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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
8
In a playful reminiscence from W D Nesbit, a boy recalls outwitting his father at checkers. The tale shows cunning moves, laughter, and a prideful crown of a king, ending with the father sending him to bed after a family session of casual contest and clever tricks.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat republished anecdote describes desert Indians using holes in the ground to tether horses. A photographer captured the technique in Death Valley where rope knots are lowered into a two foot hole and buried with sand for a secure anchor.
The water spider nests in a silk bog anchored below the surface with an opening facing downward. It fills the nest with air by lifting bubbles from the surface, carrying them to the nest, and releasing them to create shining air pockets. This clever home helps avoid waterfowl predation as leaves offer little shelter.
Former Alabama Governor Thomas G. Jones recalls a Washington trip as a youth when a benevolent stranger arranged a secret meeting with the president. Jones describes being guided to the White House and treated like royalty, with the moment sparked by a flash of invitation. Interwoven are brief quips from a Chicago Journal cartoon caption and a Philadelphia Bulletin line about a harmony teacher.
A Macclesfield man, his health failing, consults a doctor who diagnoses dyspesia. The treatment calls for cocoa, toast, plain meals, claret, and at most one cigar daily. The man insists on following orders yet soon worsens, revealing the joke: he had only one cigar at a time, and never smoked before.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad will begin August 31 offering dining car service to St Louis via Meridian. Cars will be illuminated, climate controlled, and furnished with electric fans. Meals will be available à la carte at near cost, aiming to be a traveler convenience rather than profit.
A fragment from a Connecticut diary dated 4700 includes dinner remarks about roast pork and a quip on Eve’s makeup. It references Dr. S- and Sister Patty, plus a note about Piso’s Cure for Consumption once saving a life, and a satirical line on selfishness. Also mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine for a cold and a faultfinding quip about attention-seeking pointers.
A compact roundup notes emigration, war, science, and transport: 80000 Jews left Roumania, 1400 Germans fought in the South African conflict, E R Harriman built three observatories on Arden peaks, Albert von Koliker long tenure at Wurzburg, a carrier pigeon bore G 849 aboard the Persia 300 miles from land, Mexico links to the U S by four rail lines, 1880 had one Mexican rail line to Vera Cruz, London holds four city state awards, and the black sword marks fast days and royal mourning.
Morenci Michigan letter from J. & Whitehead recounts severe kidney pain and mobility loss. After seven to eight months of use the pills relieved pain and improved health, prompting the writer to urge others with similar troubles to seek the remedy.
Miss Evizaneta Came of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praises the compound for treating eight months of suppressed menstruation and widespread debility. The letter urges young women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice and notes the product as essential support for nature during the coming changes.
Mrs M K Bousch of Richmond Virginia praises Peruna for curing her two years of catarrh and claims her eleven year old daughter and others were cured as well. The letters hail Peruna as the age’s catarrh remedy and mention Dr Hartman offering free advice and a book on Health and Beauty.
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