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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1905
Page
2
On July 8 1905 a Jersey City mechanical engineer Theodore M Geisel challenges astronomers figures claiming the sun is 1 460 000 miles from the earth. He uses earth diameter 8004 miles and a 365 day orbit to argue the sun lies at the center of a vast circle. He says the greater 93 999 000 mile distance is urged by “great students of economy.”
Frederick P. Fish president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company claims Edison’s greatest invention was unpatented. He recalls how the telephone replaced the old bell routine, noting Edison’s one word hello transformed global communication and is used from Japan to Turkey and Russia to Patagonia.
The National Magazine notes Mrs McKinley appears aged by the blow with whiter hair and gray eyes not as bright. Her sad expression and quivering lips reveal grief. She drives daily and receives tender support while her health improves and she engages in home affairs.
In a Wall Street cafe a group of men chose ten substitutes for tainted money including polluted planks from the people’s plum tree and repentant rhino while London church society announced a meeting where Mr W H Perkins Jr would read a technical paper on the action of Bethyl Dibro mopropanetetracarboxylate on a diso zinm compound.
A Tennessee governor, Bob Taylor, has launched a periodical promoting his theories and image. The trend shows officials publishing magazines to exploit their own standing and ideas.
Washington reports chief engineer Wallace quit the Panama Canal Commission amid allegations of disloyalty after accepting a higher paying position. Taft, Secretary Hay, and Shonts publicly dispute resignation claims while noting no basis for charges against him. The sentence outlines the emergency purchases, staffing needs, and move of marines, with the president and others traveling as summer arrives.
A sermon decries charitable giving driven by egoistic motives and extortion. It argues genuine benevolence lies in business conduct and industrial reform, condemning wealth gained by crime and calling for church unity with the state to restore public trust and social harmony. The speaker warns of widening wageworker exclusion from churches and urges sober action to meet a grave social problem.
The Odessa Missouri editor prints a retraction after a false death report about Major Blazer prompts a threat of action. Next issue states the paragraph about his death was unfounded. The item also advertises Call office for sale orders and publication notices at low cost.
Helvetia Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Highland Illinois promotes townhome fire and lightning coverage with a five year renewal term including a $2.00 renewal fee. It offers separate wind storm insurance and lists directors across multiple towns with George Roth as president and Eugene L. Holuago as secretary.
From The Weekly Bulletin dated Thursday July 8 1875 this item surveys events in Troy three decades earlier. It highlights local happenings, dates, and people from that period with a concise retrospective tone.
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