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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1909
Page
8
Hilda refuses to abandon Harold Grady as danger looms. He asks her to tell his father of their engagement before a possible death. The scene captures a vow and a plea in a wartime romance.
A mother from Albion Maine recounts severe eczema in two daughters with head hair loss and body sores. After using Cuticura Remedies, the skin becomes soft and smooth, reducing symptoms. Included is a humorous exchange about a boy who kills a fly with a toy shovel to protect his baby brother.
An architect asks about mosaic floors while a Springheld man questions the idea. Yanan expresses neutrality, preferring unsectarian flooring. The passage weaves humor with crude ad copy and scattered lines about pills and digestion.
The California Fig Syrup Co publishes a full statement with every package to assure purity and uniformity in their laxative remedy. Figs from California enhance taste while medicinal principles come from beneficial plants. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only, sold by leading druggists.
A historical Sunday School lesson discusses temperance and self control drawing from Romans. It argues self discipline shapes character, urges resisting temptation, and warns against moderate drinking as a gateway to sin with focal examples and moral appeals.
A Helena reader, George S. Crowell of 1109 Broadway, testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved his disordered kidneys backache and nocturnal urination after a friend’s advice. He says the remedy strengthened his kidneys and corrected the condition, noting the product as available at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Fragmented column of old ads and anecdotes cites home cures and potions, a pine compound whiskey mixture, a judge’s dog tale, Reminol Ointment praise, and misc. quips about a North Pole size, sore throat gargles, and tobacco ads. Noted names include Mrs. F. Cox and Dr. Cook.
In a downtown Omaha office building, onlookers remark at a bold railroad advertising UP. The quip prompts a joking memory of a safety jingle about the line. A light exchange follows about reincarnation and debts, touching on urban life and whimsical banter.
An article mocks claims that deafness can be cured by local applications and promotes constitutional remedies. It notes the inner ear inflammation and catarrh as causes, offers $100 for cures by Catarrh Cure, and lists various patent medicine advertisements and light social quips from the era.
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