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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
8
A playful poem lists nations built from endings of common words. Each line pairs a positive or negative trait with a pun on a word like examination or imagination, ending with termination or destination. The piece lampoons political ambition and moral virtues through linguistic twists.
A Florida man devised an entertaining and instructive card game with 1 to 100 cards. The highest card bears the likeness of a national military leader, while other cards show officers graded by number. Some high cards include letters to add complexity and lower high cards feature private soldiers. The game uses standard playing cards and varies rules in popular gameplay.
The passage discusses presenting information through a playful card game format where higher officers symbolize meaningful roles rather than trivial face cards. It argues this method makes absorbing information easier and more entertaining.
A series of old riddles and their solutions. The first riddle hints at a cherry with a Dick Redcap character. The second clues thirty white horses on a red hill answered as gums and teeth. The third puzzle references smoke for a house yard and bowl full. The final riddle states nature needs five seven laziness nine and wickedness eleven with hours of sleep as the answer.
A collage of humorous lines about memory in marriage from Puck and 2Rx and a note on happiness. It contrasts a wife who recalls wedding day for its ivory satin with a husband who forgets it, framed by wry exchanges about getting what we want and what we deserve.
A playful verse narrates Polly coaxing Paul to bite a large apple. The scene centers on Polly declaring the bite satisfactory while Paul ends up taking the bite and Polly securing it. The humorous mischief highlights a playful challenge and outcome.
A brief item describes two visual illusions where figures appear unequal in size and lines seem nonparallel, yet careful measurement shows the figures are identical and four straight lines remain parallel. The piece notes the puzzling nature of perception and the test of rulers to verify true dimensions.
A fragmentary game card poses corn based Q A puns such as cornets cornice popcorn cornerstone Cornish cornflower cornucopia corn cake corncrake corn crib and corn starch with a closing fitting term about naming a baby sister as an ary-sig joke.
A flower named Wauhnia in the Fitt Jelands opens its petals at dawn signaling church time. A missionary watches for the bloom and uses a drumbeat to summon islanders in groups to church as the sun rises.
In Naples a race of cats lives in churches kept by authorities to eat mice the menaces of the od buildings. They may be seen walking among the congregation or sitting before the pulpit. This curious tale dates from an Italian source in 1298.
A historical piece extols Central Canada land settlement in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes high yields from homesteads and purchases, expanding railways, schools, churches and towns, and the wealth flowing from soil. It encourages readers to seek government information and consider moving north, arguing Canada will soon be a global wheat supplier while the United States becomes a buyer. Ends with assorted editorial quips about labor strikes and personal effort.
An old time remedy asserts a five hour cure for coughs and bronchitis using wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and pine syrup. It warns other syrups worsen constipation, prescribes doses by age, and asks readers to share this prescription to save consumptives.
A collage of humorous vignettes and advertisements from a late nineteenth century issue includes a rector anecdote, compass notes for Japanese sleeping rooms, Rough on Rats guidance, jokes about watches and prescriptions, and various quips on fashion, airships, and remedies. Notable lines feature humor from Puck and a dentist’s bravado.
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Detehon's Relief for rheumatism rapidly eases severe cases in hours with first dose benefits. The notice also lampoons typical trade quips and includes miscellaneous ad copy about cigars, ladies fashion, and fur buyers McMillan Fur & Wool Co of St. Louis urging consignments of hides furs and pelts.
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