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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
8
Hungry Billy dreams his house turns to a candy world with candy furniture and a candy mother. He awakes grateful for bread and butter and vows to be content, realizing candy hunger is not true hunger.
A curtain landlord owned a square block with a single quarter occupied by a house rented to four tenants. The fragment ends abruptly, signaling an incomplete report likely detailing tenancy or property dispute. The text preserves named entities and places only as readable.
A Newfoundland named Victor sailed aboard the ship Bellona during the battle of Copenhagen and the peace of Amiens. The dog endured on deck with courage and affection, becoming a favorite of the crew. After the voyage, a party was held, and Victor was fed roast beef and plum pudding with three sovereigns laid before him for a joke.
A waiter deposits money for the captain and Victor is asked to take the funds in his mouth. He refuses to touch the copper and a sixpence, insisting on leaving the waiter’s tip as the captain does, provoking roars of laughter in a street scene reported by the Chicago Daily News.
In a brief episode, tenants confront a rent rise issue and settle it through a second sketch solution. The dialogue shows concern over potential changes and a collaborative approach to find a compromise. No further details on participants or locations are provided.
Maryland covers 12 210 square miles with 2 350 miles of water. Seven states have smaller areas, including all New England states except Maine New Jersey and Delaware. None of those states' land area matches Maryland's land area.
Canal reports show Sault Ste. Marie traffic reaching 52,217,214 tons in 1907, up 12 percent or 6,468,194 tons from 1906. Readers also see a brief exchange on smoking and religion as a side note, with a cigar remark from Brown.
Pattern from Practical Fashions outlines a fashionable six gore skirt with inverted box plait back and hem trimming. Details include material options, yardage for various widths, size range az to 34 inches, and instruction to send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
A Nevada mining boom near Carson City produced a camp named after a compromise between an Irishman and a Jew. Unable to agree on a single name, the settlers settled on Tipperu salem as a blend of their heritage and chosen people.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri relates a long history of skin trouble starting twelve to fifteen years ago with itching and stinging. After three doctors failed, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent brought rapid improvement and no relapse. A grippe and pneumonia left a leg swelling and breakout that doctors feared would become blood poisoning, but Cuticura remedies cured the leg breakout after three uses. May 13 1907.
In a satirical exchange from an illustrated Sunday Magazine, a judge forgives an assault charge but fines the defendant about $50 for not knocking the complainant down sooner. The sheriff will collect the fine before the defendant is released.
Pattern description for a three quarter length double breasted coat suitable for autumn. Notes seven sizes 32 to 44 with material yardages for different widths and optional velvet trim. Includes back without vent and turn back cuffs. Also mentions use with tailor suit and instructions to request size and summary.
In a Kansas City scene the Thesplan recalls earning 200 a night while a playful exchange with Ditta shifts to five eggs. Monty and Jack are drawn into the banter as eggs are described as cheap in that locale.
Mercury containing catarrh remedies warned against as dangerous to mind and system. Promotion of Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, says it contains no mercury and acts internally. Notices claim testimonials and price per bottle. advertisement ends with garbled lines about pills.
An Irish maid asks her mistress for an afternoon off to visit a dentist. On return the mistress asks about the filling. The maid replies she had the tooth filled but cannot name the material, joking that it felt like thunder and olives in use.
A concise quotation urges avoiding boasting after success. It echoes Arthur Helps advice that the best use of achievement is restraint and measured conduct.
A funeral held for two men reveals the visiting clergyman, summoned in an emergency, misaddressed the deceased’s widow. The sermon mistakenly praises the widow as having been bereaved repeatedly and adds perhaps again, highlighting a humorous clerical error and social context.
A boy questions church in hot weather and asks why attend church when it is hot. His father replies Satan is present in hot weather too, prompting the boy to remark that Satan does not mind heat. The exchange captures a humorous moral about devotion and tempers.
An old advertisement touts Spohn's remedy for distemper pink eye and heaves in horses. Sold by druggists and harness makers or directly from the Spohn Medical Co in Goehen Indiana. Bottles priced at .50 and 1.00. Agents wanted and a free book offered.
An old advertisement offers Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from Peoria Illinois with a rich taste and promotes Mia Winslow's Loathing Syrup for teething children. The copy blends proverbs on nobility obedience and a Latin aphorism in a period sales tone.
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