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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1899
Page
6
Paris fashion notes highlight silk parasols trimmed with cream embroidery and dress umbrellas edged with fringe. Lace work returns in Renaissance motifs while skirts feature deep flounces from hip to hem in silks and crepes. India silks, very light etamines, and Mohairs offer cool, refined options with pale blue linen gowns and Louis XV jacket bodices showcasing lace and plaited edges.
A sightless poet-narrator threads a loom of memory and hope seeking beauty in a world of darkness. The narrator pleads not to be passed by as the night deepens, acknowledging torn threads, bleeding hands, and a somber woven fate while asking for guidance from the master. Myrtle Reed, Outlook.
A social exchange contrasts women’s and men’s standards of beauty. A witty discussion notes that most women prefer subtle, thoughtful features over showy, flashy looks, while men favor surface charm. The Cincinnati Enquirer quote adds perspective on jealousy and judgment in beauty opinions.
Bogtun Budget describes Swiss Cream a cherry or raspberry dessert served in glasses. It instructs mixing thick cream with sugar lemon rind and juice white wine and chilling before whipping to remove foam. Top each glass with a maca roon and fruit.
A street scene in a Luxembourg hall where a soda-water clerk mocks reformers and a druggist insists on taking action. Patrons discuss Mary Tassimore Dugan and Rev. Varney as potential speakers while YMCA staff plan a movement.
A soda-water clerk and a druggist spar over urban critics and knocker culture. The druggist defends free speech while lampooning cheap humor and social reform types as the two trade jabs about obituaries and public opinion.
A short anecdote from London Answers about an elderly country visitor who asks a grave digger who the long narrow trench is for. The digger, annoyed, explains he is laying gas pipes, prompting the old man to pause and retreat.
A back and forth from a New York Weekly exchange reveals a clash over church music. The minister favors congregational singing while the organist argues for a new, more powerful instrument to drown out dissent.
A collage of humorous quips from Cleveland Plain Dealer Chicago Daily News Yonkers Statesman and other papers. Jokes explore second sight poker advice misread words and family antics with playful banter and newspaper style witticisms across multiple voices.
An old Maryland note reprinted from the Sun recounts snake stalking in Anne Arundel County. It describes moccasin and cottonmouth behavior, the dangers of bites, and the sport of shooting snake heads with a .22 at about twenty yards, praising head shots and cautioning against shotguns.
Reporters recount a lively yesterday with chatter about Watts and Lashforth and a playful claim that a boy can still tote it, reflecting a light, informal update from the Indianapolis Journal.
Sunday School lesson outlines Ezekiel 36 26 27 on cleansing from sin and the gift of a new heart and spirit. It links the promise to New Testament light, explaining the removal of a stony heart and the bearing of God’s Spirit within believers. It situates the prophecy in exile history and moral restoration.
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