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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Cat editor laments that free press is a myth in practice, noting business as the dominant censor. The piece cites Charles Edward Russell and recalls boom towns where editors avoided sensational or unpopular facts to protect business interests.
Arthur Aull recalls a newlywed couple facing hunger with a single loaf left. The husband returns with a bull pup, wagging its tail, declaring it will guard them and bring hope after a week of unemployment.
A ten twentythird repertoire company staged Monte Cristo with a leading man who jokes about getting paid in cakes while delivering a grand scene. The crowd roared as he cried The world is mine and the litho guided pose drew wild applause, ending with a wry remark about affording a fried egg sandwich. There is no moral to this fable.
Mrs Jenkins recalls a quarrel with new neighbors who borrowed their drawing repug and returned it with a boastful remark about needing cash to buy a newer one. The scene ends with a tense, awkward social moment between the couple.
A dog living at Les Praz near Chamonix in 1906 followed his master, a workman repairing the summit observatory, to Mont Blanc. He departed at eight in the morning and arrived at half past two, completing 644 hours what would normally take 13 hours for a man. Tourists verified the ascent, making Mont Blanc a hero in the village.
A large explosion in the Palo mine at Los Esperanzas, Mexico, caused by a miner's cigarette igniting gas, killed sixty-eight miners and left about forty injured. Rescue efforts recovered sixty-five bodies after six hours. several victims suffocated as they searched for air. Victims included Mexican and Japanese workers.
Drakesboro Kentucky town mourns as Elk Valley Coal mine disaster leaves thirty four dead and twenty injured. Rescuers search the mine for missing foreman Pete Kelley while improvised hearses and funeral processions fill the town. No services are held for victims.
A Colorado Fuel and Iron mine disaster at Primero, Colorado left seventy five dead and thirty five widows with sixty five children. A rock fall blocked the gallery delaying body recovery from the St Paul mine. In Peoria Illinois a fire at Shell mine in South Bartville incinerated at least one tipple and a rescue party saved two miners. The blaze is suspected incendiary in origin.
Sixty railroads nationwide informed representatives of 32,000 firemen that their demand for a 20 to 25 percent wage raise and other concessions has been rejected. The dispatch stating the rejection came from Chicago.
John G. Paxton, executor of Col. Thomas H. Swope's estate, announced poisoning as the cause after toxicologists studied Swope's stomach contents. Dr. B Clark Hyde, nephew by marriage, filed two damage suits totaling 700000 against Paxton and the Pulitzer Publishing Co. plus two doctors for alleged statements and interviews.
French aviator Louis Paulhan completed a 10 minute flight at Agricultural Park in Salt Lake City Utah reaching 300 feet of altitude or 4600 feet above sea level in a notable aviation display.
The New York City subway is projected as the world’s costliest railway system. The existing build cost 80 million so far, with plans to reach 240 million when complete. The planned system spans about 26 miles, yielding an average cost per mile near 9.24 million.
American aviator Mortimer Singer crashed in Cairo on Tuesday. He suffered multiple injuries with two legs and an arm broken, after practicing with an aeroplane. He had a prior balloon accident in Seville last May, and last month he competed for the Michelin Cup at Mourmelon, France.
In Scranton, Angelo Rinaudo, defended by an Italian consul from Gulfport, killed Michael Altusi during a pistol duel after a quarrel over a woman. The ship anchored in Scranton to allow land fighting with the crew watching. Rinaudo was jailed in Scranton on the killing charges.
Clinton resident C C Dickinson won the six district seat succeeding the late David A De Armond by a 3783 vote margin over Republican Phil S Griffith of Greenfield. The Democratic majority set a record for the district.
Washington DC to wake avail able the Panama bonds and certificates of indebtedness authorized by the Payne Aldrich tariff law the House passed a joint resolution amending that law.
The three mast schooner Francis of New York bound for Jacksonville is stranded near Cape Hatteras. The vessel is a total loss and the crew of 10 perished in the disaster reported from Norfolk Virginia.
Lyman B E Cooley outlined a Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway plan before the rivers and harbors committee seeking a 14 foot initial channel with a long term 24 foot depth. The project would use the Great Lakes as a reservoir to balance river depths and would create a 30 foot harbor at St. Louis, expanding shipbuilding near Chicago and creating 400,000 horsepower by damming parts of the Mississippi near Jefferson Barracks and Commerce.
Thomas A. Gaston, a 76 year old farmer near Oxford, died of apoplexy while reading a newspaper at home. Remarkably, he had never consulted a doctor or tasted medicine in his long life.
A remedy pitched as a fast cold cure and sure cough treatment using glycerine pine and whiskey. The formula calls for two ounces glycerine half ounce Concentrated Pine half pint whiskey with doses every four hours and shaking each time. Drugstores can supply the ingredients, Concentrated Pine sold in half ounce vials.
The United States and Canada lifted foreign missions offerings by 602000 last year with foreign field income rising by 1360000. Total gifts reached 4844000, 48 percent of North American Protestant foreign mission giving. Native converts rose by 164674, about 450 daily, as mission work accelerates.
In a humorous exchange a character chides Willie for slow speed while a woman retorts with playful insult. The cartoonish dialogue highlights gendered banter and sprinting metaphor as a light domestic joke. The regional flavor underscores wit and social dynamics of the era.
The beggar's fate is not money but decline. Forbes notes a diligent beggar can earn more than many workers, yet the trend is downward and he becomes a hopeless wreck and derelict.
A compact reflection notes life as a sequence of gates and tensions inviting action. It suggests opportunity arises from readiness to strike when chance appears, echoing Emerson’s emphasis on self-directed progress and purposeful living.
A California wife shares how she quit coffee for Postum after a long coffee related illness. Her husband slept better after returning to Postum and she gained weight while her nerves calmed. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and ends noting new letters appear over time.
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