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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1898

Page

8

The Egg Type Fowl for Profitable Hatching

Dairymen seek the egg type as the key to profitable poultry by selecting hens with a long deep body high tail, medium long beak, bright eyes and large red combs. Active hens with prolific laying traits, bred from lines like Leghorns Plymouth Rocks and Light Brahmas, weed out unproductive birds to maximize profit.

Plymouth Rocks N, Y Tribune

New Use for Paris Catacombs as Subterranean Lab

The Jardin des Plantes catacombs are repurposed into a subterranean laboratory and aquarium system. Some galleries now hold reservoirs and glass tanks while niches that once held human remains serve as animal cages to study life under total and partial darkness.

Paris Jardin Des Plantes

Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other Advertisements

An 1886 Toledo area legal notice states Frank J. Cheney declares his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured, with sworn acknowledgment before A W Ason. The page also contains ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure Henry & Co Toledo Sehat, Hall's Family Pills, and various miscellaneous items and clipped quotations from Washington Iowa Democrat and Boston Transcript.

Frank J. Cheney F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo A.W. Ason Henry & CO Hall

Treatment of Spanish Captives and Patent Medicine Endorsements

A historical note extols humane treatment of a defeated Spanish captive and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a miraculous cure for stomach and liver disorders. The text also includes quirky quotes about photo composites and a claim that St Jacobs Oil heals sprains, reflecting sensational newspaper language.

Hostetter

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