06 Jan 1906
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1906
Page
1
Amram and Jochebed hide Moses as Egyptian oppression grows. Miriam suggests an ark of reeds by the Nile. Pharaoh’s daughter finds the infant, pays for nursing, and Moses is raised in safety while the family praises God for deliverance.
A Westminster Gazette item notes aliens in London both West and East Ends. A man visiting for a night’s entertainment experiences a hotel lift with a German, a Swiss porter, a French maitre d hotel, German waiter, and a French chef. He dines, rides with a French driver, attends Italian opera, hears a foreign band, and encounters Turkish cigarettes. Friction with French Austrian and German demi mondaines is reported.
A promotional overview of the Lackawanna Railroad highlighting scenic Jersey and Delaware Water Gap routes from New York to Scranton and Binghamton. It details rail safety with automatic signals, interlocking switches, and modern equipment, plus features like ash-free coal, rock-ballasted roadbeds, Pullman cars, dining service, and through trains from Chicago with contact for inquiries.
A Baltimore Sun account recalls a nervous groom who fumbles during the ceremony while his calm bride endures and a spectator interrupts with a bold declaration just as the minister asks for any just reason to oppose the union.
A young girl tries to call her father by telephone and, through mispronunciations and grammar quirks, prompts Central to ask for a number. Her single word reply Singular reveals her grip on grammar. The snippet captures a child’s early communication comedy and a life motto about intention.
Mrs. Clara Curtis, 74, Cimarron Kansas, served three terms as mayor and saved the city from bankruptcy through skillful management but died last September. she declined a fourth term due to deafness. Five men arrested in Reno Nevada for oral order fraud offering degrees for ten cents. A eccentric Omaha bond buyer A J Seaman, living on nine cents a day, receives hundreds of marriage proposals via post card and earns one cent per reply. An Indian on Couer d Alene reserve brought two Belgian hares that multiplied and harmed crops as locals fear killing hares brings bad luck. A. C. Thompson of Seattle carved a grizzly bear statue for R Shadesty’s grave in Alaska, funded by a $600 bequest.
Sir Archibald Geikie the famed geologist warns of another deluge caused by the universal decay of the land surface. He cautions that erosion and subsidence may bring renewed floods and catastrophe for populated coastlines and river basins.
A playful excerpt where a photographer remarks on a faded image and a young man, Binks Ghespariences, comments. The dialogue centers on social fuss surrounding a woman's first baby and the lasting resistance to hearing criticism about the subject.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. The short claim promises a quick relief from cold symptoms with a combination tablet.
A fragment quotes an elder urging restraint and kindness, noting the world’s limited good each person can do. It questions the fate of old workers who once managed vast wheat fields and ends with a moral about bringing joy to children rather than fear by one’s name.
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