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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
8
Farmers face high hay and rain costs pushing sales of stock. Advice from a veterinary and experienced owners covers cribbing remedies, shoeing, and training to extend value. Emphasizes water, exercise, and humane handling, noting mules’ lower costs and hardiness versus horses.
K G Weatherstone explains lime's role in correcting soil acidity to boost bacterial nutrient release and convert dormant plant food to active forms. He notes lime improves soil texture, making heavy soils friable and light soils looser, and discusses lime types and safer options like ground limestone over caustic lime for large applications.
The article advises careful handling from digging to storage. Dig before hard frosts to protect quality. Treat each potato like an eye, as bruises mar entire tuber. Store in a warm dry place at 60 to 70 degrees for months of good quality.
A fragmented note describes the red mite at night as it crawls forth paints hiding places and works within the poultry coop, hinting at unseen infestation or behavior patterns in confined spaces.
A skit ends with bets over eggs in a horse collar box and a warning of future danger. A Portland doctor then treats five generations in one family, from a centenarian to a great-great grandson, guiding the lineage from senile gangrene to birth.
A collection of humorous snippets and brief verse sketches from late 19th century parody notes. Tales of sacred ballots, waiters, London correspondence, and political jests mix with observational quips about labor, daily life, and employment.
A fragmented dialogue snippet shows players commenting on a poker expert, noting his skill when handling cards and his ability to win money. The exchange references mispronounced words, outdated talk, and a terse remark about violence.
Detroit readers praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for ending two years of suffering from menstrual pains and insomnia after doctors failed. A Detroit woman credits the remedy with dramatic health improvement. A Philadelphia reader reports relief from premenstrual backaches and flank pains after use, leading to a healthy marriage and two children. A separate Brooklyn incident recounts a mule attack on five year old Paul Porpare, resulting in ambulance transport and hospital care.
A fragment describes a character flipping pages of a newspaper and asking for an accompaniment to be run over. The response casually tells her to place it in the street and step aside. The piece mocks a reckless driver’s stubborn habit and ends with a clumsy line about braking the habit.
An old evangelical clergyman on his son’s orders attends a church to preach. After initial reluctance he agrees and selects the text Lord have mercy upon my son, for he is a lunatic. The tale centers on a father’s visit and a son’s faith conflict.
A comical vintage clipping mocks familiar patent medicines and social chatter. It references Fletcher's Castor Oil as a child’s remedy, Dean’s Worms drops, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and a satirical dialogue about marriage, wealth, and “stock broker” types, all framed as ad copy.
The exchange counsels self-critique as a driving force for leaders and workers. It argues that a healthy amount of dissatisfaction keeps a person proactive, opposed to wallowing in self-pity. Excess pride or lax standards threaten progress and can lead to stagnation.
Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, then bishop of Stephney, praised East End children for rebuking clergy dullness. He recalled an East End cleric’s gloom brightened by a street urchin who cheerfully said Duo, young man, a simple greeting that reassured him for the day.
In a village church during morning service an organist writes a rebuke to the organ-blower. A choir boy misdelivers the note to a London preacher who had come to speak. The note asks the blower to stop so the people can hear the organist’s music.
In the barracks square a soldier with a palm encounters a sergeant who notices Pat wearing shabby trousers. The sergeant questions his elderly look and Pat replies he is going to get water, then adds he goes in a pall, revealing the comic exchange from the Saturday Evening Post.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Goody remarking on another's intoxicated state while Bibbler hiccups and jokes about a person named Mise Gatcoyne. The line hints at a comic, possibly risqué social scene with a boastful remark about six of something linked to the woman.
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