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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call notes that dull heavy eyes signal health upheavals and warns against self treatment. It cautions against arsenic and eye drops, advising eye bathing with weak salt water and consultation with an oculist for any eye heaviness.
A regular crowd at a New York restaurant with a large barroom annex watches stock reports on a tape. The lead regular, a self described financial has been, disputes a stranger trying to sell the tape. It turns out the intruder is the proprietor, leaving a vacancy among the local stock speculators.
Chris Wittmeyer of Goodrich was arrested Monday for killing a golden eagle near Twin Lakes while geese hunting. He was fined 10 dollars and costs as authorities enforce bird protection laws with strict stance by the game and fish commission, noting fewer unlawful shootings this year.
The Canadian government offered 1 116 000 acres of public land for sale at Fort Gray near Vancouver drawing buyers from across the Dominion. Investors from the United States and foreign capital participated with a $400 000 German investment. Americans were active buyers, while British capital was less represented than expected.
The London Globe reports the Commons barber, anxious for a government change, confessed in county court yesterday that despite halving his shaving fee from what was once London’s premier club, he cannot make ends meet. Not all radicals and fat social figures are bearded legislators, and the official shaver sighs in vain for a sight of their stubs.
In Denmark a unique project completed a ship modeled after Noahs Ark from Genesis. The craft measures 30 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet deep—each dimension one tenth of the biblical measurements. When launched the builder found the boat seaworthy and surprising in its performance.
In Twin Lakes Wisconsin a labor dispute escalated to an attempted lynching. Samuel Roberts a cook at Knickerbocker Ice company boarding house was hanged by a mob of over 100. Mrs Andell armed with a shotgun held the mob at bay until rescuers beat through the crowd and dragged Roberts to safety.
John Maynard Harlan asks the court for a supplemental fee of 200400 after already receiving 72000 in monthly installments of 2000. Appointed by Judge Grosscup in December 1905, he served as special counsel in the Union Traction liquidation and bankruptcy cases for about three years until a year ago. Chicago, Illinois.
In Peoria Illinois four persons Mrs Linton Davis and two children and Joseph Percy were burned to death in a early Wednesday morning fire at the Hovenden livery stable. The origin is unknown and the victims were found after the blaze was under control. All horses were removed. The Davidson family housed above the barn and Pacey boarded with them. Logs on the building run about four thousand dollars.
Cone, a rich horseman, and his wife were run down and killed by an Illinois Central suburban train on the South Side Wednesday while attempting to cross the track in their automobile.
The Rev Edward A Schell president of Iowa Wesleyan University refuses to disclose Ray Lamphere confession linking to the Gunness murder farm case. He conferred with three ministers a bishop and Judge W S Withrow before ruling. He says revealing the statement invites criticism either way and would not say whether Mrs Gunness perished in the Laporte fire.
A posse of about one hundred men chased John Watts, wanted for fatally shooting Major Cook of the Columbus police, as Sheriff Deane sped through mud and night from Columbus to Meridian. Watts was brought to Meridian jail fifteen minutes before the mob arrived. the sheriff’s fast car prevented a lynching.
In Peoria two pellagra deaths were reported at the state hospital. Mrs Valentina Herman died after an escape attempt in night clothes and without shoes, exposure to harsh weather following pellagra mania. Mrs Anna Klingenmeyer, 65, also died at the asylum after three years confinement and a year with pellagra.
Police search for Gilbert Ringer of Twin River Wisconsin after he reportedly threatened Senator La Follette and others. Ringer visited the Capitol entering Vice President Sherman’s office claiming a personal business and seeking to confront him. He left without weapons found and remains at large following a Wisconsin alert.
Ten persons were injured at Oakland ten miles from Bowling Green when passenger train No. 3 on the Louisville and Nashville sideswiped an accommodation train. Several coaches were upset but the Cincinnati train stayed on the rails.
Haskell Johnson a Smithville merchant was shot and killed by attorney J A Crowley in Smithville DeKalb county Johnson had been sued for breach of promise by Crowley s daughter and was under indictment on a more serious charge Sheriff spirited Crowley away as tensions ran high
New York wireless telegram from Oelrich & Co reports the North German Lloyd liner Princess Irene has lost her rudder at sea. Irene left here December 30 and all passengers are safe as the ship steers by propeller toward Bremen.
Washington reports a sweeping resolution calling for a thorough investigation of every Interior and Forest Service bureau. A 12 member committee will probe misconduct. Knute Nelson to preside, with six members appointed by the Vice President and six by the Speaker.
The U S Supreme Court without opinion dismissed the dispute involving Governor Haskell and Oklahoma officials over the Prairie Oil and Gas prosecution. The case originated in the 1908 presidential campaign era, with Haskell as treasurer of the Democratic national committee. The Oklahoma Supreme Court had upheld dismissal, prompting further appeals on constitutional grounds.
A visitor recalls a rough Cottage Grove era in Oregon where a saloon patron warns a stranger to behave or face lynching. The man in red asserts locals have lynched people for harming Chinese residents, illustrating frontier tension and vigilante justice.
An exchange records a passerby remark about Burroughs and Mr Merchant, noting the office boy's confusion and a laugher as he left, implying a mistaken meeting. The brief dialogue captures a humorous office moment.
An advertisement claims Dr. Detchon’s Relief for Rheumatism eases severe cases within hours with the first dose offering relief. It asserts rapid disappearance of symptoms, credits the remedy for removing the cause, and targets druggists as sellers. The text also promotes fur buying and tobacco products alongside general life observations and medical claims.
New York City reports Doctor Frederick A. Cook is critically ill under Vienna care after Danish scientists ruled his polar records insufficient to prove first reach of the North Pole. Relatives say he remains unaware of the scientists verdict conveyed by Walter Lonadale, his secretary, while he is in seclusion in a distant European region.
Chicago Miss Jane Addams settlement worker and head of Hull House was successfully operated on here Wednesday and pronounced out of danger.
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