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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1902

Page

3

On the Verge of Brights Disease Quick Cure Story

CASE No 30611 C E Boies a Akron grain and feed broker recalls kidney and bladder troubles since the Civil War. After standard remedies and doctor warnings of Brights disease a box of Deans Kidney Pills bought at Lamparter Co. drug store produced a noticeable relief within a week and the final attack disappeared.

C. E. Boies South Water Street Akron Bright Dean Lamparter & Co

Three Years After Mr Boies Praises Dean's Kidney Pills

In 1899 Mr Boies recalls a spring 1896 statement about kidney pills curing his aching kidneys back muscles and shoulder blade pains. He notes no recurrences since and urges confidence from Akron testimonies. A free trial offer by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY invites nationwide applications. Sold by druggists 50 cents per box.

Akron Boies United States Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y

A New Indoor Game Butterfly Flight and Catch

A design for a safe indoor game lets players imitate a butterfly’s flight. Cut, mount, and balance a butterfly figure, then strike its wing tip to send it gliding. Catch it on a tablet for points, with rules rewarding distance, grace, and skill, suitable for all ages.

how rabbits fight

A narrator recalls an clash on a hillside where a mother rabbit Molly defends her young from a yellow cat. Molly leaps, kicks, and eludes the cat in a dramatic woodland bout until the feline flees, leaving the rabbit triumphant beside her nest.

Molly

Canine Equestrian Matt Quay the West Chester Wonder

A West Chester, Pennsylvania dog named Matt Quay belongs to J B Fisher. The four year old cocker spaniel is nimble and sociable with boys. He rides a bicycle with a boy, clambers onto a pony, enjoys coasting and helps pull a sled back up the hill. He is sharp and admired by local youths.

Westchester Matt J. B. Fisher Matt Quay Detroit Free Press

Too Much Pet Bear

A Adirondack hunting tale warns of keeping a cub bear as a pet. A man gifts his four year old a cub after returning home with a dead bear. The cub grows rapidly and becomes rough in play. One day the boy is nearly hugged to death before a hired man rescues him. The tale ends with the danger of a pet bear and a mock epitaph “Died of Too Much Pet Bear.”

Adirondacks St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Record of Postmaster Appointments and Crime in Postal Service

Washington reports a record 2 370 presidential postmasters appointed last year as part of a total 16 970 postmaster appointments across all classes. The US post offices numbered 75 924 with 3 488 third class and 71 193 fourth class. burglaries and robberies rose, 1 746 post office robberies recorded. Cuba’s postal revenue reached 335 916 with 372 574 expenditures. Bristow urges bonds for staff and postmasters to be held responsible, plus funding for inspector lookout posts.

Washington J. L. Bristow Postal Service United States Cuba

A Frequent Faint Noted as Critique of Novel

The Brooklyn Eagle quips about a frequent remark on a certain work saying there is only one criticism and it is that it isn’t novel. The exchange frames a cheeky literary aside rather than a plot detail.

Brooklyn Eagle

Tax-Dodging in Chicago Report on Tax Losses

In ten years Chicago lost 5.61 million dollars in uncollected taxes as experts fault the county tax methods. Delinquent personal property taxes yielded only 50 thousand until an investigation began, after which 15 thousand dollars a month was collected. Partial payments were sometimes accepted as full, with no records explaining reductions.

Chicago McGann

Courier of the King Aims at Washington Dispatch

Oliver A. Borthwick, a young British courier in a plaid English suit, docked from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with documents from King Edward VII. He refused formal inspection, saying the mission to Roosevelt or the British embassy was of great importance, bearing the king's signature and seal.

New York Oliver A. Borthwick Edward ‘VII Roosevelt Washington

A Letter From the Ext Pe-ru-na Promotes Pe-ru-na Remedy

Letters of congratulation pour in from every state praising Pe-ru-na as the catarrh remedy of the age. Governor of Oregon endorses it, noting repeated family use and cold prevention. Dr Hartman calls for households to keep Pe-ru-na for coughs colds and winter ailments.

Atlantic Pacific Hartman Statesman Oregon Pe-ru-na W.M. Lord United States Dr. Hartman Columbus Ohio

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