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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1901
Page
7
A former United States Cyclonist in a Manitoba district recounts a surreal escape from a violent cyclone on September 9, 1884. He describes being dragged from a basswood tree, a hospital recovery, a torchlit town welcome, and reflections on willpower, weather, and fate amid a chaotic rural scene.
A periodical outlines its policy on manuscript submissions. It states that only the first reading matters and minor initial errors may lead to rejection or return of the manuscript. The piece emphasizes strict standards and that repeated submissions are not pursued.
Klein's advertises Ladies' Calf Button shoes reduced from $1.25 to 75 cents and notes a new line of musical instruments at W. Juvetiers.
A past incident involving Prince Henry Vladimir von Mecklenburg Schwerin and a governess is recounted by the St. Louis Republic. During a Sunday trip to a village church, a sequence of comments and acts led to the governess fleeing in embarrassment as the princes misread social boundaries. The episode ends with Henry, then a lively youth, returning home under a cloud of shame.
A European scientist outlines a process to render wood with a metallic appearance. The method involves soaking wood in caustic alkali, then hydrosulfate of calcium with sulfopy in alkali, followed by acetale of lead, drying, and optional burnishing. The result is a surface with a brilliant metallic luster resembling a metal mirror.
A fragmented feature discusses animals that shed tears, noting calves and bears showing visible distress, dogs mourning owners, elephants in danger, and other creatures. It then shifts to typesetting work, estimating a compositor travels about 2,000 miles yearly and that lung disease causes over half of deaths among printers.
J T Knergen opened training quarters at Lakewood New Jersey for the coming season. The grounds, long used by Corbett for Justries last May, are renowned among fighters wrestlers and handlers as highly complete. The Lakewood atmosphere is regarded as ideal for athletes and others.
The Carlisle Indian football captain Rogers is praised for leadership that blends strategic wisdom with firm discipline. His calm courtesy earns admiration while his tough direction echoes the vigor of a strong leader, earning him the nickname among peers.
Promoter Ral WGitin notes Pred Pox, a colored champion with more fighters under his wing than Dougherty or Roebe, has had success and will watch his next bout between Ruh Hoe Sharkey and another contender.
Adolph Philipp of the Germania Theatre in New York will move his stock company to Berlin for the next season after securing a lease of Berlin's Central Theatre. The plan includes staging a New York production for German audiences amid growing curiosity and commentary on local cheese imports and a dubious health ad.
Oscar Hammerstein has unveiled Theatre Republic, the seventh theater he has built in New York. He calls the new house the handsomest and most homelike of his creations and regards its completion as the culmination of his career-long effort and experience in theater design.
Misa Marie Burroughs begins a tour early next month featuring a new play written for her by Wills Steel and Edward J. Rose from Gilbert Parker's The Battle of the Strong. The first production is in Chicago, with a New York stop planned for late January.
The foment report of W S Shallenburger Second Assistant Post Master General was made public. It shows that on June 30 last the indicate of expenditure for inland nS services To 146,000, for ing Servier $2,014,034, total expenditures $57,160,505.
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