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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1906
Page
6
The Troy Weekly Call cites the Chicago Tribune on English spelling and pronunciation drift due to immigration and schooling. It argues print tyranny harms natural speech and urges phonetic spelling only as a distant goal, preserving living mother tongue over ink and formality.
A humorous clipping notes how imposing medical terms frighten people into panic and recalls macroglossia and macroglossia misnomers. It also reports a music etiquette conclave urging the swallowtail coat for state functions and warns about the deadly white plague spread by dusty streets and offices.
Moses debates delaying his mission to lead the Hebrews to Canaan as Jethro warns of unready foes. Zipporah, drawn to him, risks her heart, while Moses prays for a clear path. He decides to wait for God to open the way, and Zipporah accepts a future with him.
A 1715 Flying Post burlesque bill lists Tory election costs such as routers of the word Church with £40, demolishing two houses at £200, secret encouragement to rioters £40, perjury men £100, breaking windows £20, aldermen abusers £40, and a set of notorious liars £60, remarking on winter ice and who broke through it.
A Norwich Connecticut woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength and flesh after grip and related illnesses. She describes severe nerve, breathing, and digestive issues and says the pills cured her and rebuilt her health. The ad promotes the pills for nervous disorders of the ovary type and general wasting diseases.
An 1905 Horse Review excerpt argues clipping horses in early spring is essential for health and performance. It cites English, French, and American practice, notes clipped horses dry faster and rest better, while unclipped ones face coughs and pneumonia. A Buffalo test of 600 horses supported clipping. It ends urging owners to clip and buy a basic clipping machine under seven dollars.
A school visitor tells a boy one may become president while the reply jokes about chances without a bear or bob cat nearby. The exchange, attributed to Puck, highlights a rural setting and humor about ambitions.
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