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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
8
A fragment lists several home canning recipes including Green Tomato Catchup, Cucumber Oil Pickles, Watermelon Marmalade, Green Tomato Mincemeat, and Spiced Plums. Instructions cover ingredients, measurements, and basic steps for preserving and flavoring, with notes on canning and serving suggestions.
A reflective quatrain warns that a person who overestimates their own importance will face tribulation in life and learn the folly of expecting influence over all that happens around them. The admonition emphasizes humility and the limits of individual control.
A rambling guide to inventive sandwiches lists Galery Nut and Pepper, Banana Fruit, Rye Ham, Raisin Walnut, Cheese and Graham varieties. Directions mix celery, peppers, pecan meat with cream cheese. bake banana spread on buttered bread. ham with pickles and mayo dressing. raisin walnut with jelly. fry cheese between buttered bread. graham crackers with frosting. a kindergarten sandwich using white and Boston brown bread.
A Leslie's Weekly writer explains Japanese politeness and the rarity of profanity, detailing three bows, hat tips, and concerns for ancestors and stomachs. It notes anger flares without words, culminating in the ultimate insult: "Your stomach is not on straight" before a formal retreat on wooden shoes.
Captain Richard Stockton Jr notes civilian rifle clubs train many accurate shooters with 22 caliber indoors at 50 to 75 feet but few can master the modern 30 caliber U S magazine rifle at 1000 yards. He adds shooting is only a small part of soldier training, comparing mere shooters to polo players who cannot ride.
The Passaic valley hosts a spring once flowing year round but now only on Sundays and holidays. Artesian wells drilled nearby to feed silk dyeing works pump water away, lowering the outlet and stopping spring flow on non-holiday days, as explained in the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Proceedings cited by Horton in Scientific American.
The Gloria Dei bell, the oldest church bell in Philadelphia, dates to 1643 from Tinicum and was recast in 1806. It tolled for Rev. Snyder B. Simes’s funeral at Gloria Dei and remains sound and serviceable, linking Swedish early settlement to colonial Philadelphia history.
An exchange highlights town loyalty as a sentimental line about home, contrasted with a plain speaker noting that a man’s root for a specific ball club reveals his origins. The brief vignette underscores local identity tied to sports allegiances.
An advertisement claims La Creole Hair Dressing reforms gray or harsh hair to restore beauty and luster priced at one dollar. It urges readers to buy the product as a remedy for dull lifeless hair and offers a simple at home solution.
In a sharp aside a speaker notes the Gadsbys once prevailed with pork chops for dinner and recalls a past era. The remark shifts to Miss Gadsby’s modern struggle, an acute indigestion when dining without champagne, highlighting a change in tastes and social cues.
Joseph Smith published what he called the Book of Mormon in 1830, asserting it was a transcript guided by God from golden plates buried in central New York, shown to him by an angel from heaven.
A humorous quip from Uncle Totter laments shrinking type as he grouses about the Land printing Bibles in very small type, noting his failing eyesight and the newspaper’s tiny print.
In packing rugs for moving the author recommends sprinkling powdered atom and folding moth balls into the roll. This safeguards against pests if the rug is not used immediately, preventing pest destruction.
Two farmers and a visiting clergyman inspected a British cathedral its interior height and space prompting one to remark how much hay could be stored there. The exchange mirrors puzzled reactions to archeology and uncertain histories of distant events and battles in Europe and Asia.
A report notes that in Mohammedan practice, memorizing the entire Koran earns the title Hafiz. The Cincinnati Enquirer presents this traditional credential as a notable religious attainment.
A brief note warns that excessive worry corrodes the body and harms health, stressing the physical toll of anxious thoughts on people. The piece portrays worry as a corrosive force affecting daily well being and vitality.
A peculiar table with a large West Indian caterpillar on a palm tree is noted as a delicacy. Java swallows provide rich edible nests, with dish ingredients reportedly costing up to 75 dollars.
A compact reflection notes that one thing cannot become suffering: the act of what we have done. The saying underscores acceptance of actions as completed, not ongoing torment. It prompts contemplation of responsibility and peace with past choices.
A vivid dialogue captures a playful exchange where one person admires a scene and asks the other to face a certain direction. The mood blends flirtation with light humor as the moment unfolds.
An advertisement urges use of Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify the scalp and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. It claims daily shampoos and occasional applications promote hair growth, offers a mail sample, and mentions other era ads including imitations and a hair dressing product that darkens hair without dye.
The page promotes Grove's General Tonic with quinine and iron claiming liver support malaria relief richer blood and stronger system. It also touts La Creole Hair Dressing to darken gray hair and a quippy exchange about attire and youth.
An advertisement touts La Cre ole Hair Dressing claiming the empress of Russia as the finest royal singer and promotes restoring gray hair to a natural color at a price of one dollar. It emphasizes crowning glory as hair.
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