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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1904
Page
8
A jumbled collection of snippets from historic jokes and misread notes. Scenes include a doctor patient exchange, baby misdirected visits, Boston speech quirks, saloon quips, rival wheel brands, charity showroom chatter, and wry lines from Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville papers.
A Kansan recalls long illness tied to heavy coffee use. She describes headaches vomiting, rheumatic pain, heart trouble, nervousness, blue nails, yellow skin, and belief that stopping coffee and trying Postum improved her condition after years of suffering.
A farmer explains an automatic fountain for poultry water using a ten gallon keg and a pint cup linked by a tube. Fill the keg with the tube corked, then uncork to fill. water flows only when the tube sits near the top. One cup suffices for a sizable flock, two or more can be used, and the unit should be placed on a small box to keep dirt out and allow daily check.
The article advises beginners to start with one hive super, fill sections with starter comb from active colonies, and save valuable sections for later. It notes bees work best when brood space is prioritized, warns against too much empty space in supers, and cites weather and flower yield as factors affecting honey. Fannie M. Wood, in Ohio Farmer.
A Rural World piece argues pigs offer rapid breeding, from 16 to 24 young per sow, and outlines shifting from 18 month to 9 month slaughter cycles. It suggests paying attention to the first 100 pounds of gain as the cheapest and recommends culling around 200 pounds for a fresh start.
A boatload of A and B sailors from a man of war was landed for shore leave in a Cornish village. A surly coachman whipped a sailor who jumped on the step. The bluejackets then surrounded and dismantled the wagonette in minutes, laying the pieces on the road while the bo’sun’s mate ordered a dismissal.
A Philadelphia Press report recounts a weekly visit to a poor Irish family near Sarehins village. The sick man, urged to rest in the garden, remains bedridden after a physician gave up on him, with the wife noting they sold his clothes a week earlier.
In Pennsylvania a growing belief holds that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure cure for Rheumatism and back pain. Mrs Davison of this place says two boxes ended her thirty year Rheumatism and back trouble. Reports say others share similar results daily as the rush for verdict on this remedy continues.
Harris, chief of police of Newberry, describes years of kidney pain and sleepless nights. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing backache, clearing kidney secretions, and normalizing kidney action after two boxes. A free trial offer from Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.Y. is extended to readers nationwide.
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