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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1898
Page
8
A home made implement for preparing land for corn culture called rubber and evener. Six pieces of four by four scantling seven feet long, bolted at corners with central bolt. Chains tie front scantling to form whiffletree. Front edges protected with flat iron. Heavy enough for ordinary work. lighter wood needs weighting. S N Cox Farm and Shine.
A detailed step by step process for tanning animal skins including soaking, fleshing, borax saltpeter and salt application, cooling, washing, baking a soap mixture, rinsing with alum and salt, and final drying and finishing with sandpaper. Attributed to G H Hapgood in Farm and Home.
Agricultural notes advise cultivating corn early, preparing implements, and using clover to suppress weeds. It covers alfalfa unsuitability in the midwest, sowing wheat thicker on poor soil, and pasture mixes of orchard, timothy, blue grass, and clover. It promotes wire fencing as inexpensive, notes clover hay dust from mowe fermentation, and warns early grazing before rain can offend cattle.
A Dakota Farmer writer urges that with 1000 dollars a novice should invest only half initially. Start small with a few hens and hatch the flock, avoid costly gear like expensive incubators and bone cutters. Many profitable flocks operate with minimal capital, housed in simple barns. The warning is against starting with large capital.
The text notes universal future of agricultural education, with Europe offering dairy schools and short courses. It highlights Rhode Island's poultry department teaching breed merits, fowl anatomy, diseases, incubation and brooding, chemistry of feeds, poultry house construction, and green foods for poultry.
Lucy Tucker, of Versailles Indiana, once a weak, skeletal child, recovered fully after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. A physician treated a similar case. after eight boxes, Lucy improved dramatically and has remained well. Testimony from Frank Tucker and Mrs Frank Tucker sworn April 28 1897 before Justice Hugh Johnson. Pills advertised as remedies for impure blood and nerve weakness available at drug stores.
A boy asks how whisky and beer are mostly consumed in the temperate zone, framing a curiosity about drinking patterns using a line from the Cincinnati Enquirer. The brief quotes hint at a larger discussion of consumption habits.
News for the Wheelmen notes the League of American Wheelmen membership nears 98,000 while calling Hostetter's Stomach Bitters a tonic for digestion bile flow bowel regularity and kidney support. It claims the remedy aids malaria and rheumatism prevention.
A collage of short ad and quip snippets touts Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds, a metal paper cutter bookmark offer, a joke about baldness, a library adjoint product, and a claim that St. Jacobe Oil cures neuralgia. Miscellaneous items reflect old newspaper humor and classifieds.
Canadian loan companies report revived money flow as Western settlers move to Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. Mortgages written off years ago are being discharged with new advances and rising interest in loan firms. Government inducements and agents in the United States aid settlement efforts attracting ex Canucks seeking opportunities and improved living.
A young girl at a reception for Mme Melba fainted with embarrassment before the prima donna and asked her if she sings, a moment noted in a Philadelphia Ledger snippet.
E Walters of Le Raysville Pa predicts 252 bushels of Salzer corn per acre equaling 26 200 bushels on 100 acres at 300 a bushel. He claims 7 560 dollars value, better than a prospective gold mine, with Salzer paying 400 in gold for a beat name for 17 inch corn and other seed samples advertised by Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis. Also notes about seed potatoes at 1 50 a barrel and a Sep Taps notice offering free seed catalogue and samples worth 10 dollars. Mention of a dialogue from Cleveland Plain Dealer about trouble with creditors.
Opportunities for visiting the South this month via the Louisville & Nashville Railroad include Home-Seekers' Excursions on the first and third Tuesday at about one fare for the round trip Florida Shaptatiars at DeFuniak Springs begin on the 14th inst Splendid programme beautiful place low rates Mardi Grass at Mobile and New Orleans on 22d mnat Tickets at half rates For full particulars write to CO P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky or Gee B Horner D P A St Louis Mo
An intimate friend questions a candidate about public life as the election nears. The reply is cryptic and self skeptical, implying doubt about the politician’s stated positions and reliability. The exchange reflects tense pre election rhetoric and media framing.
Tour feature highlights passenger routes to Portland Oregon via Burlington Route with connections from St Louis Kansas City Denver and scenic Colorado and Salt Lake. General Northwest travel season success noted. Writer W Warenry G P A St Louis signs off with street remark about a girl on the street.
A mixed advertisement fragment extols Grain-O as a wholesome coffee substitute for family use, claiming health benefits and equal taste at low cost. It promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey for coughs and Kemp’s Balsam with sample bottles. Also notes debt humor and a boxing reference.
Clears colds and bronchial issues. It soothes air passages, heals bronchial tissues, strengthens weak lungs, and aids oxygen supply. Available at druggists for 25 cents. No cure no pay.
A compilation of short quotes and ad style blurbs including remarks about quitting a club over a cash register, a testimonial for Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a Philadelphia address, a Washington Democrat quip about boyhood thoughts, Piso's Cure for Consumption testimonial from Reverend D. Buckueller in Lexington Missouri, a line about judging a man by his team, and a spinster joke comparing a boy with a top to an elderly unmarried woman.
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