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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1899
Page
7
A simple two-wood-strap milk can stand holds cans upside down for drainage. The design uses interchangeable wire loops and a stationary fence brace. Portable versions can be built by adjusting the brace base and adding cross supports for mobility.
The St Louis Republic urges fall orchard and garden practices, promoting new soil for orchards, high quality soil for fruit trees, thorough manuring and deep plowing before cold weather, and proper drainage to prevent water stagnation. It recommends mulching strawberries only after ground freezes, preserving uniform temperature to prevent decay, heel-in trees now with good drainage and rabbit protection, and deep plowing to destroy white grubs, noting fruit crops demand little soil plant food.
An old advertisement extols Grain-O as a non stimulating coffee substitute that nourishes and aids sleep. It claims Grain-O looks and tastes like coffee and suits nervous persons, youths, and children. The piece also contains fragmented text and stray quotes from a Boston Travelers column.
The Alton Limited, newly equipped day trains of the Chicago & Alton R Co, began daily service between Chicago and St Louis on November 16, 1899. The consist includes a mail car, baggage coach, parlor chair cars, cafe, smoking car, and a Pullman parlor observation car, all with Pullman standard framing and electric lighting. The train features maroon ornamentation, uniform window profiles, and carefully chosen interior woods and furnishings, claimed to be unmatched in American train construction.
An assortment of ads proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for cures that fail. It promotes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also advertised are Hall's Pills, a Quisisana Nature Cure Sanitarium in Asheville, and quotes from newspapers.
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