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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
7
A Chicago based drug firm claims a harmless remedy cures bedwetting and frequent urination in all ages. Readers are offered a 500 pack prepaid sample free by writing the D C Rowan Drug Co Dept 1389 promising relief and urging sharing with neighbors and friends.
A lengthy court house notice lists numerous property transfers in Omphghent and Velvetia townships including parcels in Granite City Collinsville and Woodriver plus multiple tracts in Oliv e and Saline townships with prices from 75 to 52 800 72. Marriage licenses are issued for residents of East St Louis Collinsville and surrounding towns with several dates and ages noted. Electric Bitters advertised for women's dizziness in a local medicine column.
An advertisement touts Dr Hobsoo s Eczema Ointment as a guaranteed cure for eczema itching rashes and related skin eruptions. It claims deep pore penetration and rapid healing with a doctor s prescription formulation sold by Pfeiffer Chemical Co in St Louis and Philadelphia.
Listing of market rates from Troy including wheat corn oats flour white middlings shipstuff bran meal clover hay timothy straw and livestock prices per hundredweight per ton and per unit with scattered garbled text indicating price entries and measurement units.
Hens need a warm dry ventilated coop with no draughts. Ideal dimensions vary by hen count, with 50 as practical upper limit. Two roosts need about five inches per hen, three roosts reduce space to 3.5 inches. forty hens require about 14 feet with two roosts or 13 feet with three. Roosts are two inches wide, rounded on top, eight inches below is a dropping board to trap droppings. South-facing house, closed north roof and all ends to prevent openings.
A historical plan describes using heavy muslin instead of glass for windows to prevent drafts while letting light pass. It details a 14 by 12 ½ foot coop for forty hens with cloth covered hinged front windows, a bottom slide door, a roosting and dropping area, and dark nesting to keep hens on nests.
Winter poultry care emphasizes hardy breeding stock, proper feeding, and clean quarters. Laying hens consume more feed, require warm dry breakfast, and early hatched pullets become winter layers. Regular droppings cleanups, separate pullet housing, tame birds, and vigilance against vermin are advised to keep flocks profitable.
A Troy Call issue quotes letters defending city officers and theWwW. T. U. against saloonkeepers. It argues majority rule, urges public wakefulness, and likens Troy to Sodom and Gomorrah to pressure reform.
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