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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
2
Unprecedented events spark wide range of urban wonder
A montage of vivid curiosities and hazards fills the era. Topics touch Santo Domingo revolutions, a New Jersey man nearly drowning in air, Chinese Tongs in New York, brutal assassinations, a cemetery liquor sale, fatal bed fires, harsh winter, and a New York farmer killed by dynamite. The piece mixes wit with cautionary notes on modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Letter on World Sunday School Convention
Washington hosts the sixth world Sunday school convention with ten thousand delegates. Taft and Wanamaker address attendees while race tensions spark protest over excluding colored children from the parade. Secretary Knox’s peace proposals spark diplomacy chatter amid anti foreign sentiment in China and potential upheaval if accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
Taft
John Wanamaker
Milton Waldron
Joc] Committee of
Sunday Schools of
North America
America
England
Knox
South America
China
Pekin
Humorous Iowa Farmer’s Corn Estimates For Government
Jarvis Township humorist rambles through a fantastical think piece on corn. He jokes about Uncle Sam dividing grain, a hog big enough to eat the entire crop, a horse circling the globe in minutes, and corn cake worlds forcing air travel to missions. The playful monologue ends urging imagination over figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bose
Uncle Sam
Texas
Greenland
Mars
South America
Moon
Teddy Roosevelt
Goodby
Regular Tom Soy Illustrates Rough Outdoor Play
A child named Susie climbs trees fences and ditches gets scratches cuts sprains bruises and burns. Her mother applies Buecklen's Arnica Salve which heals quickly. The ad claims heals for boils ulcers eczema old sores corns and piles, offered at 25 cents by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Buecklen
S. Kingstons
Advertising that is worth doing at all is worth doing well
Advertising worth doing at all is worth doing well, the core secret to making it pay.
Jewels of Judgement and Odd Family Observations
Compiled scribbles reveal a humorous juvenile voice on family quirks and misadventures. The narrator mocks hair care and porch talk while recounting Uncle Henry's death and a prank involving toothpaste. A aunt and sister interactions frame the quirky vignette with a sly punchline about trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Sudden Wealth and the Gimmet Family Fortune
A witty dialogue questions the Gimmet family’s wealth. The man with disturbed whiskers says they bought a country home and a ten thousand dollar car. Another man with incomplete eyebrows clarifies that Gimmet did not earn the money. his grandfather died and left him a cow and six hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gimmets
Gimmet
Strange Excuse At The Stairs During Evening Visit
A hostess questions a guest about leaving early and the guest apologizes saying they came late. The note ends with a remark that Call Want ads would not exist if they did not pay.
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Troy Weekly Call
Market Street
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B.w.tarves
Troy
Ilinois
emMatter
Kinloch
Post Office Department
Ilv
Santo Domingo
New Jersey
Enterprise
United
Stet
Jarvis Township
Phact, Phan and
Phancy
Papa
William
Alice
Little Henry
Norbury Photograph Studio
Leo F. Rissi
Selz
M. F. Auwarter Uare
A. Heddergott City Delivery
Louis J. Wick
Wick Bros. Jewelry CO
S. Kingston
Fritts Bros. Meat Market
Crystal Ice CO
St. Louis
Daniel Peterman
Hamilton Hotel
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