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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1898
Page
5
The document lists mayor and aldermen of Troy with ward names and several city officers including clerk treasurer superintendent of streets marshal and tax roles. It also details regular and special meetings for lodges Troy lodge Neilson lodge Pisgah Encampment Mentor lodge Amity Camp German lodge Mayflower lodge and district court S C of H United Mine Workers Citizens' Building and Loan Association with meeting notes and officers.
A Shreveport area report recounts a girl who wore a fashion hat with a golden bird. An American eagle allegedly swooped, grabbed the hat, and vanished, leaving the girl frightened and hatless. The tale ends with doubt about the event and the bird’s meal.
A dated meditation on diet and gender roles argues meals should be spaced to prevent harm, praises temperance, and suggests women need not eat if not working. It muses that hardship improves character, notes Carlsbad remedies, and claims women’s appearance reflects circumstance, while men’ s looks matter less.
A historical note traces Gwynedd township’s origin two centuries ago when William Penn sold the land to Welsh settlers led by William John and Thomas Evans. It covers early arrivals, the 1698 purchase of 11 449 acres, ship passage, and the first meeting houses, churches, and synod celebrations through the 18th century.
H Phelps Whitmarsh argues in Century that steerage travel demoralizes passengers who shed civilization and norms. He recounts seasickness fading into raw appetite, quarrels, lewd talk, brute strength, and filthy habits, with married quarters especially repulsive.
In early modern England royalty showed interest in drama with Princess Mary acting as principal dancer in court ballets and pageants. She wore a black crape mask as an Ethiopian princege and later danced with ladies in waiting in Icelandic dress before French ambassadors at Greenwich in 1527.
Ruth Ashmore argues in Ladies' Home Journal that a business girl should avoid social gifts or any special recognition from her employer. Maintain politeness and self respect, focus on work during office hours, and refrain from confidences or frequent social favors regardless of the employer.
The Trans Mississippian exposition committee selects a unique medal design for Omaha fair running June 1 to November 1. Die work starts at the mint after approval. Obverse depicts a wild Indian on a broncho chasing a buffalo. reverse shows a composite of beauty from two western states. Government will strike the medals locally.
The New York Journal notes four weathered city milestones near Bowery and Third Avenue, with most inscriptions badly defaced by time and posters or truck wear. Despite age only a few remain, all on the west side of the street, caminos faint to casual observers.
A Johannesburg magnate Barney Barnato allegedly hired a journalist to clip favorable items from newspapers while he mocked criticism. The tale claims the man claimed to produce bundles of clippings but failed to deliver, saying there were nine cartloads outside.
Grace, a downtown Philadelphia Record office cat, was observed moving food to a top jar and dropping it in. Miss Grace Kelley found the missing kitten inside a large deep jar after Grace’s strange behavior led workers to check the storage area.
The New York Sun notes that in a crowded aquarium tank housing three moonfish from Gravesend Bay and four black tailed grunts from Bermuda, the shrimps are the dominant food. In summer shrimps are abundant and fed freely to most fish. in winter only to those needing care, with the moonfish and especially the grunts receiving them. The grunts eat faster than moonfish, securing daily shrimps before the moonfish get a chance.
A Pittsburgh preacher recalls a country church sermon when he wore a coat with a wasp nest in its pocket. As hymns started, wasps crawled out, buzzing and disturbing the service until the minister flung the coat from the pulpit window to end the awkward interruption.
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