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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
3
A compact religious note cites scripture authority focusing on Ezekiel chapters 1 through 3. The fragment emphasizes prophetic vision themes and divine commissioning within the early chapters.
A sermon stresses that God speaks to individuals when calling them to service. Ezekiel’s vision, voice, and touch illustrate preparation for ministry. The piece urges believers to seek a direct, personal encounter with God to receive power for action.
Ezekiel the prophet, son of Buzi, a priest, likely serving in Jerusalem before capture. Taken to exile with Jehoiachin’s fall, he lived among Jews by Chebar, north of Babylon, and began his prophetic call in 595 B C. He married, owned a house, and later lost his wife to a sudden stroke. His life overlapped with Jeremiah and Daniel.
The text notes two end points of Ezekiel’s activity and a traditional claim about his death in Babylon. It suggests the prophet completed his mission near the end of Ezekiel’s ministry and that a tradition, likely false, places Ezekiel killed at Babylon by a reproved prince of his people for idolatry.
The narrative traces Ezekiel’s background as a devout Jerusalem priest taken to Babylon. It shows his close ties to Jeremiah, the tests of persecution, and his longing for God’s guidance. After a divine vision at the Chebar, he receives a commission but waits seven days to hear God’s word, learning the need to wait for divine instruction before speaking.
A Stockholm issued appeal by physicians worldwide calls for total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. It argues drinks are unnecessary and harmful, urging precept and legal measures to promote sobriety for the race and future generations. Signatories include doctors from Germany Sweden England Hungary Norway Finland Denmark.
John Kendrick Bangs denounced an omnipotent manager who altered his phantasy Tomorrowland during rehearsals turning a musical satire into a tune filled show with no head nor tail. He spoke passionately to friends that night about managerial omniscience and one friend urged attendance at rehearsals.
A clergyman's wife explains she has not painted heaven, but will follow her husband after death. The remark prompts a friend to comment that such devotion is love that never grows cold, as reported by the New York Times.
The Automobile Club of France offers a $9,000 prize for a new fuel cheaper than gasoline that delivers equal or better performance, prompting researchers to pursue alternative energy sources and fuel efficiency breakthroughs.
A librettist laments his punctuation effort recalling Harper's Weekly quip about saving a comma and a couple of semicolons even if the rest is lost.
Oscar Hammerstein screens opera company applicants with a throat specialist before hearing them sing to avoid wasting time on poor singers. A pianist once scolded a tenor aspirant after saying he had tried him with black keys, white keys, and mixed keys, joking the man must be singing between the nicks.
A compact note presents Emerson's idea that the active soul is the world’s sole valuable asset. The saying emphasizes inner vigor, personal agency, and moral energy as central human worth.
Chicago. Adlai E Stevenson authorized Chairman Boeschenstein to prepare a recount petition for ballots in finois. He plans affidavits of fraud from Democratic precinct captains to back a recount of Governor election results. The move shocks Republicans as legislators weigh the contest.
A manual notes that careful paint application can restore worn furniture and garden items without costly replacements. It details mixing paints with linseed oil, stirring times, coat layering, and the use of two brushes to cover wide surfaces and crevices, enabling DIY maintenance by housewives.
Illinois returns show Taft ahead by 162802 votes and Deneen leading with 26017, reflecting clear majorities in the presidential and gubernatorial contests. Final tallies indicate strong Republican support and regional variation across counties.
Instructions outline a caramel cake making process with chocolate portions, sugar, milk, eggs, flour, baking powder, butter caution, and a frosting method using egg white, water, and cream of tartar. Includes bake in two layers and beating until spreadable.
Instructions for preparing celery so each stalk has a tender heart. Shave the root to a point, cut through the stalk center and halve, wash well, keep in cold water until needed, then serve with finely chopped ice.
Bloomington-George Kolb a wealthy farmer of Garrett died after a year of torture by robbers who tried to force him to reveal the safe combination. The incident underscores a violent Garrett crime linked to affluent residents. Kolb's death triggers investigations and renewed security concerns in the community.
At a dinner a host was praised for his carving as guests were served half a duck each. Later reports revealed the birds were split before cooking, stuffed, sewn together and baked, with the host simply cutting the threads at table.
Nashville weather observer W. C. Spencer reports October rainfall at only .03 of an inch, the lightest for the month in two decades. Wheat has sprouted in many areas but is drying out due to the lack of moisture.
A short home tip advises occasionally tossing a scrap of zinc into the fire to keep stove pipes boiler tubes and flues free of soot a practical household enhancer for chimney maintenance.
Reports say Peoria men John Pierson and William drowned when their duck hunting boat overturned on the Illinois River near Neerpool. Search and rescue efforts followed but field crews recovered the bodies.
A housewife note reveals adding an ounce of ginger root enhances crabapple jelly flavor. It also warns that using cheap sugar can give the jelly a pinkish tint.
A note on using half fill pound baking powder cans with bread dough and rising until nearly ready. Bake as bread to yield neat round slices with no crust, ideal for sandwiches in lunch boxes, parties, and picnics.
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent reports Pincher Creek district in Southern Alberta as home to 25 years of reliable fall wheat, with yields commonly 40 to over 60 bushels per acre and many fields grading No 1 Northern. The area shows strong profit, cheap land, diverse crops, and a growing market through Crows Nest Pass and British Columbia. The piece notes railway expansion by Jim Hill and government land programs offering 160 extra acres at $3.00 per acre, plus a favorable view of Western Canada’s farming potential reflecting on a Marshall News-Messenger trip from 1908.
A brief quarrel over a delivery ends with uncertainty as to whether a package is for a tire for the automobile or a hat for the missus. An expressman and a housemaid debate the rightful recipient and location in a domestic scene.
An advertisement claims starches have improved over 25 years, noting Defiance Starch omits injurious chemicals and adds a new ingredient that allegedly gives greater strength and smoother texture than competing brands.
A terse newspaper item notes a fatal confrontation sparked by a quarrel over Brown’s drinking. Witnesses recall a heated exchange about Brown’s behavior, ending in violence that left Jones dead. Authorities investigate the sequence of insults and the relation to prior disputes.
Editor Howe of the Atchison Globe offers a short moral about preserving friends’ faith as one would protect a delicate parasol in a fierce wind and rain, urging careful treatment of trusted bonds.
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