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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
6
A devotional poem fragment speaks of life as a tangled web woven by human effort and broken threads. It asks for divine guidance to mend the pattern and make warp and woof into a pleasing work for God, acknowledging the need for God to untangle and repair the earthly weave.
The story follows Thomas M Terradell who built a four-story brick factory complex in Trenton New Jersey as a home for unemployed hobos. He began by using scrap telegraph poles to create a shelter and later expanded into workshops and cottages. Terradell fostered work programs, religious services, and a self-contained community named Terradelphia. The project rose amid hope and later declined during hard times, yet Terradell remained devoted to proving the worth of the so called worthless and continuing to aid former hobos despite setbacks.
The National Review describes diverse game across Australian colonies, from kangaroos and wallabies in Gippsland to wild horses in the steppe of South and West Australia. It notes buffalo in West Australia, wombats and flying foxes, and water birds like pelicans and swans. Emus and native companions appear in New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. The lyre-bird and a clever o‘izzardbird–style bird add local humor to nest-building subtleties.
A compact montage of quotes and light witticisms from papers like the Catholic Standard, Philadelphia Bulletin, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Indianapolis Journal. Notable lines include a librarian quip on cataloging a book, a remark on a monopoly, social rituals, a judge’s joke before sentencing, and playful exchanges about haircuts, superstition, music, and a jibe about Poultney Bigelow and the German emperor. Entities include Mrs Nexdore, Mrs Peppery, Bridget, Tom Paul, and Poultney Bigelow.
Blacksmith Peavey of West Manchester, a lifelong traveler born nearly five years from now, recounts decades of global work from Ashland to California, Hawaii, Siberia, and countless ports. He recalls the 1883 brigantine venture, five years in Seattle to British Columbia, and praises Boers and Japanese among his top communities.
The Isle of Wight observatory under Prof Milne explains how earthquakes send distant impulses through the globe. Instruments recorded tremblings on September 1, 10, 17, 20 and 22, linking origins to Alaska, Asian Minor, and Japan. Local landslips likely caused some shocks not to be felt, such as those at Darjeeling on September 25 and 26.
A fur niture item described as the round table from King Arthur's era sits in Winchester county hall. It is an ancient painted oak circular table with a royal center bearing the orb sword and crown, linked to Arthurian legend per Detroit Free Press.
A young woman sought a clergyman’s discount on books at a Indianapolis shop. The clerk questioned if she was a clergyman’s wife, but she replied she had decided to buy anyway despite the concern. The exchange was noted as a curious privilege anticipation.
A survey of 1891 reports on Paris language societies with 4000 members, Louisville January school attendance by race, Salvation Army in Mexico blocked by law, Santiago Chile education headship with 1200 to 1500 students, a London mosque funded for 300 to 400 worshipers, early German female doctor Dorothea von Schlezer at Gottingen in 1787, Finnish pupils taught in Russian, tension over language in schools, and Madras YMCA hostel mixing Brahmans Mohammedans Eurasians and Europeans with separate boarding for European and native foods.
English cricketers fighting in South Africa join war effort with matches under bombardment. Reports from Ladysmith Colenso and Colenso bombardments recount players staying calm, some killed while clutching balls, others joking about shells as they field and bowl. Observers praise troops' steadiness amid heavy fire.
A recent annual report on Swedish railroads notes 90 deer hit by trains, while 18 townspeople and six horses were struck. The fact highlights wildlife impact versus civilian and livestock incidents in railway operations.
A Sunday School lesson on Mark chapter 2 verses 3 through 12 describes four friends lowering a paralyzed man through a roof to Jesus. Jesus forgives the man’s sins and then heals him, proving His authority to forgive sins. The commentary notes Jesus praying, preaching in Galilee, healing a leper, and the power shown by Jesus to heal both body and soul.
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