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Weekly Call in Troy, Illinois

30 Nov 1901

Page 6

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Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1901

Page

6

Thanksgiving Sermon of Dr Talmage on National Harvest

A Washington Thanksgiving address by Dr. Talmage extols 12 months of American brain and hand achievements. It blends biblical allusion with praise for farming, industry, and education, urging abundance, virtue, and prayer as the nation celebrates and builds on progress from plow to hammer and pen.

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We Must Not Have a Single Cross Beast In This Menagerie

The poem contrasts moods in a family as a playful, responsible speaker notes the need for cheer despite varied troubles. The speaker, Mary Marshall Farks, from S. S. Times, references Papa bears, winds, schooling, war, and a child’s new tooth, urging merry composure in a whimsical zoo of characters.

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Papa Fred Lowe Slater Marjory Johnnie Dolly Merry Mollie Marjorie Johnnies Baby Ittle Mary Marshall Farks S. S. Times
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Improved Ring Puzzle with Multiple Loops Demonstration

Herman Meyer explains a wire ring puzzle with two, three, or four loops. The large ring passes through sequential loops via folds and transfers, giving a step by step method to remove and place the ring, illustrated by labeled diagram steps.

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Herman Meyer
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Shrewd Mother Plover Outwits Beachside Intruders

In Cape Lookout dunes a Wilson's plover pair guards three tiny eggs until two hatchlings emerge. When men approach their nest the mother feigns injury while the father and another plover fake concern, drawing the intruders away. The ruse succeeds as the birds return to their brood and the men miss the nest. St. Nicholas notes this common bird tactic.

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Cape, Lookout Plover Father Mother Plover St. Nicholas
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Ear Pulling In Barred By German Law

A German law bans teachers from pulling pupils ears in schools amid concerns of deafness from such punishment. A recent medical opinion links lupus in a patient to tuberculate nails from a teacher who pulled the ears at school.

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Mamma Chides Boy Stunned By Class Standing

A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt records a mother’s mortification as she learns her child Bobby stands at the foot of his class. The dialogue contrasts parental shame with a child’s casual pride, illustrating classroom dynamics.

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Bobby Louisville Courier-Journal
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A Man of Excuses

A wife jokes that her husband John avoids church for excuses. She recalls his past complaint that the preacher’s sermon was too long, and now he claims reading the Sun Rpy paper makes him unavailable. The quip, attributed to Haltimer Ameyzieyn, reflects light humor from a columnist.

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John Haltimore Ameyzieyn
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Exodus 11 Lessons and Plagues Narrative

Overview of the Exodus 11 period with Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, detailing the tenth plague threat, the demand to Pharaoh, and the sequence of events. It notes the plagues from Nile defilement to darkness, the role of God in hardening Pharaoh's heart, and the justification for divine wrath against Egyptian gods.

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Egypt Moses Thao Pharaoh Beasia Israel Aaron Deriovabh Nile America Jesus Taragi
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Fragmentary Ham's Horn blast misquotes and moral musings

A garbled excerpt presents archaic phrases on worth, sacrifice, and fear. The text redundantly muses about honesty and service, suggesting a period piece but lacking coherent narrative or identifiable events, persons, or places.

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