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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1900
Page
6
In William J. Long's account from Nature and Reference, muskrats reveal their twilight habits. The article notes dwellings by the river, food gathering, and a playful banana analogy as the animal enjoys rush stalks, prepares them at a riverside table, and consumes the soft inner pith.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune report explains a trick where a glowing coal rests on tightly drawn linen or cotton atop a copper globe. Copper conducts heat away, preventing scorching, teaching that metals transfer heat even without direct contact. start with worthless cloth to learn safely before showing others.
A schoolboy describes watching Musquash eat rushes and imitate the manner, noting how hunger can make the act seem acceptable. The boy follows by eating a rush himself, mirroring the pastime and the shared habit among peers.
Tommy sighs over flaming posters across the street and tells his mother he wishes to be an angel so he could see all the circuses at once. The child’s whimsical longing centers on magical sight and childlike wonder.
The article traces Abraham Lincoln’s lineage to Mordecai Lincoln in Berks County Pennsylvania. It notes Mordecai built a stone house in Exeter Township around 1725, with descendants in Pennsylvania. Readers urged that the old Lincoln progenitor home be bought by the government and turned into a museum.
Dr. Talmage urges a public bonfire of bad books and newspapers. He argues the printing press can save or ruin nations, condemns impure fiction and sensational magazines, warns of corrupting pictures, and cites personal losses from infidel works to urge readers to embrace wholesome, Christian literature and reject harmful writings.
The lesson text from Matthew 18 21 35 urges endless forgiveness as Jesus explains a king's mercy to a debtor who owed 10 000 talents. A forgiven servant then mistreats a peer, refusing to grant a small repayment, leading to severe punishment to illustrate divine mercy and accountability.
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