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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1899
Page
8
Weedy greens like pigweed dandelion purslane and nettle appear as edible greens in Europe and America. Chinese Californians cultivate pigweed. Paris market gardens grow chicory and dandelion. German and Polish cooks favor nettle and greens for soups and dishes.
The article notes that roughly a quarter of 25,000 German Baptists are converts from Romanism. It cites Savannah's Young Men's Hebrew Association celebrating its 25th anniversary. China has about 681,775 Catholics, with 58,000 in the United States alongside 12,000 Christian Science members in Boston and 2050 active and 315 associate members in New York’s YWCA. A Bible class averages 500 attendees. The smallest English-speaking church is in Lullington, Sussex, a medieval 16 by 20 foot room with a bulky pulpit limiting worshipers to about 20.
A jagged note string comments on unity and division, mentions Ajax reputation and a crusty bachelor, suggests telephones aid deception, questions influence of a “nobody 4 man,” and notes Mary, a man who thought himself wise, has been declared otherwise by a jury.
Oldest living bicyclist is described as a sprightly woman in County Essex England aged 03 who remains adept at riding. The item promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a health aid to prevent digestive diseases and relieve chronic indigestion biliousness and constipation. A quoted line from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a humorous dialogue about a kiss after a man’s remark.
An advisory piece from Eliza R. Parker extols pretty silk and woolen underwear at reasonable prices while warning dainty women about laundry damage. It prescribes washing by hand in warm water with Ivory Soap, then line drying and pressing damp, to avoid injury and preserve fabric.
An assorted page features low rate winter tourist tickets via Mobile & Ohio and Missouri, Kansas & Texas railways to Mobile, New Orleans, Havana, and Texas with Pullman cars and coastal routes. Also items include pills jokes, corn and pasture seeds, deafness cure claims, and light humor notices from Detroit to Philadelphia.
A dated advertisement notices the Louisville Air Line inaugurating a sleeping car route to Jacksonville Fla through connections with the Southern Railway Queen & Crescent Route and Florida and Central Peninsular railroad. It highlights travel via Asheville N C as a year round resort and invites correspondence and information. mentions R A Campbell general passenger agent St Louis Mo.
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