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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
7
An old sale notice advertises Apoximis Akaroa Sixvy promising cures for ulcers skin eruptions and chapped hands. It pledges guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Price listed as 26 chants per box and sold by S Mingstom.
An 8 Kingaton Troy advertisement touts Myatic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming radical relief in 1 to 3 days. It asserts immediate removal of the cause and symptoms after the first dose and lists a price of 75 cents.
A list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy Post Office Madison County Illinois dated February 1 1886 includes W Brown and W care W Green.
Items of interest from Qur Exchange: Monticello Seminary artesian well reaches 1700 feet. Monenqua to be lit by electricity by July 1. Venice to vote March 10 on city status. Staunton miners leaving for work elsewhere. 25 tramps slept at Jerseyville calaboose at once. Macon County seeks two bloodhounds to run down criminals. Belleville jail holds 2 prisoners. 9 facing rock pile. Grasshoppers reported in Belleville cemetery. Female prisoner in Pinkneyville jail escaped by burning lock. at large. Large sale stables on north Broadway, St Louis, moved to E St Louis except one. Belleville Savings Bank celebrates 36th anniversary. Edward Aberd president all years. Two Monmouth citizens settle over a door valued at $2. costs $685 and rising. Staunton preacher quotes text without announcing source. offers prize for locating it. Carlinville Anquirer notes regular jail boarders will decrease after this week. Litchfield has tall vacant out houses disappearing gradually. Someone likely owns a well supplied wood sled. Sparta merchant smothered small blaze with flour. report worthy to circulate. Lamp breaks and oil fire smothered with wheat flour.
The piece urges farmers to diversify crops to survive drought and stresses that every boy should learn a trade. It says reliance on a single crop risks total loss while multiple crops offer salvage. A trade provides personal resources to weather financial downturns and supports independent enterprise.
An 19th century testimonial style ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the only true blood purifier and Hood's Pills as the best family cathartic and liver medicine. It mentions reliability and certainty in cures, urging readers to use Hood's products.
Helps To Housekeepers with practical tips on cleaning andmaintenance. Advice covers food, baking, dormant stains, vermin prevention, iron care, silver polishing, stove repair, wallpaper adhesion, sun-drying garments, and starching methods. Includes toasting dry sponge cake, cooling ovens, and using common pantry items like vinegar and saleratus.
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