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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1905
Page
6
Fragmentary verse urging readers to live in brightness and joy. Encourages sharing happiness, living nobly, and treating others kindly as a personal triumph in a troubled world. Attributed to Margaret i& Sangsier with garbled OCR names.
In the early days on the mountain division from Lama to La Junta Colonel Avery Turner earned a feared reputation among “bad men” for nerve and shooting. He faced constant threats, ran a strict fare collection, and even used a staged show of force with a friendly gunslinger to maintain order. A humorous anecdote recounts Turner’s misadventure with two hammerless revolvers and a prank by locals, ending with Turner realizing he had been shooting at men in costume.
Ernest Harold Baynes recalls a winter expedition in a Blue Mountain forest. He details fox tracks, a fox nap in the snow, a larger fox encounter, an elk trail breaking the crust, and hemlock foraging by the elk, noting wildlife behavior and winter conditions.
Walter Eckersall of Chicago and Heston of Michigan are named ends and halfback respectively on Walter Camp's All American team for 1904, with Eckersall praised for punt ability and tackling. Heston leads a strong western presence alongside Pennsylvanians Stevenson and Smith, Yale performers, and others, in a period of rising western football prominence.
A detailed 28 by 46 foot house plan designed for small families, presented as a buildable, affordable home. It lists excavating, masonry, framing, timber, and finishing costs, with line items for concrete cellar, brickwork, lumber, flooring, siding, windows, doors, and carpentry. The article notes the design aims for village or small city building and emphasizes cozy interior decoration opportunities.
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