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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1905
Page
8
A memory based illustration from the Ohio Farmer outlines a small plant house with a wall of post windows about 16 inches high. The roof rises steeply toward the house and a central central walk is excavated for head room. A BORDER borders the walk with a raised edge and rafters support the bed.
A compact description explains using tightly stretched cotton cloth as a late cloth-roofed lean-to over borders. The setup forms a miniature greenhouse by trapping furnace heat escaping from a cellar, enabling earlier planting of lettuce onions and strawberries, with movable cloths for ventilation and protection on cold nights.
Illinois experiment station bulletin 59 lists why orchards fail. Causes include growers expecting crops with no effort, moisture competition from grass, insect and fungus attacks, and lack of fertility needing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus for profitable yields in the Mississippi Valley region.
A Berlin exposition planned for June 21 to 26, 1906 will feature a special division for preserved foods including dairy, dough, potatoes, fruits, wines, meats, beer and extracts. Exhibits will be tested for preserving capacity by sending them to the tropics, with money prizes diplomas and medals awarded.
In a rural weekly dispute, the editor heckles the Bard by offering a year's subscription in exchange for poems. The Bard retorts that the poems are worthless, prompting a witty exchange about value and trade between the two.
A prank halted a sham fight near London when a man on a coach sounded Cease firing on his bugle. The bugle call spread along the lines and the mock battle paused until the joke was found out.
Jap Hotels in Frisco are listed among 85 Japanese hotels and 60 restaurants, 16 intelligence offices, nine shooting galleries, 11 billiard rooms, and 75 house-cleaning offices licensed. Many unlicensed cobblers, butchers, janitors, porters, and domestic servants are also noted.
A Coolidge girl practiced a sweet pathetic look before a mirror until her mother sought medical advice. A Swiss newlywed couple climbed Mount Nora for their wedding breakfast. the chamber was found frozen, turning the health of the couple bittersweet as the tale unfolds.
An attorney defending a case in Carlow Ireland was shocked when the client Gem on his feet wore a pair of boots that had been stolen from the attorney earlier. The incident drew surprise and grief from the court as the footwear had been missing for some time.
Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court was mistaken for an itinerant German musician at the Savoy hotel in London recently and given a poor room. The error was promptly corrected.
The text notes that a whale's blowhole is on top of the head and used to spout water while feeding, describing how the columns of water are emitted through the nasal openings.
U S Senator Charles A Towne of Minnesota extols Doan's Kidney Pills after suffering back pains headaches and neuralgia He states a few boxes cured his distress and signs the testimonial The Foster Milburn Co Buffalo is listed with price 50 cents per box and per sale by all dealers
Addemup took a day off to attend the bookkeepers picnic and showed off by climbing a tree. He fell and became entangled head downward ten feet above the ground, crying for help as his fountain pen leaked, a scene reported by the San Francisco News Letter.
A judge questions a prisoner about his defense while a barrister remarks on his counsel. The stray lines hint at literary theories about servant girls becoming novel writers and a note from the Kansas City Journal on fiction quality.
Freeborn Minn special reports Mr R Goward, a well known local, crediting Dodd's Kidney Pills with complete relief from a severe kidney trouble. He says weeks of unrest ended after using several boxes, and urges others to try the remedy. The ad touts kidney cures improving blood and energy. The Atlanta Journal quote adds a political quip about campaigns.
A Providence businessman recounts a Boston subway incident described in the Journal. A startled woman, thought to be a victim of an accident or tragedy, is jostled by a clumsy passenger, prompting an alert official to question her boarding. The tale ends with humorous disbelief as she insists she never boarded in her life.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Resolvent Pills with Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a complete $1 treatment for skin and hair conditions, claims superior blood purification, and cites praise from Brooklyn Eagle. It also promotes The Four-Track News to students for subscriptions with liberal commissions. A testimonial for Piso's Cure and a quip about hustlers conclude the piece.
A sensational plea targets nervous mothers claiming female wealth and strain worsen child care. It extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, citing testimonials from Mrs Chester Curry and Mrs Charles F Brown, and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts to troubled women seeking relief.
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