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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
7
An advertisement from C H Rowan Drug Co Chicago promotes a harmless cure for bedwetting and urinary control issues. It offers a 500 pack of medicine prepaid and free to readers of The Call, urging readers to write for the sample and share the information with neighbors and friends.
A list of real estate transfers appears with numerous transactions in Granite City and surrounding townships. Properties change hands among individuals and trusts, with prices ranging from 1 to 4 thousand dollars. Also includes marriage licenses and court notes, plus assorted notices and advertisements.
A fragment lists Troy market prices: Wheat 19 per bu, Corn 60 per bu, Oats 53 per bu, Flour hard 2.90 per owt, Flour soft 3.40 per owt, Middlings 1.40 per owt, Bran, Meal, Clover hay 10.00 per ton, Timothy, Straw, Cattle and hogs per hundredweight, Calves per hundredweight, Sheep per hundredweight, Spring lambs per lb, Turkeys per lb, Geese per lb, Ducks per lb 12, Chickens spring per lb 18, Eggs per dozen 46. Butter per lb 25.
A Georgia native born 1886 recalls choosing baseball over surgery after careful career math. He describes early amateur days in Carnesville, joining Augusta on trial, brief stints in Anderson and Sheffield, and rising with Detroit after 1904 to become a major league outfielder. He credits studying pitchers and catchers to his hitting success.
An old prospectus touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for curing catarrh and asserts the Cheney firm is honest and able to meet obligations. It promotes internal use and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered free and prices per bottle. A stray line hints at unrelated jokes about remedies and a quip about blame.
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