28 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
1
A quirky collection from the Troy Weekly Call highlights humorous maxims and local notes. It mentions editor B W Jarvis, satire on marriage, royal travel, a Boston car scare, a $6715 three month city revenue, and a peanut diet warning, concluding with a joke about mice and pneumonia.
A Chicago physician recommends ginger snaps as a remedy for sleeplessness while noting Kansans have long relied on Jamaica ginger extract to aid sleep, highlighting a shift in remedies for the unprofessional classes.
A major thread company, among the nation's leaders, announces a 30 percent dividend for the year. Profits rise to over 15 million dollars, substantially higher than in 1906, underscoring strong sales from a seemingly small commodity.
Chinese women from aristocratic families presided at refreshments during Secretary Taft's arrival reception in Shanghai. It marks the first time women participated in such social functions in China and reflects a spirit of progress in the orient.
Two men enjoyed a balloon ascent from North Adams and landed in New Hampshire. A passing snow squall hit as they plunged downward, the falling flakes appearing to rise, creating a momentary sense of the world turning topsy turvy.
Miss Boswell, back from a canal zone tour at Secretary Taft's request, declares Panama is the place for unattached women to marry. She notes many bachelors are there and lonely. She adds any future visits by young women would be seen as altruistic motives.
A Pennsylvania schoolmaster was sued after punishing both twins for one twin’s misdeed. Initially one pupil was whipped, then the teacher tried to correct the error by whipping the other, who had moved seats, resulting in both twins being punished twice. The principal then whipped both, and the parent filed suit.
The article recalls Barnum’s elephant plowing a Connecticut field near a railroad in view of passing trains. A farmer asks if the beast is profitable for America, the showman says only with a circus to advertise. In New York a building boom brings in two work elephants to pull dirt cars, possibly marketing stunt.
A suspicious Christmas bundle mailed in Erie contained an internal explosive device. The box addressed to Archie Carr of Cherry Street could ignite a cork and matches when opened. Health officer Dr W J Wright examined a bottle inside, deeming it a high explosive. further details await post office inspectors.
In Henrietta Oklahoma a black man James Garden killed white liveryman Albert Bates after Bates refused to rent him a rig. A mob of about 100 broke into the jail, hanged Garden from a telegraph pole, then fired bullets into the body. Fearful crowd disperses as more than a hundred Blacks flee Muskogee.
Prairie fires burn on the outskirts of Boulder spreading rapidly with high winds. Twelve buildings have been burned and fears rise that the blaze from Flagstaff Mountain will reach University Hill and the state university campus as volunteers fight the flames without enough water.
Five men identified as T. C. Ryan Mike Glynn Harvey Wilson John Kelly and Thomas Pearson were arrested in Cairo Monday night and charged in county jail. Police found a substantial amount of money on them and linked them to the Aldrich Missouri bank robbery on December 12.
Passenger train No. 4 on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad derailed Tuesday near Caddoa, a few miles east of Las Animas, Colo. Two cars overturned in the ditch. Passengers were shaken up but none seriously injured. Cause of the accident is unknown.
Christmas Eve in Rome saw merriment as Americans joined in mid night mass. Among the congregants were Mrs. William Jennings Bryan and her daughter, accompanied by the American ambassador Lloyd C Griscom.
Warsaw General Skallen, a ruler in Warsaw, ordered all Jewish clubs in Poland to close. The edict targets Jewish social and community organizations, signaling worsening restrictions on Jewish life across the country.
Brazil to host a ceremonial reception as the American fleet heads to Rio de Janeiro around January 11 for a ten day stay. Admiral Allen, minister of marine, orders readiness of cruisers Barroso and Tamandaré and gunboats Tymbira Tamoio Tiradentes to meet the fleet on the high seas and escort it into the harbor. Events include dances picnics and banquets with officials from the finance and foreign affairs ministries and a banquet for officers in the Grand Salon of Yaura arsenal.
Washington DC jury acquitted Engineer Hildebrand Conductor Huffmeyer Fireman McClellan and Brakeman Rudder of manslaughter in the December 30 1906 Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta that killed forty three people and left about sixty injured after three weeks of trial and four hours deliberation.
Hearing before Special Examiner Marble of the interstate commerce commission on Pullman sleeping car rates and railroad relations in Minnesota adjourned Friday to a later announced date.
Thomas Walhurst a renowned theatrical manager of nearly six decades died in New York from grippe at age 81. He was the first manager to export Artemus Ward and influenced American stage presentation.
The body of R. H. Harris of Kansas City identified as the man killed at Wrightwood Avenue station. Harris, a Missouri broker with a Chicago branch, likely fell onto the tracks after missing the platform edge. Police ruled out suicide as eyes were detected, and Mrs. Harris departed Kansas City after notification.
