08 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
1
A collage of quips and questions on taxes, war ethics, social trends, and notable names. The piece riffs on Edith Wharton and Atherton, Japs in Vancouver, naval what‑ifs, leap year vanity, mosquitoes, wooden paving, Andrew Carnegie, pensioning ex-presidents, and a Michigan judge in the National Guard.
An age of paradoxes is shown by the death of a famous living skeleton formerly with Bar num, reported here. The notable figure had become known for a skeletal condition and perished due to fatty degeneration.
A man titled both earl and baron is starving in St Louis due to unemployment. He does not explain why he has not married an heiress, leaving questions about his unresolved financial and social obligations.
A whimsical prophecy cites Admiral Evans ordering a battery of 21 pianolas if a foreign power attacks the fleet. A Rhode Island man, six feet one and 80 pounds, has died, recalled as a potential great airship tester had he pursued that talent.
A New York cafe gives women patrons a New Year's present of permission to smoke. The note reminds that gifts should suit recipients and suggests taste matters. Fifty members of the Massachusetts legislature work by the day for wages. It is hoped their election to the legislature does not imply disdain for earning a living.
A prediction for the new year asserts that practical aerial travel will be solved. Considerable progress has been made in this direction and interest in experiments is high, leading to optimism that the forecast will be realized rather than dismissed as visionary.
A peculiar New Haven tale recounts a golf game incident where a lady’s ball struck a gentleman, leading to a budding romance after his recovery. This year leap year grants women the right to propose, while men may not refuse.
President Roosevelts fiery message to Congress urged reenacting the employers liability act with scope limited to constitutional areas, stronger federal coverage for interstate work, and a government workers compensation system. He pressed limits on injunction abuse, supported traffic associations to set rates, and criticized the rich while defending lawful enterprise.
President warns against wealth and power behind corrupt politics and media, urging a moral regeneration of business and government. He condemns Standard Oil style tactics, calls for federal control of interstate commerce, and stresses national unity to curb deceit while praising judges who uphold duty.
David Belasco is described as the hardest worker among American playwrights. He often rehearses a company for 10 to 12 hours, then, while actors tire, he returns to prune and revise parts of a major play.
The president suspended Charles A Stillings from duty as public printer amid a congressional review of extravagance in the bureau. William S Rossiter was named temporary replacement. The report found costs had risen without matching gains in efficiency, amid long battles with unions and labor leaders who opposed Stillings open shop stance.
London report states George Hollamby Druce’s bid for the Dukedom of Portland wobbles as Mary Robinson admits her evidence was false. The trial poised to reveal she is not American but the daughter of an English policeman while Robert Caldwell remains a leading witness.
William Jennings Bryan delivered a forceful sermon at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday denouncing gambling in stocks. The audience of business and professional men applauded and interrupted the address with clapping as Bryan invoked the eighth command Thou shalt not steal in his critique of stock gambling.
A Texas jury on Wednesday found Samuel Parham, an Atlanta insurance agent, guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting James Williams last August amid a dispute over a young woman. The panel fixed Parham’s punishment at seven years in the penitentiary, rejecting his unwritten law defense as weak.
London dispatch reports General Stoessel sentenced to death for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. Trials had dragged, with the prosecutor seeking capital punishment after closing arguments on Tuesday.
Ten thousand Moors were killed or wounded in a Monday battle near Settat as French forces, aided by cavalry and machine guns, repelled a 25 000 strong Moorish assault. French casualties reached about 160, while the native fighters pressed cannon mouths and charged repeatedly before being cut down. The French pursue the retreating tribesmen despite heavy losses.
A Nebraska family of 12, led by James Gillatly of Hamilton county, arrived in Chicago for preventive treatment after drinking milk from a cow diagnosed with hydrophobia. The cow, bitten by a rabid dog three weeks earlier, infected other animals that were killed. No symptoms yet, but all family members are under precautionary care.
Rear Admiral McCalla, retired, of the navy, writes to Secretary Metcalf asserting that his earlier opinions, quoted after a controversial interview, have stood for twenty years. He says a civilian secretary running a navy department with eight bureaus would likely yield ruinous mistakes.
Paris dispatches report General D Amade says French forces under Col Bontegourd near Kasbah Ber Rahid suffered eight dead and 50 wounded after a two hour battle with tribesmen. The Moors attacked during an expedition aimed at the Chaoula, but the tribesmen were repulsed.
More than two thousand mill men returned to work in the Pittsburg district as the 40inch, 23inch and 35inch finishing and cogging mills at Carnegie Steel Companys Homestead plant resumed operations. The Valley Mills of Republic Steel Company also restarted production.
Judge James Austin Jr spent four hours amid inmates at the Toledo workhouse creekside, wearing the inmates' garb to observe daily life of those he sentenced. The unusual visit aimed to gain firsthand insight into prison conditions and prisoner routines at the workhouse.
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