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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
8
In Farm and Garden discussion, Prof Fleisher highlights moss litter as superior to straw manure for nitrogen content and nitrate retention. Peat manure shows higher nitrogen availability and better odor control, yielding substantial yearly gains in soluble nitrates. straw loses more nutrients in storage and use.
A guide for farmers on building simple smokehouses for ham and bacon. Ventilation and cooled smoke are essential. Use green hardwood, elm, or sugar maple for flavor. avoid pine. Smoke at or below 80 degrees, smoke gradually until meat colors. Corn cobs add sweetness.
A Michigan Agricultural College professor demonstrates using a wagon loaded with batteries to apply electricity along weed rows. The method targets thistles by sending current to the lowest roots, killing plants instantly. Initial battery costs are high, but long term savings are claimed.
Quote from Rev. Dr. Williamson of Atlanta Georgia contrasts church outreach with shaping men for deep spiritual labor. It likens quarrying marble to the careful chiseling of a life for monumental religious work.
A reflection from Reverend W. H. Moore of Doylestown Pennsylvania urging that a child’s formative years be guided only by teachers whose moral character stands above suspicion. He emphasizes safeguarding the developing conscience from harmful influence.
A Universalist minister from Kansas City, Rev. Charles R. East, contends that even an unrepentant murderer may be transformed by divine grace in the eternal life. He speaks on salvation and the nature of forgiveness beyond mortal judgment.
The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway announces a March 3 sale of one way homeseekers tickets to all Southeast points, Florida included, at the lowest rate ever known. A separate March 10 offer sells round trip tickets to many South points including Georgia for one fare plus 2.00, valid 80 days. For maps and info write to Briard F N P A Chicago or W L Danley Nashville. A quip on a child’s superstitions closes the item.
On February 11 and March 10 tickets go on sale from northern cities to all points on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and part of Kentucky at a single round trip fare. Tickets are good for return within thirty days for 92 to be paid at the destination and allow stop overs on the southbound trip. Contact your ticket agent or write C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville KY and Geo B Horner D P A St Louis MO.
In a exchange from Texas Siftings, Knickerbocker quips about a year’s find at Long Branch. Snobberly notes that despite discovery, everything felt very dear, reflecting lighthearted social humor of the era.
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis pays top prices for novelty crops and urges planting for high future potato prices. They tout Salzer’s Earliest and Champion of the World as leading yielding varieties and offer ten free seed packages and a mammoth catalogue for 10 cents in stamps.
A fragment from Chicago Record features Marp of Athens and a witty damsel claiming her new beau’s portrait is inside. A separate Chicago Post quip notes Paris trends with impressionist menus and diners facing mock nightmares before leaving the table. The ad promotes Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer promising no fits after the first day and a $2 trial.
Rivalry among watermelon and tomato growers erupts as Salzer offers cash prizes for beating 1895 records. Watermelon ripening in 52 days and tomato 68 days are targets, with 100 and 30 dollars at stake. He advertises seed catalogues and a free sample pack, urging readers to mail 12 cent stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin.
An extended ad notes Syrup of Figs as a spring cleansing remedy sold by the California Fig Syrup Company with bottles priced at 60 cents and one dollar. The snippet then pivots to a joke item from the Detroit Free Press about a proposal and a marriage, highlighting light humor in the page.
A collection of testimonials and quips praising various medicines and tonics. Mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for rheumatism and digestive issues, Beechers quotations, Pills for constipation, Hale's Honey of Horehound, Pike's Toothache Drops, Brown's Bronchial Tracheas, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and an Atlanta Constitution joke about hair length.
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