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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
6
Mrs. M. L. Payne in Chicago Record-Herald notes a poetic call to sing from the heart. The piece praises singing through morning, gloom, and messaging to paradise, urging souls toward heaven.
Amid a tense escape, Governor Halkett and aides aid Callahan to outrun pursuers. Danforth climbs a brake-beam to free the engine while obstructors threaten the line. A switchback sprint ends at Megilo with a dramatic halt and lawmen seizing the outcome.
David Kent arrives at Judge Oliver Marston’s top floor room with urgent tidings as dawn light grows over the capital. The judge, in a dressing gown, greets the visitor and says he has heard nothing of the night’s events.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Judge Marston, newly acting governor, questions Kent about a disrupted special train carrying Bucks and Guilford toward Gaston. Four people were aboard, including Halkett and the governor’s private secretary. All are alive, though one narrowly escaped mob violence. the cause remains unclear and the story continues.
The Cornhill Magazine notes Southey as a methodical and prolific writer. He claimed to be a patient, clockwork-like hack who toiled 14 hours daily, dividing his day among poetry history criticism and other crafts across six library tables. A tale says he structured his routine into two hour blocks from dawn for each pursuit, concluding with a witty exchange with Mme de Stael about when he found time to rest.
Swiftwater Bill Gates, famed Klondike character, wooed a concert-hall singer in Dawson during the great Tanana boom. He faced rival miners and, after a bold move, secured marriage by promising to supply eggs, which were scarce amid canned goods and pork and beans.
A German army chaplain faced derision after praising soldiers spiritual life. An officer snapped that Germans are “an excellent punishment for trivial offenses,” leaving the reverend gentleman remorseful for his remark amid the Kaiser’s fondness for lecturing soldiers.
Memphis civil engineer J M Heiskell introduces a Tennessee bill requiring wider tires on traffic vehicles to reduce road wear. The plan sets inch-wide per 280 pound load limits, with penalties of five to twenty five dollars per offense and a six month effective date. Heiskell cites tests and Atlanta data claiming wider tires improve road condition and pulling power, arguing narrow tires damage roadbeds and raise horse burden.
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