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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
8
A collection of vintage kitchen tips and recipes from household pages. Includes soft lye soap method using fat and water, egg gem bake with breadcrumbs and eggs, a rabbit dish with curry butter sauce, Duchess Soup with onions and cheese, and baked shad roe with a light stock sauce.
A New York Tribune excerpt notes fashions revive grandmothers era lawns dimities and organdy muslins with starched petticoats and stiff lingering folds. It explains starch methods using white glue or gum-stable starch to prevent rattling and preserve sheer fabrics, recommending Victoria lawn at twelve and a half cents a yard.
The article describes sleeve growth trends with epaulets and decorative elements. It notes retained mutton leg shapes, tight wrist cuffs, and occasional white lace or Valenciennes trim. Old-time flowing sleeves with flair at the wrist reveal delicate under-sleeves in silk and satin.
Harper's Weekly argues that durable roads boost farm efficiency by easing heavy transport to markets and railheads. Citing Col. Francis Vinton Greene, it notes Macadam surfaces cut hauling costs dramatically, from 30 cents to 7 cents per ton per mile, saving millions nationwide. It urges local bond-funded road programs over 15–20 years to finance upgrades.
A fragment discusses serious drawbacks in the cheese industry due to poor quality cheese. It notes consumers buy small pieces that are not eaten and go to waste, hurting demand. The piece argues better cheese from whole milk could revive consumption, but warns it will take years to recover from demoralized market conditions.
A farmer’s guide to extending the vegetable season through planned succession. Plant peas beans corn cucumbers lettuce and tomatoes in staggered intervals every two to three weeks and use early and late varieties to keep greens available from spring into late summer. Prioritize land prep and avoid overplanting diverse crops.
A simple home made rustic summer house with a bark clad peaked roof and rough slab decking. It uses bark covered posts, crosspieces, and primitive posts for doorway and corners to blend with wild surroundings, with seating or rocking chairs inside and a small table, serving as a pleasant warm afternoon dining room.
The article urges planting evergreen stock just before new growth, warns that poor land suits tomatoes while good soil boosts them, and questions neglecting apples. It prescribes a grafting resin mix of four parts resin, two parts beeswax, and one part beef tallow, softened and applied with a stick, with a glass cover if chilled.
During the Franco Prussian war the Germans fired 80,000,000 rifle cartridges and 363,000 artillery charges, killing or mortally wounding 77,000 Frenchmen, showing that 400 shots were required to kill or mortally wound one man.
An advertisement asserts deafness due to inflamed Eustachian tube can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promises one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that the remedy cannot cure and invites readers to request circulars from F.J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
A humorous butcher’s take on indigestion outlines its link to stomach and liver troubles and the miseries it brings. The piece suggests poisonous, leftover matter in the body as the cause and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy.
A garbled antique notice promotes a railway route to Chattanooga with connections to Nashville and the Southeast. It touts museum visitors, travel rates, hotel and cave fees, plus questions about originality and a joke from Brooklyn Life. The fragment references Epworth Henry tickets and several city offices.
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