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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
8
Practical Fashions pattern details for a sheath fitting skirt with waist darts and back habit style. Describes lace edge, optional ruching, sizes 72 to 34, fabric yardage by width, and pattern request instructions with 10 cents.
Golden brown French worsted used in a stylish frock for five to nine year olds. Details include backward-turning plaits, yokes trimmed with silk braid, center-back box-plait, gathered sleeves with braid cuffs, and a front button closure. Pattern costs 10 cents. sizes five, seven, nine.
A Bee Culture excerpt proposes a two bottom-board hive modification to protect bees in winter. By combining an old bottom with a new loose floor, projecting and then reinserted, a wide vestibule forms to prevent brood loss, deter sunlit exits, reduce robbing, and keep entrances clear of dead bees or ice.
Farmers learn to fatten turkeys properly by pairing roughage with a mixed grain ration. Avoid corn alone and limit free range during fattening to prevent stress and illness. Use equal parts wheat oats and corn plus occasional corn meal and wheat middlings with beef scrap or green bone for richness.
Farmers and merchants lose sums each summer by shipping poor eggs. Candling before shipment saves express charges and increases profits. Uniform size and color are prized. shell appearance affects price and demand.
A Bee Culture correspondent describes cold weather bee management in two winters. By extending a 12 inch wide summer entrance to the packing box wall and adding a 3 inch inner bridge, air reaches clusters and prevents damp pockets. An elevated vestibule is suggested to catch air currents and dead bees while limiting sun exposure.
Farmers and others who knowingly mix bad eggs with good ones face prosecution by Nebraska and Michigan pure food commissions. Dealers report losses amounting to several million dollars last year.
The note discusses table scraps as a key, evenly balanced ration for a small flock of hens, explaining why smaller flocks fare better than larger ones in managing feed and nutrition. It emphasizes practical feeding choices and the benefits of simplicity in rations for home poultry.
A Fresno observer recalls a comical quarrel between a bee keeper and a neighbor who planted wild mustard to ruin honey sales. After a midnight serenade by a cornet to harass the rival, the mustard patch was destroyed. the two men then became friends, the tale sourced from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A city mission case describes a young woman with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and severe sores from exposure. After seven weeks with little progress a treatment using Cuticura Soap Resolvent and Dutura Ointment led to rapid improvement. within five weeks she could seek work and regained strength. Laura Jane Bates New York March 11 1907.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a quirky exchange where a Workman asks for a two cent per hour job to ease tiredness, highlighting crude humor about wages and labor. The brief jab reflects early 20th century workplace banter and the era’s rough economics.
An old advertisement proclaims deafness is incurable by local applications and offers a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It explains deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes and urges readers to send for free circulars.
A brief dialogue shows the Parrot claiming four women in the family, while the Canary questions the sufficiency of talking. The exchange highlights a humorous miscommunication about family counts.
Artficial flower makers in New York City report unusually high orders from across the country for fall and winter trade. Most national supply originates in New York where more money is spent on imitation flower manufacture than in any other city.
A collage of political quotes and consumer ads appears, promoting free speech and liberty while touting products. Featured items include Hunley quotes, Lewis' Single Binter straight ice cigar from Peoria MI, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Alien's Foot-Ease powder for sweaty feet, and generic appeals about ambition and success.
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