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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
8
A British newspaper recounts sniper methods that threaten soldiers, from camouflage with grass and steel shields to clever decoys and a farmer snared by surprise. Accounts describe the dangers, varied disguises, and decisive moments that end with German bullets and improvisational countermeasures.
New York address by Miss Kathleen Burke of the Scottish Women's Hospital highlights women's role in alleviating suffering during the war. She notes five units in Belgium Serbia France, a sixth American unit funded by U S donations, and her refugee work in Corsica aiding 6,000 people. Her account cites improved Serbian hospital death rates and rapid nursing deployment by women.
Harrisburg mayor and physician BHZ Meals urged young men and women to kiss more often to foster marriages and homes, insisting kissing reduces divorces and that germs should not deter affection. he claimed kissing sends few to hospitals. The article notes German regiments with chiropractors.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland tours the frontier guard as she stays active inspecting and reviewing army divisions. She recently visited the Belgian frontier and inspected garrisons there.
An American advertiser begins erecting in Buenos Ayres a mile long display field stretching from the railroad terminals to Palermo. Along the length, signs of 160 to 500 square feet will be mounted on steel frames with concrete foundations, designed to resist vandalism.
Paria, the scientific editor of the Temps, doubts any lasting friendship between France and England while England clings to its obsolete weights and measures. He stresses that shared goals like language exchange and the Channel Tunnel pale beside the need for France to win England over to the metric system for postwar trade and rebuilding.
A storied West mining romance recounts Hobo Matt finding the Beehive era gold ledge at Bodie after decades as a wanderer. Once doubted, he gains a fortune and rekindles fame as the Old West gold fever returns with a gleam of 100000 dollars in gold.
Quotations show a dialogue involving Meeking and Henrietta on votes for women. The snippet hints at shifting opinions but provides no full context, date, or entities to form a complete news item.
In Acqui Italy water from a hot spring heats a large hospital that was once a school. The spring supplies boiling water for washing and cleaning and the building relies on the constant supply with no fires except for kitchen use. The spring is centrally located in the city.
An artilleryman from near Cologne recounts riding with the Crown Prince aboard a western front auto. A major sits beside the prince while the driver, an imperial chauffeur, smiles and jokes. The shock ends when the rider learns he has been chauffeured by royalty.
In the Canal Zone offices at Cristobal and Balboa daily noon corrections align with the U S Naval Observatory clock in Washington. Time is wire sent from Washington to Key West, then via a relay and wireless telegraph to Darien and to Ancon. Darien’s slight reception error creates about two tenths of a second disparity. a transmitting clock will fix this. Exact time is vital for navigators, since a one second error equals a quarter nautical mile. The Darien service, part of the Key West network, supports ships at sea through radio stations.
The Astor lineage traces to John Jacob Astor born in Waldorf Germany in 1763. He arrived in New York in 1783 and founded Astoria, the Oregon trading station, in 1811 about 100 miles northwest of Portland on the Columbia River.
A clipped quotation cited by the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that bluffing can work like a bank account until balance is needed, implying a warning about overreliance on deception or bravado in financial or strategic wagers.
The Rockefeller Institute states that frying an egg on one side leaves bacteria on the unfried side, risking illness. Cooking the egg on both sides kills the bacteria, making it safe to eat with no fear of consequences.
A historic claim notes fireworks were first used in Europe in Florence in the year 28e. The fragment mentions Florence and an early date but lacks full context or corroborating details from the source.
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