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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
1
A discussion on how artificial lighting can injure eyes, noting that ordinary rooms often have daylight far below candle-power per square inch and that intrinsic brightness of artificial lights exceeds this, suggesting illumination intensity harms vision when in the line of sight.
San Francisco observer Joseph K. Duffy notes Cartagena, Colombia, has had two fires in 70 years. Aged residents recall one early blaze as an accident and another likely incendiary incident. Stone construction limits damage, with only interiors burning, attributed by locals to San Pedro Claver revered as a saint in the last decade.
Ellen Day, an eighty one year old organist in London, remains energetic at Christchurch Westminster where she has served for seven and twenty years after previous work in the borough. A child prodigy who performed before Liszt Mendelssohn Chopin and Queen Victoria, Day was offered study in Leipzig by Mendelssohn, an offer she declined. She has never married.
Gerald Walthall notes in The Baltimore American that The Hague in Holland maintains clocks 20 minutes fast. Private and official times diverge, with noon at government buildings, but shops and residents show 12:20 p m. The Dutch preserve this traditional practice, resisting change without strong incentive.
A nurse wheels a child in a baby buggy with two stuffed animals aboard. The child cradles a possum while another, a Teddy bear, sits strapped to the buggy’s side with vacant eyes observing the world.
Mrs. Julian Heath presided at a New York gathering held recently to push the creation of a federal bureau to contract mothers in the care of their homes and families.
Philadelphia reporters say the trolley strike sparked rioting with bricks and iron, Marine guard intervention, and police fire at strike breakers. Pratt denies a 250000 bribe offer to abandon leadership amid rumors of broader union sympathy and potential walkouts.
Officials of the National Civic Federation and the arbitration committee reported no shift in stance from the Lake Carriers' Association or striking vessel employes. The committee said there is no prospect of reversal, deeming further conference efforts futile and useless.
Cincinnati reports President Taft's portrait by Sorolla has been installed in the private art gallery of his brother Charles P. Taft. The painting reportedly cost five to six figures.
Four masked highwaymen held up a crowd of about 30 at The Tavern resort near Petersburg ten miles from Denver. They rifled the guests securing more than 3000 dollars in diamonds and 200 dollars in cash before escaping on horseback.
Luke O'Donnell and his wife were drowned after a rowboat collision at Washington Park in Chicago. Two others narrowly escaped a similar fate in the same incident, prompting emergency response and investigations.
Count Zeppelin personally piloted the airship Zeppelin II from Friedrichshafen to Bitterfeld, covering over 456 miles in nearly 22 hours without landing. He paused at several German cities including Treuchtlingen and Nuremberg, where the craft’s propellers woke residents and a card announced further northward plans.
A mob fatally harms Joe Blakeley brother of Sam Blakeley after he is accused of injuring Deputy Sheriff Cain. A pursuit for Bud Harper, blamed for killing the Blakeley brothers' dog, ends in further lethal violence.
Omaha authorities report the cash seized from the Union Pacific rail robbery totaled just under $300. About $200 was recovered from three suspects. A dynamite cache was found in Brown Park school attic, believed to be intended for blasting mail car doors if clerks resisted.
Indianapolis News owners Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams faced Judge Anderson seeking to block removal to the District of Columbia for trial on criminal libel charges. Indicted in Washington alongside New York World proprietors, both men posted $5,000 bonds with mutual sureties.
A westbound New York Central fast freight at 35 mph stopped within ten feet of a child between the rails after engineer Flanigan hit the emergency brakes. Three cars were wrecked and had to be removed before the train could proceed.
Josephine Morss of Indianapolis, daughter of the late Samuel E. Morss consul general at Paris, marries Robert Loonen in Paris. The couple met in Japan during a world voyage with her mother, tying a cross national union in the French capital.
Baton Rouge reports severe damage to the state capitol during the storm. A portion of the dome and roof were blown off, with water flooding the second through fourth floors and the house of representatives hall.
A mill pond boating accident in Pennsylvania claims four lives including a railroad track foreman and three Italian men. The tragedy unfolds as rescuers recover all bodies and authorities investigate the cause.
In Washington a large crowd watched Sheriff Shipp and five co-defendants endure a contempt of court hearing for the lynching case. The justices deferred sentences and granted 30 days to file petitions for rehearing before sending the six men back to Chattanooga on bond.
New York Central president and farmer William C Brown returned from a western tour noting an exceptional crop outlook for June. He said farming conditions are better than business this year, attributing delays in tariff legislation to the holding back of business but not affecting crops.
Guthrie Oklahoma governor issues proclamation reopening state liquor dispensing agencies closed last fall after defeat of a constitutional amendment. Agencies may operate only in towns of 2000 population or more or in county seats regardless of population.
Madison Wisconsin reports the University of Wisconsin baseball team has been invited to a twelve game summer series with Keio University in Tokyo Japan. Faculty approval is anticipated.
The Florida House of Representatives approved the Sloan antirace track measure by 44 votes to 8, with the measure already cleared by the Senate.
Estimates of appropriations for the interior department for the fiscal year 1911 approved by Secretary Ballinger show a net decrease of eight and one half million dollars compared with appropriations for 1910.
A mine collapse at the Tower Soudan operation near Duluth, Minnesota, killed one man instantly, another died from injuries later, and a third was seriously hurt. Rescue and safety crews responded as authorities investigated the accident.
A crowd at Harrisburg opera house fled in a rush when a spectator cried fire during graduating exercises. No fire was found, and the panic subsided as officials reassured attendees.
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