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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
1
A man describes severe scalp humor and hair loss ending after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He notes cure and ongoing use for scalp care and hair dressing. The testimonial is signed by Frederick Bueche of New York City. A Chicago Daily News quote about a dignified man’s hat appears.
The Salzer brand claims 50 acres produced 80 heavily, with proceeds funding a fine home. Rates show Indiana 157 bushels, Ohio 160, Tennessee 198, and Michigan 220 bushels per acre. Advertises potential to beat the 1905 record.
An advertisement touts extraordinary yields per acre for beardless barley oats spelt wheat potatoes hay and fodder crops from Salzer seed varieties. It invites readers to order catalogs and seed samples from John A. Salzer Seed Co. at La Crosse Wisconsin while mixing in unrelated quotes about innocence and ambition.
An advertising notice promises a cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms with a refund if Pazo Omrent fails in 6 to 114 days. The item cites a price of 50 cents and notes a quoted maxim about money. The Commoner is referenced as the source of the quote.
The Tacoma trading steamer from Seattle, icebound off Hokkaido since February 4, was seized by a Japanese warship on March 14 after being crippled by ice. The crew were treated with courtesy and expected to sail home on the Minnesota, having endured weeks of peril and dwindling coal and provisions.
William E. Gould of Baltimore is chosen by President Morales to serve as collector of customs for the island. A New Yorker residing in Baltimore, Gould is Johns Hopkins educated with study in romance languages and now edits finance for the Evening Herald. The appointment is separate from Prof. Hollander’s San Domingo mission.
Bay City Michigan reports Joseph Denny and wife with six other fishers trapped on Saginaw Bay shanties by melting ice. They walked all night toward shore before exhaustion and danger forced rescue. Mrs Denny collapsed from fatigue as a rescue boat answered their shouts.
Guthrie Okla March 30 Thomas A Neal clerk of the federal district court was arrested on an indictment by the federal grand jury charging him with converting to his own use interest on public moneys in his custody He was arraigned and released on 1000 bond The territorial grand jury has begun an investigation during the legislative session with sensational developments anticipated.
Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, is accused in China of deceiving the empress dowager about the Haakow Canton railroad’s condition and of enriching himself from its revenues. If proven, he could be disgraced or punished, possibly by ritual means.
Extracts from correspondence discuss 480 acres bought for 12000 with harvests of 2973 bushels of wheat and 1200 to 1300 bushels of oats and barley from 200 acres. A timothy meadow not counted. total value suggests over 25 percent return including land value increase. Other remarks note high yields and strong interest in Western Canada from home-seekers and government agents report record inquiries.
Harry Mitchell, an actor in New York, celebrated his sixty eighth anniversary on stage and is regarded as dean of the profession. Helen Gould sent a complete silver dinner set to her namesake, Helen Gould Bell, daughter of Gen. Sherman Bell of Denver. John Jordison, postmaster at Coalville Indiana, has resigned repeatedly, but no successor found yet. post office department allows no departure. Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker, surviving child of Dr Lyman Beecher and sister to Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, recently celebrated her eighty third birthday in Hartford Connecticut.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quirky exchange notes the Rubbertons worry about their new neighbors in a humorous cartoon quip. The remark highlights the odd habit of hanging laundry in the attic, prompting light remarks on neighborly curiosity.
The six years of peak prosperity saw breadstuffs up 65 percent and meats up 23.1 percent while dairy and garden products rose 50.1 percent and clothing 24.1 percent. Farmers and stockmen benefited most, miners gained 42.1 percent in metal prices, and railway freight rates fell 4.4 percent. Railroad employee pay rose slightly above 8.5 percent.
A Brooklyn Life caption playfully riffs on love at first sight with a punny exchange about foresight. The gag hinges on a quip about believing in love when it is foreseen, delivering a lighthearted, period-voiced comic line.
Illinois state news reports a six week old baby of Mrs. B R Merryman who rode 200 miles by rail while the mother visited a nearby town. The mother forgot the infant in the dark room at Hillsdale and the child was found sleeping with train crews in Iowa and sent home safely. Also notes Knox College students at Galesburg in 1896 held a mock presidential convention with Roosevelt favored, and H H Holmes of Dallas secured papers about the convention for Roosevelt’s Dallas tour.
Firemen on 90 foot ladders bored augur holes through elevator walls to reach a grain fire in Alton. Hose nozzles soaked its interior and contents. The blaze was contained saving the building and nearby mills, but 30,000 bushels of wheat were ruined, costing about 30000 dollars.
A counter weight tore loose from its cable in the Lovingston building at 400 410 Broadway. The elevator cage with six people fell five stories into the basement, crashing through the top of the cage. Herman Engler was fatally injured and another person slightly injured. Four occupants escaped unharmed aside from shock.
Luther Crain of Mattoon Wisconsin vanished in Chicago just before a planned Nash ville reunion with his brothers and sisters after twenty years apart. Relatives fear foul play or an accident and are seeking any trace of him.
Miss Lizzle Rock employed in Mrs. Louden's Lebanon home ignited while burning leaves. Burning clothing tore from her body to save her life, leaving severe burns to her hands and arms.
The annual meeting of the seventh subdivision of the United Mine Workers, comprising 21 southern Illinois counties and over 10,000 members, convened in Carbondale. James Kelley of Carterville was elected president.
Evangelist William A Sunday work yields early gains in Dixon. Donations total 9378 dollars toward a Y M C A building to cost at least 15000 dollars.
The O Fallon German Evangelical church was nearly destroyed by a blaze that began in a pile of burning brush. Estimated loss runs about $5,000, including a pipe organ valued at $1,000.
Wire destroyed nearly half the east side of the public square at Harrisburg, causing a 60000 loss. Ralph Towle Co and KR Seten were the main losers. Joseph Gehler Sr of Belleville won a 200 suit against his son in a domestic dispute. Abram Brokaw's will gives 200000 to the Brokaw hospital he founded.
William Close, a 60 year old farmer, is reported to have died by his own actions described as by drinking at Mount Verna. The brief notice notes the method and location with minimal detail.
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