09 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1907
Page
1
A series of garbled aphorisms and misread phrases drift from a journal page. Scattered lines mention an automobile collision with a post office, a man marrying a girl named Dollar, and a zeppelin outdistancing a steamer.
A playful note says Conan Doyle may wed, with or without Sherlock Holmes. A Chicago florist grows thorned dahlias for wary customers. A Brooklyn policeman reports a hard battle with a real live ratua snake. The Story store balks at fashion despite glass eye manufacture rising.
Sweden keeps the course for the America Cup race and will send a steel yacht rather than the initially announced wooden one. The decision signals emphasis on durability and performance for the challenger.
The New York public follows each high rise flagpole painting by steeplejacks for a front page image driven story. Prof Haupt challenges Solomon authorship of songs and may explore who wrote Laugh and the World Laughs with You as reported by the Washington Star.
A convention to promote fish stories is planned in New York soon. It is not officially stated but strongly suspected that fishermen will not attend.
A dated note argues public welfare favors attention to entrance signs rather than strict exit sign enforcement in interiors of country churches. The remark, labeled as B16, emphasizes practical safety needs over rigid code application.
Report says a Denver man wed his mother-in-law. a bizarre union raising questions about family ties. The incident echoes odd literary jokes about eulogies and mistaken affiliations, but details remain unclear.
Mrs Gilson of Champiden dh argues the substitution of the Tedds pear for the doll will not diminish maternity instincts and reinforces her stance as president of the National Congress of Mothers. She adds that using denurs may help the young teen to shoot from the earliest possible precied.
Detroit Free Press extols the peaceful fleets that ply the great lakes praising armored and towed ships for symbolizing life, prosperity, and progress. It asserts these vessels outnumber destroyers and contribute to national strength and renown.
Two Paris physicians report that radium applied in a plain varnish-coated surface can remove birthmarks without pain or disfigurement. If verified, the method could popularize radium as a treatment in medicine and appeal to those previously wary of its use.
Glenarm’s wary search for hidden plans leads to tense encounters with Bates and a cryptic note from St Agatha’s Sisters. Reverend Paul Stoddard arrives, offering steadiness as Glenarm weighs loyalties, secrets, and the stubborn allure of his grandfather’s house amid a looming revelation.
After a perilous duel and a restless winter night, the narrator weighs Pickering’s hidden schemes and Mervin’s motive, fearing treachery yet ruling out county justice. He plans to draw Arthur Pickering into the open and settle the score, while treating the calm caretaker as a mere servant.
Red Acre Farm in Stow Massachusetts opened May 8 1908 as a humane rescue home for broken down horses. Miss H C Bird founded the charity and runs it with humanitarian support while supporters fund stables and pensioners. The farm relies on donations and small annual dues from members.
Tom Pennell visited Antiocs last week and stayed with Moses Armstrong. Armstrong touts a pig that sweeps the yard and a gander that climbs trees to shake apples, a marvel Pennell says he believes after seeing the pig.
Lord Crawford of England, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, possessed a fine general library that could have been larger had an ancestor not disposed of thousands of valuable volumes to a cheesemonger who used their pages as wrappers for loaves.
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