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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
6
A sermonette uses the Abimelech tale to warn against polygamy and divorce, tracing how envy and pride in a fractured home foster evil. It argues righteous home life wards off moral decay, cites sowing and reaping, and notes Abimelech’s fall from sword to doom as divine judgment.
The proud moment marks the realization of Ab wmimelech's lifelong dream and his ascent before Whechem’s people as ruler. The sun shines on a ceremonial scene as the solemn procession of Baal priests leaves the temple, all witnesses to his elevated status.
The narrative recounts Abimelech’s rise to power in Shechem, his brutal dominion, and his fall. After he destroys the city and besieges Thebes, a local woman drops a millstone on him from a tower, mortally wounding him. His armor bearer then kills him to avoid the stigma of being slain by a woman, and the curse of Jotham comes to pass on the killers of Shechem.
A corpulent man in an open car on Coney Island drops a quarter while a handkerchief scatters coins. Two German women, Katrina and her friend, disappear after spotting the coin, leaving the man to watch in regret as he realizes he almost made a scene. Source notes the incident in The Sun.
A fragment reflecting on the biblical curse after disobedience, noting the Creator’s sentence to work for bread and the paradox of punishment shaping health, strength, and life’s enjoyment despite the curse. The text jueels with archaic phrasing and incomplete words.
Winsted residents thrill at a quirky ice fishing scene on Wood Creek where locals use axes and shovels to scoop bullhead fish from two inches of ice. Sleighs haul the catch away as meat dealers complain of fewer beef sales. Farmer James Curtiss tries ice harvesting and fills his arms harvesting bullheads. A Goethe quote ends the fragment.
The Montreal Herald quotes a saying that temperance and diligence forge strength, likening sturdy virtue to timber storms on Norwegian rocks. It asserts true piety is active, busy with good works, and dismisses temptation with Nehemiah’s resolve to focus on a great work for God and mankind.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote tells how a minister preached that in each blade of grass there is a sermon. The next day a parishioner found him mowing his garden and quipped that the sermon was being cut short.
Chicago leader Wilbur Glenn Voliva threatens radical action in Zion on May 1 unless residents submit to his one man rule. He denounces opponents, recalls church expulsion a year ago, and claims to have built Zion into a model community. About 1,200 of 1,560 attendees back his directive.
A brutal frost hit multiple Illinois towns Sunday night. fruit crops suffered heavy losses. Wava and Vandalia report temperatures around 25 below zero, while Moneaga notes four degrees below, killing peaches plums and small fruits. Taylorville Olney report fruit in bloom or nearly bloomed with extensive damage feared.
Attorney Crawford declares a bill in equity for the Crocker estate and Thomas H Hubbard of San Francisco filed in Austin circuit court asking the Southern Pacific Railroad Co to be restrained from paying 94,000,000 in common stock dividends. The petition seeks a decree that Union Pacific controls a competing system between San Francisco and New Orleans, contrary to public policy and federal and Texas law.
Alton Illinois resident Mayor Beall and other prominent figures from the Illinois Glass Company were swindled by two men posing as fundraisers for a widow and orphan home to be run by railroad men. One suspect was arrested as he attempted to depart Alton under a warrant by A E Bassett. Other victims will prosecute. Mayor Beall identified the prisoner. The second man escaped.
Alderman Adolph Yackel of Alton's fifth ward lies in serious condition from a brain hemorrhage after collapsing in a meat market near his business. His ally Alderman E H Blair died Sunday after a brief illness. Colleges Open Convention in Chicago draws 200 delegates with lectures by Bennett and President Judson. Shurtleff College to accept Carnegie gift of 15000 for a library and to push endowment to 500000.
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