24 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
1
A jumbled parade of notes mocks progress and scandal from the era. References include a diplomat’s daughter set to wed a counts and talk of anti affinity leagues. British polar plans, canal celebrations in 1915, Himalayan climbs, and curious claims about ancient Chinese automobiles mix with a Galveston misstep and other trivial curiosities.
Hetty Green's daughter instructs her husband in careful spending to support a wife. She warns against reckless money throwing now that he is married and must manage household needs.
A Chicago woman offers dating advice while noting heavyset men with large arms. The Nevada legislature passes a bill redefining bridge whist as gambling, prompting speculation about past uses of the game.
The duke announces he will quit pretending for the throne and stay among us for a time. The New York Evening Mail calls the new hats flarebacks and notes husbands and fathers deliver what the piece calls swear backs in response to social commentary.
Britain and Russia sharply rebuke the shah over Persian troop atrocities. Chaotic conditions in Persia threaten further instability and may invite foreign intervention.
A Boston woman teaching health and beauty through eating a portion of sand daily says she has cured 70,000 patients. She praises sand as nourishment for New Englanders, but notes locals elsewhere lack gizzards.
The passage compares how few learned to say Mr Roosevelt’s name correctly during seven years in office and questions how the name of the new president should be pronounced. It discusses variations in pronouncing the vowel sounds as in ask cut father and the broad a in want.
The defense argues the defendant killed his wife after years of constant nagging. The account labels the wife as a fiend who drove him to desperation and suggests mercy would have been unlikely.
Official figures fix the 1908 U S cotton crop at 13 408 441 bales, about 18 569 000 tons in 500 pound bale units. Final 1907 returns show a smaller aggregate. Despite a large 1908 crop, prices moved little as bears and bulls eyed the market amid expectations of industrial revival and strong absorption by manufacturers.
Mrs George A Sternberg was chosen vice president general for the District of Columbia at a DAR meeting in Washington. The vote will be ratified Thursday as managers seek pledges for candidates from state delegations. Colorado backs Mrs John Campbell. Illinois backs Mrs Charles Hikok. State regents announced include Arkansas Mrs John Barrow and Kentucky Mrs E G Humphreys Chenault. Tennessee regent is Mrs W G Spencer with vice regent Mrs Mary Temple.
A fierce wind and rain storm struck Cleveland early Wednesday, blowing down houses and injuring several. A woman and man were killed, with unverified reports of additional deaths as wires fell and damage spread across Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania. Mrs Olive Phalen 84 a nurse at the state hospital died when struck by a stone. Charles Caspar 25 a laborer fell from a roof and was killed.
Cincinnati attorney Walton Morig of Leighton Ky. reports a woman, once a devotee of rubbl ing prayers, inherited $30,000 but diverted funds to costly glass and gauze. She placed her children in a church home while selling items to a pawnshop for seven dollars, with Robert J. Sullivan of Walnut Hill involved.
In Ada Oklahoma a large crowd of about two hundred mostly upscale residents took the law into their own hands early Monday and hanged four men accused in the death of Deputy U S Marshal A L Bobbitt. The victims were J B Miller B F Burrell Jesse West and Joe Allen. Oscar Peeler 17 admitted involvement as a state witness.
General Appraiser Chamberlain conducts interviews with customs experts scientists and sugar manufacturers in New York to decide if beets are a vegetable or a manufactured article. Beets have faced a 25 percent ad valorem duty as a vegetable while the Michigan Sugar company argues that beets supply 3,000,000 pounds yearly and since not grown domestically they should be deemed an unmanufactured enumerated article taxed at 10 percent.
In Des Moines seven female and seven male Des Moines college students fell ill Sunday night after dinner at the Kamaraderie and Autraria clubs. Milk linked. chemists found no ptomaines. Tyrotoxicon suspected. seven victims in precarious condition. Captain Fred Workman among the stricken.
Honolulu authorities continued Sunday the investigation into the drowning of John Chansler of Los Angeles. They cannot determine if the death was accidental or selfinflicted. Chansler, in Hawaii with his son and a trained nurse, had recently improved after physicians advised a trip to the islands. The nurse left him asleep in the Moana hotel room before he woke, went out to stroll, and his body was later found in the water.
