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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1899
Page
3
Read the warning between the lines about blood badness from heavy Winter living. Spring cleanses and Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood. Testimonials claim tumor reduction and rheumatism relief, citing Mus. H. M. Convern of Lowell and Mats A. Sagan of Passaic.
A Washington friend teases a retiring congressman about his baggage at the railway station. The congressman replies that his mind weighs more than his possessions, naming his ex as the heavier burden. The Chicago Tribune notes the dry humor of the exchange.
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Manufacturing of Elkhart Indiana pioneered direct consumer selling 26 years ago and became the world’s largest maker of carriages and harnesses. Advantages include better goods, wider selections, lower prices, and risk free inspection with guaranteed products. They offer a large illustrated catalogue by mail.
A clipped ad from the Ram's Horn notes Lane's Family Medicine claims to regulate bowels, aid liver and kidneys, relieve headaches, and support mental health, priced at 25 and 50 cents. The snippet also contains a Pesch seed notice and a quip about life as a poker game attributed to H Reed of Louisiana Missouri, with Atchison Globe as the source.
Hon J H Caldwell of Louisiana says he used Peruna for years with best results for catarrhal diseases and would not be without it. A Kentucky letter claims four bottles cured catarrh and Bright's disease, with weight gain after illness. Free catarrh book offered by Dr Hartman, Columbus Ohio.
A stealthy ambush on a Yorktown rescue mission near Salem Luzon left one officer and 14 sailors missing or dead while attempting to free 85 Spanish troops. Admiral Dewey disclosed to Secretary Long the fate of Lieut. J. C. Gilmore and others as officers and crew were seized by insurgent Filipinos.
Washington April 19. Dr Y. Y Henna and Dr Z M Zena Guadia, two Porto Ricans, met at the White House to arrange an interview with the president. They carried resolutions from a Porto Rican convention requesting autonomous government and eventual admission as a state, with a demand that military control end soon.
Manila dispatch reports three South Dakota companies and three Minnesota units clashing with a roughly 500 strong rebel force five miles out. Rebels retreat three miles after heavy losses while Americans, low on ammo, fall back. Army tugs shell river banks. rebels fortify trenches near Calumpit and along the railroad as foothill towns appear deserted ahead of a possible American assault.
The St Paul flyer of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy derailed seven miles west of Aurora while traveling at fifty mph. One man, fireman Chas Flock of Chicago, was killed. Several others injured including engineer Wm Clinton, baggage master C A Wolfe, conductor G C Elmer, and St Paul & Duluth official A I Plough. Injured taken to Aurora City Hospital.
Hirsch Hoppleman was sentenced by Judge Newberger to four years and ten months in prison after pleading guilty to swindling Jacob Bernstein of Cincinnati out of 13000 with the gold brick scheme. Saul Jacobs is serving seven and a half years in Sing Sing for the crime Hoppleman confessed to Minnie Jacobs, who sought his release and now signs a petition for Jacobs's pardon to Gov. Loosvelt.
Sheriff J. S. Dawson of Knox County was killed by gunfire during a raid near the North Carolina line in the mountains near Walkerville. Deputy Chief J. D. Alton was wounded as the ambush opened at about 2 am as moonshiners reputedly gathered with reinforcements expected for the deputies.
Washington reports from the San Salvador consul that San Vicente suffered severe earthquakes with no telegraphic contact and the city in ruins. A relief committee was formed to raise subscriptions for immediate aid. No lives were lost. minor shocks preceded the main event and prisoners were moved to San Salvador. The tremors were also felt in San Salvador.
Letters from women in New Jersey Tennessee Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from painful menstruation backache weakness and irregularities. Testimonies claim cures after following advice and using the product.
A pamphlet offers summer resorts and outdoor activities along the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Bay lines in Wisconsin Minnesota Northern Michigan Iowa and the Dakotas. Notable destinations include Delavan Waukesha Oconomowoc Elkhart Lake Marquette Madison Kilbourn Minocqua Star Lake Lakes Okoboji Spirit Lake Clear Lake Big Stone Frontenac White Bear and Lake Minnetonka. Sportsmen can fish and hunt in the north woods and forested regions. For the Summer Tours and Fishing and Hunting pamphlets, contact the nearest ticket agent or GEO. H. HERFORD Gen l Pass Agt 555 Old Colony Building Chicago Ill.
A Philadelphia North American item records a parliamentary moment where a legislator moves to take up a matter and a senator interrupts with a quip about the burden of poetry, highlighting racial language tension in the chamber. The exchange captures a moment of procedural friction and social commentary within the legislative setting.
A western railway man lauds the New York Central passenger service saying it begins ends and is right in the middle. An officer of transpacific lines claims no train service rivals the Lake Shore Limited. The Buffalo Commercial marks the line as America’s Greatest Railroad in an 1599 phrase, while Town Topics quotes a flippant remark about Miss Blythe and a wheel.
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