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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
2
The item notes Thanksgiving will be on the 26th instead of the 25th. It jokes about war paint for the paper and comments on politics shifting to post office fights. It mentions W. S. Forman being appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue and cites a rural exchange remark about E J Murphy and John Baker in a brisk, period voice.
An exchange jokes that Russia exported about 1.25 billion eggs last year selling at 6 to 10 cents a dozen. The eggs move through Hungary to Germany as Hungarian eggs and finally to England as German eggs. The piece also claims William Jennings Bryan will rank among history’s greatest campaign record setters.
A man who visits a barber four times weekly will spend about 217 days of life in a barber shop from age 20 to 60. In 40 years he will visit roughly 8000 times, averaging 25 cents per visit, totaling about $2,000 in barber bills.
Austrian officers and soldiers in full uniforms spanning 1696 to present demonstrated drill forms and evolutions of weapons. The exhibit traced firearms from the matchlock to the magazine gun, illustrating changes in arms design and battlefield tactics.
M D Boutan of the Sorbonne Paris has invented and tested an underwater apparatus. Using a magnesium flashlight underwater he took instantaneous pictures at depths typically reached by submariners. He also photographed at about 20 feet with sunlight only, exposure lasting 30 to 40 minutes.
A Bluff Line engine halted Tuesday at Lockhaven to take water. The engineer found the injector blocked by fish. Six fish were hauled from the water tank and a six inch and an eight inch fish were found in the injector pipe, cutting off water flow. The issue was resolved and the engine resumed normal operation.
The McKinley states totaling 25 carried a population of 10,013,548 and yielded a 4,547,391 Republican plurality. The Bryan states numbering 20 contained 32,103,263 people and gave a 507,459 Democratic plurality. Republicans gained 1,511,855 votes. Democrats lost 109,065 versus 1892. Palmer and Buckner carried at least one precinct in Kansas, Dudly townships in Haskell county providing 5 for Palmer, 4 for McKinley, 2 for Bryan.
A fragmentary account recalls the Strausburg Clock built in 1570. It features a celestial globe showing sun moon and planetary motions, a perpetual almanac, and a moving statue indicating the day of the month. Every quarter is struck by figures: a child with an apple, a youth with an arrow, a man with a staff, an old man with a crutch, and angels.
A fragment describes an hour glass and a clock striking the hour, noting a gold rooster on arrival of each hour that flaps its wings, stretches its neck, and crowed twice. The text reflects a quirky mechanical or decorative timepiece detail from a period source.
The President’s salary is $50,000 with $36,064 for staff and clerks. Private Secretary earns $3,250, assistant $2,250, stenographer $1,800, five messengers $1,200 each, steward $1,800, two doorkeepers $1,200 each, four clerks at good salaries, one telegraph operator, two ushers $1,200 and $1,400, a night usher $1,200, a night watchman $900, and fires handler $864. Incidental expenses total $8,000. A separate heading lists nearly $40,000 more for furnishings, fuel, greenhouse, gas, matches and stable. White House annual cost to the country exceeds $125,000.
The piece notes Lincoln's mortal death and the nation’s grief, praising his sincerity and kindness. It quotes a clergyman praising the President as beloved, virtuous, and merciful, while describing the assassin’s act and the public sorrow across the country.
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