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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
6
A fragment from a poem by Richard Stillman Powell describes a modest heroine who imagines sending a kiss to a beloved, playfully weighing the risk of discovery and the charm of whispered echoes among flowers and a window high above. The scene blends whimsy with romantic longing as the speaker considers virtue, desire, and memory.
A dark, rough man travels with a little girl across the Utsh desert aboard an overland train. Facing thirst, hunger, and denial, he marks the child with a plea for care, but a passing rescue ultimately arrives as a passenger notices the placard and saves the girl, while the father wanders onward.
A San Francisco Argonaut anecdote recalls a Alabama judge famed for sarcasm in court. He lampooned juries when a thief was convicted while a murderer went free and warned jurors that ninety nine guilty had already secured. The tale illustrates courtroom bluntness and local sentiment.
A jumble of quoted lines and allusions discusses imagination, knowledge, and wisdom. The fragment references Puck and Cowper in a metafictional mood, suggesting a playful yet critical tone about thought and attention to others.
A collage of brief literary and biographical items. Mentions Tapsio’s mother’s deemed peculiarity and inherited madness, Train’s hair turning black after decades, Carnot’s monument at Nolay, de Brazza’s fiancée connections to America, many British MPs writing on social and political topics, Reeves’s second marriage and career shift, Zola’s Lourdes lawsuit victory over Gil Blas, and Sardou’s critique of St Just detailing alleged prison and theft records.
Comic snippets feature satirical exchanges among witty characters and readers. Dialogues include a stern doctor, a tepid couple, a yacht column remark, a strong-minded wife, a lawyer scene, and a picky dinner table moment, all illustrating period humor and social foibles.
A collage of kitchen tips from the era including linseed oil and shellac use, and several dessert and bake recipes. Recipes feature dough with yeast, Apple Pudding with sour milk, Apple Charlotte with bread layers, Rice Buns with ground rice, Vanilla, and Frozen Rice with gelatine and whipped cream.
News notes on the season’s wardrobe trends with mohair gowns, plaid belts, black gowns for streets, and Watteau plaits. Autumn hats feature os trich plumes and ribbons. raspberry tones appear in millinery and felt bonnets. Round waists fade as warmer woolen house dresses echo fancy waistlines, while wool shirtwaists and color-changeable plaids dominate winter looks.
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