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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
7
Permanently located in Troy with an office on Main Street between Exchange Hank and the drugstore. Office hours are 8:80 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Phones Office 54, Residence 84. Dr F W Braner, physician and surgeon. Office at residence on Market Street next to Postoffice. Kinloch 71.
Baseball notices recall Glen Carbon beating the A B Cs 13 to 2 on Collinsville grounds in a 50 side game. Other results include Leclaire American Gentlemen 6 Leclaire Blues 4, Greenville Green V's 8 American Centrals 1, Highland Athletics 5 Hamiltons 1, St Jacob Stars 20 Happy Corner Stars 6, St Jacob Regulars 6 St Jacob Cubs 1, Mascoutah Giants 4 Chiuyton Mon 3, Belleville 7 Ben Millers 0, Alta Lita 5 Grand Guaiders 4, Alton 8 Collinsville 3, Repples 7 Ellendale 3. An upcoming Leclaire Blues versus St Louis Bloomer Girls game is noted with Bloomer pitcher Edna Meyer mentioned for her spit ball and Cannon ball delivery.
Jim Martin, a giant lumberman in West Virginia, carried a heavy handspike carved of green river birch. He enlisted early in the Mexican War, planted his spear in the Fond Fork Branch mud, and was killed in Mexico. His handspike sprouted into a large tree, known as Jim Martin's monument, valued at 9 million dollars by local belief.
A reporter quips about a shark tale and the siren of a nature faker. The exchange pivots to a humorous onion and butter cooking maxim from a famed French chef, stressing butter and onion as the base of all sauces and gravies. The chef says onion mush loses its bite when melted into butter, then becomes a key flavor that keeps customers returning.
A historical note states that sleep is often caused by the head being exposed to cold while the body remains warm. It asserts that in nine of ten cases, covering the head with a sick handkerchief will induce sleep.
A classified style notice claims Operation for Piles not needed with ManZan Pile Remedy, priced at 500 and linked to Kingston. It also promotes The St. Louis Times at 300 per month via agent Daniel Pater man and urges readers to send or phone that news item to The Call.
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