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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
3
Mr Kellogg teased his wife about a supposed early scandal saying Young White's wife gave him a biscuit for breakfast. Mrs Kellogg, sensing trouble, asks for details while the couple remains amused by the taunt from Youth's Companion.
A Scotchman tells how his wife left to live with her mother and a friend consoles him. The friend says it is awful, a great pity, and Jamie replies that worse is yet to come. She will come back again, he ruefully adds.
A fragmentary dialog hints at a humorous legislative bid and a joker amid proceedings. The piece alludes to obsessive starts and a declaration that true love need not be spoken, framed as a reflective, aphoristic aside.
International Sunday School presents a August lesson from Moody Bible Institute. The study analyzes three Pharisee and Sadducee questions to trap Jesus. It contrasts political loyalty with divine obedience and urges Christians to obey just laws while remaining true to God’s supreme will.
A Plovers Iowa mother describes her 13 year old daughter suffering female weakness improved after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes repeated doctor visits, recovery, and restored health with the remedy and invites readers to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Punch cartoon features dialogue about gender roles and labor reform. A girl asks Mr Murphy to go begging with her mother. a farmer dismisses women's help, while a wife asserts she is both farmer and worker, highlighting compensation law exclusions.
An old remedy promises relief for sore skin and wounds. Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Old is advertised as curing long standing sores and relieving pain with prices of 25c 50c and 1.00.
A brief exchange suggests the initial move in learning criminal law is to begin rigorous study and practice with a guiding phrase that emphasizes prosecution of oneself through disciplined effort. The dialogue frames study as a preparatory action for future advocacy or legal work.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic containing quinine and iron. It claims liver benefits, malaria relief, blood enrichment, and overall system strengthening, priced at 50 cents.
A humorous snippet shows Jane misreading a gift moment as clever while someone teases she “put her foot in it.” The exchange relies on a pun about slippers and judgment, reflecting lighthearted social banter.
In Washington Star reporting, a stylish young woman in the Seeing Washington auto serves as a decoy for opportunistic men. The interview reveals risqué banter, playful hints, and anecdotes about passengers chasing romance, with sharp local color and tongue in cheek humor.
A brief exchange presents a young friend introducing a notably serious man who states he has no time to waste on married men, highlighting a cautious stance toward romance and commitments. The dialogue underscores social expectations and personal priorities.
Ferriline presents improved tasteless quinine in a pleasant syrup that puzzles children, prevents stomach upset, and suits adults who cannot take standard quinine. It claims no nausea or head ringing and urges asking for the original ounce package at 25 cents. New York designates an east side street as a children’s playground from 3 to 6 pm.
Mark Twain visits York Harbor Maine and asks Captain Brooks about an osteopath. The old fisherman replies uncertainty from forty years of fishing. Twain tries the drug store, and that evening the captain narrates to his wife who mishears the joke as a bird.
A Chicago man reports his face plagued by pimples for a year, itching and burning until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after a free sample. Within two months the blemishes dried out and he recovered, according to Charles J. Peck in a 1914 testimonial.
Crabbe recounts how a diet supposedly aiding his dyspepsia led to a comical mix up. He followed Doctor Pilfer’s advice to eat chopped oat cakes, but Bridget revealed the cakes were gone and no order was placed. He realizes he had been eating dog biscuits.
Dialog in a rural setting shows a worker missing a game to care for his grandmother. The exchange highlights family duties versus work, with humor about passing up the present to witness a future decisive fall game.
Individuals who accept whatever comes are often content with little, showing a mindset that finds ease in resignation. Those who resist complacency may seek change and risk, but contentment can emerge from embracing circumstance rather than fighting it.
An advertising claim states PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with first application providing ease and rest. The drgists refund money if not cured. The ad ends with an unrelated proverb about a wise woman.
A bachelor expresses a preference for holding a 15 pound girl instead of a 10 pound baby, illustrating a personal whim about relative weights in caregiving.
A dramatic exchange explores love and desire in stark dialogue. The man professes passion while the woman presses for explicit emotion, ending with a cautious recognition that words may fail to convey true feeling.
As a Harvard student Ralph Waldo Emerson showed little promise for greatness. His dissertation drew only polite praise as long, the class poet was chosen after seven others refused. A Harvard story notes Emerson’s music failed to win approval, with a singing master dismissing him after a single failed attempt.
A stranger recalls instruction to use a live frog for bait while fishing, but reports no bites all day. An elder Georgia man counters that the frog swam to a log, perched cross-legged, and watches the stranger with its hook.
A brief observation notes that marriage brings sympathy and that every woman tends to feel for another woman's husband, reflecting social attitudes about relationships and empathy.
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