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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
8
A playful verse urges children to rise with summer. Birds, bees, and farm life wake as the scene shifts from sparrow to robin and butterflies. The poem imagines a dawn chorus, brook, crickets, and grasshoppers inspiring early rising.
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes a home game where players identify 15 national flags from colored cards. Participants color and label flags, write country names against numbers, and the most correct matches win a small silk U.S. flag as a prize.
A Wellspring aphorism asserts that universal law binds all, planets and beings alike. It warns that lies disturb harmony and inevitably bring trouble and penalty, while truth aligns life, words, and the cosmos in proper order.
A crude science trick uses a blown egg with a waxed end and two eye marks, wrapped in a red flannel bag with ballast to control buoyancy. The egg is placed in water under a paper-covered jar. slight hand pressure causes water to enter and the fish sinks, while releasing pressure makes air push water out and the fish rise, creating the illusion of obedience.
A visitor described as educated and talented left with a desire for congenial work but refused church and social duties. A kindly observer says she shut herself away from community life, creating loneliness and isolation while presuming others must elevate her. The piece laments her unrealistic demand for quick ascent.
A nine-man surveying party in North Cedar Hills, India, pursued a tiger after it seized a worker by the throat. The party tracked the beast through bloodstains and torn clothing, and the tiger dropped the victim after a mile and a half chase. The man’s body was found torn and scattered.
A Pennsylvania dairy barn design by W L Matthews is shown with exterior 40 by 96 feet, a 20-foot super structure, and a basement for six horses and 38 cows. It includes large box stalls, two harness closets, two 16-foot drives, end bays, a central 32-foot bay, and a granary, offering a practical layout readers may adapt.
A farmer shares practical notes on calf care, noting newborns jealously need fresh cow milk, the dangers of scours, and that early nursing yields healthier calves. The writer cites examples of hand raising failing without fresh milk and endorses letting calves suckle for about one week. A second item describes a Delaware formula to spray peach and plum trees to prevent rot, using carbonate of copper in water and applying near ripening.
A collection of profiles highlights American women in New York and Minneapolis. Miss Donnelly as the world’s sole elevator girl, Miss Wanous a leading Minneapolis druggist, Miss Pope running a New York bird hospital and lecturing nationally, Miss Hay Barrows coaching Greek plays, and Baron Oppenheim remarking on the vigor and vivacity of American women versus European stereotypes.
The water lily black motif leads floral millinery garniture with tan straw hats trimmed by strawberry blooms and red fruit. Blue mauve blends appear in dainty creations while black currants and foliage decorate hats. White morning glories on silk with green leaves and chiffon sashes present delicate style.
A testimonial from Mrs. X Schneider of Chicago praises Peruna for curing systemic catarrh and related symptoms after January 1901 use. The ad argues most women suffer catarrh under different names and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. It cites Congressman J B Crowley praising Peruna and offers a free catarrh book and gratis medical advice from Dr. Hartman.
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