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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
8
A traveler returning from Jaffa to Jerusalem hired a conveyance to see the city at leisure. The driver sped him along rough streets, delaying sightseeing. At the station the traveler groused, and the driver quipped that Americans like to go fast.
A Newark mother recounts her six week old son's worsening facial eczema and sleepless months. After trying top skin specialists, use of Cuticura Remedies brought rapid relief and full healing, with near elimination of future risk claimed. Also discusses a billion count using French notation and a hypothetical tally of one thousand million-dollar piles taking about 100 years.
A diner exchange shows a waiter guessing a woman's visit to a millinery opening. The cashier questions it, and the waiter reports the woman asked for steak with black lace trimming and two bunches of red cherries with wire leaves.
A vintage warning emphasizes careful selection of Castoria bottles for infants and children. It insists each bottle bears the cue stating signatures of LS LLM in use for over 30 years, highlighting the product as the kind customers have always bought.
A fragment from a periodical page includes an Allen’s Foot-Ease ad praising a powder for feet and shoe comfort, a quip about literature economics, a line about killing files to prevent multiplication, a Daisy Fly Biller sales pitch, and a remark on working for a living resembling Shakespeare’s pay.
A humorous discussion of maps as more than mere outlines, with illustrations showing England and Wales as a runaway pig, Alaska and Siberia in a quarrel, Japan as a sea serpent, and Australia drawn as a lioness. The piece invites imagination to complete the pictures.
A historical note describes a card skimmer made from a slotted handle and a rubber band. A wooden slip with a notch pivots on a pin, releasing a card to fly when triggered. With practice, the card reportedly reaches up to 100 feet.
Winifred and Ethel discuss a brainteaser about James and Herbert Brown. Ten years ago their combined ages plus Mr Brown’s age relation equals one third of Mr Brown’s current age, and now one twin is two years older than the other. Their current combined ages equal 14 years less than their father’s age. Solve for James and Herbert’s ages.
A terse verse line laments a man’s hardening heart when forced to dig the garden, contrasting fondness with labor and duty, conveying a rural moral tone and a sense of obligation. The fragment hints at emotional resistance tied to practical chores.
Partners stand in two lines facing opposite. The fox at the head runs down the line and back pursued by the hunter. He may pass through the line, in and out, but the hunter must follow. When caught, the couple takes their place at the foot of the line.
A fictional quarrel unfolds as Mr Nuwed confronts housemaid Jane about her late return from a day out. He questions what missus would say, highlighting the social tension and implied domestic intrigue in a terse newspaper-style snippet.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a cattle yoke tying method. An apple 2144 feet in length is referenced as a visual aid, with two feet below and eighteen inches above the ground. A wire halter was fashioned to control a troublesome cow.
The article outlines several dairying profits beyond cash receipts. Fertility and soil improvement create compound interest as the manure enriches land. Monthly cash flow helps bills, while well-equipped dairies save time and labor. Early manure use boosts spring crops and early marketing profits.
The article warns that tuberculous milk increases, endangering herds and people. It urges milk producers to learn about the disease, heat milk to boiling point before feeding unless proven germ free, and keep animals outdoors to limit spread. It condemns risky practices of consuming or sharing contaminated milk.
The column warns against overreliance on central plant feed and skim milk harming calves. It urges investing in a pure bred bull if not already used, suggesting neighbor’s bull as a model. It cites experiment station advice about cost management and feeding as key to profitable dairy farming.
Peruna is described as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. The text asserts catarrh requires a general tonic action to strengthen circulation and vital forces. It highlights Hydrastis Canadensis and a trio of agents with tonics to form an effective remedy, backed by testimonials and theoretical support, manufactured in Columbus, Ohio.
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