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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
2
A column surveys scattered topics from a banished absinthe policy in Belgium to King Leopold, a Brooklyn man losing hearing by telephone, and curiosities about crime, vaccination against burglary, and social quirks. It retells brief satirical takes on public figures like Edison and Bani, with asides about war, beards, and birds.
A Denver newspaper claims a married couple in Colorado lived together 66 years without a cross word, a tale seen as dull yet possibly true. The article notes Mr. Molineaux’s portrait will be removed from New York’s rogues’ gallery under a state ruling that an innocent man should not have a counterfeit portrait displayed among the guilty.
A young man crawling under a box car in Neosho Missouri sought shade and slept, using a rail as a pillow. Minutes later investigators found he had lost his head, a victim of the intense heat.
The passage presents a jumbled, unclear account mixing references to a water spider carrying air on its legs and a cock keeping brood, with stray phrases about mating, bonding, and animals dying. The overall meaning is unreadable and lacks identifiable facts or a coherent event.
A British public service honor notes Lord Cromer, long time diplomatic agent in Egypt, will be rewarded with a gift of fifty thousand pounds. The sum ensures comfortable retirement and societal standing for a distinguished ex-officer, contrasting with potential private fortunes he could have earned.
In October 1901 Jack Glenarm meets Laurence Donovan in a New York bank and plans a dinner at Sherry's. Donovan, a drifting adventurer with Irish ties and a murky past, hints at danger while a young woman at Pickering's table captures the narrator with mournful eyes, raising questions about identity and loyalties.
A hurried housekeeper left a dozen household notes for her husband. He followed them well yet placed all the plants on radiators for warmth. The hot steam and odor revealed the mistake. The couple’s plants suffered from overcare.
A grocer describes using sealing wax to seal cranberry bags replacing string. He heats a stick of wax, places it on the bag, and completes the seal in an instant. Sealing wax offers a quick neater package and costs about the same as string, alarming string manufacturers.
Massachusetts man recalls a late night incident in a New England home. A burglar alarmed a married couple as the husband retrieved a revolver and confronted sounds on the lower floors. The wife asks if the intruder wiped his feet before going upstairs, prompting a moralizing chuckle.
In a Surrey field a peasant guides a boy along a hedgerow as they discuss blackberries. The boy asks what the berries are, and the elder explains that blackberries are red when green, highlighting folk wisdom about seasonal fruit.
A compact aphorism notes that people rarely regret what they do not say or write. It suggests restraint in speech and letters, implying regret stems from not taking action or expressing thoughts. The speaker reflects on the value of unspoken words over those spoken or penned.
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