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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
8
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and promotional blurbs. Claims for Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cure liver and digestion issues. Other ads tout Adirondack travel folders, Push-eek medicine, Allen’s Foot Ease powder, and stomach tonics offered with money-back promises and free samples.
A year ago in Kansas City a court case featured cross examination by Bartholdt of a Missouri congressman’s witness. The diminutive man and Amazonian wife exchanged sharp lines as the wife defiantly exclaimed no one can catch me while Bartholdt replied with polite calm and assured no desire to catch her.
The foreigner questions recognition of titles of nobility while Mr. Cum replies that mothers and girls can not only recognize them but quote their valuations off-hand. The brief exchange highlights social familiarity with aristocratic terms in a Washington, D.C. context.
A Texas physician praises Grape Nuts after trying it at Corpus Christi. He reports improved strength, no eructation, and better digestion since starting the food, stating it agrees with him better than any other and enhances activity after ten years of stomach troubles.
Edith Day saves for a New York hat and buys no expenditure. She helps a poor tenant, pays four weeks rent, then renounces the hat, and crafts a grandmothers bonnet into a unique resting Easter headpiece. The town notes the hat, while Edith learns charity’s true value.
A light exchange about dogs and value mentions a pure blooded terrier named Buttona and a pricier Wall Street pointer, noted by Puck in a casual chat between Jack and Her Escort. The brief quip highlights the prestige and cost of rare dogs in a social conversation.
Brooklyn Life notes a humorous Easter bazar exchange about women pledging not to join another sale, while Lathee quotes God’s promise of the resurrection reflected in each spring leaf.
A Boston Globe item highlights marital quips about fidelity and uniqueness, while a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune joke compares lunch and luncheon costs. The piece references cross cultural fashion notes on American readers and a French fashion influence, noting a ten dollar yearly wear rule for French trousers in France.
A Broadland South Dakota report claims G W Gray recovered from Bright's Disease after three months of treatment with Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he was near death and unable to rise, but his wife urged trying the remedy, which he credits with restoring health and strength. The piece promotes the pills as a worldwide medical breakthrough.
An advertisement extols Cuticara Remedies for infant skin conditions including birth humors milk crust eczema and rashes claiming speedy permanent cures when other children’s remedies fail It also touts Pushecks Kuro as a tonic for general weakness nervous prostration and digestive and kidney issues. The copy cites New York Times quotes and invites readers to request a catalog from Redux Remington Standards Typewriter St Louis.
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