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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1905
Page
2
The piece describes Russia's great store in Moscow, a 20 acre bazar with a thousand establishments, each run by its own proprietor. It occupies ground and three upper floors, offers fabulously valuable merchandise worth millions of dollars, and features unmarked prices with locals bargaining in an oriental fashion.
In Ghent at the Hospital of St. Jean de Dieu monks decorate walls with vibrant landscapes crafted entirely from postage stamps from many nations. Palaces forests streams and mountains form scenes with butterflies birds snakes and numerous animals. The art, in a Chinese landscape style, has used nine to ten million stamps so far.
A cone of sugar is placed apex downward over a perforated apparatus. A thick liquid is poured on the cone and the machine runs. The liquid is drawn through the cone by suction tubes, imparting sweetness to the sugar.
Polish women are praised for beauty and refined hands, with small feet a noted charm. A Warsaw report says Vienna shoe dealers keep a special case for delicate Polish feet and hands, as traders exclaim at the sight of their high insteps.
A deer fleeing staghounds in Crossgar burst through a grocer shop and into a kitchen yard. It toppled furniture and tried to jump a window but became wedged in the frame and was captured. A sleeping child in the kitchen was not awakened.
A Columbus, Ohio resident reports a deep foot wound from an accident healed quickly by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after physicians failed. The ad promotes Arnica Salve for burns and pain, priced at 25 cents at S Kingston’s drug store. Also pitches Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for spring fatigue at 35 cents.
Springfield reporters note a shortened legislative week with key measures up for consideration. Civil service, the Norden bill, and two election contests Cooke McCaskrin in the House and Putnam Sucher in the Senate dominate. Local option fate, anti trust, and sleeping car charges draw intense committee scrutiny and partisan debate.
A whimsical exchange mocks John for not delivering originality as the “flying machine” invention is mentioned. The dialogue juxtaposes fanciful characters PHACT PHAN and PHANCY with references to Jocu larity and Jambs of rumor. The waves are cited as untrustworthy and the tone remains skeptical about new ideas.
A campaign note praises Barnes as a beat spellbinder while a campaign manager quips he would pay highbinder prices, suggesting political strategy and hiring expectations in rural campaigning.
A stylized verse notes tall Thai towers rising above the town and marketplace. It emphasizes careful painting and steadiness to avoid a fall, framing the structure as high art. The piece blends architecture with cautionary craft.
A literary exchange quotes a playful back-and-forth about time and dancing, using a pun to blend schedule and motion. The quip highlights timing as a theme, with the humor anchored in a mistaken interpretation of a train’s arrival versus a dance cue.
A social note mentions a ball where guests discuss outfits with witty lines about wardrobe woes. The exchange hints at fashionable rivalries and the social stakes of appearance among attendees.
Readers can buy five volumes from TH CaLi's New Home Library for 75 cents per set, or 15 cents per volume, instead of the usual 1.50 to 2.00. Each set lets a buyer pick five favorites, making a compact, affordable gift idea. Multiple copies offered: 17 cents each, two for 32 cents, or five for 75 cents.
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing two years of kidney trouble and lasting health. He states the remedy calmed pain and anxiety and aids general debility and nerve trouble. Drugstore guarantee offered at 50 cents by S Kingaton.
Dr G Grayson of Lula Mississippi suffered severe indigestion and bowel troubles until using Dr King s New Life Pills. He reports a cure as the pills act as a tonic laxative. Available for 25 cents at S Kingston s drug store with guarantee.
A local notice advertises a sale with an offer to include a free publication notice. The call for orders emphasizes quick service and coverage, targeting readers seeking promotional bills and official notices in one package.
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