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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
8
The Well Informed demand a safe efficient liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a known wholesome combination. Physicians approve it for family use, gentle yet prompt. Buy genuine California production, 50 cents per bottle.
A terse exchange reveals Minister warns of greed as Meandering Mike notes some men will work for money, signaling concern over corruption and temptations among officials.
A literary mother praises Grape-Nuts as ideal for brain work and healthy nursing. She recalls morning appetite loss during eight years of nursing, fatigue, and poor nourishment. After starting Grape-Nuts, milk, and regular meals, she reports increased breast milk, strength, and sharper writing, with her baby thriving and her head clear. There’s a reason, says Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pattern 2264 offers a versatile child dress suitable for girls and boys, adaptable to wools, linens, piques, chambrays, ginghams, and similar fabrics with a bias trim. It covers sizes one to seven years, detailing yardage by fabric width and trim, and costs 10 cents via Pattern Writers' office with purchaser name, address, size, and pattern number.
A fashion pattern description for a turquoise blue flannelette tailored shirt waist with white shinner collar turns and pearl buttons. Includes size range 32 to 49 bust inches, fabric yardage for various widths, and pattern request instructions. A closing note urges economy as a path to happiness.
St Paul Minn Feb 9 1908 reports strong indications that the Canadian Northwest will attract a record wave of American settlers this year. Railroads offer favorable homeseekers rates matching those to the southwest, with agents of the Canadian government ready to provide district details. Weather in Western Canada is unusually good with reports from Cardston Alberta noting warm days, light frosts, and a potential early spring for winter wheat. yielded crops from Magrath Alta are detailed with bushel figures for oats and wheat and values per acre.
A compact ad style note recalls sales totals over nine million this year for Lewis' Single Binder cigars, with 1906 sales around 700,000. It includes assorted product slogans and remedies, from Cocoanut Custard Pie ingredients to remedies like Garfield Ten and Pazo Uintment, with light moralizing quotes and quips.
A neighbor boy dies after a trolley car collision, causing deep mourning across the town. Mary, in her first grasp of death, expresses a child’s wish that when she dies it be from illness rather than a trolley accident.
Since the Van Dyck robbery at Cenrtral, Bruges churches guard their riches with extra caution. The Notre Dame church employs a watchman walking a dog at night, a similar patrol is used at the Cathedral of St. Saviour and other churches to deter further losses.
Dialogue reflects a humorous domestic exchange about a busy evening and time passing quickly. A quoted Fuller proverb about associating with men of good judgment highlights the theme of using others’ judgment in one’s own.
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