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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1895
Page
8
The Railway Review advocates even year distribution of farm traffic via better roads to ease seasonal congestion. It argues roads must resist weather, enabling steady movement of crops, reducing idle farm hours and warehouse pileups. Proposes free carriage within limits and potential labor shifts from prisons to road work for broader benefits.
There is a strong demand for a cheap greenhouse for home plant growing. Many buyers wish for a simple plant-house but fear cost. The Woodbanks small greenhouse is satisfactory yet not expensive.
A tersely described cheap hot bed or greenhouse frame uses 2 by 4s and inexpensive boards. The design calls for double boarding with paper between walls, a roof from ordinary sash can, and side windows for light, aiming to minimize expense and use readily available materials.
Simple home pasteurizing method using a thermometer and common kitchen utensils. Use fresh milk, heat water to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, heat bottles in a water bath, then rest and cool rapidly in a refrigerator. This method preserves sweetness for several days.
The drought halts creameries as cheese poisonings rise from impure water and poor handling. Michigan dairy institutes at county fairs promise industry benefits. Also guidance on reviving stunted trees by root treatment and soil refreshment.
In Cathlamet Oregon prisoners from the county jail are taken to a restaurant or hotel dining room three times daily, for meals in relative comfort. Restaurant keepers refused to bid for jail food, making the unusual arrangement a community picnic for inmates.
A brief theatre line reveals a servant pressing for the applicant's last address to verify character. Judy responds with surprise as the exchange centers on trust and background inquiry within a servant placing scene.
A dialogue excerpt shows a woman questioning a marriage proposal from George noting her wealth and control of funds. She asserts the suitor must seek money even for small needs and endure wait times, while the exchange hints at power dynamics in the arrangement.
A vivid colonial-era adage warns malaria as a lurking danger and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a world famed remedy. The text claims the bitters cure rheumatism dyspepsia liver complaints constipation grippe and nervousness and notes its usefulness in convalescence and age. A quoted line from the poet Harper's adds a dramatic flourish.
The narrator travels from Chicago to Denver aboard the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad praising the system for courteous staff comfort solid roadbed and punctual arrivals. The Burlington Route is also cited as the best way to reach St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and Kansas City.
Quote from Harper's Bazar notes a witty uncle remembered by family with a special codicil. The fragment mentions a personal blessing left in the will as a playful memory of an old kin.
An old London stock exchange member recalls a quip about a man confiding in his wife while noting a constipation remedy priced 106 and 1 percent. The fragment references a Kentucky poker habit and Piso's Cure for Consumption with a Harrisburg address dated May 4.
An ornamental ad touts Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative remedy from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims relief from constipation, colds, headaches, and fevers, noting benefits to kidneys, liver, and bowels and warning buyers to buy only the California-made product in 50 cent or 1 dollar bottles through registered druggists.
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