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Weekly Call in Troy, Illinois

20 Aug 1898

Page 8

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Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1898

Page

8

Navy promotions in the North Atlantic Fleet unveil eminent service

Washington Aug 12 The Navy released promotions for the North Atlantic fleet honoring eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle during the Spanish American War. Promotions advance officers by several numbers with ranks ranging from lieutenant to rear admiral, contingent on Senate confirmation. several officers receive brevet or substantive promotions for acts at Santiago and Guantanamo Bay.

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Marine Corps Wasmington Navy Department North Atlantic Senate Wm. T. Sampson John A. Howell Winfeld Sobley John W. Philip John C. Watson Francis J. Higginson Bartlett J. Cromwell Robly D. Evans Charles S. Cotton Henry Taylor John J. Read Prancia A. Cool Yates Sire Ung Charles EB. Clark Wm CG. Wiss French E. Chadwick Charles D. Sigsbee Raymond P. Rodgers Charles C. Cornwell Seaton Schroder Duncan Kennedy Richard Wainwright James J. D. Kelley John A Rodgers Edwin J. Moore James K. Cogswell James Selfridge Wm. P. Potter Ebenezer G. B. Harber Kamuen E. Niles Newton E. Mason B.nj. H. Bocsingham Alexander Sharp, Jr Gisut W. G. Cutler Harry Huse R. Bush Charles MacConnell John Lowe John L. Hannum Henry S. Kost Alexander B. Bates John D. Mord Robert W. Milligan Charles W. Rae George W. Baird Warner B. Bally George Cowle George W. McElroy Robert I. Reed Bowman H. McCalin Caspar F. Goodrich Victor Hine Ford H. Brown Robert W. Huntington Ma Rine Corps George F. Elliott Carlyle P. Porter U.S. Marine Corps Louis R. Lucas Guantanamo Cuba Wendall C. Neville Tromp J. $. Magill Meuteraht Philip Bannon Meutenant Marine Corp Cubs Jung Murphy Sanuago Thomas S. Borden Sentiago
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War talk and moving woes in a wartime town

A lively column captures a distressed husband who prefers war to ongoing moves caused by his wife’s new decorating schemes and a noisy block. His wry comments satirize wartime anxieties and domestic upheaval as May 1 approaches. The piece contrasts a neighborly bathtub fad with marital squabbles and a wish for conflict to end moving troubles.

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Theman Wanshogton Star
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Wars Within Wars and a Baby Name Dispute

In the Indianapolis Journal a cheeky exchange notes a quarrel over naming a newborn versus naming a baby’s wheel. Separate items praise the Army and Navy’s wartime record and advertise the vest pocket memorandum book from Northern Pacific. A Washington Democrat column muses on questions raised by insured property fires and careless insured loss.

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Dewey Indianapolis Journal Army
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Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort

An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen feet bunions and sweating. It claims immediate relief from discomfort in tight or new shoes and positions the product as a modern comfort discovery available through druggists and shoe stores.

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Allen Afl Dru Fae Ackage Address Allen Olmsted le Roy
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Hay Fever Treatment Claimed by Dr Hayes

A short adette lists Dr Hayes Buffalo NY offering a Hay Fever and asthma treatment promising relief from itching sneezing catarrhal symptoms and cough and claims lasting cure through constitutional change. Also promotes a book free upon request and notes a 75 cent Catarrh Cure and other era remedies.

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Doctor Ayer's Sarsaparilla praised as blood purifier

A father lauds Dr Ayer's Sarsaparilla claiming it cured his daughter's relapse and restored sight. The ad extols the medicine as a blood purifier and radical cure, noting physicians sometimes prescribe it and offering a free Curebook from J Ayer Co.

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John S. Goode Orrick Dr. Ayer Ayet J. Ayer Co Lowell Mass
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Keep Your Beauty for Your Husband Forever

A periodical advises young wives to strengthen themselves and use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to manage maternity strain. It includes a reader's testimonial from Mrs R S R113 E of Katherine Street Chambersburg Pa describing relief from painful menstruation and associated symptoms after nine bottles of the Compound plus Liver Pills and Sanative Wash.

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Lydia E. Pinkham Chambersburg
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