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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
6
The Troy Weekly Call notes a Century editorial arguing that a surge in public scrutiny and a revival of business and political ethics follow recent exposures. It praises honesty as best policy, cites insurance scandals, and predicts broader reform as judges and citizens alike examine conduct and standards.
An essay jokes about color in preserved foods and the public eye, noting housewives’ complicity in color standards. It also reports Finis J. Garrett entering Tennessee Ninth District politics against Rice A. Pierce, campaigning in worn clothes on the platform that good things in life should be paused.
A string of brief Illinois notices reports violent assault in Trilla with Jed Jones badly injured and Joshua Brown fatally struck, tax disputes involving Pana banker W. Hayward, coal supply relief for Godfrey Monticello Seminary, university and legal actions in Urbana and Danville, a Eureka death, wrecks near Mount Olive and Duquoin, snowbound passengers near Decatur, and local calamities including a Belleville judge’s death and an Edwardsville church founder.
In St. Petersburg workmen nominate a dog named Rosa as their delegate to mock elections deeming it cheaper to maintain. Another mill chooses the factory chimney as their representative to avoid machine gun fire. Moscow dispatches warn of Jewish merchants fleeing a coming Easter massacre. In Theodosia Crimean Jews face synagogue desecration.
A reader instruction to send 10 cents to the Pattern Department for pattern orders. Include size and pattern number, and mail to the newspaper with the envelope provided. A humorous exchange from the Houston Post is mentioned revealing domestic wit.
Washington reports the monster dry dock Dewey may become a white elephant in the Philippines with Manila and Subic Bay harbors deemed too shallow. Senators question where it will be utilized. Some urge moving construction to the Pacific Coast to shorten the voyage and save a $5,000 Suez toll. Senator Spooner calls the plan extraordinary. Senator Perkins agrees.
New York reports that the De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co. is enjoined to cease all manufacture sale or operation of wireless telegraphy by a decision of Chief Justice Melville W Fuller. The ruling, prompted by Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. , grants Marconi a virtual monopoly and leaves De Forest out of business.
Peoria Ill Rev Louisa Keily a Baptist minister and partner of the late Rev Geo Simmons in the defunct Peoples Savings bank was indicted for embezzlement by the grand jury on Wednesday afternoon. The indictment alleges she took deposits on February 5 the day before Simmons died while knowing the bank was insolvent. Bank notes signed by Kelly and Simmons totaling 121000 were uncovered in recent developments.
President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Dr. Lews Klopsch editor of the Christian Herald New York thanking him and the publication for their famine relief drive in Japan. He noted that $100,000 has been raised and praised the humanitarian effort and the boost to international goodwill.
The famed battleship Oregon returns from the Orient to San Francisco for repairs amid reports of structural weakness developing after heavy gun testing. Authorities indicate a cautious approach, with long-range 13 inch guns reportedly not in use for some time.
Rev William Evans warns that false teachers lurk in pulpits and seminaries, likening them to Benedict Arnold. True teaching is known by its fruits, with outcomes like doubt, denial of Christ, and disbelief in immortality. Christians must obey Christ, not merely profess, or risk judgment and banishment from God.
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