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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
7
An advertisement touts fertile lands in Valenco Texas offering fruit, cotton, cane, corn, rice and vegetables with multiple crops yearly. Claims sea air for health and long life and notes Velascoa free port nearby for large ships. Commercial Club, Valenco, Texas.
A dubious medical claim describes Rhasumatiam cured in 1 to 3 days with a remedy called Myath Cure for rhemmnanam and neurungia. It asserts quick removal of symptoms and energy gains after the first dose, priced at 75 conte, sold by Kingston, Prog, UK.
Local notes report a contract for an addition to Montleclio Seminary at a cost of 840000. Other items include a stray eagle shot near Staunton, a rumor of 2800 found in a hollow tree, and Carlinville Telephone Co poles along Main Street for a prospective line.
Alderman James L. Frances of Chicago and Rev John Burgue of Keokuk Iowa laud Dr King's New Discovery as an ideal remedy for coughs colds and lung complaints. They claim rapid relief and endorse its use over physicians prescriptions. Trial bottles offered. Hood's Saraparilla also recommended for general health.
Old household column offers practical advice on stain removal and cooking tweaks. It covers mustard plaster prevention, furniture cleaning with egg white and kerosene, window glass cleaning with hot vinegar, borax hair and skin whitening, beating egg whites with salt, salt and soup behavior, tomato sauce in gravies, repelling pests with cayenne, and removing wallpaper grease with blotting paper and heat.
A broad appeal touts Farm Journal as a leading monthly paper for farmers and villagers from Maine to California, praising its practicality and honesty. The note offers free samples via Philadelphia publishers and proposes a subscription deal through the Weekly Call, urging readers to settle arrears at the Captain's office.
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