15 Aug 1913
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
1
A collage of quips on fashion shifts and social trends. Jabs at women’s dress, bridal mindsets, and hats versus voting power mix with notes on germ theory, aviation costs, oil money laundering, and sports quirks. The piece playfully surveys cultural foibles and public preoccupations through humorous aphorisms.
Odds are 9 to 5 that a postcard from a missing family member contains a terse note reading We are sleeping under lankets. The message suggests displacement or hardship while the sender remains unlocated. The odd spelling and phrasing hint at uncertain conditions or limited communication.
The text notes seats on the New York Stock Exchange offered for sale at $38,000. It suggests the price could allow a poorer individual to settle in Wall Street, indicating a shift in access to trading floors and financial participation.
A Chicago man facing drunkenness charges was arraigned and given a light sentence ordering him to drink buttermilk. The unusual punishment drew attention to the court’s lenient handling of the case.
A shopper notes that drugstore vacation tan options are cheaper than real sun tanning and avoid the painful sunburn associated with the real thing. The remark contrasts convenience and cost with the risks of sun exposure.
A figurative line recalls a man who rocks the boat and the companion who lights his pipe to windward in a gasoline launch, evoking nautical images of crew and ignition amid sea air.
A vivid line extols the sailor of storms, casting the astro nautical rough rider as a more picturesque figure than the cowboy, celebrating ruggedness and maritime grit in poetic prose.
The Department of Agriculture reports a new pink boll weevil has arrived. Officials note efforts to control the pest are underway, while noting color variation as a possible field symptom.
A scholar with heavy glasses studied the fine print on his sixty day stop over excursion ticket, examining every line and detail.
An umpire's remark about a battery announcer triggers a perception of a China based league claim. The instance drew attention to language and origin assumptions in sports commentary.
The traffic squad of the Indianapolis police are named censors of feminine attire. It is hoped the reform will not extend to making policewomen final judges of masculine dress.
The text argues that pockets on women’s skirts signal true freedom, claiming only unconstrained women can enjoy pockets and resist fashion elites. It compares hobble skirts and women’s dependence, suggesting pocketed attire enables defiance of dressmaking authorities.
Washington informally learned that foreign governments largely back President Wilson's Mexican policy and will not impede it. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson's resignation to take effect October 14 sparked a push to assess British recognition claims and possible dismissal. John Lind, Wilson's envoy, liaised with Mexican Foreign Minister Gamboa as the administration weighed its stance on Huerta and peace efforts with European powers watching closely.
In San Francisco a crowded courtroom heard Marsha Warrington testify that Maury I Diggs former California state architect arranged railroad tickets and a Reno visit to conceal a scandal involving Diggs Caminetti and Miss Norris. Warrington described fear of arrest and threats of exposure and said Diggs sought divorce to marry her.
Mrs Susanna L Jewell of Clifton Pennsylvania sued William H Jewell for cruelty, calling her husband an unmentionable thing and him a white livered long faced Presbyterian while her mother was called an Egyptian heifer. She won a divorce decree.
Albany report by the Frawley committee accuses Gov. Sulzer of falsifying campaign records, diverting funds, and stock speculation while pressing anti exchange legislation. Legislature votes to consider impeachment for willful and corrupt conduct. Names Sarecky and Colwell linked to the governor's stock dealings.
Sylvia Pankhurst commanded a third attempt by suffragettes to storm Premier Asquith's Downing Street residence. Police cordon held, she was captured and thrown to the ground after a stiff clash in which officers used clubs.
John Lind, President Wilson's rep, Mrs. Lind, and Dr. William Baird Hale arrive from Vera Cruz aboard a passenger train. Lind declines to discuss possible actions in Mexico City or the proposal he is to present to President Huerta as Mexican federals shell the city for an hour and a half with heavy damage and an aviator within range of ship guns.
Nogales Arizona A bombardment of Empalme followed an accident to Didier Masson's aeroplane as it stalled over Guaymas Harbor. Masson landed near the American railroad settlement and was caught within range of federal cannon for the first time since he began bombing the Guerrero and Tampico. Shrapnel bombardment lasted about ninety minutes with gunboats and federal batteries joining in.
President Wilson has no definite plan for settling the Mexican situation. In a White House conference with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he outlined that John Lind, the envoy to Mexico, bears no solution but will continue efforts to press Provisional President Huerta to fulfill promises for free and constitutional government.
