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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
1
Snippets poke fun at Turkey, parascence and travel while musing on vanity, weather, cost of living and modern manners. A Black Hand ransom, fashion trends, urban legends and science gossip ride a collage of humorous vignettes from everyday life. Weather, health and holiday tips mingle with light satire and curious observations.
A Philadelphia newspaper voices frustration over persistent noise in a specific neighborhood, describing disruptive disturbances and seeking relief through local measures and zoning adjustments. The piece highlights resident impact and urges officials to act to restore quiet and order.
A lighthearted note describes a husband who voices resistance when his wife suggests a shared outing. The passage contrasts his reaction with the wife’s steady enthusiasm, highlighting domestic social tension in a brief, humorous vignette.
A five year old boy has matriculated at New York university. At six, if all goes well, he will be entitled to carry a cane.
A historical inquiry recalls the eccentric figure known for shouting “Keep on your shirt!” to calm a mixed audience, reflecting on his fate and the era’s public gatherings.
A neurologist asserts that love is a form of lunacy, a stance typical of those who are dead or unaware.
A New York youth slipped backward into the North River while reaching for a fly ball. Observers say he has a habit of pursuing what he goes after, but details of his condition or rescue are not provided.
Dr Wood Hutchinson says nothing wrong with the American stomach, a remark met with irony about a proposed $2006 per pound opium tax. The quip suggests plumbers alone could hit the pipe with any satisfaction, a jab at taxation effects on everyday life.
Fashion note highlights new fall styles for women feature hip pockets in suits. Analysts suggest pockets offer practical storage and style, reducing the chance pickpockets target handbags.
A Washington report describes the luncheon lurch as a new dance trend. It questions whether the dance resembles the kitchen sink in style or moves, noting curiosity about its similarity to the earlier craze.
A New Jersey note argues against capital punishment by recounting men who killed cats only to find bull frogs were responsible for killing chickens. The remark uses local case details to question retribution.
A scientist asserts creation of a rooster that cannot crow leaving the bird with only its strut as its crowing function vanished. If he cannot crow the rooster still may strut but lacks its vocal display.
Railroads contend parcel post weight has raised costs and threaten to end mail service. Toledo, St. Louis and Western warns after 60 days. talks with Second Assistant Postmaster General Dockery continue as officials argue Congress sets pay and that 5 percent increase already in effect partly offsets the burden.
Paris dispatch reports Balkan delegates were astonished upon receiving a US government communication urging the forthcoming treaty to include a clause guaranteeing full civil and religious liberty for populations of all territories to be annexed.
In Alameda police court Judge R. B. Tappan told Mrs. Minnie Rowe to obtain a shotgun and load it with buckshot and, if she fears her husband will shoot her, to kill him first. The remark framed as advice drew attention to the case and the court’s handling of domestic threat scenarios.
The Imperator, the largest ocean liner, reached New York with more cabin passengers than any prior Atlantic crossing. Including crew, her total aboard exceeded 4,500.
Dr Sun Yat Sen former provisional president and southern revolution leader flees China on a Japanese steamer bound for Formosa.
Governor Samuel M Ralston begins his first vacation at age 56 spending two weeks in Massachusetts at the summer home of Thomas Taggart. The trip marks Ralston's longest absence from public duties to date.
The first capture by Chicago's new policewoman was a white mouse chased into a corner at a police station by Officer Mrs. T. J. Meder.
Lyons and Nice municipalities plan to pave principal streets with a glass preparation. The project aims to use recycled glass to surface key roadways, promoting innovative urban design. Authorities expect improved durability and slickness in traffic flow.
Secretary Bryan announces the state department is drafting a peace and arbitration treaty with Salvador based on his proposals for international peace. The move signals a formal effort toward mediation and arbitration in Central American concerns.
In a rough barroom brawl at the Varnum hotel Washington Representative Robert Y. Thomas of Kentucky stabbed H C Gofflet an assistant doorkeeper from Alabama.
President Huerta declared Mexico will seek peace and reject any mediation from friends or foes. Elections will follow Mexican law, and Urrutia dismissed Lind reports as exaggerated. Ambassador Wilson’s resignation was expected and met with little surprise in Mexico City.
