This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
8
The essay discusses ancient emblems and the Greek cross as a symbol of intelligence. It describes transforming a cross into a square with four pieces, outlines multiple puzzle variants, and notes links between symbols like the Swastika and other shapes.
The text discusses cutting puzzles to form crosses from a square. It describes dividing a square into five pieces that reassemble into two crosses, noting symmetrical proportions and a center piece creating a new cross while four outside pieces complete the design.
A pasting describes a card trick where a handkerchief is tied with a double knot and then released on three. The trick relies on a double twist around a taut end to fake a remaining knot. once dropped, the knot vanishes.
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts two milk-thieves in her Battle Creek neighborhood. A neighbor’s fox-terrier named Tricky opened a milk bottle by pawing the cover, drinking the contents, and sharing the spoils with a large hound guarding the scene. The pair also stole neighbor chickens, leaving a trail of breakfast mischief.
A reprint outlines a calf barn floor plan with the King ventilation system, ample light, and a four foot feeding alley around pens. It stresses keeping calves dry and warm with dry bedding and a dead air space wall, plus dividing pens for age and size to reduce disease and improve growth.
A man dismisses the admiration for Miss Perkins hair, quipping that it resembles 14 carrots more than polar ice, noting his growing fatigue with the ongoing praise. The exchange captures a wry, social banter tone.
Breeders find no marked difference in early maturing traits among Poland China Duroc Jersey Chester White and Berkshire hogs. Profit hinges on fecundity and rate and cheapness of gains. thus selecting individual sows with proven litter sizes and choosing purebred or well-matched crossbred boars with good form, feet, legs, and bone is key.
An authority extols hog farming as a money maker saying a well bred hog converts feed into meat efficiently and can pay debts, fund farm improvements, and support education. The speaker touts hogs as an honest mint turning grains and grasses into edible meat and future opportunity.
Fragmentary notice mentions cures guaranteed in days, a BNDA, bleeding or protruding piles, and refunds. It references a Lewis' Single Binder cigar advertised as quality value and directs to a Peoria factory. Several disjoint phrases describe odors in an elephant and consumer tips.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.