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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
6
The weekly call presents a somber poem by Margaret E. Sangster quoted from Harper's Magazine. It reflects on life train of shadows and dawns, noting memory, longing, and resilience as days turn from gloom to light.
Phineas Peel opposes Herr Schmidt a mysterious naturalist tenant at Rhyd cottage. A note warns of an imminent escape. Schmidt is captured after a dawn confrontation. John Peel and Mary Peel are key in the arrest, revealing Schmidt as Edward Harper the famous forger.
Items cover church leadership in Joplin Missouri efforts to raise Methodist minister salaries in England and a spike in book sales. Other notes include Cardinal Satelli denying wheel riding, Prof Whitney’s death, Prof Child’s scholarly renown in ballad literature, and Aberdeenshire’s Presbyterian higher criticism dispute with Aberdeen university court upholding accusations against Dr. David Johnston and retirement talks amid crown appointment hurdles.
The piece describes a wood built hotel at Advent Bay Spitzbergen latitude 78° north with a post office and stamps toward Tromso. Guests include Sir Martin Conway’s expedition members and English ladies. A Norwegian sportsman reports hunting two polar bears a reindeer and a walrus. The inn charges ten kroner daily and is praised for comfort and food amid grand scenery near Dead Man's Ears mountain.
A collage of quips and light dialogue from Cincinnati Enquirer Indianapolis Journal Harper's Bazar Tit-Bits and Boston Transcript features playful exchanges on love temper and disguise. Snappy lines include lovers debating rival girls and a dog that bites.
The Noraghe towers of Sardinia, built with massive stone blocks and no cement, mystify scholars as to their purpose. Over 3,000 remain on artificial mounds, with domed chambers, spiral staircases, and sealed interiors. Other local sites in Essex, Middlesex, and Kerry offer unclear ancient dwelling ruins with eerie underground spaces.
Account of an injury aboard a fast moving train. An unnamed passenger recalls being brushed by a porter while the train traveled at sixty miles per hour. Another speaker notes a minor injury amounting to a quarter, reflecting on force of habit and earnestness.
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