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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
8
A Pennsylvania man unveils a novel pastime with an inclined bed table and hanging numbered pockets. Players bounce balls toward pockets to accumulate high scores, with center compartments causing forfeit and exact-pocket play earning victory.
A description of a party trick where two participants use a signal word, such as and, to reveal the article touched by a person in sympathy. The room player names items in sequence and ends with chair when the signal aligns, illustrating how mystery and sympathy produce wonder.
The piece muses on birds as a thought experiment. It imagines six inch English sparrows stretched into a line extending thousands of miles, suggesting the birds could form 325 lines from pole to pole or circle the Earth 163 times at the equator.
The game called Net Ball uses two elastic pockets on sticks across ends to toss a ball over the net. Two players stand apart and pull the sticks apart to fling the ball, which must be caught on the fly and never touch the ground, with points counted as Internda.
Verse fragment describes riding away on a blue saddle horse with a caption about Wee Willie Winkie and a journey to Babyland. Mentions a Dapple Gray horse andloving the ride with blue reins and a fanciful country setting. Margret G Hays
Popular Mechanics notes the revival of diabolo in Paris and its spread worldwide. La Funda, a new game, uses a net to throw a ball high and catch it as it descends, requiring great skill from players.
A collection of brief, whimsical vignettes and captions about child mischief and resilience. A mahogany of small-town moments contrasts with hospital gloom and a shy convalescent named Mosie who finally smiles when tickled, revealing a Yiddish identity.
Players describe the minister s cat from A to Z with adjectives. Each speaker must respond quickly, no hesitation beyond a stated half minute. If delays occur, the forfeit is paid, and the game proceeds through the alphabet with comments like an angry cat an anxious cat and so on.
George Crowell of 1109 Broadway Helena Montana reports a disordered kidney condition with backache and abnormal urine. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he felt immediate relief, kidneys strengthened and condition corrected. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Philadelphia Times quotation notes Mayor Reyburn dismissing pigeon concerns as minor, while fire engines rattle by the city hall. The mayor quips about saving property versus pigeons, reflecting tension with animal cruelty advocates. The piece highlights public nuisance debates amid a city scene.
An assortment of vintage ad blurbs includes Pettit's Eye Salv a famed eye remedy sold by druggists or Howard Bros Buffalo NY. Also Lewis Single Binder cigar touts rich mellow flavor. Other lines tout worry’s burden, Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, sugar con notes, and a moral sentiment about prayer and living rightly.
The dachshund is listed as Germanys favorite dog with pleasant companionship, while the English bulldog ranks second in popularity. Fox terriers vary in size and markings and are less known than deserved. Ladies in Germany favor small spaniels and King Charles spaniels as English households do. Some dogs pull four wheeled carts, though work is heavy and exhausting for mongrel mastiff types. they are generally not well fed but not ill treated.
A claim that good painting relies on pure white lead. National Lead Company offers a lead tester and painter’s kit via request, with the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee.
A St Louis Circuit Judge Reynolds heard jurors who offered excuses for not serving. A dozen citizens crowded the bench with varied reasons from engagements to hearing issues, sickness, duties, travel, and even a German linguistic objection. The judge lightheartedly noted no good English was spoken inside.
A chaotic clipping mixes gossip about a 60-victim swindle, a harsh attack on Prince Ching and the Waiwupu with foreign graft accusations, an ad for Chamberlain Pure Extracts, a Dallas News quip on eccentricity, a cigar ad for Lewis’ Single Binder, and a moral remark on the true Christian.
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