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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
4
Central, who is chairman of the executive board of the Relay Depot Association, instructed the station master to expend no more money than is absolutely necessary to repair the injured depot for temporary use until plans for the new building could be decided upon. The association will meet some day this week to take steps toward a new station.
Marriage licenses issued the past week at Edwardaville include pica Je stepen of Glen Carbon married to P. Daly of St. Louis and Bremzon F OF ie, Ida B. Dettmer of Quincy to Adolph Wick of Hi Bond. Ida aettried wed on Oct 19, Fred A. H. Durkan of Collinsville to Loula A. Kuhlenbeck, age 26.
Harvest has commenced in St Jacob. Mr and Mrs L Adler spent the same day at Alhambra. Miss Hilda Kolb visited relatives here over Sunday. Several from here attended the teachers examination at Marine Saturday. Prof M M Furgesson has resigned as teacher of District No 5 and will teach the Oak Grove school. Miss Estella Spies returned home from McKendree College with a B S degree. The concert and Elocutionary entertainment under Prof F Pesold of Lebanon was a success. Afterward those who felt inclined danced the Night Fantastique. An elegant supper was served by Mrs Buhman.
Wheel gossip from Alton reports riders like Vetter Riebold and Leutwiller, with others attending road races in St. Louis. The Alton Cycling Club debated admitting women, with supporters calling it a new era of enthusiasm and diversity, while a motion to admit the girls passed to be proposed at the next meeting.
Salaries of US clergy vary widely with most earning under 1000 annually while New York and Brooklyn host the wealthier pastors. Dr Harper cited. Dr John Hall, Chancellor of NYU, earns around 50,000 plus publishing income. Talmage and Taylor among others receive higher figures. Parkhurst and Dix also noted. Wealthy congregations often pay the pastors generously.
A sensational cure claim for catarrh and related lung throat and deafness problems is offered by Frank Wortz & Co of Wausau Wisconsin. The advertisement promises a single remedy to end symptoms such as nasal discharge ringing in the ears coughing and slimy matter. It invites readers to request circulars for full details and lists a postal drawer contact.
Includes tips on cement and glassware engraving on eggs using wax or tallow. Discusses a Pennsylvania law granting a road tax rebate for farmers with four inch tires on heavy wagons. Offers hair curling with cold tea and notes on a humorous incident involving Sam Ribber and missing ammunition.
The text outlines traditional martyrdoms of the apostles with varying fates. Andrew at Patrae on St. Andrew's cross, Bartholomew crucified in Armenia, James the elder beheaded, James the brother of Jesus stoned, Matthew died naturally, Philip killed at Sherapolia, Peter crucified in Rome, Jude likely in Persia, John living to about 100 and dying at Ephesus, Simon the Zealot crucified at 129, Thomas martyred in India, Judas Iscariot hanged.
A neighboring town’s “sweet girl graduate” is mocked for a physiology essay claiming the body has head chest and stomach parts. The tale shifts to a shopping scene where she orders items like granitoid sugar and condemned mail, with comic mispronunciations and bemused grocer banter.
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