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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
8
A humorous exchange plays on fish puns as a fisherman’s daughter and her partner trade flirty lines. He vows to stay by her side and avoid bachelorhood while she responds with a shy, salt passing pause. The dialogue glistens with nautical wordplay and playful affection.
An English observer questions the American practice of placing young men in key roles in the U S business system. He notes that in England elderly staff are favored for reliability. Dye & Sons of Somerset employ six men, with long service. over half have 20 years, 20 have 40 years, nine over 50 years, and one aged 70.
A terse aside from Harpers Bazar in 1950 notes a question about a husband’s reaction to his wife entering prison. The reply suggests the objection was not to imprisonment itself but to the particular fate, saying it was not the fall where his mother had gone.
A brief exchange mocks the shift away from tiny waists, with Jewett noting the long-armed fellows’ cinch and Hewitt contesting the trend as unfashionable for women.
In Chicago during opening arguments Representative Lee ONeill Browne seeks to quash the indictment charging he paid Representative Charles A. White $1000 for votes for William Lorimer as U S senator. Attorney Forrest counters by tracing bribery provisions and urging strict construction of the bribery statute as applicable to joint assemblies and voting.
Washington D C. Senate rejected Burton amendment to limit to one battleship and approved roughly 134 million in naval appropriations for the year ending June 30 1911. Provisions include two first class battleships up to six million each and twelve million when armored, two fleet colliers up to one million each, five submarine torpedo boats totaling 2.5 million, and six torpedo boat destroyers up to 750 thousand each. The House plan listed four submarines and no destroyers. Museum site for Harvard Germanic museum in Cambridge chosen with a new gift of 100 thousand from Adolphus Buech of St Louis. construction to begin soon.
A minister jokes about constipation as a national issue and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The ad cites Rev R A Kemp of Rising Sun Indiana, secretary of the Indiana Conference, endorsing the remedy and offering sample bottles by mail. Burglar ads follow, noting two burglar types preferring high-end homes.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin, scalp, and hair care from birth, claiming prevention of inflammation and blemishes, with a offer to send a free Cuticura book. It also includes a critic’s quote about Creston Clark and a Pettit’s Eye Salve product note amid miscellaneous literary snippets and a Goldsmith quote.
A Denver man, H N Camp, recalls severe kidney trouble after the Spanish American War. He credits Doan's Kidney Fills for improvement from the first dose, claiming lasting health gains. The ad urges readers to remember Doan's, sold at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Also included is a humorous Exchange blurb about a drowning man and a stevedore with a single match.
An ad notes a one hundred dollar reward for any cane of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo. It includes testimonials about the firm, price details, and claims the medicine cures blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and unrelated jokes.
Jones replies with a sharp zinger about feeling small when a burglar covered him with a revolver. The exchange contrasts fear with bravado as Great Scott expresses a contrasting self-image of being as large as a house.
A quirky exchange compares life and health matters with brand names and remedies. It references a doctor greeting Mr Schmidt, a character named Janiteer, and products like Lewis' Single Binder cigars and Br Pierce's Pellets for digestion.
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