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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1904
Page
6
A narrator recalls a grim past with a name Gordon hinted in fetters and a scrapbooks archive to confirm kin. Grandmother fainted during a painful recount of brothers once close, and the tale of their bond eases her insanity. A bullet charm links to the mystery as a watch guard remains nearby.
In a Southern cemetery on Decoration Day two women recall a family tragedy from the Civil War era. A grandmother links two welded bullets in a charm to her sons' intertwined fates, while memory of Gettysburg haunts past sorrows. The tale ends with the sunlit monument and a continuing reverence for the fallen.
Reading notes cover Mark 14 327 31 Foretelling Peter's Fall and Jesus' Agony Betrayal and Arrest before Jewish authorities Pilate's trial and Herod encounter summarized with Luke 23 3 12 and John 18 33 38. Legal tension rises as Pilate contemplates release versus appeasing priests.
In a war the nation with greater resources tends to win, while income levels shape outcomes. The piece notes Prof. Hannibal H. Cozzatini of Newsark New Jersey fought under Garibaldi in the Italian independence struggle, highlighting historic conflicts and leadership.
A light, period tone piece extols picnics with visions of woods and shoreside luncheons. It favors fresh air, simple wooden dishes, and paper trays, praising Libby’s canned meats for easy opening and natural flavor as essential picnic fare. The gag line notes debt shadows and sunstruck sentiment.
This fragment advertises Allen's foot-Ease powder to cure tired hot aching feet and ease tight shoes. It offers a free trial package and gives the Le Roy New York address for A. S. Olmated, noting repeated employment remarks in a local four-track news section.
Collier's Weekly reports a U S senator sharing astonishing history stored in California Sequoias. A tree of 15 feet diameter shows events from 271 B C to 1890 through a series of fires and scars, illustrating the long life and resilience of these giants.
Anson Merrifield near Hardin in Bay county sawed a giant cottonwood into over 5000 feet of lumber after felling last fall. The tree's first knot stood 65 feet high and three limbs yielded logs over 20 inches wide. Merrifield sold the lumber at 1.75 dollars per 100 feet and averaged 75 dollars per tree for 13 trees on 40 acres.
A Massachusetts mother relates how Grape-Nuts serves as food and medicine for her family including her son who asks if the king eats it daily. She claims long indigestion cured, nerves steadier and sharper brains with regular use. Postum Co. touts the cereal as scientifically superior, inviting a ten day trial and urging readers to find the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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