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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1899

Page

8

Manila Water War Battles Endangering City

Dispatch from Manila describes Gen Hale’s push to clear insurgents from the front of his wing. Laguna de Bay shelling, Wyoming and Nebraska units driving rebels toward the Pasig river, with Captain O’Brien wounded and Maj Bell injured. Insurgents blamed for water supply disruption, casualties listed, and American lines reported strong. Weather heat hinders troops as standoff continues.

New York The Herald Manila Hale Laguna de Bay Grant Twentieth Infantry Nebraska Statenburg Pasig Wyoming J. D. O'brien Maj. Bell Bureau of Information Imien Guindaloupe Lovejoy Co. C

Change of a Single Word in Navy Armor Purchase Bill

Washington reports a navy department error in the last naval bill paragraph may block armor buys for Maine Ohio Missouri and four monitors under construction until next February. Congress must act early next session to avoid delays though newly authorized ships might suffer. Hed Cross service at Manila notes Red Cross has shipped $20,000 worth clothing medical supplies and delicacies to Manila with more on the way.

Washington Navy Department Maine Ohio Missouri Congress Manila New York Philippines Red Cross Society

Grain-O and cheap cures fill jumble page ads

A scrambled newspaper page offers Grain-O coffee substitute claims and various ads for health products and quack remedies. It touts Grain-O as a coffee replacement, with prices of 14, 16, and 25 cents, and includes snippets from quotes and jokes, plus promotions for Allen's Foot-Base and Grove's Tasting Tonique. Named sources referenced include St Louis Globe-Democrat, Yonkers Statesman, Boston Transcript, Ram's Horn, and Washington (la.) Democrat.

Allen Allen B. Olmsted le Roy N. Y Boston Transcript

Mrs Cooper of Royal Academy sculpting busts in Washington

Mrs M C Cooper of the Royal Academy of Arts London is praised as a leading sculptor. She has modeled busts of English nobility and is in Washington making busts of prominent Americans. She recently completed a bust of Mrs Bélva Lockwood for the Corcoran Art Gallery and endorses Peruna in a January 26 letter from Washington. Dr Hartman of Columbus, Ohio offers a free health book for women.

M. C. Cooper Royal Academy of Arts London England Washington Hartman Columbus

Swamp-Root touted as remedy for kidney and bladder ills

The advertisement promotes Swamp-Root as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases and claims benefits for blood, rheumatic, liver, and stomach conditions. It offers free sample bottles by mail and a book with testimonials, noting Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton, New York, markets the preparation in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.

U. S Vermont Hostetter Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Hail Kilmer Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y Dr. Kilmers Binghamton, N

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