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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1902
Page
3
A lyrical verse from S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald extols a joyous gay lad named Laughalot. The poem portrays him as universally kind, adored by good people, with birds and winds aligning to his happiness and laughter.
A hunter recounts a close encounter with a female cougar while resting in the woods in British Columbia. He hid under leaves, climbed a tree, and fired on the cougar when she leaped. The attack ended with the cougar and her young nearby. he killed the animal and warned against sleeping so casually in the woods.
Meredith Nugent describes a multi level paper merry go round built from writing paper and cardboard disks. The contraption uses candlelight and water to spin and can carry weights, with adjustable angles to vary speed.
Radford fellmire, a Homestead, Oklahoma farmer, found six rabbits under a heap of rocks. The male parent is large, horned with two long horns two and a half inches long and one inch wide. Five smaller horns adorn the head. Two young rabbits are males with callous spots that will develop into horns.
Creatures with the largest eyes on land are horses giraffes and ostriches while sea life like the guttlefish also shows notably large eyes, highlighting eye size across species.
The piece portrays young Lincoln hungry for learning, walking miles for scarce books, and reading by the log fire after others slept. With no large library, his energy focused on a single authority, the Life of Washington, which he devoured with intense passion.
The alligator stays in fresh water while the crocodile ventures to sea and has been found far from land in the West Indies, often heading straight from an island.
A Washington letter reports a lengthy debate on oleomargarine amid vivid dairying rhetoric. Senators Dolliver and Bailey led pro and anti arguments praising the American cow and critiquing butter and margarine alike. The final vote favored the cow, with numerous anecdotes from cabinet members and lawmakers recalling childhood comforts connected to dairy.
In Naples goats, typically calm, are taken into tenement buildings to be milked. They ascend stairs to the sixth or seventh story, a curious sight reflecting urban farming practices amid crowded housing.
Australian immigrants, many farmers, establish communities around Manila as they settle in the Philippines.
Mrs Sophie Bruns of Fruitvale Bal testifies her ovaries inflammation and congestion disappeared after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes initial illness eighteen months earlier, gradual weakness, and ultimate health recovery. The letter urges others to use the product and warns against inferior medicines.
Debunked miscellany notes population milestones in Germany in 1871 rising to thirty three cities over 100000 inhabitants. A palm tree along the Amazon bears leaves up to fifty feet long and twelve feet wide. Danish engaged girls wear a plain gold ring on the left third finger then move it to the right upon marriage. Paris vendor Paul Bonhomme found dead on a doorstep after six years waking to his wife’s death. Belgian cows wear ear rings with age three months and a numbered tag under law.
Lancaster N Y April 21 Postmaster John Remers who suffered diabetes for four years says after two years seeking medical help and after using about ten boxes of Dodd s Kidney Pills he is now strong and well He urges others with diabetes to try the remedy adding he will answer letters from sick people seeking information about the pills sold in drug stores
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