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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1910
Page
1
A nervous rider debates the elevated third rail with a curious couple while a city commuter asks why it is called the third rail. The man grows impatient and the conductor finally directs him off at the next stop.
In 1907 the United States geological survey began defining the Ohio River basin drainage. The Kanawha river drainage near its mouth is about 12 000 square miles. By 1908 twenty five gauging stations operated in the Kanawha basin, roughly one per 49 square miles. Early estimates hint at water power versus steam power, noting the Kanawha’s rich coal and water resources could enable hydraulic power to compete with steam.
The world famous novelist Thomas Hardy turned seventy last week in a quiet London flat, receiving greetings by post and telegram while he rested at home. An influenza attack kept him from visitors as pilgrims, many Americans, visited Max Gate in Dorsetshire, and Hardy calmly enjoyed tea with his wife listening to distant motor buses in the northern suburbs.
Professor Julian of the College de France displayed a wine bottle claimed to be 1,500 years old. Found in the St Leu rien cemetery near Bordeaux, the vessel's shape and discovery site supported the dating as reported by an academy member.
About three years ago a rabid dog crossed the international bridge at Buffalo into Ontario. Since then numerous cases of rabies emerged in the province with around fifty people bitten. Some sought treatment in New York or at the Pasteur Institute.
Rock Island county grand jury indicted 13 officers of the American Home Circle and Fraternal Tribunes and affiliates for embezzlement conspiracy and larceny of records. Several released on $12,000 bonds, others at large with capsizes issued. Case spans Rock Island to Chicago and Springfield with potential involvement of more than a dozen societies and a $57,000 reserve fund short. Hatfield believed in Europe. investigation to expand.
Washington cabinet members are scattered on assignments abroad and at home. Postmaster General Hitchcock sails to Europe from New York as the last department head to leave the capital. Knox rests at Valley Forge, Meyer fishes in Canada, Wickersham and Nagel plan Alaska trips, Balinger tours the West, Wilson visits forest reserves, MacVeagh stays at a New Hampshire summer home, and Dickinson heads to the Philippines.
New York City Mrs. Ralph Hill Thomas, former wife of Frank J. Gouldy, and her husband have sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She stated she would pursue a legal fight for possession of her two daughters Helen and Dorothy and would not accept Miss Helen Gould’s guardianship offer.
New York City exhibitors seek censors approval as nine reels of the Jeffries Johnson fight are narrowed to one brutal set. Women may attend if warned, while children are barred from screenings in stag theaters. J S Blackton of American Vitagraph notes the film group has chosen the best set amid offers from roof gardens and vaudeville houses.
Seventy five municipal court custodians forcibly seized the La Salle theater in Chicago and wrecked the interior making performances impossible. Stage and stairs torn up and front entrance barricaded by carpenters. Seizure ends a litigation over possession by Mort H. Sthger and La Salle Opera House Company led by Charles W Murphy and Harry Asking. Building owned by Mrs Anna Linton Taft wife of Charles P Taft.
Henry Dexter founder of the American News Company died at his New York City home in his 98th year after a brief illness. Over his lifetime he donated more than $1,000,000 to charity.
James R. Garfield, former interior secretary, spoke to Cleveland's new progressive Republican group and accepted the insurgent title, challenging established party leaders.
The steamer Cape Girardeau of the Eagle Packet Company with 1600 passengers aboard sank fifty miles below St Louis. Passengers were saved.
August Rooke assistant secretary at Fidelity Trust in Loulaville, Kentucky, was arrested and charged with embezzling about $6,000. Books are being examined and authorities warn the defalcation could reach into the thousands.
Louisville facts reveal August Rooke, longtime Fidelity Trust assistant secretary, defalcation suspected to total about $500000 with estimates climbing to $900000 over 10 to 15 years. Directors pledge $1,000,000 more stock to bolster resources while a stockholders meeting will be mailed. Rooke’s operations allegedly spanned accounts and checks, with a jail return in default of bail as investigators review the complex scheme.
Col John S Mosby retires from the Department of Justice after eight years as special attorney. Veterans recall the famed guerrilla chieftain, now 73, nearly blind and deaf, planning to write a book about his Civil War exploits. He led raids from first battles to war’s end and helped spread Lincoln's call for troops.
Springfield officials warn that morning mail petitions received before 9 a m will be filed in order but walk in petitions at the door will not be accepted before 9 a m Secretary of State Rose explains mail arrives around 8 or 8 30 a m and filings occur in usual sequence Also in Evansville a 6 year old boy, Albert Zilliak, died after being crushed by a grain separator at Stendal Indiana
The Japanese sealing schooner Tokai Maru with a crew of 38 was seized in the Bering Sea on June 28 by the revenue cutter Taurone for violating sealing laws. Prisoners were transported to Unalaska for trial.
A four horse stage coach carrying passengers bound for El Portal toppled 100 feet into the Merced river in Yosemite National Park. Rescue crews worked at the crash site as authorities investigated the cause of the fall.
In Trenton New Jersey a youth under eighteen narrowly avoided jail for theft after claiming he had been fed to deal with a costly upbringing. The plea cited excessive expense as a factor in the criminal act, highlighting social pressures on youths.
Rev O T Collyer recounts twenty one years in the mission field and notes Korean interest in Christianity. He describes personal work with hundreds of heathens and highlights a palace witness as a schoolgirl from their institution secures daily Bible study with a Bible and hymn book provided.
Mrs. Ryetop mocks Hiram Skinflint for a quick swindle plan at Jed Weatherby’s store. He allegedly will drop a rat of sugar into grain to sell at half price, hoping to stack in extra raising and a yeast cake.
Hoax claims depict Henpack as misused or wise caregiver as it asserts the baby mirrors its mother. The piece hints at public confusion over ancestry and parental duties, framing a domestic scene with a satirical edge.
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