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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1904
Page
8
Bourke Cochran mocked a popular novel in the New York Tribune describing Elmo county land as poor and barren. Two strangers ride through the county, finding weeds and rocks, and encounter an old man in a farmhouse garden who declares he owns none of the land.
An odd collage of patent medicine claims for Cuticura and Allen’s Foot-Ease dominates the page, alongside jokes and literary quips. The prose touts cures for skin ailments and scalp disorders, while brief satirical snippets and farmers seed advertisements fill the rest.
A disrupted text recounts Miss Frankie Orser of Boston, Mass, and a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims relief from back pain, bearing down, and headaches after use, noting improved health, appetite, weight, and energy. The garbled fragment mentions warnings and village names in a dubious ad-like excerpt.
The lesson focuses on Luke chapter ten where Jesus appoints seventy and sends them two by two to prepare for his coming. He emphasizes a harvest rich with opportunity yet few laborers, instructing them to travel light, rely on hospitality, heal the sick, preach the kingdom, and face rebuke with resolve. It contrasts welcome with rejection and notes woe on Chorazin Tyre and Sidon for rejecting divine works.
George W. Corbin proposes an affordable sheep shed plan shown in a diagram. A 40 by 20 main area with a 16 by 16 wing uses 26 posts and cross rails to support straw covering, with doors at both ends for wagon access.
A farming guide from Successful Farming outlines selecting rams with thick flesh and broad backs to pass strong conformation to offspring. It warns against sharp backs and thin frames, noting lambs with stout profiles fatten well and attract buyers, while emphasizing choosing quality breeding stock for meat or wool.
A compact montage of quips and cartoons from era newspapers. Snippets feature a worried prophecy about a comet, lighthearted exchanges about Cupid and weapons, about Cossack beliefs, a Klondike joke, a fruitless search for cake, and a flirtatious miscue in a social scene. Characters named Miss Brisk and Griggy appear amid brief captions and jokes.
Miss Marjory Tampton of 2610 Third Avenue New York writes that Peruna is a fine medicine for all seasons. She says in spring it tones the system acts as a tonic and strengthens her more than a vacation. In fall and winter it cures colds and catarrh keeps bowels regular and serves as a gentle stimulant.
Dr Hartman explains spring blood impurities cause fatigue and ailments like spring fever and nervous exhaustion. He promotes Permia and Peruna as preventive and curative spring tonics, urging readers to contact Dr Hartman for guidance and samples from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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