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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1898
Page
3
Forehanded Little Dora, thinking of the future, refuses dinner for supper and asks to learn harp instead of music to be ready when she becomes an angel. Pick-Me-Up.
Advertisement extols a summer trip to Yellowstone Park noting its 7000 feet elevation, pure air, four modern hotels, maintained roads, and geologic wonders within a 54 by 62 mile area. It urges patriotic Americans to visit and mentions Lake Itasca Minnesota as an affordable alternative with fishing and boating, asking readers to send six cents for Wonderland ad.
A Roxbury Gazette aphorism notes that a wife who marries for love may press her daughter to wed for wealth, regardless of affection. The remark frames enduring tensions between love and money in marriage.
Calico’s claim to four centuries of use dates back to 1498 in India. William Simpson & Sons, leading manufacturers, offer superior calico prints with bright colors that remain durable. Dealers and buyers favor this premium brand, and the ticketed piece bearing the name is promoted as the best available for four hundred years and beyond.
A Quotable line from the Atchison Globe notes that a husband who compliments a pretty woman in his wife’s presence invites reproach from the wife, while if the wife is absent the pretty woman may feel compelled to rebuke him.
Mrs Paxton of Youngtown North Dakota shares how after giving birth three years ago prolonged leucorrhea pains and heavy menses vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She reports regaining strength after three bottles and endorses the medicine for female weakness The piece also notes maternity advice and cites Mrs Pinkham's Lynn Massachusetts address for expectant mothers
Washington August 13. The war between Spain and the United States ends with a protocol signed at 4:22 pm in the presence of President McKinley. Secretary Day and M Cambon sign for their nations, with French and English in parallel columns for exact translation.
Ambassador Cambon has received a cablegram announcing Spain's approval of the protocol and directing him to attach Spain's signature to the instrument in the diplomatic reception room at the state department this morning.
Washington Aug 11 The preliminary treaty of peace between Spain and the United States is issued as President McKinleys ultimatum. It lists 18 conditions including cession of Porto Rico and other western islands, the relinquishment of Cuba sovereignty, occupation of Manila, commissions to decide the Philippines fate, suspension of hostilities, evacuation of Cuba, and maintenance of Spanish municipal governments until evacuation completes.
Washington reports that Secretary Day’s tactful intervention, backed by the United States, helps avert a crisis between Italy and Colombia over the Cerruti affair. Rome telegrams Italy orders eight months to settle with Cerruti's creditors under Cleveland’s award, via Admiral Candidari at Cartagena. Colombia’s response awaited but expected to accept.
Mulloch Walker, a negro, was lynched by a 250 masked mob in Corinth after seizing him at the county jail. Walker was charged with feloniously assaulting Charles Dazelle with a sand bag south of town, leaving Dazelle in critical condition. Walker’s body swung from a telegraph pole on Fillmore Street.
A southbound Omaha flyer on the Burlington was halted at Dug Hill two miles north of Francis Street station last night at 9 05. Passengers report the Adams express car safe was rolled out a side door, loaded into a wagon and removed. Eyewitnesses saw the thieves move swiftly without molesting passengers.
A Detroit Journal observer notes that some young men chase dazzling futures and fail to see their present footing. The item references Piso's Cure for Consumption and an asthma medicine sold by W. Williams of Antioch, Illinois, with a date of April 11, 1894.
Advertising blurb promises a single day cure with a laxative remedy. The note offers a money back guarantee if it fails. A brief, dated cartoon caption from Puck parodies marriage and heaven in dialogue between Maiden Aunt and Nephew, reflecting social humor.
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