A severe wind storm battered Chatham Massachusetts for about five minutes on Monday afternoon. The gusts overturned small boats on the beach uprooted trees felled chimneys and caused scattered damage before the wind suddenly ceased and calm returned.
Albert C. Leonhart a carpenter recently arrived from Columbus Ohio was found dying in a street in Tucson. He suffered knife wounds believed to have been inflicted by highwaymen and died without speaking. His valuables remained undisturbed.
Pinkerton agents in New York confirm William F. Walker treasurer of New Britain Savings Bank captured at Ensenada. Walker has consented to return to Connecticut without extradition proceedings.
W L Houser of Madison Wisconsin established a permanent headquarters in Lincoln Nebraska to promote Senator La Follette for the presidential nomination. He announced an aggressive canvass to win Nebraska's delegation to the Chicago convention.
A twelve year old blind girl Pearl Burnell from district school number 2 Milwaukee was abducted Tuesday. Authorities tie the disappearance to a woman from West Pullman Illinois, reportedly seized by the Children's Home and Aid Society of Chicago.
Mrs. W. H. Schroeder of Seward Nebraska, aged eighty four, hanged herself to a bed post Thursday night using binding twine and a cloth to prevent skin abrasion. No causes are known for the act.
Secretary Taft arrived at quarantine aboard the Pres ident Grant en route to Jersey City. He declined to discuss public questions, saying only that his nose would be to the grindstone and that the trip’s object had been accomplished. He noted good health and was greeted by his wife, son, and friends.
Advices from Kestler say a negro secret society hall was blown up with dynamite. Two other halls near Kestler were demolished Friday night. At least five halls have been dynamited in the last month, fueling fear among African Americans over white men causing the attacks due to labor tensions.
Only 33 of more than 206 miners trapped by the explosion at the Darr mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company last Thursday were recovered and brought to the surface. Rescue teams say most others lie a mile or more beyond the search area as attempts continue.
New York city mayor McClellan refused to recognize John S. Ahearn, recently removed from the Manhattan borough presidency by Governor Hughes. He declared Thursday's election illegal and held that the borough president's office remained legally vacant at the board of estimates meeting.
The national board of arbitration began a session in Indianapolis with newspaper publishers and the International Typographical Union present. Debated topics include the printers' scale in major cities and the Chicago scale was considered on Wednesday.
President Roosevelt signed a proclamation establishing a national forest in west central Arkansas spanning over one million acres. The tract will be the easternmost government forest and covers Scott Polk Montgomery Yell Logan Perry Saline and Calhoun counties.
Sedora Bryant, 10, was killed by a lightning strike while seated on her cousin’s lap at the family home in Reids Station Georgia. The bolt wrecked the house and injured 15 others, though not seriously, as neighbors gathered for a song service. The cousin fled unharmed.
After fruitless talks extending past midnight, attorneys for conflicting interests in the UHnols Central railroad dispute announced no basis for a compromise had been found. Conferees would not discuss the proceedings.
Speaker Cannon finalized committee lists after long staffing, aided by John Sharp Williams. The expanded boards created about fifty extra seats as Congress faces shifts in power and possible presidential implications. Debates and prompt moves followed as chairs asserted rights. The first appropriation of 50,000 dollars funded seed warehouses destroyed by fire. Captain Hobson of Alabama proposed a peace promotion resolution in the House.
Cripple Creek Colorado miners will implement a change room rule from January 1 in the larger mines where high grade ore is found. The measure requires miners to change clothes after each shift, aiming to curb theft and reduce high grading which has intensified in the district.
A Fargo dispatch notes the last thirty days have been unusually warm with overcoats discarded. Only once this winter did the thermometer drop to zero. If warmth persists, a baseball game may be played on Christmas day and fans will celebrate by wearing straw hats and linen dusters.
John H. Paley editor of the Jewish Daily News was found dead in his Brooklyn home. The cause was gas asphyxiation from an open parlor burner. Coroner weighs accidental death against possible suicide. no motive established.
Due to rising dock demand the navy department has prepared plans for a third dry dock at the Boston navy yard. The proposed dock would be 500 feet long with entrance breadth and depth capable of handling any ship.
Washington offers medals to all U S citizens who served on the Isthmus of Panama for two years in government service and rendered satisfactory service during that period. The award aims to honor workers on the Panama Canal project and recognize enduring contribution by federal employees abroad.
A large mob of armed men including mounted police seeks the man who assaulted Mrs. W. B. C. Hersey of Columbus, wife of the Bixceister Shoe Co. president. He grabbed her in the cellar and gagged her with a rag.
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