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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1898
Page
8
A detailed plan for a simple safe brooder built from a three by three foot box with a lamp beneath a sheet iron floor, a cemented air tight chamber, a six inch high iron drum with multiple openings, heated air rising to the chick chamber and ventilating holes for fresh air. The design includes a drop floor, seeing window, proper sealing, and optional outdoor roof to protect chicks.
An excerpt discusses plant and animal nutrition, comparing organic and inorganic matter in plants, minerals in bones, and the varying feeding value of foods. It notes that farmers create personal tables to gauge nourishment, using common hay as a standard and listing relative values for clover, straw, turnips, peas, and more. Pine tar remark appears as stray text.
The piece lists new works and advances: George Moore’s Evelyn Innes. Henry Savage Lander reportedly receives 25000 dollars for a Thibet journey book. Henry B Fuller near publication of From the Other Side. Gladstone's biographer John Morley chosen to handle his life and papers. Jules Verne completes Le Sphinx des Glaces and praises Poe’s influence.
A Dry Goods Economist outlines summer fashion notes featuring black and white silk waists with colored belts and collars. Descriptions include spangled passementerie, delicately colored jackets, trilliant plaid waists with cardinal satin revers, organdic gowns with Chantilly insertion, and assorted belts, gowns, and parasols.
The text notes the British army rifle uses 82 parts and 952 machines in production plus nonmachined processes. It claims the Andaman Islanders are the smallest people, averaging 70 pounds and under four feet. It mentions Sweden’s old match factory, its long history, and a surge to 1,000,000,000 boxes exported annually within 25 years.
The Supreme Court ordered a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder as an imitation of Foot-Ease. Allen A. Olmsted of Le Roy owns Foot-Ease. samples offered free to requestors. The decision upholds trade mark and law rights and warns against further infringing products.
A dramatic snippet shows a man seeking affection from a woman who remains indifferent. The scene hints at unreciprocated passion and misread desires in a social setting described by the Chicago Post. Also advertised is Viall's Catarrh Cure claiming constitutional efficacy with a money-back offer, plus Hall's Family Pills as a top remedy.
The guest praises a beautiful inlay while Mr. Cumrox downplays the work and boasts about the overall outlay. The exchange occurs with a tone of self-satisfaction and implied value.
A ten part portfolio with sixteen half tone views per part features the American Navy Cuba and Hawaii. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a full set of 160 pictures for one dollar through Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent. The set is promoted amid Cuba excitement. Also includes humor items and small ads about Klondike and Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movements and gentle liver kidneys cleansing with prices 25 and 50 cents.
A collage of 19th century adverts and quack cures appears with claims for Kemp’s Balsam Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike's Toothache Drops and Laxative Bromo Quinidine. It notes social comments on an ad for a butler and mocks bad reputations while warning delays can be dangerous.
A Dakotas nurse recounts contracting blood poisoning from a patient and recovering after using six bottles of Dr. Ayers Sarsaparilla. She notes rapid health gains, healing of ulcers, and urges others to try the remedy, touting it as a world standard for blood diseases. The ad claims imitation products fail and offers a free Curebook from J C Ayers Co.
A fragment from a newspaper page featuring a mix of ads and quotes. Mentions Marie-The tenor, Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet, Grain-O as a coffee substitute, and brief newspaper quips. References Detroit Free Press and Boston Transcript style remarks.
A physician recounts a case where the oculist found a college student in a patient’s pupil and the remedy cured fits after one day. An advertisement claims Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer stops fits, offers a free $2 trial bottle, and directs readers to 938 Arch St Philadelphia for details.
A brief quip from N. World quoting Mr Jotley admiring a small woolen shirt. The exchange highlights a humorous buyer seller encounter and reflects light local chatter.
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