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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
7
Ohio Farmer offers seasonal advice on building and repairing poultry houses. Emphasizes cleanliness, dry bedding, and dust baths. promotes scratching shade, leaves for nesting material, and automatic fountains to keep water clean and prevent freezing. Recommends secure nests and pure water to protect egg flavor and hen health.
Advice warns against relying on sunshine alone for stock health and stresses a clean, warm poultry house. Emphasizes sanitation, feed balance, and the benefit of keeping early laying pullets and cockerels to cultivate early maturity. Notes risks of filth and suggests retention of birds showing strong early traits to build overall flock productivity.
A list of folk beliefs and superstitions from the Southern region detailing how actions like killing frogs, tickling, or tossing hair can bring bad luck or misfortune. Pairs of cautions cover effects on cows, children, dogs, ghosts, dreams, and teething, with notes on omens tied to mirrors, moon phases, and seeing the new moon through clouds.
A Leeds mineral water maker’s home doubles as a theatre scrapbook with two decades of posters. Melba will donate Australian tour proceeds to native charities, a move celebrated in Australia and Melbourne box offices. Beerbohm Tree’s daughter Viola shows artistry but avoids acting. Mrs Patrick Campbell artfully prepares on cue, eschewing change in the wings despite frequent fuss over her name on frills.
Letter from Miss Jannr Paine of New York City praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing painful menses and restoring health after backache poor appetite and sleep trouble. The ad invites others to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance and urges not to take substitutes.
A stout smiling woman asks a floorwalker in a western department store for something nice in oil for the dining room. He hesitates and questions whether she means a painting or the sardina line, as reported by the Boston Christian Register.
The Frisco System operates handsome Observation Cafe Cars on its through chair car and Pullman Sleeper trains from Saint Louis and Kansas City. Managed by Fred Harvey, these cars feature a large library observation room with easy chairs, writing material, the latest newspapers, electric lights and fans for passenger comfort. Trains depart daily from Saint Louis and Kansas City.
A 14¢ page illustrated book on current Texan conditions and prospects is available free on request. James Barker, agent, passes. M. Ko & T. Ry., 60k Wauwillight Building, St Law. A backhanded remark about a hat and dress is noted from the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A column titled The Art of Putting Things recounts humorous misstatements from an East End curate and a carpenter. The curate praises a boy’s likeness while learning the subject is dead, then mistakes the photographer for the man. A laborer asks the registrar to record his father’s death date, hoping for a quicker trip.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt a sick man Mr Hyrdler asks his daughter Dolly if papa might die and go to heaven. She asks the doctor who replies that death is possible but not certain. The child’s practical view contrasts with the doctor’s cautious prognosis.
A promotional notice touts St Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism with numerous testimonials. Notable names include Eberle of Bellaire, Pick of Rochester, Radder of Cleveland, Brundage and Son of Muskegon, Hinkel of East Poesten Kill, Rittner of Manchester, Fuls of Reading, and G. Brite of Palestine. The piece emphasizes rapid relief and universal satisfaction.
A Washington Star quip highlights a playful exchange about a country ride in an automobile. The note contrasts a lighthearted line about enjoying walking with an invitation to travel, reflecting era humor and social chatter.
Catholic Sisters report Peruna relieves catarrh and laryngeal issues in patients under their care. Letters from Detroit and Congress member Meekison praise benefits and urge others to seek Hartman guidance for personalized advice.
Satirical snippets and misread lines appear with quotes about prisons penny tenchers and million dollar tenchures, along with brief exchanges from newspapers The text includes misheard phrases and clipping style dialogue referencing public needs and social scenes from Kansas City Journal and Chicago Tribune.
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