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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
3
An old medicine advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer swamped Swamp Root as a physician prescribed cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims the remedy neutralizes uric acid and helps rheumatism and urges readers to get a bottle, or mail ten cents for a sample from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
An elderly woman asks if her husband was shot in a saloon brawl. The officer replies that he was only half shot, delivering a grimly humorous exchange anchored in survivor’s wit amid violence often framed in frontier narratives.
An advertisement touts La Cre ole Hair Dressing as a natural way to cover gray hair, priced at one dollar. Also notes an elaborate dinner with seven different kinds of forks at each plate, reflecting a humorous contrast.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as effective for dandruff itching and hair loss. It instructs applying Ointment to spots, shampooing with the Soap, and receiving a free sample by mail with a book. Includes a postal address in Boston.
An old advertisement urges cleansing the scalp with La Creole Hair Dressing to darken grizzly hairs. It notes strong alkalinity of soap used constantly and mentions a price of $1.00. The text also includes a quip about a woman believing she is different.
Old standard tonic promises malaria relief and iron boost with quinine and iron in tasteless form. Ad claims no cents and features a Punch Bowl joke about selling a pup after it bit holes in a carpet.
An old advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing to restore hair to its former beauty and luster for $1.00. The ad claims can improve streaked, harsh, or stiff hair and notes a homely girl envies a pretty rival. An optimist remark follows about intentions and pavements.
John D. Whiting outlines traditional fellah farming in the Near East noting small village landholdings, common fields, crude oak plows, and oxen toiling the ground. Harvest scenes show gleaning women, parched corn, and primitive threshing while olives and grapes dictate seasonal cycles and family labor.
R W Child in Ev erybody's recounts an American businessman visiting Petrograd to sell war goods. After dinners with officials, he charged daily expenses to the price, adding 400 dollars per day for ten days until securing the contract.
Dialogue snippet from a Boston Tran script shows Edith Betty dominating conversation with Ethel retorting that she always starts talking first, illustrating a lively audio exchange. The brief fragment captures social chatter and character dynamics in a casual setting.
A Lilian Whiting quotation notes that many illnesses arise from repeating the same thoughts. The idea frames mental patterns as a treadmill that lowers mind and health.
A concise quotation argues that nothing is impossible and means follow from sufficient will. It attributes the idea to La Rochefoucauld, asserting that strong resolve furnishes all necessary resources.
Seasonal desserts feature peach and grape sherbets with citrus juice, pineapple, and sugar. Peach sherbet uses ripe peaches and lemon juice. grape sherbet blends grape and orange juices with lemon juice, then egg whites are folded in. Green corn cakes mix fresh corn, milk, flour, eggs, and olive oil, baked hot. Parsnips and quinces offer alternative uses, and date pudding can be served with whipped cream and fruit garnish.
A wild note contrasts a German spy tale of Von der Goltz nibbling confiscated papers in Petrograd with a famed anecdote of Fanny Murray using a £20 note between bread to make a meal. The report also covers Rockefeller Institute findings on infantile paralysis in monkeys, detailing a brain and spinal cord germ, transmission through nose and throat mucous membranes, and virus persistence for months.
In a playful exchange the speaker recalls rough camping conditions for girls. They endured scarce essentials like a single drinking glass for five, a lone mirror, and the secondhand mischief of Cupid in a lighthearted, gossiping tone.
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