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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
6
Pattern for a simple waist design in three sizes for ages 13 to 17. Describes fabric options, lining, high lace collar, all over lace cuffs, and a draped girdle. Includes yardage data for 20 to 42 inch wide materials and pin lace. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name, address, size, and pattern number.
Pattern notes a children slip dress design with deep square yoke, tucks, rows of insertion, bishop sleeves, and under box plait for fullness. Four sizes from half to five years. yardage and insertion details provided. send 19 cents to Pattern Department with name and address and pattern size. Rivals. A brief Cleveland Leader exchange follows.
Higgins the cocker spaniel lost the use of his hind legs after paralysis from injury. He was cared for by his mistress and a vet, then given a dog cart with wheels adapted from a doll carriage. Higgins now rides proudly in the cart, using two front legs to move, while his mistress ushers him along the street.
Handkerchief bonnet project shows a red silk kerchief folded into a baby cap using step by step diagrams. Also notes on boys using microscopes opera glasses and camera as gentler education and a paragraph on underground railway progress with 32 miles open out of 57 authorized.
An odd gardening tip suggests using a large carrot as a hanging flower basket. Cut off the end, hollow the shell, dry it, and varnish. Leave the greens on the bottom, and attach a handle with vine or twisted wire.
A Mississippian woman chronicled years of severe back pain kidney trouble and burning secretions. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with rapid relief and lasting strength. Also present are testimonials about Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies, plus a Lincoln quotation advocating duty.
A humorous column collects quips and wry observations on spelling reform stagecraft sign irony and family origins. It riffs on a hardware shop sign about cast iron sinks and a boy wanted to run an elevator with a good story to tell.
Northern New Jersey boards push a Washington N J remedy claimed to cure pneumonia. The faded pamphlet advises using six to ten onions chopped and simmered with rye meal and vinegar to create a hot poultice applied to the chest, repeated until perspiration appears. The note credits a famed New England physician who supposedly never lost a patient to the disease.
In Houston Port a widow named Marla Henpeck is said to have broken her late husband’s will before his death and now hires lawyers to challenge it again. The remark suggests a bitterness over a contested will and legal efforts.
An advertisement for Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois promotes the Single Binder cigar as the richest and most satisfying smoke on the market. It claims time is money but notes it is life, referencing Lord Avebury and a dealer on Lewis' Factory premises.
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