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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1909
Page
8
All seams allowed crimson broadcloth coat for a small girl features a box plait front and cloth covered buttons. Cape trimmed with wide black silk military braid, turn-down collar and cuffs match, collar and cuffs may be fur. Four sizes four to seven years. material yardages given. Pattern 16 cents via Pattern Department.
In Rockford a telegram notifying Mrs Christina Larson of her sister Miss Anna Lundbergs death led to a tense error when Lundberg appeared alive and ill with typhoid fever. Meanwhile in Chicago several incidents unfold with arrests, suicides and accidents including a jail stay for William H Thompson on embezzlement charges and a fatal streetcar crash involving Angelina Henderson.
Canadians marked Thanksgiving earlier due to early harvests and favorable weather. The Winnipeg and Toronto press note strong grain yields, with 130 million bushels of wheat from seven million acres and abundant oats. Western settlement profits include farm costs paid by this year’s crops as prosperity spreads across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A short dialogue finds Mrs Caudle urging a homeward return after a six month absence while her partner admits fear of arriving after dark. The exchange captures domestic tension and the reluctance to face night travel.
Recipe claims the only logical cure is through the blood and offers a simple mixture of syrup of sarsaparilla Toris compound and whiskey. Directions specify tablespoon doses before meals and at night. The note cites hospital use and suggests obtaining ingredients from druggists or wholesalers.
A compilation of stray editorial quips and advertisements notes Quaker Oats as a strength giving food, praising its nourishment and affordability. The piece also shares a humorous Western Arizona travel remark about drought and rain, and a brief aside from Mrs Blivens and Mrs Spitzenfest.
An 1880 Toledo advertisement announces Hall's Catarrh Cure offered by F J Cheney & Co. The sworn testimonial by Frank J Cheney promises one hundred dollars for each catarre not cured. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The United States contributes annually $100 to support the international bureau for the repression of the African slave trade in Brussels, a nod to continuing global efforts despite slavery’s formal end.
A riddle from a vintage ad page asks what Barker did when he learned of his wife and chauffeur planning to elope in his car. He oiled it thoroughly and put it in first class shape, the comic twist implied by the clipping.
A collage of old product pitches and aphorisms. The page touts Allen’s Foot Base antiseptic powder for foot care and new shoes, Allen’s Lung Balsam for coughs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, Lewis’ Single Binder cigars, and Pleasant Purgative laxative. It includes various proverbs on love, duties, and common sense, all in promotional and moralizing tones.
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