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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1895
Page
6
In a humorous tale from Detroit Free Press fragments, Mr. and Mrs. Gallup brace for her imminent death as he mends a hinge and a barrel lid. She recounts last wishes, favors owed, and absurd antics about funerals and angels while he toils, unsure how to respond to her feisty, dying quips.
The piece argues that true purpose lies in fulfilling family duties rather than chasing unrealistic arts or inventions. It cites workers like John McCullough and various authors who balanced steady labor with aspirations, urging practical effort over gambling on uncertain genius.
A crowded Market Street car scenes Aunt Alice with a four year old girl Neb and a conversation about a balloon dress and a hat. The girl asks to wear mamma’s pin and to buy a balloon while Aunt Alice sighs and pulls her away, hoping no balloon is bought. The vignette ends with Neb pressed to abandon the balloon and Aunt Alice yanking her away.
A Malden listener recalls a tale of shopping for boots in a strange city. An Irish shopkeeper misreads a request for fourteen pairs, delivering only one pair sized three and calling one of them a fool in a comic miscommunication.
St Louis Glebe Democrat outlines how various sects earned their names, from Basilian and Buddhist roots to Presbyterians from Elder, Calvinists from John Oslvin, and Huguenots from Hugh, noting aliases for Monotheists, Puritans, Wycliffites, and other groups with historical context.
Sarah Smith gazes at spruce shadows and sunlit scenes while narrating a comic but sorrowful portrait. A stranger passes and she confronts him with a pointed question, as Samuel Slocum watches, urging her toward sweeter speech.
In a clipped exchange from the Weekly, a manufacturer reports a shift from loss to profit as workers strike, leaving prices unchanged. The dialogue notes mills now operate without loss, while labor action disrupts production.
Excerpt shows a front line officer ordering men to clear a path as subordinates question the headlong assault. A man, cleveland pirin dealer, calls for forward action under a Spanish glory motive while irony unfolds over misdirected mail and romantic rumors.
A collection of brief items on prominent figures and culture. Brocklause publishing family enters its fourth generation in Leipzig, Rev Dr L L Townsend resigns from ministry to pursue writing, Turkey’s Turehan Pasha rises in favor with the sultan, Geronimo and Gen Miles discussed as captor and prospective chief magistrate, B W Yeats in Irish literary circles with ornate dress, William Watson’s Hymn to the Sea praised by Spectator as a major English masterwork.
A collage of humorous lines and cartoon captions from various papers. Jokes range from domestic questions about eggs to playful wordplay and social quips about cashiers and education. The snippets capture lighthearted banter and reader amusements typical of midcentury humor columns.
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