26 Nov 1910
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1910
Page
1
A humorous Thanksgiving reminiscence recalls pie obsessions, playful family contests, and a calamity ending with a pie party legend. The narrator jokes about turkey, roosters, and the famed pie, then narrates a comical accident during a button busting contest that froze the pies and the game.
D T Sanders of Harrodsburg Kentucky describes years of failed cough cures before using De King s New Discovery The remedy stopped his lung coughing and improved his health It is advertised as a universal cure for coughs colds lagrippe asthma croup hemorrhages whooping cough and weak lungs Available in 50c and 1 00 trial bottles guaranteed by S Kingston.
Julia Watson of Farmersville Texas writes a dramatic true story poem voicing Southwest family woes after leaving Illinois for the West. A wife rebukes the barren plains, longing for trees shade and rainfall, while the couple weighs staying or returning East as the man muses on writing home.
A statistician estimates six million turkeys were eaten this year, enough to form a 4 000 mile line of birds. At nine pounds each, about 54 000 000 pounds of turkey would be consumed, packed as 1 000 birds per car, about 6 000 cars, needing a forty mile long train to transport. The total weight would nearly test naval carrying capacity.
A collection of aphorisms on health and behavior urges restraint, air to lungs, and moderation in drink. It jests at weight, fashion, and social gaze while noting that clean living and open windows aid wellbeing. The fragment ends with a stray mail notice and price reference.
A collection of humorous maxims about romance, widowhood, public life, and social pretenses. Witty quips touch on aging, money, kissing, honesty, bargains, hair color, and mosquito habits, all framed as light social satire.
The Interstate Commerce Commission's year ending June 30 reports 3804 killed and 82 374 injured in U S railroads, up 1 023 and 18 454 respectively from the prior year. There were 561 collisions causing 7 665 injuries and property damage of 4 629 279 dollars. Derailments totaled 5 910 with 346 killed and 4 814 injured. In the last quarter, 20 650 were injured.
An advertisement asks if women vote and claims millions would back Dr King’s New Life Pills as a true remedy for women. It promotes relief from dullness, backache, headaches, constipation, colds, appetite issues and system toning. Easy to take, safe and sure, 25e at Kingston’s. The Call’s biggest little thing in the want ad.
The firm of J. C. Gebauer and John Schroeeppel provides full funeral management including paraphernalia, caskets, robes, and undertaker supplies. They emphasize modern embalming methods overseen by licensed embalmer R. Campbell and claim the finest equipment in the area.
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