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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
7
Readable fragments describe a product promising cures for skin conditions including salt-rheum and chapped hands, with guarantees of refunds if not satisfied. No clear company name or full claim details available due to damaged text.
A dubious medical claim describes a radical cure using reuination and Methalgin. It asserts rapid results within 1 to 8 days, claiming immediate disappearance of a unspecified disease after the first dose. The note lists a price of 74 cents and references a seller in Troy.
Fragmentary 1896 notice notes remaining letters at the Madison county Post Office with unclear names and unclear dates, indicating a call for recipients to collect mail.
East St Louis reported a February revenue of 8848.50 from Neences while a measles scare in Ashley was minor. Pinckneyville bakers sell 40 loaves per dollar, and Euwardaville’s N O Nelson Bicycle Factory runs at full blast with 125 orders. Belleville displays a large chicken-loving engine. Alma College leader President Hogg resigns to edit a church paper. A mouse disrupted a Buffalo Theater performance. Madison County public administrator paid 270.54 on Henry Bosop and 3473.36 on Ransom Tucker estates with no heirs. A Cumberland Presbyterian church fire in Bethalto damaged by 200 in losses.
The item extols Hood's Sarsaparilia as a pure blood purifier and notes Hood's Pills for liver and bowels. It mentions W. C. Ferguson receiving a late pension and dying after waiting years for action, a Safe in the State Bank incident, and a Hillsboro boy’s failed courtship in Litchfield with a comic transfer at the Big Four station.
Rev J Gunderman of Dimondale Michigan reports remarkable relief from pneumonia and LaGrippe in his wife after using King's New Discovery. He notes terrible coughing subsides and praises the remedy's effectiveness following a friend's recommendation. Free trial bottles offered.
Household tips warn against onion fumes and drafts. Canned goods opened must be used immediately to avoid oxidation and poisoning risks. A test for oleomargarine involves lard between glass to detect fat crystals, helping distinguish it from real butter.
An old promotional note touts the Farm Journal as the leading megalithic monthly for farmers from Maine to California and Montana to Florida. It promises practical, honest content on livestock dairy poultry gardens and war efforts with no partisan bias and invites readers to request a free copy or view one at the office. It also offers a special arrangement with the Weekly Call for 1896 subscriptions and arrearage settlements.
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