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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
8
This article argues that top dairy results rely on the best breeds paired with expert care and humane treatment. It stresses keeping cows comfortable, well housed, well lit, ventilated, and clean to maximize milk production, with emphasis on June-like year round conditions, proper bedding, sanitation, and gentle handling to boost productivity.
Veterinary note from University Farm St Paul discusses thrush causes in horses feet. Standing in manure or filth, dry boards, high heels, or long frog neglect predispose infection. Clean, dry stalls, thorough trimming, and disinfectants like coal tar or carbolic acid are advised. Calomel dusting and thick clay for the sole follow initial disinfectant treatment.
H R Smith reports on comparing value of silage and shredded corn stover for cattle. Tests at Nebraska and University of Minnesota show shredded stover is convenient though costly, bundle corn could cut costs if harvested and shocked. Summer gains with corn silage and alfalfa without pasture suggest silage as a year round feed option in grass-scarce regions.
Windom Kansas report recounts Misa Mary A. Horner praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from bladder trouble and female weakness after other doctors failed. The ad promotes the remedy as a forty year old tonic and invites letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
An anecdote from Youth Companion recalls a telegraph clerk near the White Nile who, fearing lions, elephants, and wolves, telegraphs for help. The reply from headquarters: there are no wolves in the Suran. A second message cancels the wolves.
A Clarkfield resident describes a long standing severe itching starting with small red and yellow spots on the leg. After trying many salves with little success, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment led to a complete cure over six weeks. Sample offers available.
An English traveller annoyed by a local paper report of his world tour learns the compositor dropped a letter altering meaning. The line read his friends are surprised that he is unchanged versus un changed, revealing the slip in the setup.
Fragmented ad text and quotations show claims about Castoria safety for infants and children and a harsh exchange about a horse and a fire sale. The readable items include warnings against misleading claims and a joke exchange about a flame-colored rig.
Hugh Fullerton recounts the rise of a famed baseball star through his own memories. A hired man Ned, a tall quiet figure with blue eyes, plays first base barehanded and hits five homers in a town game. Ned later reveals he once played professionally and with a great team.
Two young artists with a shared studio in Philadelphia faced financial strain and lived on improvised meals. One morning while sketching, the younger artist voiced frustration about their situation. The other countered that others are worse off, citing a recluse who cooked his own breakfast for years.
A public school teacher and a class visit an open-air bird-house. A boy guesses the male goose is a mongoose after a long pause. The scene, recounted from the New York Evening Post, captures a light classroom moment.
A humor item set features a slangy tale about a suitor who asks to play a game of questions then robs a proposal with a joke about No. 98. A European-American worker is witty about naming a bungalow as a "bunghole" while a ministered couple breaks an engagement over conceit. Quick family wit ends with a baby announcement.
In a brief exchange the city man quizzed the farmer about food for boarders and farm life. The farmer affirmed he eats the same grub as summer boarders and called farming a hard operation.
A Dartmouth Jack o Lantern item notes a playful exchange about a new dream and a loud scream labeled as regular by Ethel and Karema with a pun on Karema and Dartmouth culture.
A fragment mentions Mrs Naybér lowering to the afternoon and exchanging cheap talk while using a telankone, implying gossip or social chatter. The brief dialogue hints at a routine of informal conversation and a device called telankone.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes how an auto club springs a new member on strangers, sparking chatter about a boastful personality. An informal banquet features Old Man Longwind filling in for someone who could not attend, delivering a forty minute speech, while a cartoonish teething syrup advert folds into the text.
A fragmentary page notes a comparison of LEWIS' Single Binder with other 5c cigars and a conversation about a brother's walk in life. It also touches on a woman's vanity versus a man's conceit, mentioning a chauffeur as a relation.
A tender couple shares a moment under the stars with a romantic exchange about love and understanding. The scene shifts as a humorous aside comments on pure food laws and unadulterated nerve, adding a surprising, wry note to the exchange.
An old medical ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless quinine and iron blend that strengthens systems against heat and malaria. It claims to aid weakness, debility, loss of appetite, nursing mothers, pale children, and purges no with purging side effects, promising liver activation and blood purification.
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