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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1910
Page
8
Names of Two Cousin Visitors Spark Playground Talk
A Newark playground visit by a colored girl with two girls identified as Alda Overture Johnson and Lucia Alextette Johnson sparked curiosity. The caretaker asked their names and the girls explained their father once worked for an opera man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Alda Overture Johnson
Lucia Alextette Johnson
Opera Man
Newark News
Unable to Join Mission Band Confirms Reluctant Chairmans Visit
Fragmented dialogue shows a committee chair from the coal church resisting stay and noting he cannot join the mission band. D mammy responds, warning not to come to meet. The piece blends dialect with hints of precaution about medical or life matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colg Church
D. Mammy
Health and Income in Foods for Women Society
A frightened woman recounts independence through work and food. She notes health is her personal responsibility and describes years of clerk duty, nervous strain, and a push toward self reliance aided by science driven nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dld
Trial of Jesus Sunday School Lesson for 1910
A lesson text from Matthew 26 57 68 recounts Peter defending Jesus with a sword, Jesus healing the ear, and the Sanhedrin’s night trial. It contrasts mercy with rebellion, urges restraint, and notes Luke 22 51 as witness to Jesus healing. It closes with reflections on character and judgment.
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Deaton
Palace of the High Prisot
Judas
Peter
Jesus
Malchus
Jason
Pilate
Caesar
Luke
Tholuck
Jegna
Ain
Sincule
Macaulay
Milton
Aristo
Christ
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises for Women Health
A cheerful health ad claims kidneys drive female well being and cites Mrs John A Link of Bucyrus Ohio endorsing Dean's Kidney Pills as relief after long illness. The piece also repeats a humorous tale from Tuckerman about a groom muttering Not guilty at marriage vows, contrasting joy with a prison court moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
John A. Link
East Perry St
Bucyrus
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Tuckerman
Baby’s Gift From His Papa at a Philadelphia Football Game
Richard Harding Davis hears college yells at Franklin Field as undergraduates cheer. He recalls a Locust Street wife noting a red faced yell and remarks that the baby may have inherited it. A playful anecdote centers on a wedding dinner joke about inherited voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding Davis
Philadelphia
Mr. Davis
Franklin Field
Anecdotes and Jokes From Old News Pages
A collage of quirky anecdotes and jokes from a past newspaper page includes a New Orleans man boasting about visiting Philadelphia for baseball and surgery, a Resinol ad praising quick relief from eczema, and humorous exchanges about lending money and political campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Thia City
Philadelphia Telegraph
Deafness Cure Offer by Catarrh Cure Company
Advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and not local treatments. Claims Nine cases cured by constitutional remedies, offers $100 for Catarrh Cure successes, directs readers to mail for circulars and lists Lake Hall's Family Pills and Toledo supplier details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nail
F. J. Cheney & Coq
Toledo
Drigelots
Lake Hall
The Winning Candidate
A political rival visits a town and speaks with a girl at a house. He asks for water, offers candy, checks what the previous candidate gave, and gives the girl a nickel. He then kisses the girl and mentions kissing her mother, raising concerns about improper conduct by the candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slagle
Mamma
Bluefish-So Shad at the Sea Shore Dinner
The tale notes a character named Shad seeking society by visiting the sea shore. The event ends with him being hosted for dinner at De Wenalth’s on the first day, suggesting a social meal or trap rather than a formal outcome. The excerpts imply social dynamics and potential satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shad
Bass
de Wenalth’s
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An old newspaper ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach misery. It claims five minute relief from heartburn belching and gas, with a 50 cent case covering dyspepsia gastritis and similar disturbances, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Distemper Cure Sold Widely for Horses and Dogs
In all its forms among all ages of horses as well as dogs cured and prevented with SPORN'S DISTEMPER CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. $.50 and $1.00. Any druggist, or send to manufacturers. Agents wanted. Spolm Medical Co. Spec Contagious Diseases Goshen Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sporn
Spolm Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Not a Harmless Sport Incoherent 19th Century Ads
Fragmented advertorial text claims remedies for illness and heat injury, praising Ham lina Wizard Oil and Pettit's Eye Salve. Mentions Howard Bros. Buffalo New York and Lewin's cigars. Concludes with a quip about fortune and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
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