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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1900

Page

3

Cheap Colorado Excursions by Great Rock Island Route

More cheap trips from Chicago on August 21 September 4 and 18 at 4 45 p m to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and other western points with excursion tickets at one regular fare plus 2 00 for round trip return by Oct 31 1900 Tickets valid on regular trains and free berth book Colorado the Magnificent from John Sebastian G P A Chicago

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It Thrills Him Stage Kiss Sparks Audience Glee

In a Chicago Evening News column a performer's single kiss to the audience is described as not enough to satisfy every man in the house. The piece notes stage kisses are flexible and that the moment felt personal to those watching.

Quinn Chicago Evening News

Hall's Catarrh Cure Internal Use Announcement

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally with a price of 75 cents. This succinct notice promotes the remedy and lists its cost for consumers seeking relief from catarrh symptoms.

Hall

Cities as Birthplaces of Civilization and Arenas of Temptation

In a Washington dispatch from St. Petersburg, Dr. Talmage argues cities are not inherently evil but are guides of civilization with vast temptations. He warns about pretension, dishonest gains, and political pressures, urges Christian integrity in business, and urges mercy and prayer for the urban poor. He recalls biblical warnings and extols city life as a proving ground for virtue. He notes a Cape Nome mission run by Anna Johnson, a veteran missionary of 30 years, funded by donations and operating without church attachment.

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Measuring a Tree and a Mother’s Strength in Farm Notes

An article describes two simple tree height methods using a right angle device or a pole with shadows, with practical steps for aligning sight lines and calculations. It then shifts to a vignette about the duties of a mother, urging balance, vitality, and care, ending with a plug for Pe-ru-na as a tonic.

C. QO. Ormsby

Width of Tires Regulated by European Ordinances

Prof H F King of the Wisconsin agricultural station notes that effective road systems require legal tire width and wheel diameter rules for specified loads. He cites Bavaria's standards for two and four wheel carts and warns that overloading without permits risks community interests.

H. F. King Wisconsin Bavaria

Homemade Butter Bricks Boost Farm Branding

A Midland farmer advises that making milk into butter at home pays off with extra effort. Mold butter into regulation bricks, wrap in parchment with the farm name and owner address, and use this to refer patrons to the farm’s products.

Ekixstra

The One Medicine For Women Pe-ru-na Claim

The advertisement promotes Pe-ru-na as the universal remedy for women addressing catarrh of any mucous membrane. It asserts inflammation causes many female ailments and that Pe-ru-na cures catarrh in any organ, claiming it fixes congestion and related troubles where other remedies fail.

Extract of Benne Plant Nature's Remedy From India to Mississippi steamboat menus

The Benne leaves, first used by early forties Mississippi river steamboat men, were a healing aid drank as Benne Todd. James and Constance Maguire later identified them as Sesam Ind, native to India, with soothing mucilaginous properties. They partnered to combine Benne leaves with other vegetables, creating a remedy said to have saved thousands of lives by treating colic diarrhoea dysentery and related illnesses.

Benne Todd James Constance Maguire India Messrs. Maguire Benne

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