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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
6
The Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration drew thousands including many tourists and well known chiefs with squaws and children. Colonel Roosevelt was the center of attention as the festival showcased cowboys cowgirls Indians and pioneer West culture across several days.
A seven year old Ojibway boy Genesee in Glen Island play tries to introduce a flying machine during Hiawatha’s performance. He improvises with a gentle hymn but interrupts the scene by singing a line from an upbeat song about Kelly with a green necktie, causing Kw such distraction and removal.
A religious sermon on Matthew 22 14 focusing on the kingdom of heaven as a wedding feast. It explains the invitation, the king's anger at rejection, and the call to gather both good and bad, with emphasis on Christ's coming and the shift from Jewish to Gentile acceptance of the gospel.
A fashion show at Madison Square Garden highlights men’s wear trends with monogram waistcoats and brown business suits. A. Reginald Von Keller names Worthington Whitehouse and Huntington Bull as New York’s top dressed men while noting rising costs and evolving styles amid a looming garment workers’ strike.
Puget Sound and Fraser River reports indicate sockeye salmon packs near 200,000 cases. Seattle packers say the season will top 200,000, the largest lean-year total since 1902. All sockeye for the season already sold, awaiting price openings. Fraser River yields similar figures, with expectations around 200,000 cases.
A sixteen foot pale pink baby whale is found adrift off Meiges Wharf. Captain Pentland of the pilot boat Lady Mince attempts to nurse it with milk but cannot find a suitable bottle or vessel. The orphan whale sinks, leaving the captain in tears as he resumes his voyage. Vienna city council bans street galas to protect wild flowers in mountain valleys near the city.
An unused Great Britain £25 stamp from Queen Victoria’s era, orange on blue paper, fetched $315 at a London sale. The item highlighted as Britain's rarest stamp, underscores the depth of philatelic demand among collectors.
A wry sports quip contrasts a pitcher’s habit of returning to the same well with the dangers of overexposure. The saying suggests frequent forays to risky spots can end careers, while occasional risk without consequence is praised as luck.
Mrs. August Belmont spoke at a Tuxedo dinner railing at New York millionaires excess. She cited young Knickerbocker with 19 regular servants and, since King Edward's death, four extra colored staff to deliver black edged letters and greet mourners.
Mrs Newlywed jokes that her strongest wish is his law, while Mr Newlywed concedes she has many strong wishes and he cannot decide which is the highest. The light exchange highlights domestic humor over marriage.
A man who recently bought an automobile says the new gasoline doesn’t smell like his last batch. The garage attendant reassures him that the smell is normal, and the buyer is adapting to the new fuel.
A testimonial from a Brookfield Missouri reader describes weight loss and weakness prior to the Change of Life and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving health. The advertisement touts the remedy as unique for female complaints and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Baroness Aletta Kurff explains in a magazine how Finnish women earned the vote by proving capability during emergencies. They had few chances to act before crises such as 1904 strikes and Russian revolutions tested their leadership and peacekeeping. England and the United States may grant voting rights only when women share in great challenges.
The source alleges twenty-seven new crisp one dollar notes weigh as much as a twenty dollar gold piece. The assertion lacks proof but may be linked to inspectors of weights and measures activity recently.
A fragmentary note recalls Whoopler’s dramatic scene last night with his wife Terri Bly and a biblical reading by the minister from the Acts. The quip in Puck hints at public embarrassment during a church or social gathering.
A narrator recalls Noah disembarking at a summer resort and praising a blend of mountains and seashore. He resolves to advertise the resort’s four attractions.
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