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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call quotes W Jarvis and others in a jumble of social quips and tiny news items. It jokes about banks, budgets, vaccines, and a German aeroplane claim, then notes Wu Ting Fang and the Iowa university honor. A Wisconsin man is jailed for carrying Bibles, and a Paris theft tale adds color.
A New Jersey minister advises the men of his congregation to allow their wives to have the last word. This piece of counsel seems likely to be followed.
Balloon experiments attract broad interest as temperatures clip the nineties. Balloons rise swiftly to higher, cooler altitudes, promising rapid results and wider observations of atmospheric conditions.
A New Jersey man returned to Washington the sum of $40,000, covering $10,000 taken from the government years ago plus accrued interest, thereby making full restitution.
The Carnegie Institution chief pledges a fortune and fame to anyone who can present bread that tastes less like cotton batting than current loaves. He also suggests that women should be allowed to compete.
In a fashionable Philadelphia suburb, women wear sandals claiming comfort and sensibility. Observers say the choice doubles as a display of their feet, noting that styles rarely turn on comfort alone.
A passage notes that silver cups and table casters given to Whitelaw Reid's daughter by British nobility are viewed by the bride as junk she cannot use. She cannot trade them for something she prefers and must pretend to be delighted while keeping the gifts.
At age 75 Justice Harlan asserts he has never contemplated retirement and will stay on the bench while in good health. He dismisses rumors printed several times yearly and says the reports will not go uncontradicted.
Cincinnati police hunt a man who fired a shotgun at the river steamer Island Queen during Taft fireworks. Mrs C B Russell, a guest, cried I am shot as shots struck her face and others were hit. investigators suspect an overly excited celebrant rather than an intentional attack.
Guthrie Okla Prairie Oil and Gas Co won a writ prohibiting the trial of Attorney General Wests suit to bar a Kansas to Oklahoma pipeline project. The state supreme court halted the trial after District Judge Huston had refused Gov Haskells motion to dismiss the litigation. Proceedings were interrupted as the writ was obtained, with hearing set for Aug 10. West anticipated the move and prepared to contest it.
Fort Wayne Indiana reports the bodies of Mr and Mrs Emile Jabas found in their residence Wednesday morning both choked to death. The double murder occurred Monday night with robbery suspected as the motive though no clue to the killer has been found.
New York financier Thomas A. McIntyre, head of T. A McIntyre & Co., who failed for over 1 million dollars three months ago and faced six counts of grand larceny, died Wednesday in Baltimore Maryland at lawyer J. C. Boyd's home. He had a liver ailment.
A Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. train plunged from a 60 foot trestle at the Pueblo steel plant on Wednesday. Engineer W. T. Thomas and Fireman Roach were killed. Several other trainmen had narrow escapes as the wreck burned with bodies reportedly badly burned.
Florence, Arizona reports the start of work on the new territorial prison. Capt. Rynning, coming from Yuma with guards and convicts, oversees construction. Thornton Fitzhugh of Phoenix is the architect and J H McCarthy is the contractor. The design echoes Fort Leavenworth with an octagonal central machinery room and three wings for quarters, commissary, and services. A solid cement wall will enclose the complex.
Federal Grand Jury returns indictments against 28 alleged get rich quick concerns accused of defrauding clients of 5 million dollars. Two indictments name Illinois Central and Rock Island Railroads for violating the antipass law by issuing annual passes to commission company employees, alleged discrimination in favor of these concerns.
Thomas E. Watson Populist candidate for president opened his campaign in Macon at the Grand Opera house delivering a one hour speech. He urged Georgia to vote electoral votes and said he would give them to Bryan if needed to defeat Taft while directing attacks at Bryan and praising Roosevelt and Taft.
Western Union Telegraph Company filed suit Thursday against Commercial Pacific Cable Company alleging discrimination in favor of the Postal Telegraph Company. The damages sought total $2,581 plus an injunction to stop higher message rates to Honolulu and other points.
In Louisville area farmer finds the body Friday morning after Philip B. Hans Jr. shot Arthur W. Krafts and wounded Mrs Krafts on Thursday. Hans then shot himself through the head, ending the incident.
