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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
1
A string of witty quips and anecdotes from The Troy Weekly Call touch on luck and misfortune, banking restraint, exotic customs, and social change. It riffs on crime, whiskey, horses, weather, and travel, with sharp asides about society and human foibles.
An odd note emerges that a New York cab driver's heart was discovered to be on the wrong side, challenging the idea that Gotham cabbies lack a heart. The remark follows Dr. Gordon's return to civilization after finding a pristine race in the far northwest.
A postal card mailed from Philadelphia took seven years to reach New York, prompting debate that the delay stems from the card’s Philadelphia origin and the city’s handling practices. This rare instance highlights postal inefficiencies and calls for faster cross state delivery.
A performer from America and the stage is set to join the British peerage through marriage. The social note hints the long theatrical exchange between America and Britain may gain a lively new link as she becomes part of the English aristocracy.
A remark on securing sturdy Kuskwagamutes for ethnological study before white civilization alters them notes caution. Audubon societies warn that bird destruction costs crops by 800 million dollars yearly, and the claim remains unrefuted.
An impatient woman in East Liverpool, Ohio, fired a dozen shots at her husband but missed. She was arrested for discharging firearms within the city limits, though authorities did not pursue other possible charges.
Postmaster General Meyer urges a U S postal savings bank to curb hoarding and bolster thrift. He cites 50 year growth in postal receipts and deficits, advocates backstopped deposits at 2 percent interest up to $500 per person to keep money in circulation and prevent immigrant funds from leaving the country.
Ella Harrison an 18 year old daughter of Dr M Harrison of Brown's Grove was burned to death while piling and burning leaves in the yard near her home in Mayfield Kentucky.
Washington reports monthly receipts of 45,529,325 and expenditures of 42,362,208 for November 1907, creating a surplus of over 3.6 million. Receipts decline versus November 1906 while disbursements fall, with customs and internal revenue down by multiple millions. navy is the exception in expenditures. For five months of the current fiscal year, a surplus exceeding 16 million is shown.
After a three year pursuit, Thomas H. McCauley, wanted in New York on grand larceny, was captured at the Hotel Westminster in Los Angeles. In 1904 he led the Merchants' Security Co. of New York, a Franklin bank affiliate, which collapsed after he faced $20,000 theft charges and bail.
Muskogee Oklahoma police chief Charles Kinsey and Alder man 3B BE Pratt with their party were found Sunday night near Porum on their way to Muskogee. They were delayed by a captured live bear they had on the trip.
London England Francis J. O Neill of the London staff of the Associated Press died at his home Tuesday after several weeks illness. O Neill was widely known in newspaper circles in the United States, having been connected with papers in Washington and elsewhere before joining AP.
Four people were murdered and burned at a ranch near Macleay Oregon. The victims include Mrs. Casteel her 24 year old daughter her 15 year old son and the ranch foreman Montgomery aged 50. Their bodies were found in the burned ruins of the Wurst ranch dwelling.
The battleship Nebraska completed her final acceptance trial on Puget Sound, reaching 18.88 knots under forced draft for four hours. The contract speed was 18 knots, and the vessel is commanded by Captain Revzinald I. Nicholson.
Boston ballots will be cast in thirteen of thirty three cities for municipal officers with a liquor license issue dominating interest. Elec tions in other cities will be held a week later and the liquor question will be the main point of focus.
A meeting is set for Tuesday in Norfolk Board of Trade rooms to gather business interests along the Virginia coast for launching a movement to reopen the Jamestown Exposition for four months next summer.
The new Sixtieth Congress will boast a large Republican majority in both houses. Oklahoma adds two senators, Owen and Gore, while seventeen new faces enter the Senate, including Borah, Bourne, Briggs, and Richardson. The House also leans Republican with 222 members to 168 Democrats, featuring Hobson and other notables.
Vancouver report notes KE McLaughlin arrives after a thrilling ascent of the Fraser river upper falls where he and eight companions were at work on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway A boat with eight men went down the stream and six drowned none of the dead named officials state the mishap occurred near the falls with the party abandoning the boat in eight men submerged
Ten miners were injured in an Ozark Coal and Railway Co mine explosion at Panama Oklahoma. Four are believed fatally harmed. Reports say Joe Franz's eyes were injured and his son Joe Franz Jr lost both eyes and suffered severe hand burns. details are scarce due to Panama's isolation.
In Ottawa on Monday Premier Laurier attacked Opposition Leader Borden for not distinguishing between Chinese and Japanese immigrants. Sir Wilfrid Laurier argued Japan has joined civilized nations and deserves respect as an ally of the Crown in England.
At a public meeting led by Mayoress Mrs Joyce, Mafeking women vow to bolster South African industries by buying locally produced goods whenever feasible, preferring domestic products to imports.
An engagement occurred Friday at Adjeroudkiss in Maghnia near Lulla between French troops and Henis Nassen tribesmen. The Arabs, about 2500 strong, initially drove French outposts but retreated under heavy shell fire.
Waveland Mississippi reports the death of Gen Allen Thomason aged 77. A Confederate veteran, he served as brigadier general and was once United States minister to Venezuela during Grover Cleveland's second administration.
The government says elections will not be held while political agitation lasts, possibly delaying until the end of 1908. It hopes to hold them early next year if conditions permit.
A fire at the John Reskopf Buggy Company warehouse in Paducah Kentucky caused about ten thousand dollars in damage. The blaze damaged a large building owned by Theobald Peters for about fifteen hundred dollars and is suspected to be incendiary in origin.
The national congress met for its first session in Managua. It is anticipated that President Yelaya of Nicaragua and President Viquez of Costa Rica will confer shortly regarding the frontier.
Albert Payne, claimed to be the nation’s oldest practicing lawyer, died at his Bangor home aged 95 after years of good health until a recent decline. His career spanned decades with a notable record in Maine legal circles.
Mark A. Wilkins faced arraignment before Justice Geary in East Oakland on the murder charge of Mrs. Vernie Walas. A preliminary examination was scheduled for next Friday.
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