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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1912
Page
4
A stream of court actions includes assumpsit judgments for plaintiffs in several cases with damages and costs, appeals to appellate court, and guilty pleas with sentences. Civil matters cover foreclosures, partitions, orders approving reports, and divorces with various administratively noted dispositions across multiple parties and counties.
The notice promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood and mucous surfaces to cure catarrh, claiming a $100 reward for proof it fails. It also reports on legal changes in federal equity procedure effective Feb 1 1913 aimed at reducing litigation costs and injunction delays.
Springfield reports the adjutant general confirms Charles D Center as lieutenant colonel of the 6th Infantry and names David C Guest and Harvey John Richardson as lieutenants in the Hilingis naval reserves. Elections are set for captain and lieutenants of Troop D 1st Cavalry on November 12 and for lieutenant junior grade of the naval reserve on November 19. Discharges include Peter J Loranger Jr Ray Cranston Donald H B Keyes J J O Bri en E B Allen J J Mulveil L Brawn of the naval reserve and 1st Lieut Carl B Sauerberg Jat Infantry placed on retirement.
Harrisburg reports that John Woodruff confessed to shooting George H. Mugge a wealthy farmer killed after he ordered three men off his farm. Woodruff, Virgil Chafin, and Scott Irvin were arrested in Eldorado and held in Harrisburg jail with extra guards to prevent lynching.
A contract was let to Andrew W Woodson of Chicago to erect an electric power plant at Kincaid Sangamon county Illinois for Central Illinois Public Service and Peabody interests. The 110 by 200 foot building will cost 116000, be ready in spring, and topped by a 25 foot smokestack. The plant will supply power to Central Illinois towns and expand franchise reach.
The body of Mrs. Eilers Culliner, 72, was found in her burnt Warsaw road home, 27 miles north of Quincy. Rumor holds she hid money and the fire was to cover the crime. The report notes the house burned to conceal theft amid suspicions of homicide for wealth. The piece also mentions railway commission orders for better East St. Louis depot facilities by 1913 and a six year old girl burned to death near Loame, Illinois. It notes a long estrangement ended between W R Baldwin and his wife before his death, with possible probate implications of a $40,000 bequest.
Reports from Mochistlan and Quechultenango near Fixtla Mexico describe flood devastation with a quarter of the population reportedly perishing. Notable deaths include Samuel A. Seitz in Cresco Pennsylvania, and a Kensington England fire that killed thirteen salesgirls. The text also notes unrest in Vera Cruz, a Bulgarian victory in Thrace, and various political and social incidents, including labor clashes in Little Falls and a Titanic birth aboard a honeymoon voyage.
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