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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
1
A garbled collection from Troy Weekly Call editor JARVIS includes stray items on meat in Canada, Australian wood, parliamentary figures, Vanderbilt family marriages, poetry work, Mosquitoes in Chicago, hat brims, Merry Widows straw, Belgium auto imports, rail signals growth, Peary’s pole plans, Salvation Army in a coffin, Pittsburg Wing venues, Rita damages, college football impact, and a claim the north pole shifts its position.
A Philadelphia physician who previously linked buttercup to measles now claims the flower also causes cancer, prompting critique that he lacks poetic judgment and scientific basis.
New York Herald reports three month results from 2805 gas meters tested after complaint. Of these 524 were correct, 1820 fast, and 661 glow.
A New Jersey minister counsels wives to refrain from bossing husbands, arguing that despite modern views some men react strongly to what he calls the eternal feminine. His remarks reflect ongoing debate over gender roles in domestic life.
The text notes death rates per thousand miners in various countries. In this country the rate is 3.4. Belgium 0.94 in 1906. Great Britain 1.29. France 0.84 in 1905. Prussia 1.8 in 1904.
A man is struck down and killed by a reckless motorist. The incident prompts calls to respect public rights and safer driving practices amid the tragedy.
George Meredith argues current minor literature outshines mid-Victorian writing while The Boston Globe questions whether masterpieces from that era still stand supreme.
A public report notes hardship in Sunderland with families living on boiled potato parings. It also records that of 72,127 deaths registered in London last year, 28,723 occurred in workhouses, hospitals or public lunatic asylums.
The Baltimore American notes the scientific expedition plans to depart Massachusetts seeking fossils in the Antarctic Circle. It remarks the journey is long and tiresome, and fossils may be found closer to home.
A Chicago physician lectures about the absurdity of the feminine costume. He notes men find amusement in it and it causes no real inconvenience or discontent among women, rendering the practice harmless and generally unobjected to.
A fatal incident involving 800 Persians, including men, women, and children, has caused mass casualties as Shah's troops engaged. Official details remain sparse as authorities investigate the deadly event and its circumstances.
Charles C. Cameron, president of Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad Co, who fled justice last year, walked into quarter sessions court and pleaded guilty to bribery. He allegedly offered 70000 to councilmen to pass the franchise ordinance enabling the railroad's Pittsburg entrance. Councilman W A Martin accepted the bribe and received a three year penitentiary term.
John Mitchell former United Mine Workers president declines to run for governor of Illinois. In a letter to John C. Harding he says he is not a politician and cites recent illness. He will head the trade agreement department of the National Civic Federation instead.
Chicago authorities uncovered a planned attack on the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company plant in Kenosha Wisconsin aimed at injuring hundreds of workers. The conspirators intended to use internal destructive machines placed in ventilators with timed fuses, a plan disclosed through a trunk belonging to a participant.
A Spanish steamer La Roche ran aground in fog off Muros near Corunna. Of 97 passengers and 54 crew aboard, 47 survived landing times were incomplete and 17 women were reported drowned. Boats from nearby villages aided in rescue amid heavy seas and uncharted rocks.
General Manager Gillie of Amalgamated Copper Co. says fires at the Anaconda and St. Lawrence mines have burned since 1899 and are not worsening. He argues early reports were misleading and the blaze, started by a miner's candle, smolders slowly, fed by timber and sulphur in the ore.
Grover Cleveland, 22d and 24th president, died at his Princeton home at 8:40 AM after a lingering illness. He had been bedbound in winter and spring, with heart disease thrombosis and edema listed as the direct causes. His wife was at his bedside when he passed, and doctors had just visited him the day before.
The former president died as Mrs. Cleveland and the attending physicians kept a calm bedside vigil. The Cleveland children were with their maternal grandmother at Tamworth New Hampshire. Mrs. Cleveland remained cheerful about his condition as he regained a bit of outdoor exercise and slept at his usual hour.
