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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1899
Page
5
A rustic poem set shows Maude Muller aiding harvest, catching the judge’s eye, and rumors of marriage blending with politics. The years bring economic tension as mortgages rise with wheat prices and society debates appearances and propriety.
The Hihen zollern princes study cabinet making as a daily craft project while the elder two sons of the Kaiser pursue this trade. The article notes the emperor changes his military uniforms when hosting foreign dignitaries, and includes odd facts about an ostrich and a NC inventor of a poultice warmer apparatus with a hot water bag.
In making champagne the grapes are squeezed six times, each pressure yielding wine of a different quality. This traditional method creates a range of vintages from the same harvest, contributing to the sparkling wine’s distinct character.
A globe trotter recounts in a personal letter how the Moroccan Sultan orders beheading for tax dodgers. The piece describes a troops procession in Tangier and a brutal display of heads spiked on boards as a warning, detailing a voyage through North Africa and Moorish justice.
A described device uses a heated aly source and a moving tank on a track to churn air through wet straw and create dense fog. Evaporation cools and condenses, delivering vapor that settles as mist among trees to deter pests. The machine pumps water and sprays it over fuel, forming a fog belt.
The text discusses an extremely small seed believed to be a mustard variety, noting it is smaller than tobacco and poppy seeds. It claims seeds in a living capsule could yield a plant for every square inch of North America, with the capsule housing over 100,000 seeds and the plant growing about a foot tall with large leaves.
Julius Norden of Aldenhoven, Germany, has patented a method to convert alcohol into a solid mass. The solidified alcohol burns steadily, can be burned off after use and then hardens quickly, enabling safer heating and cooking applications. The invention eliminates explosion risk.
A new tire design uses a series of helical springs arranged around the interior and connected to thimbles on the inner side of the tire near the rim. A metal elm presses against the tire face to form a resilient tread.
A discussion of unusual animal ingestions and surgeries. Kittens, puppies, and terriers have swallowed hats pins meat skewers and needles. A fox terrier had a woolen meat skewer removed, while a small spaniel died after swallowing a diamond stud. Goats and other animals are noted for strange cravings and dangerous acts.
A fragmented, archaic description portrays a creature with monkey alertness and catlike stealth, waiting motionless near prey. It details patient stalking, sudden strike, and swift, crushing action as the victim is seized and torn.
The piece contrasts worship motives from a Ladley Home Journal quote on churchgoing with a note on Fast Indian famine humor. It mentions priests praying for rain in Aurungahead, angry crowds, and temple thorns, plus a remark about the Empress of China carrying 2000 dresses in travel, with 600 boxes and 1200 coolies.
A Philadelphia Record summary notes whaling evolved from dangerous shipboard scraping to modern, deepsea methods. Norwegian partnerships tow whales to Vardoe or Viulsot, rendering fat at land hubs, selling whale oil, meat fertilizer, hides, and skeletons to museums. About 120 men are employed, many former sailors, now in offshore processing roles.
The document lists city officials led by Mayor S. W. Rawson and ward aldermen, city clerk F. C. Gates, treasurer K. Auwarter, city attorney C. K. Richter, street superintendent Emil Drath, marshal T. C. Magler, and other municipal roles. It also records Masonic, Odd Fellows, Rebekah, K of P, and other lodge meetings with schedule notes, plus the public school term dates and principal J. C. Wallis.
A garbled historical note traces Magelherr and an early voyage around the globe and the Philippines. It describes a westward sail adding minutes to his course, a misalignment of time zones, and how Manila’s noon would align with Madrid’s evening and Washington morning, revealing an eight hour eastward offset.
Strange wells at Sankity Prairie du Sac and Merri Tack Wisconsin emit air for a day then inhale at night depths range 100 to 180 feet. Pumps burst when water freezes above 100 feet leaving pipes damaged. Charless Stoddard blocked a well with boards then exhaled air blew sheets off. Air appears to come from coarse gravel with little sand or matter.
Two freight trolley cars are in use on the Consellated Traction Lines of Pittsburg. Freight stations are established for now with plans to expand to house-to-house deliveries as service grows. United Traction lines are expected to adopt a similar system soon.
A fragmentary article notes unreliable book recipes about slow fires ending in failed egg hatches. It also discusses French slate production from quarries near Angers in Maine et Loire used for roofing tiles and billiard tables, and briefly mentions a volcanic district near Kris uvik with a cavernous grotto and sulfur.
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