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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
8
George E. Scott outlines a five room hen house plan from Ohio Farmer enabling keeps of 20 to 24 hens per room. The design features wire partitions, feed-room nests, diagonal roosts with cleanout floor, south or east lighting, wind proofing, and a central coal stove. Estimated cost about $40 with labor.
Drainage Journal argues many pastures are worthless now but can become valuable with underdraining. A few tile drains with outlets can transform land, eliminating wild grasses and thickening nutritious tame grasses. Livestock prefer and graze near drains, proving the method boosts grazing quality and potential value across thousands of acres.
F C Hubbard describes a winter built appliance to ease shifting wagon bodies in a barn. The device uses a round shaft across beams with four long handles and supporting chains that hook to stake holes, allowing one body to roll up while the other lowers, simplifying lifting chores.
Mrs John Tooley of Dwight credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing severe nervousness and a Saint Vitus dance attack after weeks of treatment. She weighs 125 pounds now from 96, reports lasting health, and endorses the remedy to peers while noting male and female benefits and availability through druggists or direct mail.
A description of a low cost two part paint using water lime or hydraulic cement and skim milk. Mix until cream like, then apply with a four inch brush for a creamy brown to yellowish stone color. The finish is smooth and durable on wood, brick, and stone. Ducks should not be encouraged to lay in fall due to low egg demand for hatching.
A collage of 19th century ad blurbs touts No-To-Bac a tobacco cure with claims of rapid weight gain and wide cures, Halo’s Honey of Horehound and Tar fortification for winter lungs, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Cascarets for liver and bowel regulation, and a Bowsonian pun about string beans.
A vintage advertisement touts Hosteller’s Stomach Bitters for constipation fever and rheumatism related ailments and Cascarets Candy Cathartio as a gentle cleansing remedy for kidneys liver and bowels. It promotes ease of use and claims cure by druggists with prices 10 25 50 cents. A quoted chat from the Chicago Record is included as a light aside.
The item lists Syrup of Figs as a family laxative praised for gentle action and broad usefulness. It also notes various quotations and references to products like Cascanets and Halt’s Catarrh Cures, then a boxing line about Noan. The pieces read like a collage of ad blurbs and snippets.
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