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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1898
Page
5
City officials ward aldermen and clerks named, and many fraternal lodge schedules and officers listed for Troy area. Includes Masons, I O O F, Pythians, Knights of Pythias, and miners union meeting times and locations.
Selected anecdotes recount how horses learn bugle calls, respond to feed and water calls, and share in artillery charges. One Civil War scene recalls a battery galloping across a meadow while drivers urged whips and guns belted forward. Stories praise horses showing calm, loyalty, and even grief after battle.
Sweet Springs mine post strike renovations move mules from underground stables to Morri son's pasture. Twenty seven animals roam freely, basking in sun and grass as villagers watch, while old memories and laughter echo through the valley.
A New York physician explains a condition he calls the bicyclist’s nose caused by dust settling in the nose during riding. He notes the danger to riders and suggests artificial devices, though he acknowledges a bicycle nose would be a hideous sight for any cyclist to wear.
A Kansas railroad brakeman Mussied Duska quiets a flock en route to market by slipping rubber beads over the ducks bills. The unusual restraint astonishes both the birds and marketmen as their previously vocal cargo arrives silently.
An observer recalls French Censer Balls as chatelaine ornaments of gold openwork filigree ball shapes attached to a six inch chain. Inside each ball lies colored cotton soaked in lasting perfume, designed to waft on Fifth Avenue breezes, a dainty yet distinctive fad.
A Rome sculptor prepared a bronze bust of President Kruger with a frock coat and stove pipe hat. Mme Kruger asked the crown be concave to catch rain water for birds, a modification the artist made before shipment to Pretoria. The anecdote highlights her maternal concern for little birds.
Made Contederate blade maker Halman a Prosetan who settled in Columbus Georgia as a youth. A tinner by trade he began sword making when war started, building factories that covered a block and supplying officers of the southern army with finely tempered blades praised as among the best in America.
A mock question wonders if the government would accept a man made of twenty elephants for the war with Spain. The humorous line echoes skepticism, noting there is enough already.
Lord Salisbury defined geology as the science of what might have been and American geologists frame it as what may be. Prof. G. K. Gilbert predicts Niagara Falls will retreat and the Great Lakes will drain southeast, changing lake outflow toward the Mississippi within about a thousand years. His preliminary report outlines slow regional level changes and an eastern outlet closure.
Describes the quetzal as a symbol of freedom on Guatemalan stamps, noting its short life when captured, rarity in the wild, and striking plumage. Details its tail feathers, crest, and nest design with two holes to avoid tail-breaking, while highlighting the bird’s sensitivity to captivity and grief if its tail is damaged.
A 19th century account notes San Francisco as a major port for smoking opium imports, detailing 121 401 pounds last year and a duty of 728 406 dollars. The opium is brown sticky, sold in half pound boxes, and sourced from China for smoking only. The piece also cites coast line measurements of 5715 miles with Atlantic Gulf and Pacific components.
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