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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
8
A 1900s guide urges tomato growing as a highly profitable line for gardeners and truck farmers. It notes yields from 25 to 500 bushels per acre, with surplus usable for canning sauce and wine, while refuse feeds poultry. Varieties Stone and Canada Victor, bed prep, transplanting, watering, and staking are described.
The National Rural excerpt cites L L Calloway on vegetable remedies. Honey with beeswax. celery and turnips for rheumatism and nervous issues. onions for nerves and coughs. Spinach for iron. asparagus for diuresis. cranberries for erysipelas. lemons for fever thirst. apples as brain food and laxative. tomatoes and berries as alternatives to calomel and laxatives. avoid cathartics and drug laxatives in favor of fruits.
The article describes making a kerosene emulsion by boiling soap with kerogens and beating it until thick, then diluting to a milk color. It extols well-built roads for farm value, transport efficiency, and social gains, citing Charles Summer on roads and schools as civilization drivers.
Onions offer strong returns when yields are high and storage is planned. Key tips include good seed, early sowing, rich soil, and thorough cultivation. Use well rotted manure or wood ashes, avoid weed seeds, and apply top dressing after plowing. Prepare soil to fine filth, mark rows twelve inches apart, sow generously, and thin rather than replant.
d. G. Cross in Ohio Farmer explains a two cistern system with about 220 barrels each for general use and drinking water. A suction pump with a set screw allows flexible drawing from either cistern and a turn cock stops dripping. Brass globe valves switch lines, with 14 inch galvanized pipe laid underground to prevent frost, locating cisterns anywhere.
The American Cultivator warns against frequent shifts in stock or crops. gradual changes protect profits. avoid abandoning proven methods for trends. If a cow proves valuable, nurture her. if not, culled or fattened. Continuous drifting risks losing good investments.
Congress considers a plan to create an army war college for top staff officers. It calls for detailed officer tours, four to five year staff assignments, return to line service, and selection by boards reviewing efficiency records.
The duke of Roxburghe, a Blues captain and a suitor to Pauline Astor, earned praise after rescuing a Guardsman at Rensburg during the Boer engagement. A Louisville bride plans a nontraditional wedding under a quarry tree with only the maid of honor present, the couple, clergyman, and family watching from below as the ceremony unfolds in the branches.
An Indians paper replies to a correspondent stating it cannot spare space to print The Vampire. The Chicago Times-Herald calls Kipling's admirers to swallow a bitter dose of criticism and mockery.
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The firm guarantees results with a $100 reward if any case fails, and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and an anecdote about a church invitation card with puzzling letters.
A Yonkers Statesman item recalls a Sunday school scene where a teacher warns of everlasting bliss for the good and asks what happens to the bad. A boy quips we’ll go to a ples of everlasting blister, highlighting humorous interpretation of moral instruction.
A historic illustration highlights the John M. Smyth Company of Chicago as a 30 plus year wholesale direct retailer. The firm ships to consumers nationwide via a 1000 plus page illustrated catalogue using color photography to show curtains carpets and wall papers. It emphasizes cost savings by bypassing jobbers retailers travelers and agents. Its scale relies on bulk purchases lake steamers and low freight rates with references from any Chicago bank or express company.
The piece notes March and April as harsh in the North but pleasant in the South with blooming gardens and ripe fruit. It highlights the Louisville Nashville Railroad offering half-rate round trips to Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April, with agents in Birmingham and St Louis for more details.
Letters from two women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for helping them conceive and bear healthy babies. Mrs Mixpa of Roscoe NY and Mrs Lanz of Coytee TN describe relief from infertility and postpartum recovery after using the product. Also an advertisement extols W L Douglas shoes with price notes and dealer guidance.
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