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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
6
A collage of light vignettes from old papers. A Boston child asks mockingly about grandma’s death time, then cheerfully notes dinner preceded memory. Other items joke about a woman motorman, Klondike Christmas gifts, and crowds vs silence with playful regional humor.
A. Payne discusses the architect's role in planning a permanent healthy home. The article describes a sample suburban design with a two story layout including staircase hall, parlors, dining room, kitchen, pantry, five bedrooms, and a large bathroom. It notes materials, warm wood finishes, and a brick set range, with a furnace heating system and costs between $3,000 and $3,500 depending on location and finish.
In a clipped exchange from Philadelphia Press and New York Times fragments a citizen-vs-officer quip about a “dead-beat” and a policeman’s pride in his cemetery beat surfaces. The dialogue hints at romantic self-interest and journalistic flavor from era papers.
This portrait of Hon. David Meekison highlights his long public career from mayor of his hometown to congressman and party leader in Ohio. It notes his thirty year struggle with catarrh, his use of Pe-ru-na as claimed relief, and endorsements from actors and public figures, plus a call to write to Dr. Hartman for advice.
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