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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1895
Page
8
Marion Mauville Pope argues in Lippincott's Magazine that America must develop better roads at home despite vast rail networks. He compares granite block paving unfavorably to newer materials, urging unbiased tests and legal standards to end costly, uncomfortable roads and boost domestic travel and exploration.
A device for cooling milk on small dairy farms hangs vessels in a weir to keep milk cool. It supports four pails raised and lowered by a windlass. The author, M. H. Whitney, reports years of satisfactory use and notes the well supplies water for stock, with a wall pump near the large well.
Farmers urged to inspect every cow with a Babcock tester and weigh milk to identify unprofitable cows. The advisory warns against keeping cows that fail to meet butterfat yield, stressing waste of feed and inadequate returns.
A. J. Keller asks how to plant and treat pits to grow peach, plum, and cherry trees. Advice: keep pits damp after removal, plant in fall if possible under five inches soil, frost will crack shells, spring growth follows. If spring planting, store pits properly and plant early. seed rows should be thick and four feet apart. Budding stock will reach four feet by end of second summer, with spring transplanting favored for peaches, plums, and cherries. Variability by variety and season remains.
A Cornell University bulletin on winter melon culture notes the crop is difficult in winter and low yields require high prices. Prof Bailey suggests frame houses help, with careful pacing for profit. Melons are trained on wires and need support, with Bailey illustrating a board-and-string method as a practical option.
The excerpt offers practical tips on pest control with white hellebore for worms on grape leaves, and cautions for asparagus shoots to grow three to four inches before cutting. It advises not swallowing grape seeds, and notes that a wind mill, tank, and hose can aid garden irrigation if the soil is suitable for market farming.
At Lake Erie ports this summer one of six coal dumping machines operates at the Cleveland dock of the New York Pennsylvania Ohio railroad. On September 19 it loaded 48 cars or 1200 tons in 4 3 hours with 26 minutes delay, and 45 cars were unloaded in three hours, more than double the speed of ordinary methods.
A collage of quotes and aphorisms from multiple publications including UiS Gov't Report and Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. The text weaves literary lines about Mrs Longtone, Dr Sugarpill, Dr Marnes, travel benefits, a steerage scene, a vaccination anecdote, a political candidate remark, and Swiftian maxims.
The text touts Bostetter's Stomach Bitters as a travel aid to counter fatigue and purify air and water, claims it calms nerves, assists digestion, and fights ailments like malaria rheumatism and kidney issues. It also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Piso's Cure for Consumption with testimonials and various ad lines from 1894 sources.
The exchange recounts a chaotic scene where a man banged a planner while his wife shouted, prompting a quip that perhaps the woman should be arrested for interfering. The remark is attributed to Harper's azar and Gifford, reflecting wartime or colloquial wit of the era.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds fevers and constipation. It claims medical approval and notes the product is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 60c and $1 bottles by druggists.
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