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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1903
Page
8
George A. W. Kintz outlines an eight room residence with parlor living room dining room and bedrooms arranged around interior halls. The home features Georgia pine interiors plastering two coats exterior paint sash and fireplace mantels with beamed dining ceiling and ample closets. Veranda measures 7 by 22 feet and overall height is nine feet per story with two stories and basement notes.
Naturalists note insect senses surpass human dogs with precise nest location tracking. The paper details wasps that bury nests in sand banks and return to them without error, plus another species that locates bee larvae cells under baked clay to lay eggs.
The insular bureau's request to certify 150 teachers at $2000 to $900 yearly drew scant interest. Only 42 candidates qualified after a weak exam, and another test is planned for October. Women are barred from the exam, and the job appeal seems low among young men.
Senator Frye from Maine retells a yarn about a man in his country who tries to please six barbers by changing hair trimming requests each time. As the fifth barber proposes ginger, the tale notes a clash of modern and ancient methods while Senator Chandler weighs in on barbarism.
The germ theory is hailed as a pivotal medical advance beside the stomach discovery. Exhaustive experiments on guinea pigs suggest serums are vital, yet people avoid them unless frightened. The theory has terrified more than any prior idea, complicating the path to real health.
In Sabra Montana on October 19 a man named Gottlieb Mill is credited with improving many neighbors’ back pain using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mill recalls years of kidney and back trouble but reports strong benefit after using the pills, plans to keep them on hand and considers them the best medicine of the day.
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