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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1904
Page
8
A fragment from the Daily Bread sporting editor hints at light questions from readers while Mrs Harty touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a spring tonic improving health after years of weakness. Also mentioned are Allen's Foot-Ease for sore feet and a stray joke about a reader convalescing from illness.
Springfield April 7 sensational charges against officers of the Loyal Americans. State Insurance Superintendent Vredenburgh seeks injunction to stop the society from doing business and to distribute assets. Allegations include rule violations, improper expenditures, inflated salaries, and improper consolidation with the Royal Circle which was insolvent.
Washington April 7 Col Edwards chief of the insular bureau will leave Thursday for St Louis to oversee the Philippine exhibit at the exposition. He aims to speed progress, audit every cent, and ensure a strict accounting. The Philippine section is slated as the fair’s principal feature at high cost.
Gen Cronje leads 200 Boers with 120 British veterans and 60 women and children and 60 Zulus Kaffira and Zam desis arriving by steamship Douns Castle from Cape Town via St Vincent Cape Verde to attend the St Louis World’s Fair. Gen Viljoen awaits at St Louis.
The Exchange Bank of Dow City and the Bank of Buck Grove in Crawford county failed with reported liabilities around half a million dollars and assets about 150 thousand. Both banks are owned by H B Greene of Dow City. Greene predicts assets exceed liabilities by 75 to 100 thousand and that depositors will be paid in full. Direct liabilities total about 20 thousand. Slaughterhouse speculation in western cattle blamed for the collapse. N Wilder of Dow City named receiver.
Hulbert Taft nephew of Secretary of War Taft married Nellie Leaman at the bride’s mother’s residence in Cincinnati on Wednesday night. Attending were Secretary Taft and Charles P. Taft brother of the secretary and proprietor of Cincinnati Mines Star. Hulbert Taft is a member of the Times-Star staff.
Walter BE Reed explains a simple fodder tie made from a 1x14 blackgum timber about 20 to 22 inches long. A hole is drilled near one end for a white twine, tied with a knot, and a notch at the opposite end holds the knot when tight. Three feet of string, reusable for years, speeds bunking and storage of fodder.
Deep rich mellow soil suits squash growth though gravelly clay can work. Avoid sandy loam if very dry. otherwise winter squashes can profit on depleted loam. Plant in deep hills with fertilizer, then cultivate weekly and broadcast more fertilizer as vines run. Good cream quality remains essential for butter and dairy practices. producers should influence patrons to keep milk clean and sweet.
A quirky item notes Mrs. Frisco, visiting in New York, regained cheer after catching three fleas and declaring New York nearly as home as California. The tale contrasts homesick blues with flea‑fighting fate and urban adaptation.
An old church pastor recounts cure by Peruna as a remedy for thickened mucous membranes and related loss of hearing smell and taste and digestive issues. The advertisement claims Peruna operates on all mucous membranes and that one bottle persuades users, becoming a lifelong standby for all ages.
A Utica resident, J. N. Parker, recounts restoring hearing after June 1901 using Peruna. He cites relief from rheumatic pains and notes spring improves catarrh treatments. The ad promotes Dr Hartman’s Peruna and a new book from the Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
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