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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
8
Agricultural hints describe a dry airy dairy refrigerator with a low even temperature. Details cover ice box spacing eight inches deep, ten inch air gaps, a tight metal floor, a drip pan, and a ten inch regulating board. An improvement noted is a lighted window with two sashes and dead air space.
Mrs. E. E. Tackwood argues private customers for butter are easier than store buyers. She says faults are rare when returning unsatisfactory butter for a replacement and stresses full weight plus a neat presentation. She favors parchment wrapping, salt top, bright paper, top tagging, and generous pricing as a standard.
Reading from the Washington committee shows filled cheese described as a lard cheese with no butter fat. It uses skimmed milk, 30 percent neutral oil from hog fat or unrendered lard, plus coloring and tidvering agents, then rennet. The final coat costs about 44 cents per pound.
E L Vincent writes in the N Tribune arguing roads have improved over recent years with modern machines but require follow up by workers. He urges state control to ensure everyone contributes to road upkeep, praising the tax system as best and predicting resistance will fade. He cites better grave use and roadwide benefits to land value.
A Gardening Illustrated correspondent describes training fruit trees on wires in Belgium, showing a blend of espalier and pyramidal styles. The method uses rail side waste spaces and allows arches over walkways, with pears trained into pyramids and apples on wires to enhance English gardens.
A moss covered tree attracts insects and should be treated with whitewash to remove moss. As apples fall, hogs may be turned into the orchard. Plan for raspberry and blackberry canes to stay out of the rows. Pruning should remove dead wood and prevent tall growth, keeping trees young to avoid future large cuts.
The article notes piano tone improves when moved away from walls and cites economy of electric heat for London theater Vaudeville at under 70 cents per hour. It recounts Sir A Harris pantomime Cinder Ella costing 125000 before boxing night, and a chorus girl paid 24 shillings weekly in Worth attire. It mentions Rossini copyright extension void, Emma Eames praised by Melba Calve, and Julian Story's Saint Lazare painting bought by the French government.
Illinois Central by August 1 adds a solid through daytime train between St Louis and Chicago called the Daylight Special. It will depart St Louis at 8 32 A M and reach Chicago at 5 00 P M, with a return leaving Chicago at 10 36 A M and arriving St Louis at 7 04 P M. A night Diamond Special remains with sleeping and parlor cars. The two trains run via a new Panato St Louis route over the Big Four, stopping at Chicago 22d Street 89th Street Hyde Park and 63d Street for Kenwood Hyde Park Pullman South Chicago districts.
A caricatured collage notes travel by steamer, train or boat and touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal aid for seasickness stomach disorders liver and bowel issues and even malaria. It cites anecdotes from readers and urges remedies like Hall’s Catarrh Care while lampooning medical pretensions.
Judge Miller and a visiting writer tour Stark Nurseries praising its immense scale. The facility employs many, with highly organized duties and a proven capacity for growth. The firm claims 40,000 acres of commercial test orchards and a large canvassing force ready, stocking millions of Stark trees for sale.
A Roxbury Gazette quip wonders if a town law forbids liquor sales on Sunday while noting no law against buying. The piece includes an odd ad claim for Dr Klive’s Great Nerve Resorer and a cryptic Detroit Free Press quip about Miss Gushington’s father and drinks.
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