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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
8
A garbled OCR passage presents a young male answering questions with brief replies Not any sir The exchange appears to center on personal connections and a desire to attend a ball game The text reads as clipped dialogue with missing context and seems to be part of a larger informal narrative or interview fragment
The Jules Henri of Marseilles underwent a Rotterdam conversion to a motor tank ship. After removing masts and cutting the hull, a 60 foot midsection was added and two 500 horsepower diesel engines installed. Capacity becomes 8,000 tons of oil for voyages between the Black Sea and America.
The Hayville Racket store proprietor jokes that advertising keeps him too busy, recounting a past ad in a newspaper ten years ago that left him with no time to fish, as the editor questions the value of ads.
In a light court scene, the Lady Judge denies further delays but grants a one week postponement after the Lady Lawyer explains the client's gown maker is ill. The exchange ends with the next case titled Stray Stories.
A fragment from the Kansas City Journal jokes about a modern romance culture and a king knighted with an umbrella after remarking on a lack of swords, reflecting light satire in a terse newspaper feature.
A Nazazzar is described as a man with an impediment of his intellect. The term appears in natural dialogue explaining a perceived mental deficiency or slowness. The speaker attributes the label to a person named Sonny-Pa in a casual, explanatory tone.
A fragment quotes a line about fair exchanges and jokes about going to fairs Istely in a concise newspaper card item reflecting period voice. The snippet presents a witty comment on social exchanges without broader context.
A young Iowa woman writes of persistent indigestion and blotchy skin linked to coffee at meals. Her mother-in-law advises quitting coffee and making better coffee at home. After following the advice, stomach pains ease and complexion improves.
Lesson on Luke 17 20 37 39 contrasts Pharisee ideas of the kingdom with Jesus teaching that its presence is among believers and its final coming will be visible. It discusses two advents, present spiritual reign and future judgment, plus warnings about worthless opinions shaping politics and public life.
A Kansas City Star anecdote frames Brother Sly and his religion as a contrast between Sunday piety and weekday business. Old Philander explains Sly’s approach, noting the Lord is safe always while neighbors are safe only on Sundays, reflecting local church history wit.
An American farmer Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta, visiting today, emigrated from Duluth Minnesota ten years ago with four cows and three horses. He homesteaded in Staveley and now owns 480 acres with 34 Percheron horses and $30,000 in farm assets. He reported $1,000 profit from hogs last year and yields of 7,000 bushels wheat and 6,000 oats along with 12 acres of potatoes and 18 tons of onions.
Senator John Sharp Williams at a Washington tea argued against suffrage with a joke about a new cook. He quoted a mistress scolding the cook as saying she would have carried chicken for dinner, and the cook replying that the hostler is busy and he is no hand with currycomb.
Dialogue fragment questions if money bears germs and suggests illness transfer is unlikely. Characters debate risk, concluding that brief contact with money is insufficient to spread infection, easing concern about handling cash.
Historic ad claiming Brantite car at the kettle of Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It urges to look for the signature of In Wact and notes the product has been trusted for over 80 years as children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
Conversation snippets reveal playful miscommunication about yes and nix. The exchange references a Baltimore American line noting women’s enthusiasm and a cyclical age, joking that this era is a motorcycle.
David revised his statement that all men were liars after discovering a man who never wants flaking. Chicago in 1918 handled more than 397,288,000 ten bushels of grain.
King Albert of Belgium, an ardent tobacco lover and honorary member of many Belgian pipe clubs, will preside over a four city pipe smoking contest in Brussels Antwerp Ghent and Liege. Prizes include a magnificent meerschaum pipe. contestants must smoke only Belgian grown tobacco from Belgium or the Belgian Congo. winners will be those who smoke the most pipes in a set time.
A clipped dialogue depicts Bix asking about shaving while Dix, midface, replies he is applying a small whitewash task. The exchange conveys a rustic mood and character interaction.
A clipped exchange shows a wager dispute about quitting betting, with one speaker asserting they have stopped and the other challenging the claim. The fragment hints at a bet context and defiant tone between the two parties.
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