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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
8
Monmouth College won a unanimous decision over Liberty Mo in a debate on the question Should the Federal Government Control the Express Business of the Country. Debaters for Monmouth were Carol French James Kelso and Leon Henderson.
Nimneia state art commission discussed placing three bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln Stephen A Douglas and Ulysses S Grant on the Springfield capitol grounds. Lincoln would anchor the central shaft between east walks overlooking Capitol avenue.
Ironton Ohio woman describes severe female troubles and nervousness improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a year. She reports regained ability to work and even helps others. She also notes her daughter, aged thirteen, slept better and recovered health.
A compact 19th century quip collection features Lady de Bathe and Mrs Langtry on dissipation and marriage. Witty exchanges mock social mores with lines about a girl’s duty to stand up for herself and the consequences after wedlock. A playful exchange about church donations hints at class and propriety, ending with a teasing remark on printing a kiss.
A long, reflective piece centers on a famed eastern lawyer senator, his thin frame and hunger marked face, and a farmer who misidentifies him and others in the Senate Gallery. It ends with Thomas Jefferson’s autobiography noting Washington and Franklin spoke briefly and that 150 lawyers in Congress overtalk to avoid decisive action.
A Miss Mildred Dennis from Pierson North Dakota describes eczema starting on the scalp spreading to the back neck arms and chest with severe itching discharge and matted hair. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment, used daily for two months, with relief and recovery.
Monsieur Kling, director of Paris municipal laboratory, unveils a pistol firing a vaporizing cartridge that momentarily overpowers nearby persons. Used by police and detectives, it is praised by a Paris hospital physician as valuable for restraining dangerous individuals. The Times notes the blasts are harmless but painful and disorienting.
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