27 Feb 1909
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1909
Page
1
A mosaic of dated quips and notices cites aging Kaiser, age claims, and social bits. References include Captain Sealby on posing as a boy, England phosphorus match ban, water wagon upkeep, and Rockefeller medical fortune. It highlights a London woman driver and a New York divorce bid on involuntary servitude grounds.
A controversial voice claims a woman’s age can be read from wrinkles challenging beauty culture norms and notions of perpetual youth. The remark implies scrutiny of appearance as a social measure, provoking debate about aging and gender expectations.
A tunnel over one mile long, reportedly the longest for a municipal electric railway, is opened for operation by the Genoa Street railway. It connects Genoa with the nearby large comune of Rivarolo, facilitating transit between the two communities.
A commentator criticizes a proposal for a nationwide comprehensive waterways plan before major spending. The remark highlights a dispute among enthusiasts over prioritizing large projects versus prudent investment.
Many persons who abstain entirely allow whiskey as a stimulant during accidents. The regulation of miners' “first aid” stimulant shifts from alcohol to coffee and aromatic spirits of ammonia, note observers.
A Kansas proposal aims to teach women citizens how to cook, framed as a suffrage era argument to soften masculine opposition. The idea uses the familiar maxim feed the man to illustrate domestic influence within voting rights discussions.
Evidence grows that Chinese authorities in parts of the empire are enforcing the opium ban. When peasants near Amoy were ordered to stop cultivating the poppy more than 2,000 resisted and authorities used force against them.
The state moves to criminalize selling one type of fruit tree while delivering another, with seven years for the purchaser to discover the fraud. The Indianapolis Star notes Kansas farmers have long faced such swindles and are finally acting to curb them.
New York socialites revive fashion with oversized earrings. At a recent opera, a society woman wore five inch pendant earrings and announced them as the latest London trend for the season.
At a New York woman suffrage banquet addressed by social leader Mrs Clarence Mackay she wore a soft gold chiffon velvet gown with old gold lace and a large brown picture hat with lace and plumes. Congratulations to suffragettes on making gatherings attractive and engaging.
Illinois lawmakers fail to elect a senator and break camp as Hopkins secures 65 votes on the 34th ballot. The House introduces 30 bills including rail rate reforms, a Behrens proposal to curb extortion and ensure pro rata handling of empty rail cars, a BeHvion Stock Yards Hospital bill, a transfer of the Illinois State Fair to Peoria, banking and banking examiner provisions, and university agricultural expansion funding.
The thirty fourth joint ballot shows Hopkins with 65 votes, Foss 16, Mason 4, Shurtleff 17, McKinley 1, Sherman 2, Stringer 59, with 12 Hopkins ballots paired. John Flannigen later broke from Hopkins to back Speaker Shurtleff as the chamber awaits a quorum and next ballot. Senators travel to Chicago after a brief session.
March week closes with lawmakers in Spring field debating the senatorial stalemate as inauguration day approaches without an Illinois senator. Hopkins supporters claim his committee positions will spur a statewide push for re election when a special session convenes.
Chronology of the deadlock lists January 20 as the first joint ballot with 34th on February 18. A total of 84 ballots were taken across 14 legislative days, with seven ballots on January 21 the peak. Quorum broke once on February b during the 28th ballot. Hopkins Foss Shurtleff Stringer Mason and McKingey appeared on the first ballot and, with L Y Sherman, were the only names on the 34th.
Pension Commissioner Vespasian Warner of Clinton won a suit that upheld a perpetual injunction preventing the DeWitt County tax assessor from listing about 1.2 million dollars in the credits of his father John Warner for back taxes. County Clerk Edward F. Campbell had levied back taxes on 300 thousand dollars for 1903, 400 thousand for 1904, and 500 thousand for 1905 with ten percent penalties. The temporary injunction was granted by the DeWitt County circuit court and the Supreme Court sustained the decision.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled it lacked jurisdiction to force Mayor Busse to close saloons on Sundays, affirming the appellate court and Judge Chytraus in a mandamus case involving two Kenna-owned saloons and Rev. William A. Bartlett. Supporters hailed the decision as a win.
Congressman William Lorimer conferred with Gov. Deneen in the executive office fueling persistent rumor of mutual significance. Some suggest Deneen could be the unifying candidate, though he repeatedly refuses any bid for the governorship.
Jesse Haymaker night clerk at Wells Fargo express in Santa Fe station Hutchinson Kansas was shot and killed. A 45 caliber cartridge lay near his body and his weapon is missing. Robbery targeted both depot and uptown express offices with less than ten dollars taken. A 19 year old youth seen near the station before the crime is under investigation.
In New York on First Avenue a gas meter explosion in a four story building’s cellar lit a blaze that left twelve firemen overcome and one temporarily insane. Eight houses burned, two children injured and 25 families homeless as another Jamaica, DL block fire swept through residences in heavy rain.
Omaha Neb. order issued Tuesday night disbands three militia companies that had been under arms for twenty four hours amid anti Greek riots. Soldiers sent home with instructions to stay ready for a possible new call.
Two workers perished Wednesday while wiring an intake from the East River to the McAdoo tunnel power house in Jersey City. Victims were Joseph Melino, 27, and Barnard Kellogg, 87, both employed by the tunnel company.
Des Moines Iowa by a vote of 12 to 6 the house committee on the suppression of intemperance Tuesday voted for the re submission of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale and manufacture of liquor in Iowa and urged its passage.
Herman Stolzeman aged 59, once prosperous, shot himself early Wednesday after his wife left him and refused reconciliation at the house where she resided in Chicago.
New York Judge Crain handed down a ten year sentence to Mrs Ellen Peck the 79 year old known as a confidence queen for grand larceny in a state prison term announced Tuesday.
Morristown New Jersey reports a wedding disruption as Sylvia Green marries Matthew Astor Wilks. A parade of delivery wagons followed the bridal party from 1309 Bloomfield Avenue as Stevens Institute students shouted and chased the cab. The bride’s inheritance and party secrecy add odd stakes to the tale.
Mimms Holmes aged 13 reenacting a theatrical role in Hattiesburg Mississippi fired a loaded gun and killed Woodcliffe Ellis also about 13, son of City Attorney W. Ellis, in a tragic accident described as not knowing the gun was loaded.
J S McNair sixty four a Civil War veteran in Carmi Illinois died of heart disease. He was formerly connected with the pension department. He leaves a widow and a son.
The Toledo club in Ohio purchased outfielder George Nill from the Philadelphia Americans. Nill had been Connie Mack's property and spent last season in New Orleans.
Pittsburg manager Fred Clarke secures catcher Shriver from Wheeling Central League and will bring the prospect on the Pirates spring training trip.
Whitehall Montana Mrs William Crist aged 85 and her hired man John Teear both about the same age were cremated when the Crist ranch cabin six miles from Jefferson burned Saturday night. The blaze destroyed the structure and the two occupants died in the fire.
Mr George E Hunter a Maidstone Saskatchewan farmer writes of a first year in western Canada in 1907. He notes mild early winters, late snows, good crops, and fair prices for wheat oats barley and flax. He describes soil water supply cattle dairy creameries railroad growth and the value of homesteading with modest means.
Wyoming State Land Commissioner will allocate 7,000 acres of irrigated land at Cooper Lake near Laramie and Denver on the Union Pacific main line. Price 50 cents per acre. old Est Reservoir and Direct Water Rights at $5 per acre cash and $3 per acre annually for ten years. Free trip and two town lots to applicants before May 1. Tallmadge-Buntin Land Co agents Chicago. Agents wanted.
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