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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
8
An excellent device for pigs uses two barrels, a piping section, a tin valve, and a galvanized iron float. The first barrel sits with its rim above ground, fed from the well. The float acts to regulate water with a simple tinder-made disk about ten inches in diameter and four inches thick.
A detailed design describes a hog watering system with two barrels connected to a supply pipe and an escape pipe. It notes level placement, 2x4 bolt top, and deep burial to prevent freezing with a protected outside barrel. Large reservoir must be higher than barrels for gravity flow.
A New York Tribune correspondent describes thin seeding results for wheat and oats on clay soil, with yields of 106 and 175 bushels per acre respectively under 12 by 6 inch spacing. Details include one grain per hill and two grains per hill, plus notes on rye yields and the care of sheep emphasizing fresh air and exercise.
A collage of humorous exchanges and wry quotes from Town Topics Washington Star Puck and Chicago Tribune features. Dialog snippets include witty lines about progress autocrats automata and fashionably mandish behavior plus a remark on Miss Jiggins from a smart crowd.
A collage of witty lines from Chicago Daily News Philadelphia North American and others, touching on marriage money and social pretenses. Snippets include a lecturer praised for audience rapport and a parvenu quip about founding a family on rocks, with assorted humorous exchanges and dated references.
An 18 year program highlights 81,000,000 in seeds and money makers from John A Balter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin. Advertises rare seed samples and demonstrations. Mentions Hoaks and a sensational tale of finding a dollar in laundry pockets.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad advertises half-rate round trips on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April to major towns in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and West Florida. Contact P. Sid. Jonon in Birmingham or Goo Horner in St. Louis for excursion details. An Atchison Globe note recalls civic life contrasts. A testimonial from Mrs. Archie Young praises 3 Drops for neuralgia relief, with orders and sample bottles offered by Swan son Rheumatic Cure Co., Chicago.
A royal academician at a Rottingdean dinner claimed su and sumae are the only English words with su pronounced shu. The remark drew interest as Studyard Kipling queried, Are you quite sure, prompting lively exchange among guests.
A Chicago Great Western Railway puzzle offers a dissected heavy cardboard map of the United States with 50 pieces to assemble. It asks readers for ldcents to obtain the puzzle and notes it suits both old and young.
The John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin reports 6434 orders received in February a day hailed as a monster day with expectations to double by mid March. The firm reports strong trade in potatoes speltz Bromus nermis Raps Big Your Oats and earliest vegetables. Demand surges for onions cabbage peas and bean seed, Marly Bird Radish and Lightning Calories lead sales. The runs have been a large advertiser and use weekly newspapers to tell the story.
A collage of quotes and snippets on Thanksgiving origins, a humor piece about a grandmother, a grain coffee substitute ad, Deaf and dumb institute debates, a map promotion from the International & Great Northern Railway, a two headed girl joke, a malaria cure claim, and an Army balloon invention note.
This OCR string compiles quips and brief jokes from various 19th century weeklies. It pairs dialogue and captions about doctors, ostriches, postmasters, shop counters, weddings, and artists, weaving a collage of humorous vignettes and social wits from N Y World to Chicago Post.
Women are invited to write for free medical advice from Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham. The notice claims her Vegetable Compound aids painful periods and backaches and notes strict confidentiality. It emphasizes widespread recognition of the product and provides an address at Lynn, Massachusetts.
A judge credits Peruna with curing nine years of head catarrh after 18 weeks of use. He asserts Peruna guards long term health and prevents colds from becoming catarrh, urging families to obtain Dr Hartman’s book on Winter Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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