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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1899
Page
3
Catarrh is a constitutional disease, requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces and is a regular prescription by leading physicians. The formula blends tonics with blood purifiers, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also advertised. Washington Democrat note.
A Philadelphia Bul example extols Grain-O a nourishing drink for all ages. It claims a coffee like taste without harmful effects and promotes digestion and nerves. Priced about 15 and 25 cents, it’s sold by grocers and praised by users.
Salzer Seed Co promotes a grass claimed to outyield timothy across states and provinces. The notice offers a seed catalogue and samples for 10 cents postage to La Crosse Wisconsin. A rival line about a girl with one glove appears at the end.
You can obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder by writing to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York The product promises relief for chilblains sweating damp and swollen feet and helps shoes fit better It also claims to cure corns bunions and ingrowing nails Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a 25 cent price note
Gen Otis reports insurgents gained access to Manila outskirts on nights of the 21st and 22d and yesterday morning about 1,000 entrenched. They were routed yesterday with about 500 killed or wounded and 200 prisoners. Our losses were slight and the city is quiet with business progressing. Scandia arrived last night.
Manila reports indicate wholesale arrests of suspected Filipinos curtailed the threatened renewal of violence. Outside the city rebels engaged Gen Otis forces near Caloocan in skirmishes before dawn, leaving the enemy with losses. Manila's streets were cleared by Gen Hughes police, and business resumed as order was maintained. Provisional tariff enforcement begins in Hoilo with Maj Theodore Stomberg as treasurer and Capt J T Evans as collector of customs.
Manila Feb 24 reports heavy rebel sharpshooter activity around Caloocan. A Twentieth Kansas lieutenant and three others wounded, one man killed in trenches. Rebel battery silent after a Monadnock shell yesterday. Headquarters moved inside the line near Higgins house. Dewey urges Oregon for political reasons to arrive at Manila, hoping its presence influences insurgents and possibly counters European intervention.
Manila reports that the gunboat Petrel raised the U S flag over Cebu after Commander Cornwell issued an ultimatum. Marines and bluejackets occupied the government building, with a battalion of regulars soon en route aboard the Pennsylvania. In Manila area fighting continues near Caloocan and nearby Ariquina village losses include four volunteers wounded and one dead.
Manila reports say reinforcements were sent after Gen. MacArthur anticipated an assault near the Chinese cemetery. Two companies of the Twenty-third and a battalion of the Twentieth regulars reached Caloocan and the cemetery at midnight, but rebels shouted intento and fled. Foreign ships in Madrid note rising fighting and foreign troops disembarking as Manila authorities warn of a long, desperate war.
Gen Lawton reports from Colombo and Singapore aboard the Grant that the situation remains unchanged with no serious illness and sick improving. sail tonight as reinforcements head to Gen Otis in Manila.
In Ashland Kentucky a former captain St S Carr of the First Kentucky regiment was shot in the left arm at the elbow by Marty Price a Catlettsburg lawyer and private in Carrs company. The pair clashed after a lie passed in Gray and Stewarts saloon. Carr wrested the pistol and fired as Price retreated. The feud traces back to their army days and was to end in a shooting affray.
Reports from Nullagine Western Australia describe a wild miners rush for newly found diamonds. The surge risks many deaths and amid the frenzy workers suffer health decline including nervousness sleeplessness and debility. Advertisements tout Hostetter s Stomach Bitters and St Jacobs Oil as cures for various ailments.
A quote from the Indianapolis Journal portrays a provocative remark by the Savage Bachelor about women gaining weight and the subsequent appearance of a photograph resembling the front of a butcher shop. The remark reflects era attitudes toward female bodies and photography.
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