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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1898
Page
5
A partial directory lists mayor and township officials, ward representatives, and city staff such as clerk, treasurer, and police, followed by numerous fraternal and benevolent organizations. Lodges including Troy Lodge 586 A F and A M and Neilson Lodge 25 I O O F are noted with meeting times and officers.
American astronomers are asked to watch for a stray moonlet sought by Dr. Waltemath of Hamburg. He believes a tiny body 420 miles wide orbits the Sun every 177 days, crossing the Sun in 1700s observations and again on July 30 this year. Notify Dr. Waltemath if sighted.
A Chicago reception for Hing Kalakaua is described with Mayor Harvey Colvin greeting the king at the station and escorting him to the Grand Pacific hotel. The crowd cheered and jeered as Kalakaua bowed from the veranda, then the mayor invited him to wash up before breakfast.
An American visitor notes three strong English attitudes toward education. A class bias against underlings and servants, widespread grumbling at school taxes, and church linked opposition to secular schools. These sentiments, he argues, shape views on democratic reform and public schooling in England.
A writer in Gentleman's Magazine recalls Bengal and Behar natives showing extraordinary bravery. Two domestic servants speared a mad jackal under a godown with calm precision, while an old sweeper killed a venomous karait cobra at dawn near the bungalow.
A Castine Maine town fears and counters a rat plague after a seaman’s powder corrodes pests. The mixture of Indian meal and calcine plaster, ingested by rats, caused dehydration and death, revealing a secret druggist’s curiosity and a public health scare.
A Lutsk native living in east London has survived twenty years on a daily regimen of six pints of milk, three pints of beer, and half a pound of sugar. Once frail, he became a wealthy, sharp Talmudical scholar after doctors at Vienna and Carlabad failed to cure him.
Queen Victoria for the first time ever held a sailors reception at Osborne House after the return of the St George from three years in Africa. The crew had gathered for the historic event signaling royal recognition of naval service.
A historical account outlines unusual Chinese burial practices for different ages. Infants are buried without coffins while the young have minimal rites. elders receive elaborate ceremonies tied to descendants and wealth. A widow may act as a son for a childless man, and death rituals include washing, new clothes, and spirit money to guide the departing.
A humor piece follows a statistician who calculates shaving costs over 52 years. Starting at 18 and ending at 70, shaving twice weekly at 15 cents per shave erodes hair by an inch monthly, totaling 52 feet of whiskers and a bill of 748.80 dollars, plus a nickel tip to a barber for each shave.
The London Truth notes Daudet’s alleged lack of empathy for animals in his rural sketches. It quotes that he disliked animals as mere brutes and warned against sin through creatures like the fox and scorpion, while praising the dog as the beautiest beast.
A garbled report describes a horse trained to herd sheep at Chambery Savoy with precision comparable to a top dog. The animal follows orders accurately, showcasing notable intelligence in managing the flock.
A detailed snapshot of roughneck drilling life in a gas belt area. A weathered rig with a single wood boiler and exposed joints, a muttering derrick, and torches illuminate a scene where accidents are common and tool drops demand patience and ingenuity. The account highlights the dangers and relentless cycle from surface to depths.
G B Shaw argues in the London Vegetarian that vegetarianism is a fighting diet. He claims most fighting uses farinaceous foods, contrasts meat eaters with vegetarians, and satirically notes cowardice in carnivores versus hardy plant-based diets. He critiques war fiction and national bravado with pungent comparisons.
The article traces glove use back to ancient times and notes fashionable sixteenth century gloves made of chickenskin worn by both sexes at night to whiten hands. It cites references from Homer and Persian and Old Testament sources and mentions Saint Anne as patron of glove makers. Berlin boasted many millionaires based on incomes and capital, with few meeting high wealth thresholds.
After a long struggle and a quarter century, British lawmakers show willingness to advance the accented wife’s sister bill. It would be taken up at the next session, with a pause before any final action.
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