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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
8
A girl named Ali swings high under Ray's push and experiences a fleeting view beyond the world’s rim. She imagines life beyond the blue sky and vows to seek it, not by a swing but by a future journey. She asks Ray to let the old cat die and plans a dawn departure to begin Life.
A nostalgic piece describes a 300 acre wild animal farm near Allentown Pennsylvania housing a cosmopolitan menagerie from Asia Africa India and beyond. The year round stock numbers exceed 390 with camels dromedaries yaks buffalos llamas and more. In summer the animals travel with the Barnum Bailey circus then return each fall to rest on the farm a quiet country lane calms some but not all animals as caravans voyage to winter quarters and runaways are rounded up at day’s end.
A paper band kept over stepped books with a water drop forms a rolling ball on oil or graphite coated paper. Drops travel along the band, dash down the incline, rise over each successive book, and finally fall back into a dish, creating a playful water trick.
A Boston Globe report describes jugglers tricks from India where a boy vanishes from sight as clothing flashes and a white wall or white-clad crowd aids the illusion. The method mirrors a butterfly disguise where vivid colors vanish when wings fold revealing leaf color.
The piece lists playful symbols found in flowers such as the Passion flower, Brake fern, oak, periwinkle, pansy, poppy, snapdragon, and mallow. It notes imaginative interpretations like a man in a pulpit in the pansy and an old woman in red gown from the poppy, with light commentary on decorative uses and tea-time flower provisions.
A column of light humor and oddities: the late Bishop of London urged to winter in Algiers by a doctor, a math riddle about herrings, linemen in a land dispute with a farmer, and a bridge luncheon misunderstanding ending with a $1.50 overage returned. The pieces mix religion, puzzle humor, rural pranks, and marital finance.
Testifying before the Senate committee in Washington, Prouty argued against giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to set railway rates. He said railways should set their own rates and develop business, warning that unreasonable rates deprive a railroad of its property and that only a fair and reasonable rate is allowed under the fourteenth amendment.
Portland Exposition notes describe gold pen manufacture as an exhibit and Missouri art from St. Louis artists. The Illinois building mirrors Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield home, claimed as his only real estate. Massachusetts recreates the Bullfinch front of Boston’s old state house, built at a cost of 3 million dollars for the recreation.
A brief anecdote shows children chasing novelty and commerce. Edward explains he bought bananas at three for ten cents while tintypes remain a constant, illustrating early business sense in youth and the playful contrast with a neighbor’s tale from a window.
Moravia New York June 6 Mr Benjamin Wilson of Moravia credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his wife from death due to diabetes and rheumatism. She lost weight from 200 to 130 pounds before treatment and regained to 190, regaining health and strength. Wilson declares the pills a godsend and the only relief for her suffering.
A Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune dialogue features Mrs. Homely and Mrs. Blu trading compliments and fishing banter. The talk turns to whether clever lure leads to praise, with Mr. Homely noting the distinction lies in artful casting rather than bait.
An old notice advertises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable cure for bad breath caused by dyspepsia or indigestion. It claims the remedy cleanses impurities, leaves breath sweet, and is sold in 50c and 1.00 sizes with a money back guarantee. The source also includes unrelated snippets from Brooklyn Eagle.
Instructions describe boiling Ivory Soap with soda to clean collars, then rinsing in hot water with gum arabic and tea. The collar is then pressed on white net with a moderately hot iron. Signature Eleanor R Parker.
A fragment from the Yonkers Statesman includes humorous lines about Mexico’s thick walls and a playful prompt to visit for a fat to eat. It then shifts to an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Hase foot powder promising relief for tired feet and easier shoe fit. Trial packets offered by A. S. Olmsted in Le Roy.
A terse note depicts a claim about scarce vision prowess with a playful nod to a Brooklyn figure named Sagle. It frames a singular perfect eyes exception amid many, using compact humor and a dated voice. The item reads like a brief cultural aside from a regional paper.
A fragmented newspaper clipping features 1900 era ads and quips. It mentions Dre Mow rey's Stomach Tablets and Sturgis Michigan, a joke about paying coal bills, a Chicago Sun reference to Lewis' cigars, and a Yonkers Statesman remark about collars. The piece ends with a warning about crooks preying on gullible readers.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female ailments. It cites backache, headaches, menstrual and ovarian troubles, and nervous debility with testimonials from Mrs. Holmes of North Dakota and Mrs. Cottery of New York City, urging readers to seek the remedy for irregular or painful menstruation and related symptoms.
A historical notice invites women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free counsel on health symptoms. The advertisement touts vast relief provided to over a hundred thousand women and asserts understanding of women’s ailments.
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