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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
8
A nostalgic speaker recalls hometown ties while meeting an old acquaintance abroad. They discuss reading the hometown paper, past engagements, and Mary Brown now at Vassar driving a limousine, with mentions of local cabarets and quilting bees.
St Jacob residents and visitors share updates on travel visits, neighbors, and family gatherings. Frequent mentions include touches from Highland Edwardsville Marine Greenville and St Louis with many relatives seen in Troy Pochontas and Nak. The article notes the Frey school opening September 4 with Miss Plorence Rhein as teacher and details the 1916-17 term start under Principal Prof. B. C. Pitt and teachers Luella Smith Clara Sohn and Dora Oswald.
A widely known film star, famed for roles produced by the movies, remains a familiar figure to millions yet has never spoken before an audience.
Fashion notes describe Gaberdine and 18 serge fabrics rising in favor with veils edged in jet spangles and fancy net bands for millinery. The noose veil remains smart for winter while gray shoes and gloves grow in demand. Gray and castor tones appear in shoes and coats, with high crowned straw hats in two colors and tailored suits embracing circular skirts and belts.
A clever glass salt shaker with a noncorrosive top uses a central spiral wire turned by a knob to loosen salt. German women wear rings on the right hand's third finger when engaged, Swiss wives on the left, widows on the right, with variations in ring placement between engaged and married statuses.
The essay recounts America's first canal at South Hadley Massachusetts dug in President Washington's era, completed 120 years ago. It suggests that De Witt Clinton drew the idea for the New York state canal from this early Waterway, and that the Erie Canal enabled New York to overtake Philadelphia as the continent's leading metropolis.
A washing tub with three or four bricks and about two inches of water keeps ferns and flowers hydrated. Place the plants on the bricks and set the tub where they can receive the morning sun.
An old moralist and a cynical counterpart debate thrift and gain. The tale contrasts a man who paddled his canoe with a son who owns a motor boat named Ishka- bibbie, illustrating changing fortunes and attitudes toward money.
A humorous old-time quip about King Solomon and his many wives. The wives bring him comforts while joking that each expects ten pieces of silver from him for buying a bonnet, illustrating ironic motives behind gifts and flattery.
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