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Newspaper

Troy Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1914

Page

6

Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Endorsed by Patient in Minnesota

A Minneapolis woman describes long illness and monthly pain relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts. The page also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pills for constipation and notes time is valuable.

Aselin Lydia E. Pinkham Minneapolis Minn Joseph Aseldny Monroe St N.E Minneapolis, Minn Lydia E.pinkham Doan

Wedding Gowns and Trousseau Ideas for Brides and Maids

An illustrated guide outlines essential wedding attire from wedding frocks to traveling costumes and evening gowns. It highlights fabrics like taffeta satin crepe and chiffon, with emphasis on white options, simple tunics, and jeweled or golden accents for bridesmaids.

al Trousseau Stae

Easy to Make A Crashed Girdle in Two Colors

A Philadelphia North American guide describes a simple two color girdle crafted from bias silk strips sewn into one long band. It uses gathered ends with braid frogs and silk buttons, worn by crossing the ends in back and fastening at the front. Variants include velvet and velvet buttons with braid or frogs.

Philadelphia

Becoming De Medici Hematithhed Embroidered Edge Card

A descriptive fragment notes a handmade embroidered edge and net butterfile style with bows, detailing delicate craft elements. The text centers on decorative collarwork and ornate finishing touches in a historical embroidery context.

Boots Must Be Buttoned Fashion Notes of the Season

The article praises buttoned boots with patent leather vamps and twisted cloth tops, noting slender long lines and no laces for formal wear. It highlights curved heels that resemble a French influence, suited to both day and evening dances as fashion evolves.

Fifth Avenue

Bath Remedies for Health and Beauty

The article extols electric baths as an excellent tonic and suggests a practical nightly alternative when cost prevents them. It advises a warm bath with a dash of liquid ammonia, then a brisk hot-water rinse, followed by a spray of toilet vinegar or eau de cologne and water, a thorough toweling, and bedtime oiling with a dry loofah.

Hat at Fashion Show Stuns Shy Attendee

An earlier fashion event featured a striking hat that drew attention from a shy attendee. The accessory, described as one of the most fetching pieces, pinned at the event and highlighted by onlookers.

Plan for Constructing a Stave Silo

The guide explains sizing a stave silo by diameter for the herd, height as roughly twice the diameter, and proper placement near the feed room. It details foundation options stone brick or concrete, center stake method, wall thickness, and concrete mixing setup.

Department of Agriculture

Roup Remedies for Early Fowl Treatment

Roup is a highly contagious disease in fowl and should be treated at first signs. Early options include nasal and palate injections of two percent creosote, two percent carbolic acid, hydrogen peroxide with water, permanganate of potash in water, and a drop of kerosene in each nostril of an infected bird, though severely affected birds should be killed and burned.

Renovated Orchard at Geneva Pays 10 Percent Net

Professor Hedrich of the New York Station at Geneva notes an apple orchard once run down for 24 years and sold as common farm land. After several years of usage it now yields ten percent net on a valuation of 1,000 dollars per acre.

Hedrich New York Geneva

Farm Feed Choices Guide Efficiency and Value

The text discusses using oil meal wheat middling and tankage as economical feeds. It stresses choosing combinations based on available farm feeds and their market value to optimize feeding efficiency and costs.

Unprofitable cows and ethical farming views

A reflective piece arguing cows are not always at fault for losses. It urges humane handling and resisting selling a cow to a butcher unless the farmer can truthfully claim personal effort to make her profitable. The tone is admonitory and speaks to responsibility in farming practices.

Cleaning Dairy Utensils for Clean Milk Quality

A historical note emphasizes careful washing and scalding of dairy utensils as essential to maintaining clean equipment. If utensils are not properly cleaned, milk quality declines and production suffers.

Government clerks at Wa campaigning for higher pay

Government clerks at Washington campaign for higher compensation while others like bank employees are pressed for more pay. A secretary tells a story of judgment before St Peter about theft and the amount of money involved.

Higl Jack St. Peter

Cure for severe skin eruption touts Cuticura remedy

A family from Jackson Missouri recounts an infant skin eruption affecting the child from head to foot. After trying various creams they used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and report the child slept better within days and was completely well in a week. Ad attached dated November 25, 1912. The notice also includes a separate essay on worry by E P Frost.

Jackson August F. Bartels Cuticura Dept. L. Boston Sam E. P. Frost Atlantic

Sartorial Bet Frays Over Taft Figures In Atchison

An Atchison man wagers six dollars on who owns more suits after a local departure incident. A rival letter claims Taft possessed 35 suits when he left the White House, while the Atchison man jokes Andy Ketcham has few clothes left, only overalls, amid a faded feud.

Atchison Andy Keteham - Tow Taft White House Wilbur-Hawk Federal Penitentiary Hawk Wilson Ha Andy Ketcham Suits

Wilting to Walt in stalled engagement plea

A man pleads inability to marry for five years while asking if she will wait, with the judge weighing whether anyone else might come before the proposed time. The dialogue centers on patience, commitment, and social pressure in cautious courtship.

Walt Rlea

Gause and Effect Food Digestion and Right Food

An old article argues digestion follows proper diet and warns against heavy greasy meals. It shares a New York woman's anecdote of indigestion from rich foods and how she found relief using a regimen centered on nuts and grape-nuts.

N. Y Young Woan

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