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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
8
The piece presents Sunny-hearted Joe proclaiming joy by admiring birds, skies, and streams. He questions why he should frown or mope, noting flowers, crickets, and cheerful weather. The verse urges sharing life’s load with a cheerful tune, as echoed by George Cooper in Golden Days.
A trainer failed to teach a dog named Dink to dive until a chance call at a hotel window transformed the animal. Dink then leaps from ladders into nets, earning a salary likely higher than most performing animals, astonishes crowds in Iowa and beyond.
A Boston Globe note describes a party game using a match stuck through a cardboard hub to reveal future spouse or sweetheart through the burnt end. The method involves drawing radiating lines for names of girlfriends or male friends and reading the dropped name as destiny. The piece frames it as harmless fun with no truth.
A curious Indiana boy learned from a magazine to mesmerize a young rooster in his yard. He used chalk on the bill and neck to induce sleep, then staged a mock battle with a pencil, evoking feather ruffling and frantic actions. The rooster, though harmless, grew large and was later sold for a good price.
Travelers report Arabs in African deserts prefer stagnant pools over running water and suffer sickness from fresh water. The habit extends to desert animals and some European travelers, who experience nausea and fever before acclimating, after which running water affects them like gait does the Arabs.
A farm column describes a practical hog trough hack to level the playing field for runt hogs and bigger swine. It details building long troughs from common lumber with uprights and crosspieces to prevent crowding, allow equal access, and even double as a poultry watering setup while protecting wood from rot.
Iowa readers learn two farm notes from Prairie Farmer and Chicago Daily Tribune. First, avoid outdoor haylike corn fodder stacks. if cut at proper moisture, shocks cure well under cover, but shredding fodder yields better feeding and reduces husking labor. Second, corn tassel second-appearance and green silks amid July heat may forecast good yield unless early frost ends the season.
Keep the Colt growing by feeding oats daily when pasture is short. A few bushels to a well-bred yearling helps as pasture worsens and flies increase. Many horses are stunted first winter and miss their second summer. growth matters to buyers.
Miss Bessie Kellog of Valley City testifies that three weeks on Peruna relieved severe monthly pains that doctors failed to treat. Within two months she had no pain and six months later remains pain free. She urges all women to try Peruna.
The Boston Transcript contrasts Mrs Graves with Mrs Wyse in a social vignette. One remarks on a silent husband who never speaks all evening while the other jokes that his silence shows deep affection.
An obituary style remark on a man famed for troublesome behavior and long sobriety issues. The line from a Chicago Tribune tribute recalls neighbors’ memory of his tumultuous life and his longtime contentious nature as funeral services conclude.
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