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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1903
Page
8
A verse notes that frowning stems from drooping corners of the mouth and urges readers to smile to reveal joy. It contrasts dreary mornings with uplifted mood when corners turn up, quoting Lulu Linton about turning sorrow into cheer. The poem promotes positive outlook and gratitude as a daily practice.
Instructions describe building a stone house replica for dolls using a wooden box as a frame. Cut window and door openings on the front and sides, add stained glass designs, then cover the exterior with putty to create a decorative toy shelter.
Bits of stone polished by waves and simple glue crafts describe making a kid friendly playhouse. Uses include a rock roof, sand or sanded paper, pasteboard chimney, and moss lawn with a mirror pond.
A Kansas City Star item describes a children friendly clock display in a jeweler window. Instructions detail using strong millboard to cover an open clock face with a black cat figure, a bright green dial with vermilion outline, and 12 mice marking hours. It covers painting, varnishing, lettering Dickery Dickery Dock, blackened clock hands, vermilion weights with paperweights, and a cat pendulum on an old tin box lid.
The Falkland Islands harbor a remarkable phenomenon dubbed the living stone. Native blocks resemble weathered bowlders yet are rooted like trees, forming a peculiar forest of mossy, wind swept stones that cannot be turned into fuel due to their grainless twisted woody fiber.
Two signals warn of kidney illness back pain and altered urine with deposits. The ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, claiming cures and offering a free trial and 50 cent price.
A Victorian note cites a bacillus measuring one sixteenth thousandth of an inch by about one eighty thousandth of an inch, tiny beyond harsh beliefs of the era. The quote contrasts public fear with microscopic reality, reflecting scientific curiosity in the period.
An analysis praising the value of high quality products notes that public approval and a flawless manufacturing method are essential. It extols Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative, highlighting its plant-based ingredients, pleasant form, and reliable California Fig Syrup Co. production, urging buyers to choose genuine bottles with full branding.
The piece recounts a folksy tale involving Deacon White and a failed plan to sell his mil kinsfolk, with a humorous twist about an American thief stealing an animal and a wheelbarrow to boot, as told by Uncle Reubem in a regional vernacular.
The Bath Soldiers and Sailors Home delegates consider veterans health with emphasis on kidney troubles. Dodd's Kidney Pills are praised as highly effective, with claims of saved lives including A. E. Ayere from Minneapolis. The piece notes strong trust in the remedy among residents, despite medical uncertainty.
An array of 1900 era product claims includes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children marketed by a nurse at the Children's Home in New York, asserting relief for colds feverishness constipation stomach teething issues and worm destruction with 25 cent price and free sample offer. Also cites drugstore ads and various quotes praising medicines and household goods.
Miss Guria Gannon of Detroit writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles and general weakness in six weeks after suffering months. The reader is urged to consider the remedy for similar ailments and to expect genuine testimonials.
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