern dispatches raising the possibility that no fresh collisions occurred. Baron Hayashi expects the next engagement at Liao Yang with Kuroki moving on Kuropatkin while censorship limits reporting from the front.
Official report from Tokio dated May 9 details Japanese losses at the Yalu battle on May 1. The guards, second division and twelfth division report killed and wounded including officers and men, with figures of killed ranging from one to three officers per unit and wounded into the hundreds in each division.
The Chia junction serves the New Chwang branch of the Port Arthur Mukden route with Hai Cheng further north on the main line. Russians are building a new road. Bandits have attacked and cut other railroad segments, and Dalney’s capture could allow Japan to sever Port Arthur's electrical supply.
London dispatch reports 15,000 Russians withdrawing from New Chwang toward Liao Yang as Chinese bandits disrupt the road to Taski Chia and Hal Cheng, affecting transport and security along the route.
Russia readies a second Pacific squadron of eleven ironclads and seventeen cruisers to sail for the far east by July. Sissoi Veliki Navarin and Admiral Nachimhoff ordered to arm and depart at once. Reinforcements move toward Kuropatkin with 100,000 more troops, while foreign loan details are due May 12. Kuropatkin will stay at Liao Yang. no current retirement planned.
London May 11 Ernest Terah Hooley famed promoter of the 1890s has been arrested on conspiracy to defraud charges alongside Henry J Lawson in Bow Street court. Receivership in 1898 followed a colossal bankruptcy with promoter capital estimated at 60 to 65 million dollars in various ventures. Bail set at 40 000 for Hooley and 50 000 for Lawson with sureties to be arranged.
In Boston on May 11, it is noted that Ernest Terah Hooley built branch factories in Worcester County about a dozen years ago to supply the American market. The bicycle plants operated constantly at the peak before the broader collapse of his ventures.
New Orleans May 11. The first direct development effect from the Louisiana Purchase exposition is a semi official Japanese recognition of immigration to Louisiana and Texas for rice farming. Early June sees Japanese from St Louis traveling to rice country while a 100 plus group en route to San Francisco reaches Houston to settle as rice farmers with substantial funds to purchase lands.
Mrs Kane of Chicago and Mrs A Hobson of Lansing testify Peruna kept their family healthy. Kane says it helped children with croup and colds and cured a long standing catarrhal issue. Hobson reports Peruna relieved her gravely ill child after grippe and aids her family’s ongoing health.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy against colds and catarrh amid changing climate. It asserts exposure is inevitable and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. The piece urges continual use, stating every home needs Peruna after a first trial.
Readers see a vast array of unsolicited testimonials praising Dr Hartman and Peruna. The letters describe enthusiasm and gratitude, claiming unparalleled appreciation among physicians for this remedy.
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