The administration states it will not recognize the Huerta government. Mr Lind travels to Mexico City to act as the United States’ on the ground observer and explain the administration’s stance. Ambassador Wilson is withdrawn while Lind is placed to be sympathetic to Washington’s position.
Illinois reported a combined loss of 1,033,780 in buildings and contents from 735 fires last month. Chicago accounted for 248 fires in the state fire marshal figures.
Washington reports a zebra horse produced by the department of agriculture as an ideal work animal. It is described as the first cross of its kind known and highlights unique breeding progress.
Eddie Korn aviator and his brother Milton fell 200 feet eleven miles northeast of Sidney. Both were gravely hurt but doctors expect recovery.
Americans are fleeing Mexico on every steamer as advices to state and navy departments prove it. The government is rapidly gaining a decidedly strategic advantage from the exodus and mass movement of people leaving the country.
Seven of twenty three people aboard a launch named Duplaise were thrown into St Louis Bay on the Duluth Duluth Superior waterway when a flimsy sail top collapsed. Six of the drowned victims were from Superior.
Washington reports definite progress in Mexico City toward the administration plan for peace in Mexico. The State Department confirms progress though specifics remain known only to Envoy Lind, President Wilson, and Secretary Bryan.
In Denver the thirty second triennial conclave opened with a grand parade featuring upward of 20,000 sir knights marching through the streets in what was described as one of the greatest demonstrations in the order’s history.
Thirteen Barnum and Bailey circus employees were hospitalized after a Rock Island passenger train struck their train near Richfield Nebraska. All victims sustained fatal or serious injuries and were taken to Clarkson Hospital for treatment.
Montgomery Ala Henry D Clayton member of congress for Alabama's Third district was named by Gov O Neal to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Johnston.
The body of Harold A Shaw, 20, son of William T Shaw of Urbana, once among the town's wealthiest residents, was found on a Philo farm after a disappearance. The case is treated as a murder investigation as authorities probe the circumstances.
Beattie Washington general Felix Diaz and his party leave for Vancouver where Diaz will board a ship to Japan. He declines to discuss any conversation about Mexico City with John Lind.
Nearly 50 members of the Industrial Workers of the World are jailed in Minot North Dakota after street rioting that saw citizens hurl eggs at an I W W speaker. Local authorities state they have lost control of the situation as arrests mount.
A 16 year old son of a farmer sleeping on railroad tracks was killed when a St Louis Iron Mountain and a Southern train passed three miles west of Murphysboro. The incident involved the boy lying on the rails and sleeping as the train struck. Authorities investigated the wreck and identified the victim.
J R Edelstine of Denver Colorado received four years in the penitentiary for stealing gold teeth from dental offices in Springfield Missouri.
Police in New Orleans have arrested an art dealer for exhibiting September Morn, a move that drew attention as authorities acted after a slow initial response. The case centers on the controversial display and potential enforcement of local decency standards.
In Redondo Beach California R H Johns allegedly faked a drowning to be ducked by lifeguards. Johns’ friends then retaliated against the guards prompting special police attention.
A general strike has been proclaimed across Italy in a manifesto issued by the Syndicat iat and Socialist workmen's organizations in Milan. The document urges immediate action and mobilization nationwide.
Capital Smokeless Town Washington. No locomotive will come within 20 miles of the capital if Representative Charles M Thompson a Progressive Republican of Illinois has introduced a bill in the house to compel railroads entering Washington to electrify their lines within a radius of a score miles of the border of the District of Columbia.
Referendum petitions filed in Sacramento challenge the red-light abatement act the workmen's compensation measure the employers liability act and the blue sky law as part of the recent legislative session efforts.
Old Orchard Maine hosts the Gideons convention as 15 thousand Bibles or 15 tons of Scripture are stacked on the platform. The association aims to place 600000 Bibles in 3000 hotels nationwide.
Ulivi, an Italian inventor, impresses the French government with a claim that he can explode gunpowder from 15 miles away using ultra violet or infrared rays.
New York police captain Thomas W. Walsh who died last June after confessing to graft left an estate of only 10.32 dollars as shown in his will. The report notes the minimal bequest and the unexpected restraint of his estate despite a life in police work.
An August 17 lesson outlines Israel's escape from Egypt led by Moses as the Egyptian pursuit collapses. It highlights faith over fear, God’s deliverance, and the symbolic use of the crossing to demonstrate Jehovah’s power, with Israel’s blessing and future judgment noted.
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