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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1899
Page
3
An aging theater man, famed for shaping venues in the west, tours Europe after a European venture. In Rome he visits the Coliseum, learns it was once a great theater, and remarks with the World War era style quote that it is now in ruins.
One hundred dollar reward offer for catarrh cures propounded by Hall's Catarrh Cure and endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Internal cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a quotation about women farmers.
The Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans offers mild climate pure air and even temperatures ideal for escaping Northern winters. It highlights first class visitor accommodations moderate prices and through car service from Northern cities on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad plus Florida connections.
A humorous exchange features a caller asking if a gentleman left his name and a parlor maid replying that he did but it was “Immaterial.” The brief bit appears in the Boston Traveler, reflecting period wit and social etiquette in a domestic scene.
Grain-O advertised as a coffee substitute made from pure grains suitable for all ages with the same rich color as mocha or java. Pricing listed at 14 to 25 cents per package and sold by grocers. The ad includes testimonials and other remedies promoting health products and domestic advice from period publications.
London reports Gen. Methuen secures the first clear British victory of the war at Belmont where British naval brigade assaults Graf Pan. Boers resist stubbornly in two battles, aided by trained commander Albrecht. Methuen marches toward Kimberley, facing possible Modder River action while Boers misuse white flags leading to casualties among Northampton troops.
Dispatch from Gen Buller reports Hildyard leading three battalions with artillery and 700 mounted troops to attack Beacon Hill. Enemies retreating, Estcourt to Weston telegraph lines restored, railway open to Frere. Losses about 14 killed and 50 wounded. Barton advanced to Estcourt. Hildyard praised for operation.
Dispatches report Gen Hildyard’s forces at Beacon Hill suffer 15 killed and 72 wounded with Major Hobbs captured and several missing. Boer losses at Belmont are listed as 10 killed and 40 wounded. Brigades fall back to Warenton as消息 from Kruger and Joubert reach Ladysmith. A Terrible class cruiser contingent sails to the front.
A Cape Nome correspondent reports the final voyage will depart tomorrow, isolating the region until next June. 2,500 residents may stay through winter amid scarce coal and rising prices, with fuel as the era’s gravest problem and wood supplies limited.
Chicago reports W S Johnson and C L Fortier of Milwaukee demonstrated wireless telegraphy by sending signals through seven closed rooms and walls, through vaults and a live switchboard, and from inside a steel vault to another room. They claim potential for portable, rapid operations distinct from Marconi.
Chicago in 1900 will welcome Admiral George Dewey on May 1 after he agreed to the proposed visit. A letter from Dewey to Martin B Madden, vice chairman of the Chicago committee, confirms the date and his willingness to come. The dispatch notes the Chicago event was planned with other civic activities in mind.
A fragmentary whimsical ad vignette from Pages from a Private Diary cites: Respectable girls about eighteen wanted for bottling. A bookseller’s catalogue boasts a fine collection of two hundred clergymen across Protestant ministers Catholics Wesleyans Methodists Unitarians and Presbyterians priced five shillings. Also recounted is a temperance tale of a clergyman’s wife describing her husband’s egg beaten with brandy to stave bilious attacks, leading to a quip about the brandy without eggs.
A reminiscence notes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets fail to cure a cold. A physician's efforts are praised as Piso's Cure saves Ralph Erieg of Willamport Pa on November 22 1803. The piece contrasts old age with climbing ladders and keeps a homely gossip tone from Chicago Daily News.
United States Senator W V Sullivan of Mississippi writes from Oxford praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh. He notes his own recovery, calls it the best remedy he has tried, and urges readers to insist on Peruna with a free book offer from The Peruna Medicine Co.
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