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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
8
Illinois state news notes the death of a 45 year old mule on Ea Dees farm south of Duquoin, claimed as the oldest of its kind in the state. The Dees family owned it since 1860 and used it until shortly before death. The animal's longevity draws attention from voters statewide.
A vivid description portrays blue buccaneers as among the most voracious sea fish. Swift and strong with efficient teeth, they have unlimited appetite and a ruthless nature. They are described as the wolves of the sea, moving in large schools and attacking other fishes without mercy.
A table on sixty years of stamp issues suggests a perfect collection would need 19 242 stamps. San Salvador leads with 451 issues as of June 30, while continents total Oceania 1425 Asia 3628 Africa 4005 Europe 4089 and America 6095.
Germany tops Europe with over 5 500 newspapers including 800 dailies England has the most dailies at 809 France follows with 2 500 papers a quarter issued daily bi or tri weekly Italy 1 400 and Austria Spain Russia Greece and Switzerland follow in order.
Italian farmers deploy conical paper bags smeared with glue to trap crows feeding on crops. Birds insert heads, become momentarily blindfolded, and ascend then drop back near where they started, providing a surprising anti crop damage tactic.
The Rochiton News mocks afterlife justice with a satirical note about a short neck check and business on the departed, while their horses gaze out from screened windows and laugh at the sinners on their way to the sun.
Uncle Allen Sparks praises modern water power marvels while recounting a humorous exchange about a "tinglest man" in the text county and his wife who can obtain anything through tears.
A central school of nut maximizing and tonquilla straw improvement has been established in Arraijan district Panama. The school is funded by the government and will operate under the authority of the minister of public works.
An elderly bachelor boasts he could marry any girl in his youth. The pretty widow retorts it’s too bad he didn’t find one he could please. Chicago Daily News quote reflects light, witty banter between two lifelong singles.
A roundup of disparate reports notes India adopting a standard time ahead of Greenwich, England urban paupers rates, a jubilee regatta near Livingstone's Victoria Falls, Berlin light baths with classed fees, a Cape-to-Cape train fatality on the Victoria Falls bridge, a Belgian farmer's suicide over ruined securities, rats destroying a deed box, British army khaki policy shifts, drownings linked to hoodlum activity, Princess Victoria Louise's dislike of frills, a forthcoming International motor rate event near Hamburg with German government backing planned for next year.
A collection of curious tales from Quito to England and Belgium. An old Hungarian buried with $17,000. Recife child four feet two inches with a mustache. Swindon hen lays twin eggs. Chester funeral habit penalties. Belgian organ grinders must play daily. Uganda railway report notes a giraffe strike at mile 158 with no damage.
A collection of science items notes slight solubility of fine gold in yellow ammonium sulphide. Hess demonstrates external friction boosts conductivity in vacuum tubes. Burke, famed for radiographs, is Irish and a Trinity graduate. Radium shines indefinitely by its own light. New smoke burning devices use an aspirator and coke petroleum filter to remove soot while enriching gases with vapor, with no loss as coke serves as fuel.
The late Bishop Green recalls a visit to Sewanee where a simple supper became a lesson in suggestion. An informal chase for nutmeg ends with a maid grinding a wooden handle from a shoe buttoner for spice. The bishop enjoys the improvised dish, illustrating how perception shapes taste.
A Chicago mother recalls her second grade child’s day at school. The boy describes nature study with four specimens, while another anecdote mentions catching a cockroach in a bottle. The exchange highlights classroom curiosity and student involvement in a lighthearted way.
An Aug 28 promotional feature from Jersey Shore Pa. presents Mrs. C. B. Marnest praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after a five week bedridden period. It urges women to cure kidney issues to end suffering and notes kidneys drive female health, claiming the pills restore health. A Boston Transcript quote comments on truth and lies in politics.
A three month old boy suffered a severe itchy watery rash, grew weak and skeletal until Cuticura soothed him and allowed sleep in the cradle. One complete Cuticura Remedy set cured him, according to Mrs. M. C. Maitland of Jasper Ontario. The tale is contrasted with a childhood castor oil anecdote from the Boston Globe.
An old advertisement style note promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure tired hot aching feet and ease new or tight shoes. Includes trial offer and address in Le Roy New York. Other snippets reference a father choosing clothing, Ward Seminary in Nashville, abstinence preaching, a cigar price note, and a few stray phrases about heat and yellow fever vectors.
A promotional piece extols the universal fatigue and female ailments of working women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure. It cites testimonials from Miss F. Orser and Miss Pearl Ackers about relief from irregular menstruation, backache, nervousness, and bearing down pains, claiming the product restores health and strength for daily duties.
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