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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1898
Page
5
A dense roster lists mayor and aldermen from Ward divisions, city officials, township officers, school trustees, law officers, and lodge groups. It includes names such as Wm Norbury, Fred Gurfen, J. Gebauer, J. Barth, A. Snodgrags, and J. Hagler, plus lodge details for Troy Masons and Odd Fellows chapters with meeting times and officers.
A nostalgic verse lamenting shifts in speech from plain, old-fashioned words to modern slang. It contrasts past greetings, manners, and expressions with contemporary phrasing and attitudes, noting changes in both youth and social behavior. The piece ends with a digressive question about a cat incident and a jury's potential reaction.
The St Paul Dispatch reports young women at Winona's normal school faced 4 caller audits, limits on out of town suitors, and a 20 minute cap. They were questioned on each caller, given strict rules, and asked to list callers and topics of conversation. Some students protest, others accept the regimen.
The London Globe lists a lineup of returning comets for 1898 starting with Pons-Winnecke in April after 54 years, Encke in May with a 314 year period, followed by Swift and Wolfe in June, and Temple in September. The note covers their known periodic journeys and timing precision.
A young dry goods clerk unexpectedly inherits nearly 300000 from a distant relation. He calmly arranges to read and sign papers tomorrow between ten and four, keeping his word to stay a month. The lawyer suspects the heir may mismanage the money, a warning borne out by a year of events.
A Marquette minister recounts a wedding tale where a groom paid with fine cut tobacco and, after a mistake, returned with an envelope containing $100 as restitution. The anecdote highlights quirky payment customs at weddings and the minister’s surprising windfall from a single ceremony.
A New York Sun report notes a mouse emerging from a piano during a classical music performance and retreating when lighter tunes are played. The animal reportedly ran over the piano and down a curtain twice, with no nest found inside.
A young man shot his mistress with two bullets and then killed himself, neither death occurring. The woman sued for damages and won a verdict of 2000 francs.
A fragmentary note recalls pendulum clocks as a later invention inspired by Galileo observing a lamp swing. The readable text hints at early ideas of regular motion sparked by a simple pendulum-like swing.
Ernest Seton Thompson recounts a crow named Silverspot hoarding shells and white objects near the Don valley. The crow spreads the haul on sunlit ground, then hides it again when the observer discovers the cache. The owner later removes the hoard, never to reveal its whereabouts.
A historical note describes bloodhounds in southern penitentiaries used to track criminals. It explains scent tracing can last 24 hours with dry ground, telegraphs for distant deployment, and tracking after fugitive exits, highlighting efficiency, restraint, and endurance over long travels.
An archaeological effort at the American School in Athens is hampered by wartime conditions and political distractions. Government delays in expropriation and a moved excavation plan slow progress toward uncovering Corinth, with a small tract bought east of the temple revealing hints of ancient agora remains. The project may resume in March once expropriation is completed, though soil depth promises high costs.
A wooden figure titled Dr Cureall in Holland contains compartments labeled with ailment names. Insert a coin in the slot for the corresponding location on the device to dispense the appropriate pill or powder.
The United States has about 250,000 school teachers, with 230,000 women and 120,000 men, showing nearly twice as many female teachers and a widening gap. Prussia reports 9,600 women and 59,000 men among 68,000 teachers, while Germany totals 135,000 teachers for about 10,000,000 pupils. France lists 140,050 teachers with 75,000 women and 65,090 men. Britain likely has around 100,000 teachers, though exact figures are uncertain.
A writer in MacMillan's Magazine clarifies that Welsh rabbit is genuine slang for a district dish rather than a misnamed rarebit. The piece cites examples like Essex lion calfy Fieldane duck and Glasgow magistrates red herring, noting slang often fades from memory. It recalls Samuel Phillips's 1845 line Not so worse, cited in Mrs Oliphant's Blackwood history.
German scientists report success in obtaining cultures of the bacteria that cause clover disease. They anticipate a future where farmers can inoculate their land much like treating a human illness.
An early tale recalls Hon Joseph Marsden in Hawaii using legerdemain at a Hilo church service. He palmed a ten-dollar gold piece into a contribution bag and replaced it with a silver quarter. The scam left the pastor puzzled after service until the thief later returned the gold piece.
A Birmingham lawyer failed in a conspiracy suit claiming newspapers in Birmingham unlawfully omitted his name in court coverage. Justice Tawkins ruled the suit off, saying lawyers have no legal right to push such publicity.
The Manhattan hotel proprietor declined delivery of $5,000 in tableware after learning the goods bore the hotel name. He said diners often steal stamped utensils as keepsakes to show friends they frequented the establishment. The policy aims to curb theft by marking items with the hotel name.
Brookline near Boston tops per capita wealth in the United States with a population around 17,000 and a valuation near 60 million dollars, yet it remains governed by a traditional New England town meeting system.
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