28 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
1
A jumble of observations from the Brooklyn Eagle covers topics from European immigrants craving liberty to a witty critique of naval power and the oyster navy. It suggests playful notions like educated rats guiding others and questions whether a whale can scream, all in a light editorial voice.
Mr. E. R. Thomas of New York says he cannot live comfortably in that city for less than $50,000 a year. Yet some people labor under the delusion they are very comfortable living on one tenth of that amount.
A comment notes one student’s 27 years at Columbia University as an example of constancy. It argues undergraduates at America’s largest university should aspire to improve beyond a joke in athletics.
A Virginia man files for divorce on the ground that his wife is not a good cook. The case hinges on a pragmatic, if unromantic, view of domestic life as a recipe for happiness, echoing the old line that the wife who said feed the brute had a pretty good formula.
A minister in the Smoky City leads a crusade against the wedding style of Pittsburg’s sudden rich amid panics and press mockery. The tone suggests satire and social tension around wealth and marriage trends.
Pupils at a western military academy expel a classmate for being a mollycoddle and the faculty allows the scholars to self govern. The incident suggests more than one mollycoddle exists among the students.
An Indiana woman used a drastic method to handle her intoxicated husband seizing him in a blanket and horsewhipping him. The piece notes that while some may wish for reform, such painful methods are hard to defend.
A New York boy with the “What?” habit was sent home by his employer with a note to his father asking for cure. The note ends with the line that they like him and should be sent back. The boy fares better than others with the pernicious habit who go out to work.
The Newark New Jersey common council attacks billboard nuisance by forbidding crime representations and near indecency images. Some posters may be defended as art but theatrical advertising often fails to meet standards, judged by authorities and public morals.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to pass a child labor ban for the District of Columbia, re enact employers liability, provide compensation for government employees, reform injunctive labor law, and amend the anti trust and interstate commerce laws to permit lawful combinations. He calls for postal banks, a permanent waterways commission, wood pulp tariff adjustments, and a broad tariff revision with protections for forests and power rights.
Twenty people were injured and three killed in a head on collision between the Blue Grass Special passenger train and a freight near Curdville crossing between Burgin and Highbridge. The night Burgin telegraph operator had been laid off and the day operator did not report, causing no stop orders to be issued. The Blue Grass Special, en route to Lexington and Cincinnati, and the freight both failed to slow. Engines and coaches were wrecked, rolling down a embankment. physicians from Danville and Burgin rushed to treat the injured and a special train carried victims to Lexington.
A fog shrouded head on collision between an Illinois Central work train and a freight south of Memphis injures five seriously and leaves one man dead while another dies and several bruised passengers avoid hospital care.
In Golden Pond village Trigg county shortly after midnight a mob of 25 night riders raided the servants quarters of the village hotel and forced Tom Weaver an elderly Black man to run to the town outskirts where he was struck when he did not comply. He was found dying at daylight. Weaver worked for an association tobacco house and no motive is known.
In Joliet Illinois a fourth arson attempt targeted anti saloon interests. Firebugs set fire to the Illinois Match Company plant causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Suspects were arrested and held pending investigation.
A yellow fever case was found on the steamer Aconcagua after arriving at Canal Zone port February 29 from Guayaquil Ecuador. There was no difficulty in handling the case or preventing spread. The last Canal Zone originated case occurred in May 1906.
Dispatch from Billings Montana reports Sheriff Webb of Yellowstone County killed Tuesday morning during a desperate clash with horse thieves. Details remain scarce.
The government will accept China’s invitation for the battleship fleet to visit one or more Chinese ports. Officials expect official ceremonies and naval exchanges during the mission. The plan signals strengthened military diplomacy and ongoing U S China naval relations.
Washington reports the German government refused to receive Dr. David Jayne Hill as American Ambassador to Berlin, citing personal objection by Emperor William tied to the Prince Henry visit years earlier. Hill, former First Assistant Secretary of State and ex-minister to Switzerland and The Hague, was nearing completion of his diplomatic-era research.
A historical note explains White Lead manufacturing from corroded lead, its mixing with linseed oil, and the existence of adulterated products. It details a blow-pipe test to prove purity, and offers the National Lead Company blow-pipe and booklet free upon request.
President to appoint Francis B. Loomis as Commissioner General of the United States to the Tokio Exposition of 1912. The post carries $6000 a year and will be created once Congress approves $500,000 for U S participation. Loomis resigned after the Bowen controversy, with Herbert W. Bowen.
At midnight Tuesday seven inmates escaped from the Hot Springs County Jail after a fire believed incendiary. Three prisoners were held by the jailer with a pistol as smoke filled the building. Court sessions were to resume this week with hearings for the inmates slated.
Harrison Houk aged 88 of Glasgow Kentucky died at home on Tuesday from old age. Ten years earlier a loaded wagon passed over his neck causing a broken neck that left him impaired yet able to move about and perform light tasks. He was widely known as the man with the broken neck.
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday overruled Waters-Pierce Company motion for a rehearing of the oyster suit. This marks the final possible step for the company in state courts.
Caleb Powers is held in Georgetown jail under threat of typhoid fever. On Tuesday his brother-in-law Lafe Green was admitted to visit him, raising concerns about his safety. The incident reflects mounting danger surrounding Powers in custody.
A tense exchange to name the day tests a seven year courtship between She Algernon and her suitor. The dialogue hints at a warning to seize the moment or risk losing control.
A neighbor warns John Hunter, a Black man, that Susanna will appeal to the Freedman Bureau if he continues beating her. Hunter replies he will discipline his wife as long as she misbehaves, insisting no bureau, sideboard, or other authority can restrain him.
A promotional excerpt touts Billion Dollar Grass and related seeds as revolutionary farm products. It highlights a farmer on 100 acres selling seed worth 3800 dollars and producing 310 tons of hay, promising high yields and urging readers to mail 10 cents plus the notice to John A. Salzer Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin to receive an original seed catalog and samples.
A club man invited his Connecticut cousin to Lucia at the Metropolitan Opera last winter. During the first intermission the cousin asked if the opera was all in Latin, prompting a wry remark about the language of the work.
A compact reflection on gathering wisdom from all sources to solve tough problems. It urges learning from the past as a guide for future challenges and personal growth.
An old advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease cures hot burning sweaty calloused and swollen feet during walking. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Trial or price point mentioned with a partial address likely referencing Allen Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
A vintage ad urges readers to seek employment driven by social good. It touts Lewis' Factory in Peoria and promotes Lewis' Single Binder as the cigars richest and most satisfying on the market.
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