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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1903
Page
5
A Boston Budget verse muses on lengthening days and nights to create endless playtime. It imagines longer days, breakfast, school, play, tea, and an early bedtime with a motherly lullaby beneath twinkling stars. The lighthearted piece riffs on a child’s view of time and routine.
A London newspaper notes one of the world’s strangest races dwelling in Asturias Spain. The Vaqueros are dwarf humans descended from Phoenician slave laborers and remain isolated from Spaniards. Women rarely exceed four feet and men four feet six. Nomadic and uncivilized, they move between mountains with flocks, have recently become Christian, but intermarriage and isolation have preserved strong Phoenician traits. The race is dying out as endogamy persists and many survivors are mentally impaired.
A Brooklyn Eagle item explains a party trick where 14 matches are placed astride a first match with ends rising and the top match holding them in place. When lifted, the 14 fall unless the top match is added, creating a firm system. Also noted is a Yorkshire dog that tames a runaway cart by grabbing the reins near the horse’s mouth.
The Boston Globe reports Tabby, a fire station cat at Bristol Street shop and Oliver Street headquarters, has ridden with Tower Wagon No. 2 and knows alarm boxes, officers, and driver Lieut. Porter. On a seven-alarm night she jumped to the driver seat and rode to a blaze, returning unharmed and eager to join future calls.
The article argues mixed farming yields higher farm value than single dairy. It warns cows should produce butter fat on farm, retaining nutrients, and stresses feeding, soil fertility, and drainage as keys to profitability and resilience against weather. It envisions gradual trend toward more on-farm feeding and well drained lands for better crops.
A North Dakota cat named Tabby winds a clock by sitting near it as the hour nears. Without a key she climbs at the correct time to pull the weights down, keeping the 24 hour mechanism running. Walter Craig of Cadiz, Ohio, 35, has hair and beard turning from snowy white to black again.
A Hartford man used a stationary engine on his water system, which failed when water was needed for cattle. He backed his automobile to the well-house, raised the rear wheels, fitted a belt, and ran the pump off the car. Water flowed, cattle drank, and the farmer was content.
Lime is widely used as a fertilizer and to a lesser extent as an insecticide. It should be applied as a dry hydrate by adding minimal water to lime stone, then dusting on wet insects. Soft bodied pests are most affected, including potato beetle larvae, asparagus beetle, and cabbage worm.
A brief quip contrasts breakfast appetite with work discipline. The exchange has a rustic, dialect tone featuring a speaker and a parent or guardian. It presents a humorous back and forth about motivation and daily routine in simple dialogue form.
Mrs. Fred Chalker of Dublin Michigan suffered from persistent back pains and fatigue. After trying many remedies she tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and, following two boxes, experienced complete relief. She credits the pills with curing the backache and recommends them.
The Colorado Flyer on the Santa Fe resumes June 4 for the summer season, running daily between Kansas City and Denver with a 6:55 p.m. departure from Kansas City and arrival in Colorado's chief city the next forenoon. The train includes standard Pullmans an observation car a library smoking car and chair cars and a through Pullman between Galveston and Colorado Springs. The Santa Fe markets summer travel with a new illustrated book Colorado Summer and advertises the all year Chicago and Denver express with strong growth prospects for Colorado tourism.
A request for a bird's eye view print (18x36 inches) of the fair amusement area offered for 10 cents in silver or stamps. Instructions direct send to GEORGE MORTON G. P. A. The Katy Box 911 St. Louis Mo with a boast about men’s actions and a Chicago Journal quote.
An advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease reduces swollen sweaty feet and soothes aching feet. Available at druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free. Address A S Olmsted in Le Roy New York for details and substitutes discouraged. Also cites other quotes and medical ads by Woolley in Atlanta Georgia.
A reader from Roxbury Boston testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fibroid tumor and strengthened her, praising the remedy for ovarian troubles and menstrual irregularities. The letter vows $6000 if genuineness cannot be proven, endorsing the product as a peerless health aid for women.
In Taylorsville Mississippi residents report Doan's Pills eased aching backs and joint pains, reduced swelling, improved urine and sleep, and relieved heart palpitations and headaches. J N Lewis says he tried everything for a weak back before Doan's Pills.
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