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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
3
A detailed farm note describes a light cheap 600 pound hog scalding trough built from pine boards and sheet iron. It explains assembly steps, safety margins, and adaptations to boost heat and efficiency, including a ditch, fire end, stovepipe, and a damper for faster cooking. The writer, J. A. Me., offers practical tips for setup and use.
A fragment discusses corn fodder and dairy rations, noting variability in shredding for feeding and judging stoutness. It cites Kansas trials on stover length, shreds, and waste, with mentions of cow intake and related conclusions.
The widow of Supreme Justice Stephen J. Field presents to the United States circuit court of appeals in San Francisco a finely executed oil portrait. Congressman Allen of Mississippi is an expert in cotton and plans to devote himself to it upon retirement next March. Henry A. Little has been Madison county Illinois recorder for 50 years and is praised for his memory. Chauncey Depew and Andrew Carnegie debated. Depew quipped that Scots are a dyspeptic race for disputation. William C. Whitney spends fortunes on building and remodeling ventures. Hamilton McK. Twombly, another millionaire, exhibits similar changing plans.
A survey of diverse items notes over 3,000,000 Italian emigrants worldwide and a ban on smoking on Springfield Mass streetcar platforms. It mentions a toy hoop causing a traffic pause in Washington and hoops banned locally, Chicago rebates from annexed towns, a scaled cathedral model, Chicago rail-crossing losses, and military drill history noting a diagonal march replacing right-angle turns.
Popular Science notes 798 species of roses known. A long series of experiments leads to plans for public telephonic communication between England and Belgium, opening around February 1, 1901. Surgeon General Van Reypen questions Guam as a naval station due to typhoid endemic conditions from polluted drinking water.
A Detroit man travels with his wife to visit in San Francisco and Chicago. He gives a porter half of a torn five dollar bill, claiming his wife will restore the other half at journey’s end. He returns home to find the missing half and a note from his wife claiming she tore a dollar in two and gave half to the porter, prompting speculation of a roadside flimflam and a likely mystery about the exchanged halves.
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and includes endorsements from Toledo wholesale druggists eeee Yruax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Price is 75 cents per bottle and sales are through all druggists.
A Chicago Evening News quip asks if a solemn-looking man is an undertaker. Dyer replies that the man is a grocery clerk who has undertaken to support a wife on six dollars a week.
The ad claims back aches stem from kidney issues and asserts Dodd's Kidney Pills offer relief. It touts vast patient success, says science supports the cure, and urges readers to obtain the genuine product to end suffering.
A Syracuse Herald item quotes Hingso and Jingso where a husband taunts his wife about her strength to carry coal from the cellar, provoking a domestic quarrel and a humorous yet pointed exchange.
For the winter season the Louisville and Nashville Railroad enhances its through service with Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Connections with steamer lines to Cuba Porto Rico Nassau West Indies and Central America. Tourist and Home Seekers expedition tickets on sale at low rates. Write C L Stone General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for particulars.
In a brief exchange cited by Puck, Doctor Bolus asserts the discovery’s significance, while Doctor Puck concedes the challenge of overstating its importance but acknowledges it. The dialogue reflects heightened expectations around the finding and its potential influence on the field.
An ad touts Cascarets as a universal remedy for ailments from headaches to cancer, claiming natural, painless bowels with ten cent starting cost. It notes genuine tablets stamped with C O C and warns against imitations. The text also includes a fragmented quotation from the Philadelphia Bulletin discussing social snubs and vulgarity.
Weekly excursion trains announced from St Louis and Kansas City. The Katy Flyer departs Tuesdays at 8 16 p m to Saint Antonio Los Angeles and San Francisco while the M K T service leaves Saturdays at 9 05 p m for the same western points, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Up to date kid responds that he enjoys school but loves coming home even more in a brief Socratic exchange printed by the Somerville Journal.
The Dest Prescription for Chills and Fever advertises Grove's Tasteless Catt Tonic as a tasteless iron tonic. It claims to cure nothing and offers no pay if not effective.
The Atchison Globe notes caution on listening to those who feel wronged, warning against urging there is another side to the story. The remark emphasizes empathy over debate when someone shares grievances.
Jell-O offers four fruity flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at grocers for 10 cents. Also includes a Cleveland reg item about a wife leaving a man over a kiss and a quip about being particular.
Mermod Jaccard Jewelry Co announces a 64 page 3500 engraving illustrated catalogue offering Christmas gifts from 25 cents to 1000 dollars. The lowest priced house in America for fine goods, it features diamonds watches silverware cut glass and more with St Louis prices and free postage on the first 10 000 requests. Visitors are invited to inspect marble statuary and art wares at the St Louis firm location.
Miss Northside jokes to Miss Shadyside that she has not lost all her good looks and can still obtain a seat in a crowded street car. Shadyside replies that men will give seats to old age as well as beauty, in a witty Chronicle Telegraph moment.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and offers a 25 cent refund if it fails. The note ends with a proverb about blaming others for mistakes attributed to the Atchison Globe.
Try Grain O Try Grain O Ask your grocer today to show you a pack age of GRAIN O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee Children may drink it without injury as well as adults All who try it like it GRAIN O has that rich gear brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress The price of coffee 15c and 25c per package All grocers.
A witty line from the Indianapolis Journal jokes about hair loss cures. It notes men attempting to learn massage pronunciation end up balding, reflecting a lighthearted take on pseudo medical claims.
A new booklet listing populations of all U S cities 25000 and over from the 1900 census has been issued by the passenger department of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Copies are available by sending address with a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Agent in Chicago Illinois. Hawkins quotes a joke about a widow marrying a rescuer in three days as noted by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A brief ad style note suggests Jell O as a quick healthful dessert option. Describes two minute preparation with no boiling or baking, just add boiling water and chill. Flavors listed include Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry. At grocers ten cents. Mrs Leo Hunter quote from Smart Set about Count Von Squint and a crooked look.
A collage of short ad lines and slogans promote medicines like Piso's Cure and Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Beeman's Pepsin Gum, and Putnam FareLess Dyes. The notes include customer quotes, a free booklet offer from Carter's Ink, and quick product claims from various newspapers.
A historical note explains how the Paris Medicine Company branding in St. Louis used a pig and child image for Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. The piece cites a 1900 sales figure of nine thousand gross ninety and claims strong public trust in Grove’s Tonic as a malaria and fever remedy sold on a 29 day cure with fifty cent bottles.
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