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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1899
Page
8
The image shows a barrel with a side hole and leather lip to hold a fowl for feather removal. Feathers fall into the barrel, remain unstained, blood drains into a pail outside. The picker sits beside, and the top can be sewn to enlarge the opening if needed.
Tom Ponting reports planting about ten acres of sugar cane and Kaffir corn for feed, noting cane yields about six tons per acre after curing. He warns to shock carefully due to heavy tops and wind due to tall growth, compares feeding quality to corn, and cites a trial with Ettwar cane a grade heifer.
Beekeepers face a split market where extracted honey yields low prices while comb honey, if white and neatly sections filled, can fetch 20 to 30 cents per 14 ounce section. Dealers pay roughly seven to eight cents for extracted honey, forcing many to sell in bulk and miss premium comb honey profits.
A fragment recounts the Third Regiment of the regular US Army tracing its lineage to June 1784 with Mad Anthony Wayne, its roles in the War of 1812, Seminole War, Mexican War, Civil War battles, riots of 1877, and a side note on a beetle in Australia that buries carcasses, from the Manchester Guardian.
The article notes in warm climates fish may be kept alive on boats or in water to avoid spoilage and sold with buyers selecting and the seller delivering a killing blow. Examples cite Key West Havana and Genoa. Side item includes a joke about a separated couple arguing over a motto.
A brief survey notes Greece has 152 newspapers with an aggregate circulation of 175000. It lists political journals two, literary twelve, commercial sixteen, scientific twenty eight, satirical six, legal six, and medical two, with papers found in most Peloponnesus towns, mainland cities, and islands. The item cites several U.S. papers in quotation snippets and jokes from a variety of periodicals.
In India slippers common yet bare feet ride bicycles with rubber pedals. Burmese football popular and Burman boots worn for goals. Sydney cyclists ride by night due to lit tracks with fifty five to seventy incandescent lights set every 35 feet. Corean trolley opposition amid fatal accidents in Seoul as a mob destroys cars. Drought blamed on electric railways amid regional unrest and engineer peril.
The father of composer Mascagni dies in Leghorn. A Paris jury awards Miss Jeanne Wortzal the title of Europe’s most beautiful woman. Julia Ward Slowe recalls New York childhood routines. Wilbur F and John Stites, 64, Wichita twins who married twin sisters and run a joint business together, are described as indistinguishable.
The Veterans of sixty one and five plan to attend the 83rd G A R encampment in Philadelphia in September selecting the Trig Year Chesapeake and Ohio route with service from Chicago Peoria and St Louis on the Big Wour. The journey includes Indianapolis and Cincinnati then follows the Chesapeake and Ohio along the Ohio River to Speigton West Va and through the Alleghanies to Staunton Virginia and Washington with Battle fields such as Waynesboro Gordonsville Cedar Mountain Rappahannock Kettle Run Manassas and others noted. Washington to Philadelphia via the Pennsylvania Line. Three fare options offered: continuous passage with no stopovers one stopover each direction and a circuitous route with one stopover each direction. For routes and rates contact J C Tucker G N A 204 Clark St Chicago.
In a humorous misprint from a Kansas printer, a marriage and a grocer’s notice were accidentally merged. The item jokes that John Smith and Ida Quay were united in holy sauerkraut, sold by the quarter barrel, with Smith described as an esteemed codfish at ten cents and the bride displaying pigs feet.
Allen's Foot Base powder promises easier fit for tight or new shoes. It claims to cure swollen feet sweating aching feet and corns and nails. Trial package free by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Ray NY.
A brief exchange quoted by the Boston Courier features Wife Appellations and Husband’s proud gratitude as they fantasize about financial probity and indulgences in a light domestic vignette. The dialogue satirizes marital roles and economic prudence in a humorous tone.
Thousands of men are earning good wages in the harvest fields of Minnesota, the Dakotas, and surrounding regions. The article notes growing demand and rapid recruitment opportunities, with work offering substantial seasonal income as agricultural labor expands across the northern plains.
A correspondent notes diners with the queen often feel nerves over praising the pie unsure if it is the queen or the cook who made it. This Denver Post commentary reflects social etiquette and royal dining dynamics.
A collage of vintage advertisements and snippets notes Lane’s Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement health effects, and a gag about kitchen dress modesty. references to Chills and Fever remedies with Gnova’s TasTress Carmi Texte, iron and quinine tasteless formula, and Bromo Quinine Tablets with money back promises.
Dear Mrs Pinkham I suffered monthly spine spells after childbirth and nearly lost my mind. Doctors blamed female troubles. A friend urged Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After five bottles neighbors noted the change and I praise the medicine. Jonesboro Texas Md Gertrups M Joan BON.
A reader from Peter, Louisiana, reports relief after tried doctors failed. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills along with Sanative Wash for improvement in her health.
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