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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1898

Page

3

Through Tourist Sleepers Feature Across Northwest Travel

A mixed fragment mentions tourist sleepers from St Louis and Kansas City via Denver through Colorado and Salt Lake, praising scenic routes and the season’s success in northwest travel. It also notes a call to trust Simpson’s Prints for quality black and white or mourning goods and includes assorted advertisements and quips.

Weronespars St. Louis Tourspars Kansas City Denver Scenic Colorado Salt Lake General Northwest Travel L. W. Wake Exey

Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public

Caution against dischargeable catarrh ointments containing mercury. Such products harm smell and body systems. only use on prescription from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Wall's Catarrh Cure also made in Toledo with internal action. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills recommended.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Wall Ohio

Saint Patrick Day Dispute Over Black Eye

A judge remarks on a street quarrel involving Mrs McFeegan-Shure and Moike claiming a black eye from an Irishman on Saint Patrick's Day. The exchange underscores the colorful, colloquial tones of the era and centers on a domestic or public altercation.

Grain-O: a coffee substitute for better sleep and health

Grain-O offers a caffeine free drink that nourishes and calms, marketed as a coffee substitute for nervous people, youths, and children. It claims to taste like coffee while avoiding sleepless nights, urging readers to try it at grocers, with prices of 15 and 25 cents.

Tony

Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Instant Foot Comfort

An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen nervous feet and bunions, claiming it makes tight shoes feel easy and prevents sweating and callouses. Priced at 25c with a trial package free, it lists Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the contact and markets through druggists and shoe stores.

Allen Allen S. Olmsted le Roy N. Y

Gallinger on Cuba Autonomy a Bank Failure War Cruel

Senate speech by Gallinger of New Hampshire recounts Cuban history from 1829 to 1895, condemns Spanish conduct and the famine war in Cuba, praises Consul Lee, and urges U S action toward independence or annexation. He cites Matanzas and Havana horrors, Red Cross aid, and the Maine incident implications.

Washington Gallinger New Hampshire Senate Cuba Proctor Vermont Spain Mr. Gallinger Clara Barton Lesser Bony Simost Matanzas Dante Weyler Red Cross Society Maine Philippine Islands Havana United-States-of-Cuba

Harsh advice and old time ads mix in a reads of advice and cures

A compendium of stray lines from 19th century papers includes family quarrel lines about Miss Whirl, a claim of cures by St Jacobs Oil and Dr Kline nerve restorer, and a jumbled quote about steam and women's freedoms, all echoing era advertising and social clues.

St. Jacobs Oil

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