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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1909
Page
8
A nostalgic piece recalls Tommy's rough Fourth of July injuries and a children's serpent game from the People's Home Journal. It describes a mother’s weary sigh and a child longing for another later celebration, interwoven with a lively account of a Chinese Japanese serpent game where a line of boys trap the tail as roles shift.
A Tennessee man converts a sitting Teddy bear into a brain teaser. A hole in the bear’s nose and each paw holds a double cord with rings on the ends. By manipulating loops, the cord can be removed and replaced, combining new use with a familiar toy.
In a sudden downpour Mrs. Randall cheers the rain as a God-send for wilting flowers while noting a sprinkler cannot replace rain. A quip about a baby left outside ends the circle sketch. The piece blends humor and domestic concern in a light, period voice.
A brief verse praising a youth baseball team with confident hopes of future championships. Mentions proud parents and the players as a fine group destined to win the pennant.
A party word guessing game explained with a leader and accomplice. The leader uses a wand to signal letters by tapping the ground and speaking, while the accomplice eyes letters from sentence initials. The example shows spelling cherry through consonant initials and vowel taps, with staged dialog.
An Irish setter named Jack dislikes smoky London and prefers Folkstone where he used to visit the docks to greet Boulogne steamship passengers. He escorts hotel guests, roams to the docks for arrivals, and now detects police stations to report himself, easing his mistress’s worries.
In a quaint exchange a child named Johnnie explains a dispute over sharing candy with another child. The response reveals a chivalrous tone as a guardian asks if anyone defended the girl and the answer is that Johnnie claimed the portion. The brief vignette captures a family bedtime moment and small conflict resolution.
A jumble of vintage ads and anecdotes shows Cuticura remedies praised for dandruff and milk crust by a missionary wife, alongside a Louisville woman’s blunt social remark, a Decalogue on starching linens, and satirical jibes about ballroom fashion reflecting early 20th century manners.
A city visitor asks if the garden yields anything worth noting while Mr. Grosslota proclaims the plot as the village’s best place for fishing worms. The scene depicts a patient swallowing medicine with a pleased expression while hosting an unwelcome guest.
A collection of light quotable bits and short anecdotes from various periodical sources. The excerpts include a joke about optimism and pessimism, a child and flies, an architectural misstep, a theoretical lawyer’s witticism on futures trading, a mare in a punchline, and a motto attributed to Confucius.
Witnesses in Dallastown Pennsylvania saw a boy climb a maple tree to inspect a nest of young birds. An angry mother bird swooped and pecked the child on hands and face before he retreated to the ground and hurried home.
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