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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
7
A nostalgic scene contrasts late autumn stillness with cheerful children arriving on Thanksgiving day. Grandpa and grandmas await under frosty skies as voices replace the woodlands quiet. Persis Gardiner notes the season in Youth's Companion.
A post office window helper helps a boy named Bobby Jenner and his family, writing to the governor about Thanksgiving needs. The governor learns of the boy’s plea, funds a large gift bundle, and Jenner is released briefly for the holiday. A local committee assembles gifts, including clothing, food, and warmth for Bobby, assisted by the clerk who delivers the surprise. Bobby’s father arrives to reclaim his family, and the Jenners share a grateful Thanksgiving.
The article discusses a railroad engine’s power and endurance, noting Roam through heavy loads and long grades. It highlights the engine’s design, steel framework, driving wheels, and boiler pressure, presenting a view of locomotive strength as essential to rail travel.
The essay extols Thanksgiving as a uniquely American holiday grounded in family and reverence. It recalls Washington’s birthday, independence, battles, and the Pilgrims, noting religious liberty founders and the founders’ spirit. It urges joy, feasting, gratitude, and acknowledgment of divine gifts as essential to the holiday.
Boston Watchman argues that the best Thanksgiving meal is love and fellowship over fine dishes. It warns against pride and harsh judgments that spoil the mood, urging readers to avoid causing resentment and to contribute to shared happiness on the holiday.
Atchison Globe advises that gratitude should spark large gatherings. It suggests inviting many guests to reach the turkey’s wishbone early, arguing that a crowded table embodies the proper Thanksgiving spirit.
Peter Hope, billed as America’s only orangutan, traveled from Philadelphia to San Francisco at half fare aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse voyage. Bought for 2,500 dollars by Thomas Thurston of the San Francisco Zoo, he stands about three feet tall, weighs 40 pounds, and lives in sunny, controlled quarters with an attendant. He resembles a little girl in a sweater and veil, eats with a spoon, smokes a pipe on command, and shows ape intelligence with trained responses to orders. He was born in Borneo, lived with his mother until capture, and was shipped after a voyage that included seasickness. He carries a 3,000-dollar life insurance and is projected to be worth 8,000 to 10,000 if he matures.
In Hamd, a child pleads to buy a spool of red silk. The shopkeeper teases her about not knowing the exact shade while the girl retorts that her mother specified the color of the shopkeeper’s nose.
A Tribune excerpt describes the bumblebee’s foraging in clover flowers, gathering pollen, and producing nectar as payment. It explains how bees collect from each blossom, store pollen in hind leg baskets, and live in abandoned rodent burrows. The narrative notes bee life stages from eggs to larvae to adult bees.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece details the hermit crab as a large, diverse crab family. It describes its shell dependency, territorial battles, and habit of changing shells. The note ends with a quirky line about the smallest watch screws needing 150,000 of them to weigh a pound.
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