Satirical items from The Troy Weekly Call
A compact selection notes editor B W Jarvis and editorial stance, plus a string of quips about Peary delaying his pole expedition, a Chicago woman losing 800 in cash and jewelry, a dancing girl bathing in beer, a 107 year old woman crediting onions for life, an Italian duke engaged to an American heiress, and Duke of the Abruzzi planning a balloon journey with Walter Wellman possibly supplying a route diagram.
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Chicago
Duke of the
Walter Wellman
Kissing, Freckles and Household Humor Across Papers
A Nashville American quip questions kissing as a cure for freckles after noting many married women look pale. A Washington writer jokes that some husbands are hard to manage like mules, with kickers among them. The piece also riffs on a Chinese dowager empress rumor and a professor’s claim that peanuts outsize beef for nutrition, yet dairy-free smiles persist.
Georgia hotel hygiene bill follows Texas bed law
After Texas requires nine foot beds sheets in hotels, Georgia advances a bill demanding clean sheets pillow cases and towels in hotels. The next step is expected to cover clean tablecloths and dry napkins in all hotels and restaurants.
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Texas
Georgia
Clergyman urges focus on living gospel at Chautauqua
A New York clergyman told a Chautauqua audience there has been too much preaching on the Jebusites and other ancient names and not enough on the living gospel. He mused aloud how listeners would recall Irish names if the preacher did not constantly jog their memories.
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New York
Chautauqua
Embarrassing Omaha Court Moment Shocks Judge
In Omaha a judge blushed in open court as a grateful woman he had granted custody of her children hugged and kissed him without consent. No assault or contempt proceedings were filed and the episode drew quiet note for its impropriety.
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Omaha
Monkeys’ six hour day urged by Omaha preacher
The Rev John Williams appeals to Omaha City Council for an ordinance limiting monkeys to six hours daily. He notes organ grinders force the animals to work 12 to 16 hours with no time for schooling, contrasting with Newport.
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Omaha
John Williams
William
Newport
Ballooning plans temperate pleasure trips at interior resorts
The president of the New York aero club, after a three month stay in London and Paris devoted to ballooning, expects that pleasure trips of six or seven for a couple of hours will not be common at interior resorts next year. He notes the activity will be too costly for the middle classes.
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New York Aero Club
London
Paris
Professor laments American isolation and lack of fellowship
A Chicago University professor argues Americans segregate and isolate themselves, failing to share soul feelings or confide in each other. He challenges readers, asking if he has truly experienced deep, confiding exchange on a long railway journey with a stranger revealing his life story.
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Chicago University
Glenarm Estate Entangles Narrator in Hidden Intrigue
The narrator contemplates his grandfather John Marshall Glenarm’s estate at Glenarm. He reflects on Pickering’s appraisal, his own estrangement, and the choice to stay through year’s end rather than return to New York, while observing jailerly habits and a quiet house.
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John Marshall Glenarm
Glenarm
Pickering
New York
Thad
St. Agatha’s
Bates
Mr. Glenarm
A Red Tam o Shanter Opens Glenarm Estate Tale
The unnamed narrator Glenarm arrives at Annandale to take up residence at his grandfather’s secluded house. He encounters Bates the steward, earns wary glances from villagers, and surveys the lake and walls while preparing to settle in and notify Pickering.
German tongue reading linked to character and fortune
A German note reports on a study of the tongue as a mirror of character. It describes long tongues signaling openness and generosity, short tongues signaling secrecy and craft, and a range of traits from gossip to artistic temperament.
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Germany
New Idea of Consumption Claims Tuberculosis Is Animal Disease
London physician Dr W Picket Turner argues tuberculosis originates in cattle from plants and grasses, not inhalation or heredity. He claims bacillus is saprophyte in nature feeding on decay. in cattle it becomes pathogenic when deprived of sunlight activity, and restoring activity could erase consumption.
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London
W. Picket Turner
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TY Nicholson
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Annandale
John Morgan
Touich
Ots
Atarte
Brookline Cchronicle
Troy City
John Deimling
Prop
W.F. Peter
Theo
Guennewig
Kiain
Troy
Ilinois
H.i
Oain
Theazores
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Chifren
Calle
Menocall
Main St
George G. Morriss
Kinloch 9
Geo. Liebler
South Main Street
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