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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
8
Instructions from Ohio Farmer describe making a 15 foot extension ladder by joining two ladders with iron retainers and curved irons. The design allows one person to extend or split into two ladders, with specific metal fittings and bolt placements illustrated in the accompanying cut.
The article warns that propagating peaches by budding risks spreading yellows since the disease can reside in sap and contaminate knives. It notes yellow-free pened seedlings resist infection, while seedling peaches once valued for purity historically offered some protection.
The article stresses good feed and care to maximize milk quality, noting some cows cannot be made to yield rich solids despite nourishment. It emphasizes water drainage using tile to avoid open ditches, improving pasture value, enabling earlier spring growth and better crop rotation, and increasing land versatility for grasses.
A recent international exhibition in Nice drew 952 exhibitors. In Washington, a hoped for discovery of old justice stamps failed. A one cent postal card bearing Porto Rico below Jefferson’s head sparked officials to trace its origin. China still uses private letter carriers outside treaty ports. Letter shops charge two thirds of the cost with the recipient paying the rest. The British Museum shows the first envelope, a handmade precursor to modern closures. Many resisted envelopes into the mid 19th century demanding wax seals instead.
The Beerbohm Tree production of King John is projected to cost 30000 dollars. Maj Marchand has become a songwriter with a popular tune Beside the Sonny Briar Bush adapted from Ian Maclaren and staged under Augustius Thomas for New York. A London letter misaddressed to The Lunatic O.D.Vi.R BP.N.W. reached George NR Sims. Marie Wainwright gains fame as an actress though less so as an opera singer. she originated the prima donna role in a long-standing classic opera in this country, and previously played Josephine in Pinafore about 21 years ago.
In Paris fashion reports current styles favor white gowns with no pockets for autumn wear. Jetted faces and Ger-studded glove buttons emerge as popular embellishments while Thinestone butterflies are noted as a worn motif.
Hon William Wortham Texas state treasurer enters a New York jewelry store and admires a $300 jeweled revolver with gold grip and ruby, holding it up to light and saying if worn in Texas, people would beg to be killed by it.
A bold advertisement promotes endless chain starch with free premiums for early buyers. The first five purchasers receive large 1lb Red Cross starch, large Hubinger's Best starch, two Shakespeare pictures or a Century Girl Calendar, all free. Later buyers get two large 19c starch packages and premiums. It touts Red Cross starch as a 20th century invention.
A summer man asks the summer girl for the three quickest ways to communicate. She replies with a playful rhyme citing telephone telegraph and tell-a-woman, then he wonders why she returns his ring during the season.
Listings announce excursions to numerous states including Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington. Dates August 1 September 5 and 15 October 3 and 17, 1899, fare 1 rail or single price. Contact agents WP Deppe and Warren J. Lynch in Cincinnati for details on routes, schedules, and privileges.
The Atchison Globe reports an anecdote about Admiral Dewey claiming a severe whipping inspired his life change. The piece notes mothers will read it aloud but suggests boys remain unmoved by fairy tale framing. The remark underscores gendered reception of moral tales in schools or public discourse.
An old promotion touts Girain-O as a nourishing substitute for coffee, claiming it aids digestion and strengthens nerves without stimulants. It targets both children and adults and notes price points. Also mentions a 1809 Inter-State Express Stage Line between West Plains and Yellville and a humor quote from Town Topics.
A historical ad style note praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for womb trouble leucorrhea and female weakness. Letters from Mrs Gro Bainbridge Pa Mrs Susie Weaver Philadelphia Pa and Mrs Baumann Chicago Ill recount long suffering prior to using the medicine and praise its health restoring effects with testimonials of improved vitality and ability to walk. The advertisement invites readers to write for advice at no charge and gives Lynn Mass as the address.
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