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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1902
Page
6
Harriet Brewer Sterling recalls a frugal family story from Good Housekeeping. The mother cuts six pieces of cloth to sew four dresses for herself then outfits the daughter and baby Maggie. Over time the worn clothes become a coat for the baby and finally carpet rag strips.
A Boston Globe item about a four year old who, aiming to be a grown man, buys a large umbrella at a dry goods store. He selects the biggest model and pays with a charge to his papa, then strides into the rain proudly, his tiny figure drawing amused admiration from villagers. The story ends with the shopkeeper noting the bill is already settled.
In a tiny dramatic moment Edith, riding with her father, confessed she had never seen a road so crooked and exclaimed with childlike honesty that she never had seen such a curvy road in all her life.
Gordon Simmons a 15 year old of Muncie Indiana and his partner Mark Smith have created a neighborhood telephone network. Using a single wire and the earth as return they connect homes across streets two blocks away. Simmons fabricates his own batteries meters and dynamos and plans a dynamo to run a fan. He wears a glowing electric bulb in his necktie generated by a pocket battery. The boys learn by watching large systems and experimenting.
Hol land farmers use paper cornucopias coated with adhesive. Corn kernels lure crows into the cap stuck to their heads, disorienting them and deterring feeding. The method beats shooting, as crows also destroy pests by year’s end. Heston Globe reports this cleverfield defense.
A clipped juvenile essay mocks parental roles with quirky wording. The narrator suggests boys must look after parents and notes girls also have parents. It jokes that fathers are "pna" and mothers are "mas" and accuses parents of talking about plans but not acting, focusing on the mothers' influence.
A sermon on mnemoeics and forgetfulness from a 1902 address by Louis Klopech, exploring how God forgets sins when repentance occurs and urging believers to imitate divine forgetfulness. It contrasts memory of injuries with the triumph of grace, recounts anecdotes on memory, and calls for forgiving others and letting past sins fade from memory.
Regina and Edmonton districts report extraordinary threshing results under new crop statistics system. Z A Snell of Yorkton threshes 28,000 bushels of oats from 450 acres, averaging 63 bushels per acre. W B Motherwell of Abernethy threshes 2,650 bushels of wheat from 50 acres, averaging 43. T. T. Hutchings in Edmonton threshes 728 bushels of wheat from ten acres, about 73 per acre. S Norman gathers 6,950 oats from 60 acres, averaging 116 per acre.
The New York Times notes itinerant fruit, flower, and suspenders sellers near city hall park quickly adopting American ways. Immigrants such as Italians and Greeks avoid long stalls, respond to police movement, and anglicize names like Josef to Joseph, Henry, Peter, Dora, and similar changes.
The Washington Post details Alexander McDowell of Oil City Pennsylvania whose early life included a steam boat trip to Pittsburg and buying cheap jewelry on a whim. He sold it at a profit during an oil boom, earned over 500 dollars, invested wisely, and became a prosperous banker. He now wears jewelry not for show but for personal preference.
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