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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
8
Philadelphia reports Rev. J. N. W. Irvine, an Irish Episcopal minister, once a dean and priest, born Weland ago, studied with Bishop Talbot in 1870. Their college friendship ended after a career marked by frequent moves and a final unfrocking in 1900.
A historical fragment traces a priest's path from Braddock and Irwin to rector roles at St. Augustine’s in Maryland, Bridgeton and St. James Philadelphia before 1894, then St John's Huntingdon in 1896, with later note of unfrocking in 1900 and a separate 1900s suicide in Missouri.
A Washington Star report describes widespread candy pilfering in major stores. Shoppers, including an old lady and a crafty youth, slip pieces into pockets or bags while clerks and a vigilant attendant observe. The practice may total 25 to 80 pounds daily.
A Chicago Daily News quip speculates Nero might have played an accordion instead of fiddling as Rome buried, replaying the brutal satire on imperial indifference with a humorous twist.
A terse exchange cited from the Louisville Courier Journal references a scuffle over remarks about a wife. The dialogue suggests a spurious scandal flare up sparked by a claim that a wife once posed for artists.
A rough excerpt shows the speaker vowing to protect a turkey from a tramp by wearing old gloves. It mentions Josh and riding in straw, suggesting a rural or informal scene with humor or metaphor.
Fragmentary lines reference odd names and phrases. No clear event, date, or place emerges to define a factual news item or identify persons, organizations, or actions.
An Orange Judd Farmer description shows a self feeder for poultry. The eight inch wide hopper is two and a half feet high and three feet long with a roof over the perch. Perch weight and lid attachment details vary by fowl size. The box length is flexible, while height and width are about correct.
The piece explains how bees shifted from equal male and female roles to communal labor led by cooperative females. It notes the queen’s feeding by attendants, her egg production of up to 3,000 daily during peak periods, and a lifetime tally around 1.5 million eggs, while she does little else beyond laying.
Guidance on daily egg gathering in summer and more frequent collection in winter to prevent shell rupture. Instructions cover cooling rooms, packing with small ends down, and cardboard separators to keep yolk from settling. Notes that eggs fetch better prices than selling chicks, with profit considerations and risk guidance. Lists prolific layers including Black Spanish Leghorn Poland Hamburg Creve Coeur La Fleche.
This brief notes feed and management ideas for poultry. It covers using cabbage scraps for scratching material, cracked core and bone scraps to fatten birds, curing dampness, and the value of green bone scraps. It cites a Maine hen laying 251 eggs a year with 176 percent profit, recommends fall breeding stock for geese, and stresses exercise and proper feeding for winter egg production.
A dog moved from Plymouth Massachusetts to Cambridge Massachusetts about forty miles, was kept tied for two days, then released and reached Plymouth safely. The Rochester Post Express notes such journeys are common, with dogs traveling hundreds of miles, recalling cases from New Orleans up the Mississippi to a northwest state. The piece ends pondering what compass such dogs use.
Wash and peel four white potatoes, grate and mix with one quart of milk. Heat gently, stir until scalded. Beat four eggs, add one yolk, one teaspoon salt, two small jam of butter, and half a grated nutmeg or cinnamon. Combine with potato, pour into buttered dish, bake four hours. Boston Budget
Drain liquor from salmon and mash bones free. Simmer in water ten minutes, strain, return to fire with chicken stock. Stir in heated milk and cream, cook until smooth, strain again and season with pepper and salt. Boston Budget recipe note.
The pumping station and coal mine at Galfen on the Burlington line, just east of Sterling, Ohio, have largely sunk from view. Only the top of a stovepipe remains visible above a large circular hole where the buildings disappeared.
A humorous exchange about the youngest boy’s honesty leads to a quip suggesting he get a job in the prediction department of the government weather bureau. The remark reflects a light, conversational tone typical of a daily paper’s humor column.
A 14 year old girl from Harby in the Vale of Belvoir wed a 22 year old man in Melton at the local registry office marking an exceptionally early marriage in the British Isles.
A vintage recipe from People’s Home Journal describes mixing the yolks of three well beaten eggs with half a pint of cream, two ounces of sugar, powdered cinnamon, grated nutmeg, and frying quickly in sweet lard. Drain and dish, sprinkle with granulated sugar, and serve halved oranges.
A Detroit exchange weighs why one streetcar line charges three cents while another asks five. An old resident explains the three-cent line adjusts for wear and tear on passengers. Citizens fret over trivial grievances and undermine happiness with petty worries.
A fragmented, surreal line hints at homeless perception and a bizarre image of a curled scented poodle in a silver harness, attributed to Chi cage Fost. The text reads as an eccentric quotation with unclear context and no clear event or outcome.
Judge Saunderson, practicing law in Everett Washington, recalls Kentland Indiana where humorist George Ade spent boyhood years. Ade’s remark about a 16 hour day prompts laughs, illustrating his quirky character. The tale, cited by Suc cess Magazine and Puck, reflects Ade’s drollery and lasting curiosity about Fortune.
Local resident Richard R Greenhow, once crippled by rheumatic pain, credits Judd's Kidney Pills with full relief after fourteen boxes. He recalls severe leg pain, inability to walk far, and sleepless nights before finding the remedy. The testimonial appears in Kirkland Jan 2 special.
An 30 year ulcer and eruption cured in six months by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills praised in a Gainesville Texas letter. Also mentions Wakefields Cough Syrup pneumonia prevention, a Chicago women’s daily paper, Pazo shampoo piles cure, horsewhipping etiquette, Lewis’ Single Binder cigars, college for boys, cold cure with Bromo Quinine, and a grumble anecdote.
An 1899 reader from Denver testifies that after years of backache aggravated by long sitting, Doan's Kidney Pills stopped the pain and prevented further twinges. The testimonial notes the remedy's effectiveness and mentions Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo and general availability through druggists.
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