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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1901
Page
8
Sunlight is valued for healing in hospital care with sunrooms becoming standard. Plans for new hospitals feature prominent solaria on the south side with large glass walls and bay windows, as the sun ward gains prominence in modern medical design.
A London paper portrays the French Foreign Legion as the most brutal military service, drawing men of many nations including criminals and jailbirds. It notes the legion is dispatched to dangerous frontier posts in Africa and fever-stricken Cambodia and Indo China, where regions are repeatedly struck by attacks and instability.
The Pullman Company built a novel observation and dining car for The American Tourist Association of Chicago. Invented by Beau Campbell, the Chill litl evolved from a work car to a passenger car without a top, designed to give canyon views. It seats 68 guests with reversible couches and tables for dining.
The passage argues adding a bay window extending to full height of the main structure to create a sun ward. It emphasizes ventilation and heating, noting sun baths useful in winter as in summer, and praises pleasant outlooks with landscape features while lamenting brick and stone walls blocking south views. It urges use of sun as a cheap therapeutic resource whenever possible.
French Academy of Science discussed whether ancient wheat grains from tombs can germinate. They showed the albumen in 6,000 year old wheat remained unchanged while the embryo was altered and could not germinate. A fresh embryo in ancient albumen would grow, explaining claims of sprouting.
A fragment cites a description of an Eskimo infant with a dark round spot on the back that spreads as the child grows, likened to a well smoked meerschaum pipe. It also notes a division among visiting kin into those who stay in the parlor and those who assist in the kitchen.
A physician studying the French legionaries notes high insanity rates among recruits and harsh daily flogging with capital punishment for minor offenses. He argues many shot for breaches of discipline were not mentally responsible, a problem echoed in allied troops in China.
The article discusses strong Chinese women who rose from subjugation to leadership, highlighting the dowager empress and Huang of Shanghai as examples. It notes gender prejudice, women breaking barriers, and links to ancient textiles and the long history of cotton in China.
Loss of appetite is highlighted as an important symptom of kidney trouble. Back pain scalding urine nervousness and debility are noted as indicators. The advisory urges checking a morning urine sample after standing 12 hours for sediment and warns that delay can be fatal. ROW
An advertisement claims Morrow's Kid ne oids cure kidney trouble and related symptoms. It lists multiple Missouri and Illinois residents soliciting orders for yellow tablets at fifty cents a box, with John Morrow & Co of Springfield, O. as sellers.
A man in a crimson coat and long leather bag sees a ball of fire streak toward him, lands a few feet away, and discovers a gray ball about 14 inches in diameter after a dramatic crash. He pauses, raises his hat, and exclaims, Holy St. Anger, what a drive that was. The Bangor News notes this curious incident with vivid imagery.
Eight year old Marie Rose explains the creation of the world with Adam as the first man and Eve made from a rib. Elsie asks if Adam was surprised, and Marie Rose says he was tickled to death. The notice includes an 1900 endorsement for Piso's Cure and a public-spirited Courteay remark, plus a Detroit Journal mention of The Markels.
An Indianapolis newspaper clipping promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh. It claims to cure constitutional disease by affecting blood and mucous surfaces, offering $100 for any failure to cure. Includes testimonial requests and mentions Hall’s Family Pills.
Deluxe 38 day Tropics tour from Chicago with vestibuled cars and the open top Chililitti Observation car. Special trains depart January 22 for Mexico and January 17 and February 14 for Puerto Rico with new steamship connections from New York. Tickets include all expenses and itineraries available through The American Tourist Association and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway agents.
Try Grain-O ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Price 15c and 2ids per package. Sold by all grocers. Also a sidewalk quip about a snow shoveling offer.
The conductor recalls a passenger offering a bogus five cent piece and the passenger’s sly advice to pass it off. The con man, wary, avoids accepting the coin. Later the ex-passenger finds the same fake coin in change, reflecting that its giver likely thought him a chump.
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom South Dakota thanks Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief from a three year heart pain and kidney weakness in her daughter after starting the remedy. She says the pills are a wonderful medicine and asks for publication of her statement to help others. The ad notes the pills cost 500 per box and are sold by all dealers.
A newspaper item touts Grain-O as a near coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims gentle acceptance by the most sensitive stomachs and notes a price around 15 to 25 cents per package. Children may drink it with benefit.
An assorted clipping includes promotional claims for Luxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money-back guarantee, Beeman's Pepsin Gum touting relief from dyspepsia, and a Henry Ward Beecher quote on faith, plus a stray remark about Indianapolis ag consumers and red-hot staves.
Doctor Liewellyn Jordan of the U S Treasury and West Point alum praises Peruna as a cure for catarrh. He claims a month of use restores health and urges sufferers to trust Peruna as a universal remedy. A free booklet on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Medicine Co.
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