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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1899
Page
5
A long list names town officials from mayor to town clerk, and multiple fraternal orders. It includes aldermen Wm Norbury and J. Hagler, treasurers and clerks, and lodge officers for Troy and surrounding groups with meeting details. The piece also contains a poem titled The Yankee Spirit noting unity beyond North South East West.
The article argues that many wars are named after the conquered nation, listing examples from ancient to modern times. It notes the pattern that the first name reflects the vanquished power, citing Franco-Prussian, Trojan, Macedonian, Punic, Napoleonic, Crimean, Austro-Italian, Schleswig-Holstein, Austro-Prussian, Franco-Frussian, China-Japan, Graeco-Turkish, and Spanish-American wars to illustrate the rule.
Churches notice lists Preacktix every other Sunday at 10 and 7 PM. Sunday School each Sunday morning at 9:30. Prayer Meetings every Wednesday evening at 7. Rev Jas Ushorme, Pastor.
Board of Education meets the first Tuesday evening each month at the School House. J A Harding serves as President. Other officers include O. S. Smith, W. Kawanon, Avis, W Jock, and Jae Collins.
Get two wooden boxes about 12 by 18 inches and 5 to 6 inches deep. Cover with eretonne and cambrie, mount on four two inch square legs, fasten boxes with screws. One box tops the legs, the other a foot down. Cre tonne curtains wrap the upper box, drape to legs, with ribbon bows. Brass-headed tacks finish the covering.
A New Zealand Maori Chief Rewi, linked to Sir George Grey, is said to be distressed by news that his English benefactor was buried in state at St Pauls Cathedral last week. The piece notes Rewi once dug a notable grave in his homeland for his English ally. Also mentioned is the Shah of Persia and a clever royal tax-like gift exchange, plus a reflection on thinking and London policing figures.
A humorous report describes examination answers showing humorous ignorance. A woman aiming for a library clerk role misattributes works and authors, claiming Chatfield-Faylor wrote The Vicar of Wakefield and Twain was Antony. An examiner quips she’d become a grease spot if stayed long. another man misreads the word prohibit as prohibed or prophippet.
A reflective piece traces how global cuisine grew from ancient feasts and royal rewards to travelers exchanges. It notes the influence of Arabs, Crusaders, Romans, and Alexander the Great, highlighting how animals, explorers, and various regions contributed foods to world tables.
A Detroit intel agent recalls a peculiar sea borne christening from nearly fifty years ago. A stern captain aboard a slow trader held a mock ceremony when no priest was present, cracking wine over the infant's head to christen him as crew watched. The captain later died, and the storyteller has lived alone with that tale.
A man slept with artificial teeth and awoke choking as his teeth vanished. After fruitless searches by friends and a girl helper, a doctor found the missing teeth on the floor and reinserted them. Breathing eased and the danger passed.
While climbing Green Mountain Col. Professor Reasey found a pine seedling grown from a rock crevice. The five and a half inch tree was unbranched with a single tuft of leaves, and twenty five annual rings showed it endured harsh, exposed conditions. This natural miniature contrasts with the Japanese technique of dwarfing in gardens.
A fragmented句 estimate asserts a world birth rate of seventy per minute and a death rate of sixty-seven per minute, claiming a net annual population increase of about 1,200,000 souls.
An English scientist revisits the bulrush caterpillar tale from New Zealand, noting a three and a half inch larva that buries underground to form a vegetable stalk. Fungus infection in the neck area leads to a plantlike growth that preserves body details, with a clubheaded stem rising from the infected neck and replacing the creature as it matures.
Swedish scientists measure the lake Wetternsee and report a maximum depth of 119 meters debunking the bottomless pit myth. The article notes lingering mysteries about legends of cross lake faunal migration between Wetternsee and Lake Constante and the observed synchronized swells during storms, with the Wielne Zeitung calling the phenomenon known but awaiting explanation.
A Swiss commune in Canton UK renowned from Schiller's William Tell hosts its annual Schutzenfest. Of 500 residents about 184 are marksmen or markswomen and 43 women joined the contest at the communal butts. Fifteen year old Katharina Wirseh won top honors with 50 polots in the weeck schuss as her family, including seven sons and three daughters, claimed nine prizes.
An army officer recalls new recruits in a hot engagement smelling powder for the first time. He notes one notable act of panic when a soldier dropped his rifle and bolted, shouting a humorous but grim retreat line about burial depths.
The Philippines produces about 240,000,000 cigars yearly, reflecting significant national tobacco output and industrial capacity in the sector. The figure underscores the country’s role in regional cigarette and cigar production.
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