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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1899
Page
3
Advertises Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer as a universal cure for kidney liver and bladder issues. Claims vast health benefits and offers free sample bottles by mail with a book of testimonials. Provides address in Binghamton and notes available 50 cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale about Georgie who has no seeds to plant while siblings plan flowers. He quietly claims he can raise a worm or two, revealing a simple children’s moral on resourcefulness and imagination.
Mrs Jay Smith was seen boarding a train this morning and leaving town with a married man. Mrs Fangle notes the quar ter has long anticipated a scandal, naming the affair as her own husband. Harle Life reports the incident with restrained, tabloid style.
The portraited young man, a living illustration of practical faith and persistent newspaper advertising, built a vast mail order business from a $5 start. He popularized Do not tobacco spit and smoke your life away ads, now employs over 200 people, and spends over $300,000 yearly on newspaper ads. He also developed the Magno-Mud baths at Indiana Mineral Springs, now a $250,000 resort with hotels and baths. At 36, his energy and plans for growth promise a rich future as business leaders place their confidence in his ventures.
A Sunday service greeter questions a stranger about church membership and denomination. The reply describes a family with ties to many churches, joking that their varied affiliations “submerge” him as he contributes to all. Source: Youth's Companion.
A Kent Maryland resident who tracked life expenses estimates that over four years he consumed 28 560 loaves of bread at 3 cents per pound totaling 556 80, 26 580 pounds of meat at 3 cents totaling 1 340, 7 728 pounds of vegetables eggs fish etc at 2 cents totaling 154 56, and 11 760 gallons of water tea coffee beer wine etc at 1 cent totaling 117 60, grand total 2 499 96. He also notes that of 30 660 days in his life 210 080 were spent sleeping 10 920 in work and 9 760 in eating and pleasure.
General Otis replies to Secretary Alger that insurgents have not taken prisoners of war. He notes about 1,500 insurgents have been captured since February 4 and are mostly held as POWs, while three soldiers captured near Cavite and Caloocan are being aided. He also says reports from the U.S. are often manufactured in Hong Kong and praises troops in splendid condition. Cavite yard history follows.
Washington March 4 The president sent to the senate the nomination of Rear Admiral George Dewey to be admiral of the navy under the act of March 2 1899 and Brig Gen Elwell Otis to be a major general by brevet effective February 4 1899 for military skill and distinguished services in the Philippine islands.
Washington March 4 The senate has confirmed the nomination of George Dewey to be admiral of the United States Navy.
Washington reports Secretary Long cabled Admiral Dewey to extend congratulations on his deserved promotion to admiral. The message dated March 4 conveys formal approval from the secretary to the seasoned naval officer amid ongoing wartime duties.
Washington report March 4 states Secretary A ney sent a congratulatory message to Major General Otis at Manila. Otis has been nominated and confirmed a major general by brevet in the regular army. The president joins in the message of congratulations.
The US gunboat Concord reaches Manila after a weeklong west coast cruise on Luzon. Only incident was the burning of a schooner loaded with rebel supplies at Dagupan as natives fled Dagupan Bay.
The United States transport Sheridan, which sailed from New York on February 19, has arrived at Gibraltar with the Twelfth regiment of infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth. Owing to sickness on board she has been quarantined.
Sheridan Washington March 4 The War Department received a dispatch from the transport Sheridan Gibraltar March 3 Adjutant General Washington One death Private Timothy Donald Co I Twelfth Infantry Twenty eight sick only three serious
The United States hospital ship Heliol left quarantine on its voyage to Manila passing the Suez Canal and is expected to reach its destination around April. The ship sails amid wartime efforts and demonstrates relief measures for troops and civilians.
A collection of wry maxims and social observations about men, women, honesty, modesty, and money. The notes poke fun at vanity, blame, and imitation, citing a Chicago Evening News line about stock folly and moral courage in admitting mistakes.
The San Juan Porto Rico naval station is described as crucial to U S interests when the Nicaragua canal is built. The piece contrasts health advice from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with national security, and ends with a humorous quote about a poodle remark in Puck.
A health writer urges housewives to abandon the washboard. The Rocket Washer, from Rocket Washer Company of Ft Wayne Indiana, is praised for speed and cleanliness, promising better health, brightness, and happiness by replacing traditional washday toil.
A Tit-Bits item contrasts an old sailor and a beginner aboard a vessel. The seasoned seaman drops anchor while the novice endures the rougher fate, with humorous quips about inexperience and mishaps at sea.
In a Washington letter ex governor Myron H. McCord of New Mexico endorses Pe-ru-na for catarrh. He says one bottle improved his cold sore throat and other symptoms and urges others to begin treatment now as spring arrives. The advertisement claims thousands cured and offers a free catarrh book from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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