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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1903
Page
6
A short verse from the Boston Budget imagines the freedoms of adulthood. It envisions fashion choices trousers too long a tall crown hat a gold headed cane and no need to tie a necktie. It promises candy street play late nights and unrestrained fun with no nurse or girl to answer to.
A lone giant tortoise, the last Galapagos survivor on Mauritius, measures eight and a half feet long and seven feet wide on its shell and has lived since 1810. It appears tame and coexists with rabbits and other domestic animals. The species, once widespread in the Indian Ocean, has dwindled due to overhunting, though protected now, it may already be doomed.
A two year old herding dog Ben converses with Moss through eyes ears and tail on the prairie. Ben explains he can talk and shares calm pride in guarding sheep and in facing wolf tracks with courage. The tale contrasts canine wit with ranch life in St Nicholas. A separate note discusses a Philadelphia literary society debating capital punishment and a father’s line about hanging being good enough for him.
A Chinese legend tells of a king without a son whose daughter inspires prophecy of riches. Amid betrothal struggles a horse spirit rescues the captive king, later transforming the princess into a cocoon. In Chekiang silk districts children honor the tale with toy horses as a tribute to the silk worm goddess and her faithful lover Washington Star.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon quips that a boycott is a tool that can halt a man’s business if he fails to knuckle down, contrasting childhood mischief with economic pressure. The piece pairs a playful dialogue between Georgie and Pa about boycott power.
A Chicago sermon argues the wilderness journey of Israel as a figure for unsanctified believers. The piece warns against longing for worldly pleasures, urging reliance on God’s daily Bread from Heaven and full surrender to Christ to reach the promised land. The author cites Exodus 16 and 1 Corinthians 10 to urge spiritual steadfastness.
Mrs Princes Stafford of New York testifies to the vast number of cures from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and related medicines. Skeptics yielded as years pass and scientists notice the benefits claimed by thousands of women nationwide.
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