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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
2
Habakkuk the Prophet is portrayed as a troubled but faithful messenger who wrestles with Israel's decline and God's plan. The narrative follows his night-long vigil, divine response, and the vision that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.
Sermonette urges believers to climb to the tower of prayer to meet God amid doubt. It argues Habakkuk found vision by waiting on God, and a Christian warrior requires faith as the shield to attain final victory despite present darkness. Revelations often come in the deepest gloom, even in decadent Jewish times.
In San Francisco Bishop Potter visits amid local humor. A guide jokes that the Crocker residence is Mr Crocker’s Pottery, and Potter replies that the house is Bishop Potter’s Crockery, turning a tease into a witty exchange recorded by Harper’s Weekly.
In Yonkers Statesman dialogue a question arises about a man in town who is disliked. Gotham asks whether the figure is an old magnate or a baseball umpire, reflecting local curiosity about prominent but controversial personalities.
A kiang, the largest wild ass species native to Thibet and Mongolia, has been born in the wild asses’ house at the London Zoological Gardens, marking the first such birth there.
Working Under Difficulties, Duties of newspaper correspondents in Russia are not light. In Reval, a journalist needed permission from five authorities before he could work unmolested. The police photographed him and circulated his portrait, then surrounded him with a cordon of secret police who kept vigil as he reported.
A brief note offers a folk remedy for heartbreak claiming that tending an ambulance class proves understanding. It prescribes binding the broken heart with a gold band, bathing in orange blossom water, and applying ample raw rice for a full recovery within a month.
A brief humorous quote from the New York Sun features a diner recalling his wife’s instruction to water the plants while she is away, prompting the waiter to remind him of the task.
The Gaulois prints a fictional exchange between a prison governor and the head warden debating telephones in prisoners cells to curb their chatter. The warden proposes installing the telephone in each cell as a solution, highlighting concerns over telephonic access.
The Ferguson breech-loader saw use in the Revolutionary War. The first US patent for a breech-loading musket went to Thornton and Hill of North Yarmouth Massachusetts on May 21 1811. Lefaucheux produced the first successful breech-loading shotgun around 1852 after earlier impractical devices.
A brief dialogue captures a tricky exchange between a kind lady and a hobo. The lady questions consistency of the tale, while the hobo retorts with a humorous twist about belief and truth.
The Hindu boy speaks of caste as hereditary and enduring for 2000 years. Caste governs marriage, eating, and temple access, with rules separating higher and lower castes. Food touched by a lower caste is defiled, while dry grains remain permissible. Water bodies are variably considered contaminated. rivers and ponds enjoy exceptions.
A reader is instructed to cut a life size gold fish from paper, create a central opening connected to the tail by a narrow canal, and place it in water. By adding a drop of oil at the opening the oil spreads to the surface and, via reactive force through the canal, makes the fish swim forward across the bath.
A playful poem recounts a centipede who grows anxious after a toad asks which leg comes after which. The creature frets, becomes distracted, and lies in a ditch unsure how to run.
Ill Willie reports from the country that he arrived safely after a boat accident left him underwater briefly. He mentions a horse kick giving him a head bandage and hints at plans to set a barn on fire for fun, while joking about bringing a dog home in his trunk.
A brief frontier humor exchange shows a judge quipping about horsepower. A boy asks about machine power and another jokes that two horses are needed. The judge confirms common teamwork, joking that pulling together faces opposite directions.
A list of humorous riddle like questions with punchlines about Shakespeare a broker thieves mustaches hens honesty and other playful wordplay. Each joke pivots on a pun or misdirection ending in a simple practical truth or silly image.
A drunken Murphy zigzags along a country road and asks a minister how far to White Plains. The clergyman informs four miles but warns of a long road ahead. Murphy protests the road’s width rather than its length, slurring the punchline as a humorous miscue.
The piece argues fun and humor are essential, not luxuries, shaping physical economy and career. It cites Success Magazine noting parents rebuke children for seeking enjoyment, yet fun significantly influences well being and success.
Henry dislikes baths and argues with his mother over every inch of his four year old anatomy. One night, when patience wore thin, he exclaimed that she should skip his stomach since nobody sees it, a remark noted by the judge.
A five year old girl Beatrice hugged and kissed her four year old neighbor Tommy causing tears and protest, prompting a mother’s report. Beatrice said Tommy should have been brave about it, a remark that frames the incident as a social caution in childhood behavior.
Little Margaret endures a visit from boisterous western cousins. After prayers, Henry Dick and Bob ask about heaven. Upon an affirmative answer, Margaret exclaims with heartfelt sympathy, Poor Dod.
A brief excerpt portrays a conversation about facing a great white shark in the open sea. Johnny asks what one would do, and Tommy suggests a short prayer followed by swimming like a skilled fighter. The Chicago Tribune reference frames the dialogue as a lifestyle vignette.
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine credits a kidney pain and paralysis relief to Dormans Kidney Pills. He states one box eased pain and improved kidney function, enabling walking with crutches then full improvement within months. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A remark on a will described as nearly 18 000 words, suggesting it ranks high among lengthy testaments. The Westminster Gazette recalls a Streatham gentleman’s brief will that read all for mother, C T, as possibly the shortest on record.
A fragment from Stray Stories presents a dark humor exchange where a mistress questions a nurse’s size with a blunt retort about dropping children. The dialogue hints at perilous notions surrounding care and danger in a baseless jest.
A brief column urges women to confide in Mrs Payham of Lynn Massachusetts about private fitness concerns. It promises strict confidence and cites decades of correspondence with sick women proving the method’s effectiveness.
An Allen town Pennsylvania woman shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her organic disorder and nervous headaches after doctors advised surgery. The ad claims the remedy has thirty years of use and has cured thousands of women of displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and other female ailments.
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