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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
10
A detailed description by Mrs. I BR Littlejohn explains a self built water supply using a well dug 200 yards from the house and a wooden barrel tank. The setup includes a protective screen, pipes with air vents, screws to regulate flow, a pump three feet below the well top, and careful priming to draw water downhill to a barn trough.
A mix of vintage clippings shows the Board of Public Improvements debating a humorously misaddressed letter. The page also markets Cascarets, Allen's Foot-Ease, and Laxative Bromo Quinine, alongside humorous quips and faded local notices from 1908 with stray dialect and ads.
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