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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
8
A passionate address on roads and farming, arguing that mud impedes transport and markets. It highlights vast freight by rail and wagon, 152 million tons of farm produce, and big sums invested in farm equipment and horses. It warns that wet roads waste time, labor, and farm prices, urging better roads and wheeled travel.
An inscriptioned catalog notes Helen Gould’s charity fad as recreation, Mary Alderson’s housekeeping zeal, Sarah Bernhardt’s youthful pride, Celia Thaxter’s gardening and pop pies, Marion Harland’s kitchen passion, Louise M. Alcott’s entertaining prowess, Kathryn Kidder’s fondness for French dolls, Lilian Whiting’s love of photographs, Mrs Bernard Beere’s dancing toys, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s piano playing, Kate Sanborn’s farming talent, and Oliver Belmont’s lace collection.
A Texas good roads movement pageant notes a May 22 Galveston convention of delegates from across the state. The article highlights southern state efforts, including Arkansas’ February Little Rock meeting urging constitutional relief for county taxes to fund highway work. It discusses compatibility of conservation and road-building, the role of forests in moisture retention, and the need to balance roads with natural areas.
A compact survey of plants with symbolic meanings across history. It notes Marguerite of Anjou’s badge, the lotus in antiquity and Buddhist iconography, heather’s year round bloom, Picts’ pevernage, Greek tomb foliage, Proserpine’s asphodel and eternity symbolism, Henry IV’s forget me not, shamrock as a three in one emblem, and St Patrick’s use of a shamrock to teach unity.
Geographers speculate Mount Wrangel near Mount St. Elias may exceed 20 000 feet though no measurements exist Chimborazo in Ecuador is 21 444 feet the highest in the region Cotopaxi reaches 19 408 feet Antisana stands at 19 150 feet marking the next heights in the lineup of lofty peaks and tourist trails
A Cincinnati motorman William Frazer on the Cumminsville line faces winter hardship and heat while ensuring passenger safety. He testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills curing indigestion and boosting energy, claiming two boxes fully restored his health, with ongoing trust in the remedy sold by druggists or directly by mail from Schenectady.
An ad offers 8100 reward for a cure of catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures by treating the blood and mucous surfaces. Also promoted are Hall's Family Pills and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer with testimonials and free trial bottles. Includes a Shakespeare quote and a Brooklyn Life cartoon caption about admirers.
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