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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1896
Page
8
Agricultural note describes an easily built hoghouse and yard system with illustrative figures. It details post heights, rafter lengths, ground plans, door placements, pen sizes, roofing material quantities, and cutting guidance to minimize waste. Feed bins are planned over each pen per American Agriculturist.
A Prairie Farmer summary explains light up tests for freshness and fertility in eggs. Fresh eggs appear clear with a small air space. stale eggs darken and show larger air spaces. Unfertile eggs stay clear, but fertility tests before incubation are unreliable. incubators reveal fertility after about 60 hours without affecting barren eggs.
Live stock notes discuss improving meat quality for home and foreign markets. Topics include lambing ewe care, udder treatment, buck selection for flocks, spring sheep husbandry, horn and hoof removal, and the economics of feeding straw and corn fodder with bran to boost digestion and assimilation.
A 81 year old woman from Biggsville recounts erisipelas relief after sixteen weeks of illness and multiple doctors. Since using Dr Williams Pink Pills her health improved greatly, with life prolonged and function restored. Neighbors and a local druggist corroborate widespread use and satisfaction. The piece promotes the pills as a blood and nerve restorer and lists ailments treated.
A short piece mocks a man who turns to the wrong side of the road and ridicules drastic liver medicines. It praises a tonic, Hos Tetler's Stomach Bitters, as a remedy for dyspepsia constipation bloating and rheumatic ailments.
An OCR fragment lists multiple tonic and remedy promotions including Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from wholesalers and physicians, along with assorted testimonials and quips. It cites Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer and various product pitches, and includes miscellaneous quotes and advice items from a historic page.
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