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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
6
A regional claim extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative. It emphasizes natural action, absence of debilitating after effects, and physician-approved ingredients. The advertisement urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
A city girl questions Nathan Hobbs about ensemble music at a Willowby church social. He grows excited as she describes hearing Etta Willis on the organ, Ed Holmes on harmonica, and Sadie James on triangle, promising a great performance. A second item extols Postum coffee substitute adoption through customer anecdotes.
A Farm and Home correspondent describes a home made potato cleaner and sorter at Fairview farm. The device uses hoops and half inch flats to create 1% inch square holes and a crank driven cylinder 25 feet long and three feet in diameter. Potatoes are loaded in a hopper and sorted with 700 to 800 bushels per day, separating marketable ones from dirt and small ones without bruising.
W F Heikes of Huntsville Alabama notes that 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 cherry stocks are imported to the United States from France annually. Only about one third of planted stocks reach merchantable two year old trees, and just a third of those grade five eighths and up. Losses occur from arrival conditions, freezing or heat, digging timing, and muddy packing. Plants grown on poor soil under cultivation show poor health and brackish roots. An enterprising horticulturist could collect Mazzard cherry seeds to grow seedlings for budding and grafting purposes.
French scientists urge government to ban sale of arsenic compounds unless they are denatured to prevent food confusion. Buyers and sellers share responsibility for labeling all insecticides as poison. The idea, though framed for France, is urged as wise for this country.
The note stresses close monitoring of milk flow to detect declines early and correct them. It warns that a permanent drop is hard to reverse, with busy periods, crowded files, and short pasture risking reduced yields.
Bernard P. Woods of Lonaconing Maryland reports heavy labor ruined his kidneys causing fatigue stiff limbs dizziness headaches and disordered secretions. After taking Deans Kidney Pills he improved steadily and was cured. The ad notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by Foster McMillan Co Buffalo NY. A separate note records Mr Woodson’s pledge to avoid wearing a high hat when snowballs are ripe.
A parent's notice describes a boy breaking out with itching sores spreading over his body. After using Cuthura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the child is reportedly cured in four nights. Includes testimonial from Mrs. Frank Donahue, Kokomo Indiana, September 16 1907. Also mentions Italy's large churches and claims of Dr Kline's nerve restorer.
An ancient tale recalls Belshazzar boastfully claiming control over the revelry. He declares no proclamation by a chief of police will stop the affair at one o clock in the morning. Instantly, the handwriting appears on the wall signaling a change in fate.
Local medical ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy taken internally. Claims a physician prescription origin and strong tonics with blood purifiers. Provides testimonials, Toledo Ohio company address, and 75 cent price. also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Nobel prizes were proposed by the eighth earl of Bridgewater, son of the bishop of Durham. He left 40,000 dollars to be paid to the author of the best treatise on The Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation. The judges divided the money among eight recipients.
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac is now a fixture in over eight million homes and can be obtained free from all druggists. With 1908 edition published, supply will soon be exhausted. inquire early and obtain one today. Dennie Hinnisy is called the luckiest devil. Patrick asks about repayment of a debt and a joke about Dennis Faith.
An assorted ad roundup includes a Castoria safety claim for infants, a centenarian in Brockton who smoked since age 80, a work-from-home sales pitch for health products, a comic note about witches avoiding gas bag chaos, a lemon pie mix promotion, and a quote on duty from Froude.
An old advertisement touts a seed collection mailed postpaid for 12c with 1 pkg Quick Quick Carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald Cucumber La Crosse Market Lettuce Early Dinner Onion Strawberry Muskmelon Thirteen Day Radish and Berliner Earliest Cauliflower 33 bu of vegetables and many flowers promised. Also mentions Garfield Tea for digestion and a Seneca quote.
It is the judgment of many smokers that Lewis' Single Binderie cigar equals in quality the best 10¢-cigar. The remark notes it is a poor resolution that will not hold water.
A Denver woman, Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St, writes that a six year struggle with invalidating conditions ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women suffering from backache bearing down pains and periodic pains to try the remedy and seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The passage notes inactive Koreans with a German tourist calling doing nothing the national occupation. It also advertises Brown's Bronchial Traches for asthma or bronchitis, a smoking-related product from Ivins' Factory, Peoria, Illinois, and Lewis' Single Nder cigar via a dealer.
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