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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1895

Page

8

Home Hints and Helps From a Rural Paper

A collection of kitchen and home guidance covers fabric dyes for whitening laundry, a mutton consommé simmering four hours, pineapple ice with eggs and sugar, coin cleaning cautions, potted lobster steps, a ginger cake recipe, thoughts on healthier bedroom furniture, and a favorite lemon cake recipe with baking tips from Western Rural.

Harper’s A Bazar N. Y Arctic Wilds Mary Porter Langley Orange Judd

Autumn Woolens for Fall Costumes Feature Novel Import Fabrics

The Autumn Woolens section highlights dtyliah Fabrica offerings for fall costumes. It notes rough surfaced wools with bourette threads, boucle effects, and mohair loops, plus loosely woven textures seen as light but backed by heavy silk linings. New Scotch tweeds mix browns and grays with bright accents. Angol fabric resembling Turkish towelling gains attention, and soft fine woolens in plaid patterns arrive from imports.

Dtyliah Fabrica Falr A. Blogle Solar Baye

State road laws and home rule for public highways

The article argues that local control of roads fails and that state engineers should direct road locations. Citing Washington and Virginia, it warns against county selfishness and poor local leadership. A proposed solution: state aided funding with state supervision to ensure quality roads nationwide.

Europe England France Great Britain Washington Mount Vernon Patrick Henry Virginia Old Dominion United States Department of Agriculture New Jersey Atlanta Leslie's Weekly

Fruit Culture in the United States in Its Infancy

Green's Fruit Grower presents a diagram showing land use by waste, spring crops, wheat, corn, and cotton with fruit occupying a small sector. The article argues fruit culture is in early stages, predicting growth as population rises, demand expands, and new canning methods spread. It notes current reliance on imported dried fruits and tropical varieties.

United States Green

Orchard and Garden Tips from the St Louis Republic

Practical farming notes advise pruning sprouts, keeping soil well worked around peach trees, and planting peach and plum trees in poultry yards to reduce disease. Unleached hardwood ashes boost pasture fertility. remove large limbs with paint, and use sun safety for young fruit borers. Early planting and loose sod around trunks aid tree development. avoid tight sod to let roots grow.

St. Louis Republic

New Horse Feed Seeks Market Trial in Horses

A new horse feed combines hay oats and corn ground finely in two to one to one ratio. It resembles bright hay in appearance and requires less space but may fail to provide bulk for stomach distension. Chewing is reduced, potentially inhibiting saliva flow and overall digestion, raising health concerns for continued use.

Early Harp Form and Aging Myths in One Text

The passage outlines ancient harp origins from bow shaped bodies with membranes, few strings, and bass tones, then notes the medieval rise of the modern harp. It adds health tips on arteries age and water for blood salts, and ends with a note on the fez origin and description.

Steam's Upt The Moorings Cast Off

A steamer majestically leaves the dock and sails down the river outward bound. The ad touts Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a steadfast aid for seasickness and travel ailments for emigrants tourists and mariners addressing nausea biliousness dyspepsia and related discomforts.

Hoatetter

Play Review Note Cites Sax Performance

The Boston Courier notes Sax sat before me at the play, praising her presence and the full house while describing the air as cool and the play as outstanding. The fragment reflects strong audience engagement and a positive verdict on the performance.

Sax Boston Courier

Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Benefits

Knowledge of comfort and improvement leads to urging the pure liquid laxative remedy Syrup of Figs. It claims to cleanse the system, relieve colds headaches and fevers, and cure constipation without harming kidneys, liver or bowels. sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. Explicit warning to avoid substitutes.

Athens Guiey California Fig Syrup. Co. Only

Advertisement note for advertisers in ibis paren

The reader notes that the message was seen in ibis paren as part of the advertising section. This record preserves the claim for advertiser awareness and publication confirmation.

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