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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1900
Page
6
The poem follows Bobby Jarvis a lively boy who learns to whistle and fills the home with tunes from morning till night. His family reaction ranges from amusement to nerves as his persistence turns everyday moments into music, capturing a playful view of boyish charm. The piece ends noting boys will be boys with gentle humor.
In a Chicago Herald vignette, Mother Murphy saves for a lace curtain while supporting her daughter and husband on frugal wages. Over eight years she amasses five dollars, sacrificing meals and scarce comforts. The daughter longs for social polish, but the mother’s quiet resolve and a tin cup of saved coins reveal true devotion and family duty.
Humorous snippets from era papers include jokes about training for false teeth, a man marrying to renew appetite for affection, and a speech about a solitaire ring. Other quips touch on bad doctoring, a New Hampshire ride, and a reporter probing gas concerns in the belt.
A resident in South Africa describes a 15 000 strong ant raid on a mound of fresh earth. The leading group climbs the mound while others encircle the base, each returning with crickets and grasshoppers. The hive borrows and transports the prey, then returns home, a flawless foray with careful planning and division of labor.
A Chicago Evening News piece dismisses Chinese inquest practices as absurd and ineffective. It notes the coroner's fear of dissecting bodies and cites the ritual of testing suspected poisoning by feeding rice to a chicken. The essay argues these methods do little to deter crime, contrasting with Western procedures.
A Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus in Nazareth reading from Isaiah in the synagogue. It notes His claim about the fulfilled scripture and the townspeople's reaction, then sketches the Galilean ministry and key events around healing, Sabbath issues, and rejection by locals.
A Washington opinion piece discusses the complexities of counting Indians in the eleventh and twelfth censuses. It examines legal questions around the phrase Indians not taxed, taxation meaning, and how to classify tribal populations within general census data, while outlining the need for precise legal and administrative work before enumeration.
Frankfort Ky Feb 21 The Democratic senators ratified their earlier move declaring Goebel governor a step likely to be tested in court by Goo d Taylor who denounces the action as illegal and vows to continue the fight. Negotiations between Lieut Gov Marshall and Senator Carter over the Senate chair resume without agreement. Democratic leaders consider Tuesday votes by yeas and nays on ratification resolutions.
Louisville reports Harland Whitaker and James Sutton, linked to Gov. Goebel’s assassination, were transported to Frankfort in handcuffs. Sutton appeared calm, Whitaker anxious about protection. Whitaker will not waive examination and will face trial likely within the week with county and defense agreeing to prompt proceedings.
C J Jesse a Maryville druggist was convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree for the killing of Griffin iiffin editor of Griffin's Daily Review on a Maryville street in 1898. He testified Griffin blackmailed him for money to avoid defamatory articles about his daughter. Jury deliberated 60 hours amid heated discussion and even coats were torn during the dispute.
In Santiago de Cuba on February 21 the city records a low 58 degrees with nearby mountains at 40 degrees. Mount San Pierre and Mount San Viedro show snow with major visibility from a Juaraga Mining railroad excursion as locals recall snow in the era of war thirty years ago.
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