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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
6
A teenager declares ambition to be either a corporation lawyer or a moving picture actor, critiquing parental expectations. He idolizes film heroes, rehearses cross examination on friends, and mocks grass cutting while flaunting loud fashion and a wavering voice. His confidence clashes with family smiles at his earnest pretensions.
Fragmentary exchange hints at a lunch departure and uncertain availability involving Jo Cose and Mr Downan. No clear names, places, or dates emerge to form a complete event summary.
A Wolff telegram from Constantinople reports a special committee to detail a central plan for organizing the Turkish food supply, especially the grain harvest, backed by £80,000,000 set aside for the department. Municipal authorities are instructed to buy up stocks and distribute them to the population at moderate prices.
Senator Sorghum dismisses the idea of being loved for enemies as driven by selfish motives and a wish to avoid personal combat. He argues such affection comes from others wanting someone else to carry the fight.
A garbled quotation references a man owing money and a reaction from Uncle Eben. The readable text suggests tension around financial obligation, with a remark about not putting a hand in a pocket and someone jumping toward an accounting matter. The fragment lacks clear nouns, dates, or places to name entities.
A master clock at Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland holds the world's record for accuracy, varying only eight thousandths of a second a day. The clock, five feet tall, sits in a brick room with temperature control and automatic winding every seven minutes. It can be adjusted to keep within three seconds a year and can synchronize with other clocks elsewhere.
The text recalls Herbert Spencer as a leading opponent of the decimal system. It notes his pamphlets against it and describes his efforts to ensure reprinting if authorities consider adoption again. Executors are reportedly watching the renewed agitation.
A humorous exchange probes whether fantasizing about purchasing a motor car harms a man’s business. One says thinking about buying costs nothing. the other warns that a single idea can lead to neglect of duties and finances.
Charles Steinmetz foresees an evolution in lighting systems and power plants not marked by dramatic upheaval but by steady advancement. Devices like hand held lamps and flashlight aids for wildlife hint at electricity’s expanding role in autophotography, transport, and urban life as the twentieth century begins.
A portrait of King Christian X of Denmark as the jolliest monarch in Europe. The article highlights his physical vigor and versatile talents from rowing to sailing, jokes about his weather- related sneezes, and recounts youthful mischief in Jutland. It notes his popularity and evolving demeanor since becoming king.
Boston congressman George Hollen Tinkham is noted for a nearly illegible signature and a habit of rushed, high speed living. He signs hastily, favors quick meals and busy mornings, and alternates bright neckwear from red to green on impulse.
Capt Robert A Bartlett, Peary companion, pledges 85 000 for an Arctic drift project. A wooden 850 ton vessel would be frozen into the ice off Alaska in 1918, drift toward the pole for five years, using a Bollinger oil engine and eight crew. Soundings and dredging would collect ocean flora and fauna as the ship travels through largely unexplored Arctic regions.
Catherine Waugh McCulloch of Evanston and UI becomes Illinois Democratic presidential elector the first woman in either party to reach that rank. A lawyer educated at Rockford College and Northwestern Law School she was admitted to state bar in 1886 and to the U S Supreme Court in 1898. She led equal suffrage legislative work, served as justice of the peace and judge, and pursues religious and philanthropic causes while viewing the honor as progress for women in politics.
The lesson reviews Paul’s voyage from Caesarea to Rome, reaching Malta around November, with Luke and Josephus noting a crowd of over 600 aboard. It highlights the hurricane at sea, Paul’s steadfast faith, and his message of cheer, trusting God amid peril and delay.
A dialogue on preparedness shows a mindset of maintaining all needed items in running order. It highlights discipline in organization and the habit of keeping supplies and tools ready for any occasion. The exchange emphasizes practical efficiency.
An advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing as a natural solution to gray hair with a price of one dollar, claims to restore beauty and health, and targets readers seeking a quick cosmetic fix.
A Southern Workman memoir excerpt describes Native American family life with abuse by an uncle. The narrator recalls ritual fires, offerings to fire and river, and brutal punishments including ducking at a spring, hanging, rope restraints, and naked winters.
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