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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
3
A sermonette argues sin stains humanity like leprosy and only Jesus blood offers cleansing. It cites Naaman's simple steps of submission to God's will and urges Christians to point sinners to Christ, even in hardship, noting leaders and believers must live rightly to guide others.
A fragment presents a nameless maid observing Naaman and his retinue as they prepare to leave for Israel. She expresses joy at his departure and a wish to accompany him, glimpsing a household gathered to bid farewell. The scene hints at biblical hospitality and loyalty in a distant land.
A Hebrew slave girl, taken from Israel by a Syrian raid, inspires Naaman the leper to seek healing from the God of Israel. Naaman returns victorious, and though the girl’s suffering persists, the general promises to remember her, while she is sent home with hope.
Crowds disperse after ceremonies for the returning general Naamuan. Naamuan’s wife touches the healer’s new skin, praising his return as she expresses awe at his healing. The crowd admires the scene as the king departs for the palace.
The article argues Chinese worship centers on fear and business. Idols are consulted to ensure success or avert misfortune in ventures. If a venture fails, blame falls on luck or the idol’s guidance being misaligned. Portraits of Chinese responses to such questions reveal a lack of perceived affection for idols.
A well known surgeon in a Pasteur Institute laboratory broke a glass tube containing virulent tuberculosis bacilli. A glass fragment cut his neck and he began treatment, yet the disease spread rapidly and remains uncontrolled. It is uncertain whether he will recover.
Dr Marago of Paris photographs the human voice with a magnifying glass and reads speaking records. Scientists foresee voice photographs replacing writing, abolishing stenography and making forgery impossible. Messages would be spoken into microphones and posted as zigzag strips, while books would use conventional printed zigzags to imitate vowels and consonants. Telephone talks could become binding contracts.
Senor Firmin Arrudi, native of Sallent in the Spanish Pyrenees, is seven feet eight inches tall and toured South America, earning over $3,000 in a year. He then settled back in his village, married, and lives on the interest of his earnings.
In Frankfort Germany wood blocks are favored for connecting street tracks to asphalt paving. Blocks cover the space between rails and extend beyond them for some distance, laid over the full track spacing.
The government remains the nation s largest individual buyer of electric lamps purchasing about 850000 units each year.
Miss Spurgeon of Bedford College explains the phrase six o clock in rural Suffolk. A Suffolk woman described her gardener’s wife as a six o clock person, then learned the term can mean an upright course or independent means rather than early rising.
Tommy teases the superstition of being the seventh son as Micky laughs at fate. The fortune tellers promise luck to the seventh son, but Micky retorts that he only inherits six brothers’ old clothes.
A compact study of Jesus life ending with the crucifixion and burial. It traces the trial before Annas and Caiaphas, then Pilate and Herod, the Golgotha scene, the spear wound and the burial by Joseph of Arimathea, highlighting the sacrificial meaning and scriptural fulfillment.
Mascoutah city council at a special meeting unanimously agrees to pave Mill street and Railway avenue within six months and to close saloons at 11 PM daily. A school board session appoints teachers including Principal Jacob Bachman and assistants Miss Mary Wallis and several others. no superintendent named.
In Carlyle Great floodwaters reach the Kaskaskia river bottom for the highest level since 1882. County officials feared the Santa Fe levee breach as a flood gate was raised and the dike cut in several places. About 3,000 acres of farmland flooded. farmers evacuated as hundreds of acres of wheat likely destroyed and timing may prevent corn planting.
Four members of Battery F, Fourth United States artillery, stationed at Fort Sheridan, are under arrest in Waukegan on charges of murderous assault on Policeman Benjamin Neeley. The soldiers, noisy and defiant, struck Neeley with a stone, restrained him, and beat him after his order to stop.
Constable Garrison shot and killed Carter, a Black prisoner, in Dewmaine while en route to jail after an arrest for disturbance. Carter reportedly grabbed a revolver from the officer, leading to a fight in which Garrison fired a second weapon. Garrison was escorted by two armed Black men and taken to Marion Jail.
Quincy Adams Wagner drowns when he falls from a boat heading to the city after a dancing party at the head of the bay. Witnesses George Scott and Wagner’s wife testify Wagner attacked Scott in a quarrel before his accidental fall. Scott was arrested and later released.
Waterloo Lightning struck the barn of Phillip Stemmer five miles west of here setting it on fire. The hay, farm implements, a wheat separator and clover huller burned in it. Through great efforts his stock and residence were saved.
Mrs. Fasher Whee Lock, age 70, fell down stairs at her Mc Lean residence and broke her neck. She died soon after, leaving her husband, who had recently passed, a fortune of $150,000.
Mrs. William B. Gilbert, mother of Prof. Barry Gilbert of the University of Illinois College of Law and Attorney William C. Gilbert of Chicago, died here while visiting. The body was taken to Alton for burial.
Rivermen report a violent storm in the Illinois river vicinity lasting hours. Twenty five power boats were sunk with an estimated loss of 400000 dollars.
Mrs Gertie Pierson and Eleazer O Neal denied the murder charge in Urbana circuit court alleging they gave Mrs Pierson s husband poison. Indictments upheld by Judge Phillick with trials set for June 16.
Cairo district reports a fatal accident after a child, two year old Alice Waldschmidt, was struck by an electric vehicle. The incident highlights local traffic safety concerns and ongoing road hazard inquiries.
George W. Barnes an employee of the Gall Borden Condensing Milk Company was killed in an elevator accident in Dixon. He suffered fatal injuries as the elevator collapsed or dropped, officials reported no immediate witnesses. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
A Denver woman describes a near invalid state prior to using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After an operation and worsening condition she regained perfect health and urges others with backache bearing down and period pains to try the remedy.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley discusses wine adulteration and price lists in a humorous anecdote. A wine salesman shows pages of a price list while his father critiques why red wines seem clearer than whites, hinting at dye additives like crimson lake. The tale reflects concerns about coloring agents in beverages and the reliability of labeling.
Advertising copy touts easy to make chocolate pies with three varieties Lemon Chocolate and Custard sold at grocers for 10 cents per package. Prepared by D Zerta Co Rochester NY encourages readers to tell friends how simple it is to bake the pies.
In a humorous exchange two society figures discuss Mrs Sharp wife of a Western oil millionaire and Mrs Gossip noting her humble laundress beginnings before oil success. The dialogue hints at social ascent and media commentary in a turn of the century setting.
Garfield Digestive Tablets offered through druggists or Garfield Tea Co of Brooklyn New York at 25 cents per bottle with samples available on request.
A fragmentary ad scene shows a question about life with a husband and a response about life insurance, followed by medical salve promotion for eye care and a stale joke from Atchison Globe, plus a tobacco advertisement for Lewis' Single Hinder cigar from Peoria.
An advertisement for Winslow’s Soothing Teething Drops for children claims it softens gums reduces irritation and cures wind colic. The blurb notes a 25 cent bottle and references a well informed physician being frequently ill informed.
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