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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
5
A quatrain attributed to Albert Pike, printed in the Washington Post, laments yearly sorrow and aging. It notes new cares, darker morrows, disappearing friends, lingering memories, and growing loneliness as life’s shores shift. The poem contrasts fading earthly hold with a brighter dawn and a nearer true life.
Rachel Swann and Jim Sumner, a mill pairing, seem set for a bright future until secret bookmaking and overlooker pressure unravel their hopes. Jim is blamed for a missing small check, loses his job, and travels away after a harsh dismissal. Rachel, crushed by poverty and strain, contemplates despair until a rescue by Jim prevents tragedy. The crisis exposes misdeeds by Jabez Smethurst and the overlooker, leading to Jim’s reinstatement and a New Year wedding despite hardship.
The piece muses on New Year chimes as a moral and emotional balm through memory of the old year and hope for the new. It cites Charles Lamb and Alfred Lord Tennyson while noting Chicago Standard perspectives. It ends by reporting that at the Berlin University women are not yet admitted to examinations or lectures, with limited rights for female students.
A detailed look at trimming production describes women who distribute materials to workers in their own homes and take responsibility for large finished outputs. Precision and absolute accuracy in pattern and stitching are essential, with dealers rejecting even tiny deviations.
Detroit Free Press recounts a tale of a professor famed for mental abstraction who, forgetting practical details, hires a reckless carriage ride to a western village lecture. He races through streets, shouting orders as chaos erupts around him until a janitorial miscue reveals he has no idea of the destination.
A recipe outlines baking six medium potatoes in a moderate oven for about an hour. Scoop, mash with butter milk salt and pepper, fold in egg whites, refill shells, brush yolk on top, and bake briefly until light and browned.
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