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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1899
Page
6
The poem fragment sung with a playful tone celebrates a merry heart and a nameless lover in Norwich-town. It contrasts charm and modesty, describes a lass with rosy lips and trustful brown eyes, and ends noting the speaker’s win of Mistress Pally in a Harper’s Bazaar vignette by Clinton Scollard.
In a February village tale Jared Kent, a lifelong bachelor, escorts widow Lucy Darby to town. A missed post office errand leads to a surprise Valentine note and Lucy’s hopeful proposal. After a day of errands and snow, Lucy's smile and Jared’s kiss affirm a new union.
An assistant weather forecaster writes to Prof. Willis Moore asking for transfer to the most isolated station in the United States. He cites poverty, failed marriage prospects with a wealthy city girl, and intolerable life, even offering to join a distant post such as Pike's Peak or Tamaulipas. Cedar City in Utah is chosen by Prof. Moore as his new posting. Valentines also feature in the day’s paper with humorous verse and cartoons from Chicago papers.
A lengthy Illinois legislative report covers bills on limiting election expenses, bribery penalties, and a new anti trust law. It notes Senator Baxter’s measure to replace the outdated act, a jury reform bill by Mgr. Vincent, and a diploma grant regulation by Mr Curtis. Also discussed are capital punishment abolition efforts, education commissions, school law changes, and medical examiner reforms.
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