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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
10
An 19th century rhymed admonition emphasizes P and Q as symbols of how children should mind manners. It contrasts positive traits promptness politeness prettiness patience with negative meanings like pinch pest er and perverse provocations linked to the letters P and Q.
Charles Abbott, M. D., relates a St Nicholas tale of wrens choosing a hornets nest as a summer home. The birds cleared space, added a circular entrance, and placed twig platforms for security while raising a brood fearless near observers. They react loudly when interrupted yet continue feeding young.
A Boston Globe described parlor illusion using a glass bottle a cork and a bent pin. By focusing bright sunlight with a sun glass onto a thread inside the bottle, the thread is burned through without the cork being touched, creating a mystifying two piece cut while the cork remains unmoved.
An article describes babies swaddled and strapped in cradle-like bundles. It contrasts Indian infant practices with Italian district customs in New York, noting cradle design, wall or tree storage, limited limb movement, and the cross blessing by Catholic mothers as the bundles are secured.
Dr Storrs a Brooklyn minister laments modern department store methods while waiting on a purchasing trip in Manhattan He meets a friend who asks his purpose The minister quotes Job 14 14 about waiting for his appointed time for change to come
J E Morse outlines a sturdy cheap trellis using 8 foot 2x4 posts set 16 feet apart with top and bottom 1x2 strips. Nail diagonally slanted strips, weave twine as warp and filling, and detach by removing four corner ties to dispose of vines easily after frost.
A farmer extols a handmade wooden potato coverer built from 1x10x22 boards with a bolted tongue and two horses. The device runs along rows, regulates depth by weight on the handles, scrapes dirt, creates a harrowable ridge, and kills weeds before potatoes emerge, claiming superior results over other cultivators. The text also notes pruning advice and early treatment of raspberry sprouts as weeds.
The Washington Post describes a ocean voyage dinner where Mark Twain delivered a speech with humorous remarks and received applause. Senator Depew followed, joking that Twain had already delivered Depew’s speech, and the crowd laughed. An English passenger praised Twain while critiquing Depew's prior remarks as a poor speech.
A miscellany notes flour popularity in Manchuria, duck beauty, rice varieties in Japan, Spanish language trade, and monthly bean planting for year round supply. Real estate counts by borough and the 13th century origin of the title doctor are touched with brief facts.
Charles F. Peterson of Breed Wisconsin a justice of the peace recounts years of back pain that woke him each morning. After one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports complete relief and now feels as well as ever. He recommends the remedy to others with good results.
The North Western Line extension to Bonesteel, South Dakota, sparks a land rush as vast tracts between the Missouri and Niobrara rivers are slated for opening. Prices for nearby farm and grazing lands are listed, a lottery plan may determine holders, and homesteaders must meet residency and cultivation requirements over five years. Interest runs high across Nebraska.
The excerpt cites a Shakespeare quotation misattributed to a poetic line about apples, notes a Chicago Tribune exchange on Shakespeare familiarity, and mentions a plan for a children's supplement featuring a Mont Pelee eruption image with a prize for the child with the least facial hair after the explosion, per a Cleveland dealer.
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