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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
8
Agricultural hints outline a complete model for a lighted warm poultry house with separate sections, roosting and brooding rooms, storage and manure basements, and South facing glass. It details eight to sixteen by sixty four foot configurations, materials, ventilation, litter, and lice safeguards.
Farm News argues the horse market will recover as demand improves for well-bred carriage horses. Overproduction and electric streetcars depressed prices, but good family horses remain sought in cities and suburbs, with training focused on calm, sturdy driving stock for steady profit.
Colman’s Rural World warns farmers to avoid smoking in barns and using risky lights. Sparks from kerosene lanterns can ignite dry fodder, while old oils are safer. Hang lanterns in wire screened zones, avoid matches, and prepare light away from stables to reduce uninsured losses.
When grain is fed to sheep in the yard or pasture a long feed box is essential. The sketch shows a double capacity 80 box letting sheep feed on both sides. It can be extended to any length to fit the flock size with one end board removed to reveal construction.
J T Ralston long known at Nebraska State Penitentiary survives grip disease with help from Dr Williams Pink Pills. After years of illness and failed cures he works again in Lincoln and even cites regained strength for harvest work. The report notes his role in Farmers Alliance movement and credits Pink Pills for renewing vigor.
A 19th century note recalls a schooner crew being forced to rig a jury mast. The term refers to a temporary mast erected by twelve men, a stopgap to keep the vessel sailing while repairs or conditions are addressed.
In a dated classified style, the ad offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists P J Counsy and Co as proprietors and features endorsements from F J Cheney and wholesale druggists in Toledo Ohio. It promotes internal use and blood mucous action with a price of seven cents per bottle and notes Hall's Family Pills as a trusted product. The page also includes a cartoonish dialogue about wanting to be a boy again.
A fragment from a 19th century notice extols insuring property and health, warning that fire devours dwellings and warehouses. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion liver trouble kidney issues and malaria while contrasting cold versus grip with medical costs.
A compact catalog-like note promotes The Pilgrim holiday issue with sketches prose and illustrations. It lists a 40 cent postage offer via Gro H Huar Ford publisher 415 Old Colony Building Chicago and briefly quotes satirical lines from Texas Siftings and Atchison Globe. It mentions constipation remedies and high annual sales of Bryan’s prats for constipation 10c and 5c.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a beggar asking for money from a corpulent man who questions the request and questions the need. The exchange reflects a social interaction in a street setting with implied poverty and bargaining over pennies.
Reader notes a travel route to Florida via St Louis with a single transfer to the St Louis Cairo Short Line and Holly Springs route offering through sleepers to Jacksonville and favorable rates. The text mentions various patent medicines and a ship captain's claim about fresh eggs, reflecting mix of travel tips and ad copy.
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