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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
3
One of the Twelve Stories of Solomon by the highway and byway preacher examines the warns against betrayal and flattery in Biblical kingship. It cites scripture from 1 Kings 11:26-40 to illustrate caution in friendships and loyalties.
Sermonette warns how Jeroboam rose on Solomon's favor only to betray that trust for personal gain. It emphasizes that ambition without devotion to God ruins friendships and invites disaster, urging loyalty and restraint as checks on power.
A fragment shows a king entering a room and extending his hand to a strong young man who sits before him, implying a formal royal greeting. The scene suggests a moment of recognition or alliance in a medieval or fictional setting. The text is fragmentary and lacks broader context.
The audience awaited an exquisite Wagner program under conductor Walter Damrosch. Amid the applause a well dressed woman asked another which musician represented Wagner, revealing a humorous moment before the concert began.
Guglielmo Goggi a 20 year old musical student in Rome killed himself under dramatic circumstances while engaged in composing. The death ends a brief, intense chapter in a young career marked by study and ambition.
Solomon praises Jeroboam as a remarkable young man and elevates him to influence over Millo. Jeroboam grows confident, ambition rising as loyalty wanes, and a prophetic sign foreshadows ten tribes. Fearing Solomon’s wrath, Jeroboam flees to Egypt to escape murder.
A young man, having urged his fiancée to finish an opera, tore up the manuscript as she grew dangerously ill. Grief-stricken, he rushed to the window and leapt to the street, while the 18 year old girl died an hour later, per the London Express.
A short reflective note argues that daily life will resemble a Sunday, if one makes proper use of Sundays now, implying steady moral or spiritual improvement through the day of rest.
A brief meditation on how love mitigates harsh life conditions and tempers rough edges through care and resilience. The piece emphasizes emotional relief and moral strength drawn from intimate bonds.
Nevada national forest reserves now total 8,528,479 acres, over one in ten of the state’s land area including water. The Las Vegas National Forest, known as Sheep Mountains, spans 195,840 acres as the eighth reserve. Interior officials also withdraw 616,451 acres in White Pine and Nye counties to join the reserve, pushing withdrawals over 9,000,000 acres soon.
A contemplative note compares life’s purity to a spring, stating that in daily beginnings at Calvary the stream remains clearest and least muddied, underscoring spiritual renewal through faith.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes a jab about scar humor from someone who did not join a college fraternity, reflecting campus social climates and membership humor.
Pierre Loirat, a 103 year old retired sea captain, died near Bordeaux. He became a cabin boy at 11 and later, aboard a French bark, was captured by Spanish pirates. He and fellow prisoners overpowered their captors and steered the ship to a French port, where the pirates faced justice.
The Jewish Voice notes that men of intellect and practice hunger for religion, a theory of life, and a proper relation to their Maker. This inherent thirst cannot be ignored like physical hunger or intellectual curiosity.
A concise item notes that in racing, defeat often yields lasting gains and lessons. It contrasts immediate outcomes with longer term benefits, suggesting perseverance and strategic insight lead to broader success beyond a single event.
A 1908 Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus as the Bread of Life from John 6 22 51. It compares manna with Jesus feeding 5 000, explains motives for seeking Jesus, and defines true religious tests and spiritual nourishment through atonement and the Spirit.
A Philadelphia physician recounts a humorous dialogue between two Irish domestic workers on the Atlantic City boardwalk. They joke about disease claims and liver troubles, with one asking how slugs could enter the liver and another dismissing new medicines as old failures. The exchange reflects playful skepticism about medical advertisements in a Sunday magazine strip.
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong itch that worsened into red and white boils. After eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills he says he is cured. Acknowledgment by Nelson R Burnett confirms the testimonial. Also a stray line about quitting smoking and a washed face appears.
Cloverport Ky judge J H Wills recommends Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders backache and related ailments. He offers to answer inquirers questions by mail while noting the product as best remedy known. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Buffalo NY ends with a Steele quotation on achievement.
From October to May, colds are the most frequent cause of headache. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause. E Grove on box 25 cents. It is up to the dental student to take drawing lessons.
The backache signals trouble in the feminine organism and is accompanied by nervousness headache and pelvic pains. It notes weight in the lower body and urges immediate attention with a remedy that swiftly removes the cause and restores health.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports long lasting backache and leg pain relief after three bottles. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania says the remedy cured severe backaches and pressing pains, restoring appetite and sleep. The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard female remedy for displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and related symptoms with thousands reportedly cured.
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