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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
6
A Scots verse about aging, seeking companionship and the idea of a wife as life’s earthly boon. The speaker urges action to find a partner while reflecting on love, weariness, and social expectations, ending with the notion of a dear wee wifey as a hopeful remedy.
The Rio Grande Western seeks a fast run on the Alkali division when a sewing machine engine leads toward Coyote spur. A near collision with a light engine triggers ghost train rumors as crew recall a fence incident and a misread siding. A later report confirms a phantom engine and reveals injuries to engineer Sam and fireman Harry.
Olive Thorne Miller and Florence Merriam observed in Lewis County New York a chestnut-sided warbler, a cheerful bachelor, feed the widowed redstart's hungry chick. The worm gift calms the distressed mother, who softens and resumes care, a charming episode in bird society observed at Chautauqua.
Masson notes Napoleon regretted lacking a true love from women though his foster mother Mammuccio Caterina cherished him. She visited Paris, asked the pope for access, and mourned his downfall, later dying before he was exiled. Her descendants bear the Saverios title in Paris society.
A collage of quirky lines from old sources including Harpers Bazaar and Chicago Tribune. Snippets feature cheeky banter about thieves, a tourist inquiry, a restaurant scene, a marriage proposal exchange, and a comical omelet miscue. Notable names like Binks, Cleveland, Harper's Bazaar appear alongside playful dialogue.
An Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts an old woman proudly praising her son Jimmy, jailed as gang leader for robbing a shoe store. Jimmy received five years at Sing Sing, longer than others, and the mother celebrates the sentence as social standing and toughness in Cherry Street.
A leading American ornithologist warns numerous desirable birds face extermination. Quail and ruffed grouse decline. wrens and bluebirds lose habitations to sparrows. farmlands still supply millinery demand driving terns to slaughter. Florida herons, ibises, pelicans, and other small birds suffer, wild pigeons vanish. Protection relies on public action, education, and strong game laws, but state legislators have yet to heed the issue.
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