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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1910
Page
1
Celebrations mark six centuries since clocks began in 1309 with Milan’s San Eustorgio tower. A Padua palace clock of 1844 tracked hours, sun, planets, phases, months, and year’s feasts. The 71 year span from clock to watch ends with the 1380 first watch, followed by a 1740 upgrade adding the second hand.
An anonymous note in Broadbent's History of Pantomime recounts Nerone Infante a 1698 Rome Capranino piece showing hell below on stage. A river Lethe with infernal spirits, Charon, a mouthful monster spitting snakes, then morphing into white butterflies and a blooming garden before the audience.
A Brooklyn Citizen tale highlights Mr Murphy learning from Mr Deolan about a wedding eve loss. Mrs Doolan mourns two illigant gloves worth two dollars and forty five cents. He adverts they were old cotton with seams bursting to deter thieves.
The strong market men of Paris are renowned for feats of strength and very large felt sombreros that measure about a yard in diameter. The hats, worn as a badge and head protection, symbolize an ancient custom, with competitions held every three years awarding prizes for astonishing displays of strength.
Dr. Oster cites mortality statistics from Panama showing tropical diseases malaria dysentery and beriberi together killing fewer people in 1908 than pneumonia and tuberculosis, the two major temperate zone killers.
A historic cold snap grips much of the Midwest to the plains with the mercury near zero, deep snow and high winds. St Louis endures its severest storm in years as thirteen inches blanket the ground and traffic on steam and electric lines remains demoralized despite crews of snow sweepers and plows working through Wednesday night to restore service.
Kansas storms drive temperatures down from 50 degrees in Sedalia to 8 above zero in Missouri. Fort Smith Arkansas records 22 degrees with 28 above, as a southwestern cold snap brings blinding snow in Kansas and sleet with wind in northern Oklahoma. Muskogee faces downed telephone wires from a violent electrical storm with hail and sleet.
In Shawnee Oklahoma residents reported thunder and lightning during a blizzard with snow and sleet and temperatures at 12 below zero. All traffic was severely delayed by the storm. A light earthquake shock was felt at 10 15 a m.
Tulsa section endures worst blizzard on record with a sixty degree temperature plunge since Tuesday. Blizzard cripples streetcar traffic and delays trains while a remarkable electrical display lights the sky for over an hour.
A twelve hour north wind is followed by sleet as southern Oklahoma endures the worst blizzard of the winter. The Ardmore area reports heavy snowfall and icy conditions disrupting travel and daily life. Local officials warn residents to stay indoors and prepare for continued severe weather.
A yeggman dynamited Plain View Illinois post office at 1:45 a m Wednesday, robbed two stores, fleeing north on Chicago and Alton tracks on a handcar before being captured by a policeman in Carlinville twelve miles away. He claimed the name John Schneider and had no accomplices. In his pockets were stamps, $42, knives and razors.
Washington, D. C. The Des Plaines Illinois river route to the gulf gained momentum as the rivers and harbors bill faced an amendment to strike the $1,000,000 appropriation. A 67 to 37 House vote preserved the paragraph, delighting Mississippi Valley advocates and signaling possible final passage Thursday. Bartholdt Rodenberg praised the milestone for the valley, while Davidson led opposition aided by Wisconsin and Pennsylvania factions. Speculation swirled over insurgent tactics and Davidson’s shift toward the insurgent bloc.
A forward fire room blast aboard the torpedo boat destroyer Hopkins scalded seven stokers during departure for practice. Two men are believed fatally injured as a water tube burst, injuring crew in the unit. In Richmond, Southern doctors gather for the Tri State Medical Association meeting to discuss health conditions and recent medical discoveries.
Attorney General Wickersham will address the Hamilton Club in Chicago on April 9, speaking on "The Administration" at the Appomattox day dinner.
In a Monday decision the South Carolina Supreme Court restored custody of B R Tillman Jr s two children to their mother and removed them from Senator Ben R Tillman The case centered on a separation decree and an unusual transfer of the children to the grandfather which the court overruled, restoring maternal custody.
In Bluefields Nicaragua a courier relayed Estrada’s urgent order to Chamorro’s forces in Matagalpa to strike fast. Estrada’s army, short of provisions, fears dwindling strength as reinforcements from Rama delay. General Mena with 1,000 men backs Chamorro near Santa Clara. Chamorro’s scattered forces mobilize beyond the town.
Hog prices reached the peak since 1882 as pigs sold at $9.20 per hundred pounds, a 40 cent rise from last week. Packers tried to curb prices, but 40,000 head receipts could not meet demand. Buyers bidding above quotations pushed prices up, now about 15 cents below 1882 levels yet over $2.50 per hundredweight higher than a year ago.
Washington report states a bill to grant Civil War widows pensions to those married after 1890, advanced from the senate committee on pensions. The proposal seeks broader eligibility for surviving spouses of veterans.
Kansas City Missouri Judge Latshaw orders grand jury to probe the Swope deaths sickness and typhoid like outbreak. Paxton says large quantities of strychnine were found in Miss Margaret Swope stomach and Chrisman Swope died after a capsule given by Dr Hyde. Subpenas issued for Drs Haines Kektoen Vaughn to testify next Wednesday.
In Trinidad Colorado three more bodies were recovered from the Primero mine explosion bringing the total to sixty two. One identified victim was James Rummings an American. State Labor Commissioner HW Brake traveled to Primero to lead the investigation.
New Orleans readers note the National Editorial association closes its session with officer selections meeting place decisions and committee reports. About fifty members sail Saturday on the Turrialba to Colon and more than double that number depart Sunday on the Cartago for Panama. the group plans to stay several days there.
A blaze in Vicksburg Mississippi ripped through the business district causing about 750000 dollars in damage and killing two Black residents trapped by collapsing walls. Firefighters battled the flames for five hours before bringing the fire under control.
A Wisconsin woman reports relief from backward pains and backache after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound avoiding another operation. A New Orleans reader also credits the remedy with saving her from surgery after years of severe female troubles. The ad touts decades of success and invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
A dialogue fragment shows a child pleading with a parent to stop crying out in frustration. The line That'll do! Dry up this minute! echoes a tense family moment. A second character, Willie, is blamed for causing tears and frustration.
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