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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
6
The secretary of state Robert Lansing keeps an art studio in the office at quitting time sketching heads of women while solving international law problems. He draws with his left hand while jotting notes with his right and discards the drawings in the wastebasket each day.
General Lechitsky, a sixty-year-old commander long associated with the Siberian corps, has led the left wing of Russian forces. His career includes command of the Siberian Rifles division, the First Guards division at Petrograd, and the Eighteenth army corps. At the start of the current war he directed the Amur army region and led Bru’s rapid advance.
Judge William Lee Chambers, head of the federal board of mediation, has a long history of peacefully resolving labor disputes. A Southerner born in Georgia, he served as land commissioner, chief justice at Apia, and on the Spanish war claims commission before guiding East Coast railroad labor talks in 1913 to avert a large strike.
Representative James L. Slayden of San Antonio postponed a district campaign address after a prominent citizen shot a man in the town. The next morning the murderer sent a pardon request and apology, saying he regretted spoiling the meeting and vowing it would not recur.
Food guidance for growing children emphasizes increased starches and sweets between ages ten and adolescence. It warns against heavy fried foods and donuts, recommends simple noon meals, and lists nutritious breakfasts and dinners featuring milk, cereals, meats, vegetables, and desserts.
A collection of simple recipes from lemon orange banana peach and quince desserts to elderberry pie fillings and apple layer cake filling. Includes tips for freezing, syrup preparation, garnish ideas, and preservation notes.
Reading the ruins at Baalbek, Maynard Owen Williams marvels at the massive entablature and towering columns. He notes Baalbek’s long history from Cilla to Romans, the dramatic setting at 4,000 feet, and the oracle chamber of the temple once housed within the sun temple.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims the remedy neutralizes uric acid and treats rheumatism, urging readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample.
In a conversation filled with dry humor the speaker quotes a lineage living to 100, 97, and 94. The reply wittily notes the aging line still shows decline, finishing with a light remark on the family’s sustained longevity despite the years waning.
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a strongly alkaline scalp cleanser and a darkening aid for grizzled hairs. Priced at $1.00, it urges constant use for best effects.
A dialogue notes an actor refusing a haunted lease, then accepting any place where ghosts walked, reflecting the era’s eerie superstition and theater lore.
An old advertisement claims Cuticura Ointment on the finger for five to ten minutes followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water to cure skin troubles from infancy to age. It offers a free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept. by Boston and notes it is sold everywhere.
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph entry a spirited exchange questions whether women aviators exist. The conversation touches on married women and implies their bold ascent in aviation fortunes, framed by a playful but sharp domestic exchange.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted as an old standard remedy to fortify the system against summer heat. The ad claims regular use helps the strong withstand heat better than the weak. Price listed as 500.
A doctor notes a peculiar bruise on a patient’s neck. The patient, a clarinetist, explains the bruise results from his seating position directly in front of the trombone player, making him liable to injury. The exchange highlights a humorous clash between a medical concern and musical seating.
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a solution for gray streaks or harsh stiff hair, claiming it can restore beauty. The product is priced at $1.00 and is pitched as a remedy for dull or frizzy hair.
A British fire prevention committee reports that a small gasoline fire is best fought by covering it with ten pounds of bicarbonate of soda and twelve pounds of sawdust. The sawdust must be dry and free of chips, as it floats on the flame, excluding air and producing carbonic acid gas to cool and suffocate the fire. Sawdust alone also works, outperforming sand or similar materials.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at literary imagery with spiders, summer girl, hammock and red tones. No clear people, places, or organizations to anchor a factual summary.
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