Five Madera Company Limited officers are believed imprisoned by federal authorities in Chihuahua City. El Paso officers report general superintendent F C Herr railroad superintendent F J Clark accountant Roy Hard and assistants W J Farragut and H P Gallagher are among the detained.
Kirksville Missouri Henry Thorington was formally charged in a murder case involving Mrs Chevalier and her 12 year old daughter Ella A bloodhound warning followed a trail from the Chevalier home to Thoringtons lodging place after investigators traced the suspects path twice The report notes a warrant and police work surrounding the case.
Senate Democrats speed up the tariff act, making progress on the metal schedule amid protests from Oliver, Smith of Michigan, Cummins, and Smoot against several rates.
Representative Robert Y. Thomas of Kentucky stabbed David Goodleet, Alabama house doorkeeper, during an altercation at the new Varnum hotel. No arrests were made and the wound is not regarded as serious.
Francis M. Smith, the famed Borax King, appeared before Judge Morrow in U S district court to show cause why he should not be adjudged bankrupt on substantial debts. Once rated among America's great multi millionaires, his financial status was in question as the proceedings commenced.
Two grinding mills numbered 11 and 12 at Dupont Powder Works near Wilmington Delaware exploded with loud reports. No injuries reported and only machinery damaged with about 600 pounds of powder lost.
A Wabash freight train collided with a cow on the track near Runnells killing two men and injuring one. The engine and 18 cars derailed and went into the ditch.
Lightning pierced Copper Reef mine tunnel in Golbe Arizona traveling nearly a mile. It dropped about 800 feet down a winze and hurled a miner, injuring others. Officials reported more than twenty workers affected by the electric shock.
Two Russian military aviators Lieut Polikarpoff and his mechanic were killed at the Krasnoyo Selo camp when a wing broke during flight at a great height.
Secretary Bryan announced the resignation of Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador to Mexico effective Oct. 14 after his participation in early Mexico revolution events. Former Gov. John Lind of Minnesota will go to Mexico as unofficial adviser to the American embassy. Lind travels without credentials, signaling denial of Huerta regime recognition while the president ponders communication with Mexican authorities.
The announcement of Wilson's release followed a conference with Secretary Bryan, to which Wilson was called from New York by telegraph. Earlier Wilson indicated his resignation would be accepted soon, noting he had offered it three times since March 4. H. L. Wilson became ambassador to Mexico in 1909 after service in Chile, Belgium, and Greece, and had worked in law and banking in Spokane, Washington.
Washington. Reductions in express rates costing carriers about 26 million dollars annually, roughly 16 percent of gross revenue, have been ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission to take effect on or before October 15, 1913. Notable reforms in practices also were ordered.
Secretary of Labor Wilson details Walter B. Palmer of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to go to the Michigan copper mining region and aid in settling the miners strike around Calumet.
Lisbon reports President Arriaga is gravely ill with kidney trouble and heart disease. An official bulletin says there is only slight hope of recovery as the ailing head of state sinks rapidly.
S Osgood Pell, millionaire real estate dealer, his chauffeur, and William Laimbeer, another wealthy man, died when Pell’s car was struck by a Long Island train and hurled about 100 feet.
Gene Greene, the vaudevillian widower whose first wife died in February, wed in Rensselaer Indiana with an orchestra playing a funeral march as a somber prelude to the ceremony.
A fire at St Jean dOrléans near here left seven persons burned to death. The blaze occurred at a residence or building housing multiple occupants with authorities reporting the tragedy in Quebec. Further details on cause or identities were not immediately available.
Eleven great gray battleships steamed from Narrangansett Bay in a long line bent on the theoretical destruction of fortifications guarding Long Island Sound.
St Paul club women announce a boycott against manufacturers of slit skirts and other fashion items seen as startiers to feminine style, aiming to rally nationwide support. Details on dates and participating groups remain unclear.
A clash between 400 hop pickers and a sheriff's posse at the Durst ranch near Wheatland results in four dead including Yuba county district attorney. Sheriff George H. Voss and four deputies were beaten. deputies fired on the crowd as a militia train with five companies was sent to Wheatland. Two women are wounded.
