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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1899
Page
8
J J Irwin in Ohio Farmer presents a simple rope and pulley system to lift hay racks over wagon wheels. Four ground posts support beams and a pulley block, with rings and chains to secure the rack. One worker can place and remove the rack quickly, storing gear in the barn when not in use.
Discussion notes that butter fat in milk lightens in color and hardens as lactation advances. It outlines small fat globules and variable milk quality among cows, states butter fat is one of the most digestible fats, and claims milk fat increases relative to other solids over the lactation period.
A sailor named Harry Deghnan recalls Admiral Dewey’s Manila Bay action. A powder boy risked his life for a coat with his mother's picture, was court martialed but pardoned after Dewey learned the motive. The tale ends with a mother’s image and tears, plus a note on tobacco scarcity aboard the Boston.
An analysis from the London Mail on how hair parting and length reflect character. Left side parts hint at gentleness and sympathy for the fair sex, while right side parts show obstinacy and arbitrariness. Long hair indicates deep thinking and caution in business, short hair suggests bold humor and impulsiveness.
A collage of brief profiles highlights Debursh Vowers, 98, as the world’s oldest active banker from Lapsing berg England. Lord Rothschild’s London musical patronage. Texas Congressman Joseph W Dailey’s self-made rise after early schooling. Mme Patti’s extensive correspondence. Willie Gladstone at Eton. W S Gilbert’s Harrow Weald curiosity model. Tilton the Magnificent’s Paris fame. Weston of Portland Maine, known for a 1869 long-distance walk to Chicago and ongoing vitality.
A compilation notes the Christian Endeavor society with more than 93,506,000 names on its rolls and 242 German Baptist churches in the United States with 22,000 members. It highlights Canon Farrar’s memorized Gospels, Church of England’s year book figures, and a Pittsburgh Christian Advocate quotation on sermons anchored in Bible texts. The Church of England shows 1,355,456 sittings, 4,793,008 free sittings, 2,410,201 Sunday school attendees, and 4.32 of churches open for daily prayer with free-will offerings last year totaling $37,531,770.
An old ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all disease stages by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any cure it cannot achieve and invites readers to request testimonials. The note cites Toledo Ohio origin and mentions Hall's Family Pills and a Washington Iowa Democrat mention.
A promotional notice for a 5x8 inch album containing 160 half tone engravings from Army camps transports and combat, featuring Dewey Hobson Roosevelt Sampson Miles Schley Shafter and other figures, with ships, landscapes, hospitals and famous sites. Free by mail to US Canada Mexico for 12 cents. limited edition from Warren J. Lynch Big Four Route Cincinnati.
A concise dialogue fragment mentions friendly relations and a playful exchange about a suit with Miss De Pink. It includes a short aside about a dog wagging its tail as a humorous neighborly quip in a column titled Stray Stories.
A cluttered OCR page parades multiple health ads and quotes. Allen's Foot-Ease promotes foot comfort, Grove’s Tasteres CHIL claims tasteless iron quinine, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption is praised by Mrs. Moulton. Also contains assorted quips and notices.
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