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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
8
A 1920s era farming note argues for proper swine breeding focusing on type and market demand. It warns against cosmetic changes to snouts and ears, emphasizes reliable boar lines, and stresses feeding to need rather than excess. It condemns dirty hog yards and cramped pens, advocating warm dry quarters and clean pasture for thrift, health, and better soil fertility.
Practical guidance on hog feeding from a Town Homestead suggests shorter, efficient methods using horse labor, better feeding arrangements, and segregating hogs by size to improve gains. It advocates feeding in small groups of twenty to thirty and transporting feed directly from tanks to pens to save labor and keep surroundings sanitary.
A fragmented 1920s style notice urges upgrading to a reliable farm water tank. It condemns open wells as deadly and advocates best quality tanks, surface water safety, and pumping via gas engine or windmill. The piece stresses investment to avoid illness and high medical bills.
Advice on poultry housing and site selection stresses outdoor confinement on dry ground with sunshine air and exercise. Warns against overfeeding poor ventilation and crowded yards and recommends free grass range and small frequent meals. Recommends south-facing slopes with trees to north and west and a water source, noting soil and drainage concerns for hardy operations.
The article discusses using printed cartons for packing comb honey to protect from dust and keep the comb from matted during transit. It argues cartons are inexpensive, convenient, and advantageous for dealers and consumers as honey moves from grocery to kitchen.
Suffrage leader Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt in Chicago rejects the old antisuffrage cry that woman’s place is the home. She argues the word domestic is misused and cites a Georgia court witness who claimed a “domestic trouble” while admitting he was in prisonfor stealing a cow.
A Saginaw Michigan reader reports severe facial pimples and so called sead warts lasting nine months. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a free sample, the skin improved in ten days and is now clear with no scarring. The advertisement notes worldwide sales.
An old newspaper item presents a fragmentary dialogue from a musical scene with Miss Scheecher recalling a storm and a rude man commenting on weather and seafaring fears. The text shifts to a joke about a man and money after death, noting a humorous line about a snot milion.
A quirky exchange highlights Scrib ble's contribution to Flimmer's magazine with a boastful remark about a corking good story and a dipsomaniac lead character.
A fragmented transcript shows uncertain phrases about a husband’s return and a wife’s question. The speaker Miz Ghuggins mentions he is running his own motor car while others respond with confusion about timing and whereabouts.
In a country scene near an interurban stop a man and others wait for a home bound trolley. A farmer jokes the waiting wife and cat will arrive in about nine minutes, noting another car won’t come for an hour. The exchange captures rural pace and humor.
A young couple arriving at Berwick last Sunday married in a Scots fashion after stopping at an apot where two men were seated. They declared they wished to wed and could not use banns, then took each other as husband and wife before two witnesses and signed a matching document.
Dialogue fragments show a humorous exchange about honesty and listening, frugality, and appearance. Ethel admits not wearing silk stockings at home. The cut appears in Life magazine style humor.
A draper's shop scene ends with a boy alerting a policeman to a mad woman seeking muslin. In another anecdote a lodger tells a landlady why the previous tenant left, while she claims she only ever keeps one clean item in his room, a towel.
An ad style note urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children, citing safety and a 300 year claim. It mentions Fletcher's Castoria as an easy winner and features a signature line. A separate item reports Senator Key Pittman in Tonopah discussing two lobbyists who quarreled, prefacing humorous street rivalries between Bluff and Stuff.
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