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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
8
Agricultural hints describe a simple, cheap home incubator and brooder built from a three inch iron pipe tank. Details cover an upper T fitting with a cock, a backflow pipe with valve, a top pouring pipe, and a heater oil lamp. The design includes a heated boiler box and two foot long partitions for brood chambers.
A description of a chick brooder with an eight inch wide section, a sixteen inch glass rear door for cleaning, and a front partition of three glass pieces that slide or detach. The front box holds an infeed lift pane, and as chicks grow partitions are removed to let them run on board three. A two foot high one inch wire mesh fence divides each flock, with a caution not to house more than 30 chicks to prevent crowding and fighting.
Agricultural notes advise using charcoal for hogs and fertilizers for farm upkeep. Feeding sheep corn and oats together yields better wool and growth. Winter planning of farm layout and fencing is prudent, stock should be watched for lice, tools should be ready, and every animal should pay for its food and yield profit.
The piece likens Japanese agriculture to a vast garden where fields resemble toy farms. It notes meticulous care in sowing, transplanting, and weeding, comparing Japanese practices with those of farmers in Illinois, Iowa, Connecticut, and Long Island.
The article estimates the United States produces about enough honey for four pounds per person annually after accounting for nonconsumers and those unable to buy. It notes bakers confectioners and tobacco services also consume significant quantities of honey domestically.
A new organization named the Paper Carriers' union of Cincinnati and nearby cities is created. The article notes labor issues, impending Indiana labor laws, and various labor developments including unions, strikes, and employer responses across multiple regions. It mentions an international Brussels conference on workers' accidents and a Baden factory sharing profits with workers.
A survey of rare works and readers notes on medieval and early modern books. It cites Lombard’s Book of Sentences with many annotations by Aquinas and others, remarks on the violet vellum Cold and Silver Gospels in Upsala, Caxton’s Confession of a Lover found by a Dublin book dealer, and lists the Seven Bibles as the most read worldwide with the Koran among recent scriptures.
Of 50 typhoid cases, about one third traced to eating raw shellfish.
A lengthy item touts the Charles A. Vogeler Company Cookery Book and Health Guide, claiming widespread circulation and value for housekeepers. It highlights recipes, remedies like St Jacob’s Oil, and notes its publication cost and distribution to druggists and via stamps. The piece also references travel ads and light anecdotes surrounding urban life and printing.
Mrs Mollie Roe of Sedalia Missouri, long known in First Baptisl Church circles, claims recovery from locomotor ataxia after four years severe illness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health, recounting dramatic improvements and full return to vigor. Notary public attests the sworn statement dated August 24 18__ and notes the pills’ claimed benefits for nerves blood and female health.
A scanned testimonial promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy. It asserts internal action cures catarrh, claims professional prescription, lists Toledo, Ohio makers F J. Chees & Co, 75 cents, and invites testimonials. The text ends with stray dialogue and fragmentary quotes.
An OCR fragment offers a jumble of medical and social tips from periodicals. It mentions malari a pepsia kidney trouble and Dr Kline's nerve restorer with a free trial bottle advert. It also riffs on etiquette and social humor tied to health and beauty themes.
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