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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
6
A late Bishop Bowman recounts dining with a fashionable woman who mocked religion. She pressed for the bishop to share his private thoughts not God’s. He replied calmly that thinking about what God thinks of us matters most of all.
The drama began in Greece with Athens as its birthplace and key founders such as Aeschylus Sophocles and Aristophanes. After the fall of ancient Greece and Rome the art faded for a thousand years then revived in the Renaissance and flourished in the Elizabethan era under Shakespeare and others.
A contributor to the Woman's Home Companion describes an unsafe kitchen fire tactic. The method involves attaching a rubber gas tube to the front of a range, lighting it, and holding it beneath the grate to ignite coal without kindling. The advice promotes dangerous use of gas and should be avoided.
A man with a chin beard at a restaurant extends a secret order gesture to a companion, declaring help is needed for proper dining. The revelation triggers a scene as multiple waiters intervene to quell the disturbance and prevent further damage to tableware valued at about five dollars.
Abraham Lincoln Carter faced larceny charges in Staunton Virginia over 7.50. A young defense attorney secured an acquittal after a strong plea. After court, Carter offered to work a wood pile to pay the lawyer. the lawyer joked about payment while Carter claimed still holding 7.80.
A backstage exchange reveals a comedian chiding a partner for lacking mirth as they anticipate a Hoboken performance. The talk hints at personal tension from a prior divorce and a threat of legal action at the stage door, with the comic noting bags split trousers and a missing collar button.
Webster relates a dining scene with a snobbish Bostonian who boasted of wine quality age and cost. The host boasted of the wine and its price while calculating interest on the purchase. Webster ends the moment by politely offering a toast to stop that accumulation of interest.
English society women plan to open teashops at several continental resorts. Bacon notes whales are estimated to live 1,000 years. Hebert comments on whales blowing.
A young lady writes that her family of twelve found Postum a blessing replacing coffee. She says her mother and brother suffered headaches dizziness and stomach issues from coffee, which vanished after switching. A lifelong coffee dependent aunt also improved, and the family credits Postum with restoring health and vitality.
A veteran reflects on Vera Cruz sieges and Mexican War memories. He cites Gen. Scott's 1847 landings, earlier foreign occupations, and the long history of Vera Cruz from piracy to 19th century interventions. The piece includes an 1868 Japanese execution account and a stark meditation on war’s true meaning.
Minnie the maid believed she could follow her mistress orders and placed a letter in the ice box. Mrs Lane, popular in society, later found no mail. Minnie claimed to bring the letters but the post remained missing, prompting suspicion of misfiling or mishandling.
A London litterateur warns a child to quit thumb sucking or burst like a balloon. The boy, visiting Chesterton, confronts him with a sly jab about his own habit, provoking a pale reaction and a telling quip.
A district messenger named Peter delivered a telegram to sisters impersonating a dispatch. Lil Han read a yellow paper aloud with staged sobs, claiming a railroad wreck left her instantly killed and ending with Your loving husband.
A clever elopement in Switzerland saw the couple's parents trekking a mountain to stop them. The pair allegedly slid down on a sled from the peak and fled by express train before guardians reached the hillside path or rail line.
A paradoxical remark defines a literary genius as one allowed on the ground floor by tare, yet forced by publishers to inhabit an attic, suggesting a critique of literary acclaim and publisher power.
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