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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
6
A reader recalls Riley's vivid characters from Che Weekly Call in Illinois. The piece reflects on personal resilience, pride in Riley’s portrayals, and a shift from hardship to hope as the writer’s son departs, aided by reading and local community spirit.
A plain middle aged man claims to be a breaker who earns a living by breaking objects owned by others. He recounts quitting Cambridge, traveling, spotting a chance via ugly oriental vases, and breaking them to start a new profession. He ruined belongings for commissions, explains awkward schemes, and notes the motive to deceive spouses as a recurring theme.
Cornhill Magazine notes midieval sumptuary laws aimed to keep citizens in defined social bounds by limiting apparel expenses. Edward IV laws fixed clothing schedules, with later acts banning long peaked shoes. Elizabethan depictions of fashion spurred proclamations against broad ruffs, long cloaks, swords, and spiked shield bosses.
In a brief cartoon caption, Dr Emdee notes that women suffer nervous prostration while men experience irritability. Mr Wicklow responds with a quip about men, highlighting gendered stereotypes in a lighthearted panel.
A long OCR list details senate committees chairmen in the Illinois legislature including Triculture and Horticulture Bogardun Appropriations Chaipman Banks and Banking Pemberton and many more. It also lists house committee chairmen with names such as Curtis Lyon Brundage McCulloch Curtis and Puller among others. The report then notes the Manhattan distillery in Peoria closed due to Great Western's expansion and reports on the Illinois Clay Workers association election of officers and a local elopement incident involving Robert Noark.
Three highwaymen in Chicago stopped a police officer in uniform at gunpoint. They robbed him of his weapon after a brief search for money and ordered him to hurry to his station without further harm.
San Juan de Porto Rico January 17 Porto Ricans show no resistance to Americanization yet seek civil government. They praise civil liberty, dislike military dictation, and welcome reforms under civil administration. Senor Munoz Rivera writes that military rule harms development and urges fair U.S. treatment of Porto Ricans. The piece notes Governor Grant’s responses and changes in administration.
Delegates from Clay County Minnesota favor Western Canada after visiting Edmonton district. They secured a 160 acre homestead and bought additional land, praising crops with claims of 50 bushels per acre and minimal frost damage. They plan to move next summer and offer further details through Barnesville, Minnesota, before June.
A Boston Transcript anecdote recounts Brown asking neighbor Gray to remove a barking dog. Gray sells the dog to Green for three dollars, after promising five for getting rid of it, leaving Brown relieved but humorously complicit in the swap.
A Louisville Courier Journal note recalls Speaker Reed Lovea a duke who jokes about his small size. He once met Mr Sark, Southern railway’s passenger agent, a very large man. The pair were introduced by a mutual friend, prompting Reed to joke about his own diminutive stature.
Vermont Luxury notes how New Hampshire lawmakers use air cushions in the state house. The anecdote recalls John P. Hale of Dover proposing cushioned seats, met with a wry rebuke that if the gentleman from Dover is no tender he should yield to more seasoned material.
Surrounded by secrecy, the author known as Fiona Masseod circulates letters addressed multiple times and remains unseen. Publishers and detectives pursue her identity, but efforts yield little progress as the case remains unsolved.
A fragment from the Constitution quotes an old lady speaking about war blessings and financial relief. She mentions John receiving a pension and a mortgage paid off. She imagines possible ways to obtain a house, suggesting practical steps like painting, installing a new door, or other favors.
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