San Francisco officials map plans to greet the Japanese training cruisers Aso and Soyo, now en route across the Pacific. The flagship West Virginia and cruiser Pennsylvania are in port awaiting their arrival, while Tennessee and California are due from Magdalena Bay tomorrow. The ships will stay a week in San Francisco before proceeding to Seattle.
Colonel Jacob Augur of the Tenth Cavalry died suddenly of apoplexy at Fort McKinley after convening regimental officers. President Taft planned to appoint him brigadier general shortly. Augur, a New York native and West Point graduate of 1865, will be buried in the United States. The president promoted Colonel Madison P. Muse of the Twentieth Infantry to brigadier general.
The four masted barkentine Lakeside of Yar mouth Nova Scotia ran ashore near No Man's Land on Wednesday night. The captain and crew, landing at Hide Island in their own boats, likely face total loss of the vessel.
Secretary of War Dickinson and Mrs. Dickinson boarded the U S Mayflower in Charleston and sailed for Colon to inspect the isthmian canal project progress. They expect to return in about four weeks.
A one of a kind event is planned at Glen Falls on May 2. The race covers the full marathon distance of 26 miles and 385 yards. Entries must be hitched to a two wheeled gig and go as they please under go as you please rules.
A Warrensburg blaze destroyed the Williams Harness and Saddlery Shop causing a loss of 10700 dollars, with 3300 dollars insured. The fire also consumed the Misses Collins millinery stock on the second floor.
James Clark a 55 year old wealthy farmer from Marysville Kansas drowned himself in the Blue river after failing to list $25,000 in notes with the county assessor. He feared an investigation might lead to penitentiary time. A note to his brother indicated his fears and included a moral exhortation to go to church tell the truth stay employed and avoid whiskey.
In Peoria before Judge Humphrey on Tuesday the Iowa Central railway pled guilty to two counts under the safety appearance law, receiving a $900 fine plus costs. Seven other counts were dismissed by government attorneys.
John P. Davis, leading Muskogee grocer, was discovered with a bullet wound to the head. His wife claims it was self-inflicted, but the coroner’s jury returns with a murder charge against her.
Al-Rockford Brewing company was indicted Tuesday on 162 counts for violation of the anti-saloon law. Each count carries a $100 fine. Officers of the brewing company faced an indictment charging conspiracy.
Jefferson City Missouri The House on Tuesday passed the Wilson bill making carrying a revolver a crime and prohibiting display of firearms in shop windows.
Amsterdam reporters say the ship Halve Maan was launched yesterday to be completed and sent to New York in early July as part of the Hudson Fulton celebrations.
In St Paul Minnesota the house bill legalizing Sunday baseball passed the senate on Monday. It is anticipated that Governor Johnson will sign the measure into law.
Melbourne dispatch reports Captain Comino, a noted Japanese trader, killed by natives of the Admiralty Islands amid rising tensions in the region. Local authorities have not confirmed details.
Mrs. W. Pray of 260 Twelfth Street Brooklyn describes two years of throat catarrh worsening with colds. Following directions she improved quickly after one bottle and is on a second, noting throat and head cleared though continuing a tonic dosage for spring. No further details provided.
In a playful exchange, Clarence Dubb asks Miss Sharply for a dance, but she declines with a curt reply, sparking a brief moment of social tension in the gathering. The scene underscores manners and flirtation in the ballroom.
A Delineator anecdote depicts three-year-old Baby Jess visiting her devout grandmother. When asked who she prays to and asks forgiveness, Jess replies that she prays to her mother's knees and to the bed, reflecting a child’s innocent viewpoint.
Powell explains he broke the engagement believing the woman lacked practical knowledge to be a good partner. He recalls telling her that hens weren’t laying and she replied that would affect the price of egg coal, revealing a mismatch in understanding.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows a medical man urging the woman to breathe deeply yet she retorts about busting her new gown and departs in a haughty stride. The exchange highlights snappy social satire of vanity and urban behavior.
An in print joke exchanges between an invalid husband and his wife about medicines. The husband notes the large amount of medicine, the wife cautions him not to take it all, highlighting domestic humor in a brief Tit Bits item.
A jester bursts into the king’s presence with a last joke. The king replies simply and the royal ax falls, ending the court fool’s run.
A New York woman recalls suffering heart and stomach trouble when drinking coffee. She quit coffee, tried Postum, and reports dramatic health improvement over several years, enjoying digestible nourishment and renewed vitality. The ad urges a 10 day Postum trial, noting There’s a Reason.
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