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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
6
A narrative poem about a worn straw hat carried by a father through the harvest and orchard. The hat symbolizes years of labor, family memory, and the quiet dignity of honest toil as birds sing and seasons change. The speaker recalls how the hat witnessed farm life from planting to harvest, tying memory to place and kin.
A man abandons city life to write at home and discovers a yard fenced like an English park. He quarrels with local boys who ring his back gate bell, seizes them for discipline, and ends with a wild chase as the youths flee into the street amid neighbors’ whispers.
St Louis Republic describes tempting warm weather dishes such as egg nests on toast and a creamy omelet. It also notes tomato toast as an attractive luncheon option, with steps for beating egg whites, cooking, and preparing tomato sauce to pour over buttered toast.
A Southern mammy named Auntie travels north with a family and encounters northern sights. On a hot day she tries ice as a headache remedy, placing ice in a handkerchief and using a piece in her mouth. She overdoes it, frizzes, and begs hot water to melt the ice as she fears for her chest and heart. The tale ends with her needing no more ice.
A Nebraska agricultural report details varied corn losses in the Waverly to Fairmont belt, with many fields down to one third of normal. Oats and wheat yields are reported. the Hastings to western border region looks high, while McCook area recovers from prior losses. Alfalin shows strong prospects as a fodder crop, yielding up to seven and a half tons per acre across the Republican valley.
Fragmentary notes show early royal payments to physicians during Henry VI to Henry VIII. Records cite Nichoas de Ferneban summoned to court, later apothecaries paid as in legal demand, and multiple entries in Henry VIII’s accounts detailing rewards to doctors and surgeons, including Cuthbert, Yakesley, and Dr. Butts, with varied sums and dates across years.
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