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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
6
A poem in Golden Days urges no royal road to learning. It emphasizes steady effort, brick by brick progress, and unflinching study. The piece cautions against idleness and promotes a fixed goal and relentless work to achieve fame and fortune.
An English narrator recounts a perilous venture to Shrewton Court near Salisbury to verify a jeweled miniature of Lord Mountfalcon. After intrigue, theft, and a private examination with Crackenthorpe, the tale ends with revelations, a marriage, and the narrator becoming keeper of the galleries.
The miter worn by the Jewish high priest is described as a diadem like a turban with a gold front plate. It was fastened by a blue ribbon and engraved with the inscription Holinus to the Lord.
Liliuokalani has been baptized and confirmed by Bishop Willis. University of Edinburgh figures Miss MacGregor and Miss Geddes earned MA degrees. Andrew Seth visits the U S as Cornell president Schurman hosts him. New York schools may gain space with 18 new buildings. Emmett leaves Johns Hopkins for a Liverpool chair at University College. Trustees praise his Johns Hopkins service. President Jordan of Stanford is linked to Smithsonian atop a naturalist choice, with an ethnologist also mentioned.
The Portland Vase baffled European antiquarians for its material and craft. Wedgewood proved a white glass on dark blue body with cameo-cut figures. The vase was repaired after damage, with later copies made in jasper ware. It resided in the British Museum after 1810 but was later damaged and repaired again. The bas relief subjects remain debated, with theories featuring Thetis, Peleus, Poseidon, Eros, and a youthful Paris bust.
Russian savants identify three deep furrows beneath the Sea of Marmora between the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. The deepest furrow lies near the eastern section and reaches about one mile. Soundings show subsidence since the earthquake that shook Constantinople two years ago, with no volcanic activity evident.
A Cinainness Enquirer quip on Providence humorously notes a woman’s skirt catching fire and burning, challenging notions of fate as the husband jokes about the mysterious weyx of Providence in a playful dialogue.
A collection of witty exchanges and quips from various papers including the Philadelphia North American Boston Globe Norristown Herald Now World Urban Suburban Harper's Bazar Philadelphia North American Detroit Tribune. The items poke fun at politics, memory, transparent objects, and everyday misstatements in a compact, period voice.
A London Mail excerpt argues Britain faces naval inferiority against France and Russia, detailing a hypothetical Franco Russian intervention and the peril to Britain’s channel and Mediterranean fleets. It critiques violent press urging war and asserts only statesmen may decide on war, warning of ruin and invasion if misjudged.
The article recounts a Costa Rican rail trip from Port Limon to San Jose. Engineer Mapp notes the 120 mile line with steep grades and 14 hour journeys on rain days. Passages cross from banana plantations to coffee hills and rise to 9,000 feet changing wardrobes.
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