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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1914
Page
2
The page shows pricing details for a weekly edition dated Friday November 6, 2014. It lists quantities and unit prices such as 1.25 and 1.00 with numbers 50 and 25, indicating a sale or catalog layout for Kinloch community shoppers.
The electric interurban idea by Isaac Smith keeps reappearing after being declared dead. London financing remains doubtful as officers are re-elected after each supposed demise. The writer hopes for real progress beyond meetings and cablegrams to someday ride Isaac’s cars.
John J. McGraw nicknamed Muggsy has been relieved of personal taxes in New York on the plea that his entire 25000 salary goes to support his family. Supporters of modest means express sincere sympathy for those who live on a fraction of that amount.
The Oregon Social Hygiene Society promotes a program called Back to the Home to attract boys and girls to safer evening environments in Troy. A Dartmouth student was shot by a classmate who mistook him for a rabbit, highlighting campus dangers. The piece notes that social clubs may not guarantee health or safety.
A compact reflection on merit and courage, noting that acknowledgment belongs to the successful, and that true bravery is shown, not spoken, in moments of connection and decision.
In Harper's Weekly the scene is Paris described as slow and dark. The Opera house is shut and the Follie Bergere and Cafe Maxim are closed. Only Napoleon's tomb remains open while a man, dressed up, must return to Berlin.
An snippet shows Misa McLean addressing Mr. McGrubb with humor about appetite and plans to raise the price of McGrubb. The dialogue hints at tension over pricing and taste.
An Observer letter argues fashion cycles justify current dress trends. It recalls past styles, from bustles to whalebones, and notes conversational gossip about young women’s outfits on uptown streets. The writer expects revivals in twenty years and dismisses nostalgia for backward poems.
A collage of quirky verses and crackling vignettes unfolds from a bygone era. The piece lampoons car woes with a comic ballad about spending on a beloved auto, shares short anecdotes from rural life, and delivers quick pauses on conscience, jokes, and a colorfully framed railway quip.
The article traces Hallowe'en's origins from pagan and medieval superstitions linked to Walpurgis Night to its English and American evolution. It notes the shift from harmful pranks to fancy dress parades and masquerade balls, portraying Hallowe'en as a sanely hilarious, harmless celebration.
The piece recalls November born milestones and persons such as the gramophone in 1887, Italian Grand Opera born in 1824, the 1911 oil trust dissolution, Hannibal born 247 B C, and Andrew Carnegie born 1837, noting public fascination, progress, and speculation on wealth.
The passage contrasts November as cheerless in poets terms with the speaker's view of it as the month of new life in countryside and town. It celebrates harvest imagery and seasonal foods like sweet potatoes, spare ribs, gravy, and biscuits, expressing appetite and local comfort.
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