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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1906
Page
3
Mrs Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee writes of long dyspepsia and near death until a bottle of Peruna restored her health. She praises the medicine and notes a later reformulation adding a mild laxative quality urged by S B Hartman MD after extensive testing.
A Chicago Record Herald quip recounts a Fort Monroe scene where a new recruit, approached by two ladies and a soldier, is asked where Jeff Davis was imprisoned. The recruit points to the guardhouse and jokes about uncertainty. A second joke follows about a patient blaming a cloak for a cold in illustrated humor.
The article explains dipping as a remedy for sheep scab and tick presence, compares lime and sulphur dips with proprietary formulations, and provides instructions for making lime and sulphur dip, dipping frequency, postdip care, and methods for small and large flocks. It notes mites causing scab, symptoms, and the need for multiple dippings to control hatch.
A California woman began a floral memorial for sailors lost at sea, spreading to cities from San Francisco to Philadelphia and Havana. Since 1900, schoolchildren and communities honor naval dead each Memorial Day with flower ships and ceremonies aboard ships like the Yantic and at Delaware River sites.
At Cape Elizabeth annual voters meeting two nominees were named for moderator Henry S Jorden and Clement E Staples Republican and Citizen. An orator challenged Staples asking who he is and a bystander answered I’ll bite who is he in a humorous moment.
The passage discusses deafness as a curable condition via constitutional remedies and Hall's Catarrh Cure, claims about Eustachian tube inflammation, and a hundred dollar promise. It also mentions other era advertisements for White Disease in Africa, Sure products for teething and constipation, and various quack remedies and anecdotes.
A reader seeks guidance on building an elevated sleeping bed for hogs. The Ontario design shows a two to three foot high platform reached by a dotted approach, with a passage labeled A P and a feeding floor sloping to meet the platform.
The text argues that money can be made from hogs even with crude breeding methods, but proper conditions and scientific management improve health, early maturity, and natural fecundity. It notes irregularities reduce butter fat percentage and mentions cows maintaining steadier performance across conditions.
An Atlanta Constitution oddity notes a conversation with Brother Williama about a balloon fad. The speaker imagines people seeking cool air above but fears thunder and lightning. The piece contrasts fancy flight with a sense of homespun danger and comfort among folks.
Printer Clark of Topeka Kansas credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his severe rheumatism after a year of worsening symptoms. He reports swelling relief, returning strength, and promotes the pill as safe with no habit forming ingredients. The ad notes benefits for anemia neuralgia and related conditions and lists pricing and mail order details.
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