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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
6
A poem by Frank L Stanton in the Chicago Times Herald describing a beloved woman as a living garden of colors. The speaker admires roses violets lilies and other blooms as a portrait that smiles while noting the scene is not for him. The piece blends affectionate imagery with affectionate longing.
A Derby day tale from a Sporting Courier staffer who backs outsider Don Pero on a telepathic tip. A telegram allegedly wires a winner, but the twist reveals mutual mind games with trainer Dixey and a roaring crowd at Newmarket.
An Irish witness, asked if he saw the shot, says he heard it. The magistrate condemns the behavior. The man retorts that the laugh was heard, not seen, provoking laughter while the judge frowns.
A Bradford evening paper recalls a Westminster Gazette anecdote in which a visitor at the West Riding asylum at Menston doubted a patient’s sanity. When urged to threaten, the man cried tally ho and instantly the patient tackled him, throwing him to the ground and kicking. The visitor ceased further critique.
Instructions detail preparing tongue by boiling removing bones mincing when cold, mixing four ounces butter per pound tongue with mace nutmeg cloves paprika salt and black pepper, placing in jars and pouring melted butter over. Also notes that languages use animal sounds as names including cuckoo pewit whippoorwill and others.
The item lists clergy resignations including Rev Dr Henry Gallagher from Trinity Baptist Brooklyn and Rev Dr George L Robinson leaving Roxbury Presbyterian for Knox College Toronto. It notes anniversary rites at High Street Congregational Portland and growing ritualism in the Church of England with rising use of incense lights vestments and eastward facing worship over 14 years.
The article outlines three receiving ships Vermont Wabash and Richmond and the entry process for boys aged 14 to 16. It describes reading tests age guardianship contracts Newport training and progression to Essex Alliance ships and finally a modern man of war with exams every three months and advancement to first class. Japanese coal in California will compete with standard grades as steamers load from Kobe to San Francisco and Puget Sound and Australia provide much of the coal.
A collage of quips and gags from multiple papers. The excerpts display flirtations deceptions and witty dialogues involving nobles, love, and prophecy. Pieces come from Chicago Evening Post Fliegende Blaetter Detroit Free Press Aberdeen Tit-Bits and Indianapolis Journal.
The article surveys pseudonyms in literature, noting authors hide behind nom de plume for modesty, fame avoidance, or to suit works. It cites examples like Bronte family aliases Currer Bell Ellis Bell Acton Bell and George Eliot and explains Burns, Irving, and Stanley adopting or reshaping names. It also mentions women using masculine noms and backward spellings like Mme Trebelli and Johnny Budlew. A second item reports the periopthalmus fish that breathes through its tail, found along the Indian Ocean and Western Africa coasts, clinging to rocks while tail respiration occurs through its tail skin.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt depicts a remorseful prisoner in a jail cell, bowing his head as a clerical visitor laments the crime. The prisoner insists he bears no blame, saying he did not want to end up there while the scene emphasizes regret and fate.
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