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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
1
A Parisian scientist declares life’s secret lies in chemistry. The piece mocks peroxide blondes, notes a whisky case precedent in Cincinnati, and fingers social trends from marriages to suffrage. It cites imperial and naval power, aviation claims, and warns against sensationalism while endorsing cautious progress.
French researchers expect a photographic sky map to reveal between thirty and forty million stars. The project aims to chart the heavens as a stellar outburst continues to illuminate the firmament.
Pittsburg churches push pew rent abolition with reports of higher receipts and expanded capacity for doing good. A Connecticut postmaster offers his job for a yellow dog, reflecting a quirky campaign of officeholding cravings. Guatemala's president makes English study compulsory in primary schools, signaling language prominence. Indians and cowboys touring London exhibitions thrill crowds with war cries, influencing views on American street life.
The article notes eel reproduction remains debated yet reports a discovery of Spawn in one eel, highlighting its rarity as food fish. It references broader world shifts away from autocracy and mentions a Texas militant preacher who defended himself after striking a domineering bully.
A Massachusetts court dismissed a hypothetical 31000 word question raised in a murder case, ruling it improper. The judge noted no layperson would devise such a lengthy prompt, which would generate three or four pages of newsprint and serve no practical purpose.
A heated open air Protestant meeting in Motherwell, Scotland, turned anti Catholic, leading to barricaded Catholics and a police clubbing action. About 100 hurt, twenty seriously, as houses were stormed and order restored after an hour. Tension warned to spread nationally as evangelists stirred sectarian passions.
Report says the czar has shelved plans to travel to Italy on his European tour due to assassination fears. Russian agents in Italy warn that Italian revolutionists and Russian exiles plot against Nicholas, making the trip dangerously risky amid Russia's reactionary triumph and prison cruelty revelations from the Duma debates.
Gov. Willson was made an honorary member of Moolah temple led by John Lair of the Moolah temple in Louisville. St. Louis delegates with band and patrol entertained at the parade and Raths keller festivities. Moila temple from St. Joseph appeared with its potentate drawn by camels and the Moila patrol featured young women in a landau.
The Senate passed 40 to 30 the Aldrich bill paragraph restoring Dingley rates on wool wastes. Nine Republican progressives joined Democrats. Aldrich rate stands at 30 cents per pound, up 5 to 10 cents from the Payne rate.
Two men robbed the Buffalo hotel in Sapulpa Tuesday night taking 1000 dollars in cash and valuables. Police captured the suspects in West Tulsa. they identified themselves as E. H. Conley and James Bothwell.
Robert Bacon, former secretary of state, will become ambassador to France around January 1, succeeding Henry M. White. The appointment places Bacon in Washington, D. C. to assume the diplomatic post.
In Washington the Senate chambers host a heated clash between Conservative leader Aldrich and Progressive Beveridge. They spar over duties on cotton goods and mercerization, with votes tight and party lines strained. Georgia and southern natural conditions are cited as best protection rather than higher tariffs as the debate widens.
Mrs Bowman, a traveling woman, sues a Fond du Lac drug firm and a St Louis hair dye maker for 20000 dollars claiming loss of hair from applying a advertised hair restorer. Judge Quarles overruled the demurrer, holding the complaint states a valid cause of action.
The Gross airship carried out hours of experiments over Berlin with wireless telegraphy. The new apparatus was mounted on the craft as it maneuvered above the city and an attempt was made to align its instruments with land station stations. Army officers controlling the airship declined to disclose the outcome.
Mrs. Julia Cousins described as the heaviest woman in the world died of fright in Pittsburg after a fire began in a warehouse beside her home causing panic and collapse.
A Cracow dispatch reports a massive explosion at an army powder magazine in Austrian Poland injuring about 500 people and killing three children. The incident sent shockwaves to London, with authorities investigating the blast and its casualties.
E. C. Higbee of La Crosse Wisconsin was appointed by Governor Davidson to serve as judge of the Sixth Wisconsin district, succeeding the late J. J. Fruit. The appointment follows the death of Judge Fruit.
William J Simons, a wealthy hosiery manufacturer, reports his son Pat William Simons, a 24 year old sailor on the battleship Kentucky, found dead with a revolver in his hand aboard the ship in Philadelphia.
Chicago man Dr Haldane Cleminsion held on murder charges for his wife became seriously ill and was reported to be near a nervous collapse while in police custody.
President Diaz received auto party members F. Spooner William Knipper and James Howard at Chapultepec home. An interpreter and Ambassador David R. B. Thompson attended. Spooner delivered a Colorado governor letter. George A. Wahlgreen of Denver joined Friday.
Booker T. Washington addressed New York's negro men business league on the heavyweight title, stressing that success, not color, decides advantage. He cited a race enterprise in Australia, urging Blacks to gain commercial and economic footing this generation, as money proves colorblind.
Five masked intruders raided the Belmont residence of Mrs. Minnie Ashe, 90, binding and torturing her, her daughter Mrs. Mary Ober, 60, and granddaughter Miss Minnie Ober, 23. They tore wires from pictures, chained the women to chairs, and held lit candles to their bare feet, leaving only $3.50 found in the house. Miss Ober escaped and summoned help.
Firebugs burned the Austin Methodist Episcopal church on Ohio street and North Central avenue, the Rock River conference’s largest, early Sunday. The blaze, suspected incendiary, came shortly after another church nearby suffered $1,000 in damage. The organ was the ignition point in both buildings. Police investigate. losses estimated at 75,000, fully insured.
Louisiana Piette of Lowell Massachusetts died after lying nearly unconscious for thirty two days. During that period she received nourishment only through milk forced between her teeth.
President Taft occupies the Lincoln pew at New York avenue Presbyterian Church as Rev Dr Heridge of Ottawa delivers the baccalaureate sermon to George Washington university graduates on Sunday afternoon.
National banks nationwide gained deposits totaling 4,826,060,384 dollars in the current fiscal year, surpassing outgo by more than a billion and a half dollars, signaling strong banking expansion and liquidity across the United States.
A collision in Wheeling West Virginia between a traction car and an automobile sent four young men from the car flying from the wreck. Wilsop Naylor was probably fatally hurt and others were seriously injured.
Freeport bankers group 3 convenes with L A Goddard urging restraint on speculation. officers elected including William O Wright and Omah H Wright. Rebekah convention closes with Taylorville as next site. new officers listed. Zion City cancels dancing in sermons. Elgin drivers strike at Borden Condensed Milk. East St. Louis plans three big enterprises worth over 7 million. Chicago reports on indictments and grand juries. Washington notes West's White House visit. Wickes home sale linked to family scandals. Peoria stock sale case. Chicago policy club seeks quick Sixth district special election. Dr Martin Luken dies.
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