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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1905
Page
8
The bowline is a widely useful knot sailors use constantly and the illustration shows its exact tying steps. It cannot slip when tied properly and is valuable for lifting or guiding animals without choking or slipping, especially for farmers facing emergencies.
A Chicago meat market sign offers two Belgian Hares for 25 cents, illustrating how a former hare boom collapsed as producers overstocked. The Farmers' Review notes that high prices draw in many raisers, leading to a glut and prices dropping to rabbit-level. The piece warns that no stock boom lasts, urging cautious planning for hive stock.
The article notes Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil as the southernmost state bordering Uruguay with about 1.4 million people, 800 thousand Germans or of German descent. Cattle farming dominates the economy. the climate is fine and the land rolling. It reports a large coal deposit of superior quality near Porto Alegre found while Virgie Dus been employed to study Brazil's mineral resources.
In 1904 business man W Alfred Green walked 5205 miles, averaging 1414 miles per day. He started at 192 pounds and finished at 178, a loss of 14 pounds, which he says left him more active, stronger, and healthier than in years.
A South Dakota coal tar dye discovery by a chemist of the foca commission extracted dye from a bottle of port wine in the presence of legislators to color nine square feet of heavy woolen cloth. From tomato catsup, he produced dye for a similar amount of wool. A single bottle of pop yielded still greater coloring power.
A dialogue shows Howes and Barnes arguing with Shedd and Beston Tran Berint about choosing sides. Barnes pleads for consistency, insisting Shedd could share his view if decency existed, while others defend opposing positions amid sharp disagreement.
A collection of brief items notes neighborly duty on snow removal and public welfare. It mentions Wilmington Delaware and general community comfort, Peary planning to use wireless for polar expedition, California’s St Louis exposition funding and exhibit moves, a hostess quip about plum pudding brandy sauce, and a remark on maple syrup integrity.
Read about repurposing old boards into small boxes to protect plants from frost flea beetles and wind up with practical garden aids. The column warns against galvanized iron milk mills due to zinc fat build up, praising tin for milk utensils, and notes that young cows show value several years after calving with attention to lactation.
A Cleveland Leader quip describes a guest at a box party admiring a guitarist in the orchestra as the man plays and slides the instrument back and forth. The Washington Times cites a similar line about social pretenses, noting the theme of not being what we are. A Puck sentiment follows about maintaining appearances.
A Kansas blacksmith N B Albertson credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a dramatic, permanent relief from years of rheumatism in shoulders and arms. He details sleep loss, pain, and swift recovery after a single box. Neighbors adopt the remedy after seeing his cure and praise the product.
A pasted notice pitches Salter's Warranted Vegetable Seeds with a catalog and seed quantities for cabbages turnips celery lettuce onions radishes flowers and more. Readers are urged to return the notice and send postage for additional Berliner Cauliflower.
Cuticura pills and resolvent pills touted as superior blood purifiers after twenty five years of lab work for skin scalp and blood humors. Complete treatment with soap ointment and pills offered for 1.00. Also includes ad for Kansas City Southern Railway excursions in 1905 and a few quotes from Chicago Tribune and Allen's Foot-Ease.
The Jones family experiences its first outbreak of conflict in over four decades in Bamar as reported by the Minneapolis Times.
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