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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1895

Page

8

Typhoid Recovery Endorsement For Dr Williams Pills

Greenville Reflector reprints an interview with G A Baker, overseer at Col Isaac A Sugg’s farm, describing a typhoid fever case from October 1893 in Beaufort County. The patient credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoration of appetite, strength, and overall health after months of illness and fatigue. The pills are promoted as a tonic for various conditions and sold by dealers or by mail from Schenectady.

Megionnof Greenvile Reflector Irving Beaufort Beaufort County Pitt County Col. Sugg’s Willama FE Tool Williams Dr. Williama’ Medicine Co Schenectady

Nothing Gut Herring and a Lesson in Cruelty

A New York Clipper quip recalls a fish hawker shouting herrin at passersby while a compassionate woman asks for mercy toward his stubborn horse. The exchange ends with the curt reply that the hawker sells only herrin. The item blends humor with a fable on compassion and notes other brief tidbits about social wit and a tale of Dawson’s shrinking fortune, whose daughter keeps the piano as a wall-guard.

Herrin N. Y. Clipper

Unclear Weather Sparks Domestic Confrontation

Fragmentary dialogue shows a quarrel about moving in bad weather and airing furniture. Mentions a city milkman and a country setting with references to a Mountain View house and a New York Herald snippet. No clear events or identifiable persons beyond generic roles.

Jones Robinson H'm Texas Ringwey Mountain

Evidence Bingo Bobby Did You Eat That Tile

A fragmented note asks if a person named Evidence Bingo Bobby ate a tile yesterday. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear actions or identifiers.

Bobby

Fence from Old Rails by B A Stratton in Ohio Farmer

A practical design for building a fence from old rails detailing rail alignment, wiring, and assembly. It claims edges lay flat for durability, faster erection, and solid stability as the fence settles, with panel instructions and materials for 100 panels.

Mathea Beer Bac B. A. Stratton Ohio

Hauling Big Rocks by a Rear Frame Method

Describes a rough wooden frame slung behind an axle to lift and haul large rocks. The setup uses a forward end resting on ground during loading, with wheels backed up to lift the frame, and lashing the rear tongue to the axle to move the load. Also discusses plowing aims and condemns cut and cover plowing, praising angled furrow plowing with layered manure for soil culture.

The Cows of Delhi in Sacred City Streets

An ıbservative sketch describes Brahmini cows roaming Delhi streets blocking stalls and hindering travelers. The herd, drawn to a great Hindu temple, asserts its importance as sacred kine while unbelievers glimpse glittering images from outside sacred courts.

Delhi

Mual of the Pines Sound and Melancholy Effect

Georgia Correspondent of the Chicago Record notes the wind in pine branches and slender columns produces sadness and hysteria in some, invalids in Thomasville needing pine farm inhalation for asthma, while others find the sound pleasant and miss it when away. The author compares to sea and railway sounds as a soothing, ubiquitous backdrop.

Thomasville Georgia Chicago Record

Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad with Reward Offer

A historical advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites J Cuzxgy and West Trans as Toledo druggists endorsing F J Cheney. The promotion claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists price and distribution details.

Hall Kinnan_ & Marvin Toledo O. Hall Pere Omoy Aait

Accommodating with a Sardonic Exchange

A fragment shows Miss Redbud and Castleton in a playful scene about a philopena and stakes, while an ad praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for rheumatism and digestive troubles. A jesting line from a professor and a misread signboard are noted as literary aside.

Miss Redbud

Epworth League Route to Chattenoogs Promoted

The Epworth League advertises travel via the Louisville and Nashville line to Mammoth Cave America’s Greatest Natural Wonder with low rates for hotel and cave fees for League holders. Maps and rates available from C P Atmore Louisville or Gro B Horner St Louis. Plato quote included.

Chattancors Chattenoogs Louisville & Nashville Mammoth Cove America Nashville Vanderbilt University Methodist Church Chattanooga Cincinnati Louisville Evansville St Louis C. P. Atmore Louisville, Ky Gro B. Horner St. Louis

Are You Going East This Sumomer

Travel advertisement for Michigan Central routes to Niagra Falls Mackinac Island Thousand Islands St Lawrence White Mountains Adirondacks Portland by the Sea and New England points. Offers a 10 cent note book with travel details. W Aveares Chicago district travel official endorses route. Plus miscellaneous quips and product ads.

Michigan Central Niagara Falls Mackinac Island Thousand Islands St. Lawrence White Mountains Adirondacks Portland By the Sea Hoston New England New York Seashore W. Aveares Gen‘ Pass R and Tkt. Agt Chicago

Enorm Hat Sparks Theater Conversation

A garbled exchange shows a disagreement about a hat worn to the opera and theater. The dialogue includes lines about consideration, listening to music, and who threw beer, attributed to Washington Ster. Joper and Flegende Binet.

Washington Ster Lvabie Flegende Binet

Hot Springs Promotion Sparks Travel Optimism

Tax Hon Samuel W Allerton of Chicago writes enthusiastically on Hot Springs South Dakota praising its curing power for rheumatism and predicting hotels will rise as the climate outshines Hot Springs Arkansas. The C B & Q RR offers a free pamphlet on Hot Springs via P Eustis.

Samuel W. Allerton Chica Gos Hot Springs Fred T. Evans Eng Evans, Hot Springs Booth Dakota Arkansas Amuel W. Allsaton P. Eustis Chicago

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