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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
8
A tourist recalls Lawyer Hummel entertaining them with a witty chat about the Lusitania. In a smoking room an argument with a scarred German about education ends with the German boasting of his dueling scars while Hummel recalls visiting Heidelberg. The waiter then quietly hints at buying a fresh barrel if they don’t step across tonight.
A Virginia mother recalls near fatal eczema on her six month old daughter who lost all skin and bled. After doctors gave up, Cuticura remedies with soap and ointment restored the child. She is nearly three and shows no sign of the ailment. The testimonial dates from October 1906. The second note recounts a humorous anecdote from Mrs. Henry W. Cole's Monte Rosa travel book about Rev. Robert Montgomery and a farmer’s kitchen gag about feeding pigs.
Senator La Follette lampooned wealthy critics at a Washington dinner comparing them to a Primrose boy who ran to his mother after being hurt. He recalled a scene where a boy wanted retaliation but struck his knuckles on a wall instead, illustrating self-inflicted harm.
A physician endorses Grape-Nuts, recounting relief from malnutrition and sleep loss after adding the cereal to milk. He urges readers to view it as a sound part of a rational diet and references "The Road to Wellville" as supportive reading while noting repeated reader letters are common.
Pattern descriptions list materials and yardage for Paris Pattern No 2371 and No 1582 including sizes 32 to 42 bust and ages 2 to 12. Guidance to mail 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number for procurement.
A Milton Indiana farmer proposes an air driven water service using an airtight reservoir placed in a well. Water would rise when a valve opens and air pressure pumped via wind or gasoline engine supplies the force. Two reservoirs and a separate air tank improve flow, but costs and pumping efficiency under wind power present major challenges.
Guidelines for road dragging advise light angled drags to push soil toward the center, walk the team, ride the drag, start on one side and return, drag after rain but not wet mud, avoid dry roads, and operate year round. Maintain 18 to 20 feet of traveled width, begin slightly wider than a wheat track and widen to the target, pull toward the center about ten to twelve inches above the edge, with constant attention to keep earth roads in best condition.
Advice on farm management urges repairing wagon tools, holding an axe, and using cheap effective implements. It asserts best tools are cheapest, promotes high fertilization and cultivation for large crops, notes spring rotting benefits for meadows and wheat, and says tidy farms gain value and easier cultivation.
The pingulcula plant acts as natural fly paper with leaves constantly coated in a sticky substance that traps insects that rest on them.
Grocers sell OUR-PIG pack for two cocoanut custard pies. D-Zerta Food Co Rochester N Y offers proper ingredients. Pettit's Eye Salve 25c advised for sore eyes. Emerson on patience. Lewis' Single Binder cigars promoted. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Whichcot quote on life and good name.
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