Mrs. Mary Foster the oldest woman in Randolph county died at her daughter Mia Eliza McConachie’s home in Sparta New Jersey on Thursday She was born November 17 1809 in Abbeyville district South Carolina in 1809 the year Indiana Territory was established
Rashid Effendi, a sultan's brother, demanded the throne to block his brother's plan to name Burhan Ed Din, 21, as successor. 200,000 cheered the Sultan and new Constitution outside Yildiz Kiosk as demonstrations marked a rare Turkish display of support.
Acting Mayor Patrick McGowan will name a large reception committee to arrange a welcome for American Olympiad athletes. The group will include city officials and representatives from churches, the military, athletic clubs, judiciary, and medical professionals as plans unfold for a nationally styled celebration. President Roosevelt is expected to speak at the victory banquet planned to end the festivities, with Gov. Hughes hoping to attend if possible. The team is slated to arrive in the first week of August.
Miss Pauline Kohlsaat, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman U H Kohlsaat, became Mrs Potter Palmer II in a noon ceremony at the Kohlsaat home 186 Lincoln Park Boulevard. Rev A W Griffin officiated in an intimate East parlor service, with Mrs Potter Palmer I greeting the bride. The social event was described as Chicago’s most significant private wedding in years, with only a handful of guests present.
Missouri Governor Folk told an audience of about 4000 in Galesburg that racetrack gambling will be eliminated nationwide within four years. He reviewed the gambling crusade, warned against renewed gambling in the state, and said he would oppose it with tyrannical force if it returned.
Early Sunday a 200 foot breach of the San Joaquin river levee at Antioche California flooded Jersey Island. The 4000 acre area including 300 acres of celery submerged under floodwaters. Property losses are estimated at 5000000 dollars.
Paris reports a Vanderbilt family member died in a car crash near Poissy with initial news misidentifying William K. Vanderbilt Sr. The car carrying G. Winthrop Sands and a chauffeur overturned. Sands died at Chateau Saint Louis and the chauffeur was badly injured. Confusion and brief rumors circulated before confirmation.
Paris-Profiting by the Princess de Sagan's efforts to sell properties in France and move to the German estates of her husband Count Boni de Castellane seeks a nonlitigation settlement of his claim for their children. The divorce decree barred removing the children without permission. Boni's lawyers push that an arrangement is the only path. he seeks custody for several months yearly and a liberal allowance. The Princess has refused thus far but is believed to concede eventually.
Paducah Ky Illinois Central Railroad requests Governor Wilson declare martial law in the Third Judicial district comprising Trigg Lyon Christian and Calloway counties. The plea follows night rider disturbances including the burning of depots at Cerutan Springs Gracey and Otter Pond by night riders.
Brail Jacobs and his wife, ages 68 and 60 respectively, were found dead Tuesday night in their Fort Wayne residence by neighbors. The coroner's investigation cites heart failure as the cause for Mr Jacobs and believes his wife died from shock.
Reno Nev July 30 Indications here are that a hot fight is expected when Virginia Harned sues EB H Sothern for divorce Sothern has arrived and attorney Harwood filed a sealed answer to Miss Harned accusations making it certain Sothern will not acquiesce to his wife's plea
The article extols Chickasha Oklahoma as the garden spot of the earth positing it as a favored center for investment and manufacturing with seven railroad lines, cheap power, and abundant crops. It highlights Grady county’s productivity and rapid commercial club responsiveness to inquiries about the district.
A humorous dialogue notes Miss Getrox owns several millions in her own name. The freckled girl appears on a horse, prompting astonishment at her wealth and freckles, with light social satire typical of the era.
William J. Ryan, president of the supreme council of public hackmen of New York, laments winter panic cutting receipts. He suggests lowering fares from 50 to 12 cents a mile if more names appear, noting general hardship. A tramp in a public square voices the trade’s decline and bread requests.
A Long Island church choir boy keeps a tame pigeon as a pet. The bird fluttered into the open window during the recessional and circled the boy’s head before returning to escort him to the choir room door.
A Chicago clerk credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health and income after two years of nervous exhaustion and dyspepsia from overwork and poor nourishment. She says the food helped end brain-fire and keep her in her job, stressing a link between health and earnings.
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