Manveell and deputy S Reardon were killed as two colored hop pickers died. Nels Nelson Constable Anderson a woman and three bystanders were wounded. Shots fired near Voss body as he lay unconscious. Durst brothers owners of the ranch with mother and two children surrounded. Rioters armed with shotguns patrol roads on both sides of the ranch.
Discovery of a wreck believed to be part of the Titanic hull rising on end near the disaster site could shed light on the 1912 sinking. The find, reported from Philadelphia, places the relic at the very spot of the disaster, potentially solving long standing questions about the wreck.
At Cedar Point the International Cutters Association completed its midsummer meeting and outing discussing slit pantaloons for men and promising the same favor as the slit skirt from the group, based in Sandusky.
In Chicago and Cook County debates arise over calling female officers policewomen rather than police officers. Ten strong members of the weaker sex were chosen for an addition to the police force, drawing disapproval from members of the women's section.
Trenton Judge Gnitchel fined 61 year old Daniel H Tolman $1000 and placed him on probation for three years for conducting a loan shark business in violation of state law.
General Sh Blanco of the Constitutionalist forces declared the United States mediation would not be accepted as it would violate the sentiments of independence. The statement was made in Brownsville Texas during ongoing hostilities.
F. Baker Wiley, a wealthy farmer living miles east near Idaville, plans to start a deer farm near Monticello Texas.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the federal district court in New York. Her liabilities are listed at 8054 dollars and assets at 250 dollars.
A city council debate introduced an ordinance to limit horse work to ten hours daily. The measure, drafted by the Kansas City Humane Society, aims to curb overwork of horses in the area.
Irritating skin troubles common in summer such as hives poison oak chafing sunburn and eczema are relieved quickly with Tyrée's Antiseptic Powder sold at druggists for 25 cents. Free sample by J. S. Tyree Washington D C.
Motor cars for laborers have almost entirely displaced handcars on rail roads. They are economical because they deliver the men at the place of operation in good condition.
A fragmented old advertisement claims a purifying tonic of Rome ai tonio and Old Standard general medicine stirs the liver to action and purges malaria from the body, urging sale of the product.
An apparent advertisement or quoted claim includes a boast about performing on stage by any means. It mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums, claiming it softens inflamed gums and relieves pain for wind colic.
The exchange notes Dobble is a musician in a small way. He plays the piccolo, highlighting a compact talent within a larger music scene.
A playful quarrel unfolds as she remarks on his conduct while an angel weeps sentimentally. He shoots back that she is not crying, and his quick tact defuses the moment, preserving harmony between them.
A man asks for fishing books as he enters a bookstore. The clerk replies they carry many works of fiction, implying a broad general stock rather than a specialized fishing shelf.
A clipped exchange recalls a reason for relocation: a doctor advised the husband to move to a town with only one team to worry about, highlighting a humorous take on city sports culture and relocation.
Measurements of ball bearings on the axles of a New Jersey trolley car running about 150000 miles in four years show they resisted abrasion almost perfectly.
A quip contrasts a claim that candy can be healthy with the idea that such an opinion, while perhaps not true, is certainly sweetly persuasive. The exchange highlights public attitudes toward nutrition and indulgence.
A suffragist mother explains wages under three dollars a week to her puzzled son. The dialogue contrasts grim work life with hopeful aspirations as a child probes economic reality. The scene centers on labor, family, and a need for fair pay.
Canary birds serve as early warning in regulated mines. When air becomes questionable the birds are brought in and immediately show signs of distress indicating hazardous conditions.
A humorous aside where one man invites another to switch churches. The reply questions the perk, prompting the boast that the inviter can swear freely, whereas the other cannot. The exchange highlights humorous religious rivalry and local color.
A fragment from a social page notes a debate over a party's progressive stance and a remark about a guest described as a black Republican. The exchange mentions Moike and Mx Joney with a sharp, witful tone.
A group of elderly women chat while knitting and share birth weights. One says she weighed three and a half pounds. The others gasp and ask if she survived. She replies that they say she did and turned out well.
A doctor recounts his wife’s observation that families using Postum appeared healthier than those using coffee. He notes he switched two years ago after food and drink left unused, and reports his prior coffee-related digestion issues resolved by Postum. The ad promotes Regular Postum and Instant varieties and invites readers to write for a wellness booklet.
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