Grand Trunk fast freight wrecked two miles east of Imla City Michigan as boiler exploded at 30 miles an hour. Engineer Thomas Fibbs of Port Huron killed. Fireman William Brown of Port Huron fatally scalded after being thrown 30 feet. Head Brakeman Smith seriously injured.
A Saturday night storm caused extensive damage in Wisconsin. Prairie du Chien suffered about 200000 dollars in losses with roofs blown off and windows shattered. McGregor across the Mississippi faces about 300000 dollars in damage. Four inches of rain fell in 40 minutes, with hail as large as walnuts for part of that period.
A dispatch from Bismarck North Dakota reports the Colmar Bros circus train collided with an engine near Medina seven miles east of Bismarck on the Northern Pacific line. Twenty four draft horses were killed and one slightly injured.
On a high speed trial trip in Fullerton California 35 year old 8 O Minter of Indianapolis was killed when his car overturned. Fainting from heart failure is believed to have caused him to leave the road and perish instantly.
Columbus Ohio reports a bank cashier Harry Hughitt of the People's Bank of the East Side found in Bullitt Park with a bullet wound. Death presumed self-inflicted amid about $5000 alleged shortage. Hughitt, about 40, married, last seen at the bank Saturday night ill and returning home.
A strong windstorm struck Council Bluffs Iowa near 1:30 Monday morning causing extensive damage at Lake Manawa a summer resort south of town. Electric service failed and the resort was left in darkness with bulkheads docks yachts and launches reportedly broken and sunk.
Memphis firefighter Michael O'Neill of Engine Company No. 6 died Sunday morning while walking in his sleep. He plunged through a floor hole used to reach the apparatus below and was killed.
Twelve deaths by drowning were recorded in New York and vicinity in the past 24 hours as extreme heat drew thousands to beaches and open water seeking relief.
At Oyster Bay President Theodore Roosevelt overlooks haymaking near his home. He supervises the mowing, and on Wednesday morning he will join a band of workers as the hillside crop ripens.
An official Tuesday statement confirms the former McKinley home in Canton Ohio will be remodeled as a Catholic hospital. Felix M Bopp administrator of the Cleveland diocese ordered the project.
When discovery of his death came Wednesday morning residents of Princeton were shocked. For years Mr. Cleveland suffered periodic sickness, kidney and intestinal troubles. Mrs. Cleveland collapsed after learning of his passing, then rallied. Their children were notified and rushed from Tamworth to Princeton. The obituary notes long rumors of his nearing death and a move from Lakewood to Princeton in a touring car owned by John Hays Hammond, the mining expert and vice presidential candidate.
The article touts a trusted health product praised by the Well Informed of the World. It endorses the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. as a wholesome family laxative available through leading druggists.
Last year Brazil required over 20 million jute bags to hold its coffee production. Each bag cost a little over 18 cents to ship per bag. The bag making business thus totaled nearly 4 million dollars in value.
An visitor asks the prisoner about his past profession. He admits being an author and jokes that authors document everything. He explains his failure: he copied a blank sheet to pass as a note and was jailed.
The Paris municipal elections saw notable events including the defeat of candidate M Laloe and the first known candidacy of a domestic servant. The servant stood as a republican socialist and reportedly drew strong support from the liveried class, challenging traditional conservatism in local politics.
A short Detroit Free Press item riffs on a peddler and a boy answering questions about family roles. The boy jokes that he is raising bedlam while noting his parents work in beds, with the agent conceding the gag as a bad job.
A Boston area minister's wife employs a newly hired colored cook. The woman notes the husband loves oatmeal and asks for it, mentioning his Scotch heritage. The cook mishears and comments on ancestry, revealing awareness of differences.
A promotional letter extols Grape-Nuts as a balanced food nourishing brain and nerves at all ages from infant to old age. It cites a sixty-something narrator weighing 156 pounds who uses the product with milk and cream, notes improved nerve power and memory, and mentions family members adopting it after witnessing benefits. The ad invites readers to see the brand’s “There’s a Reason” claim and Road to Wellville reference.
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