Woman Finds Prize on Doorstep Baby Show Win
A woman won first prize at a baby show with a waif found on her doorstep. Yet it is not expected the public will be pleased by finding other people's children left on doorsteps, as not all are prizes.
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1904
Page
1
Japan Opens First University and Enforces School Growth
Thirty years after Japan founded its first university and opened initial schools, all children were ordered to attend from age six. Today 85 percent of Japanese children attend public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Notable Congress of Arts and Sciences in St Louis
Professor Simon Newcomb, eminent American astronomer, calls the recent Congress of Arts and Sciences in St Louis the most notable assemblage of intellectual and learned men ever gathered in world history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Newcomb
Congress of Arts and Sciences
St. Louis
Endangered Indian rhinoceros faces near extinction
The Indian rhinoceros is nearly extinct with four specimens in captivity across London and Europe. Wild populations in India and Assam are dwindling, and without preservation measures the species may disappear soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Zoological Gardens
India
Assam
November Days Urge Quick Visit to St Louis World Fair
November days pass swiftly warning residents and visitors that time grows short to enjoy the World’s Fair. Education and pleasure opportunities in St Louis appear to be decreasing for locals and outsiders alike as the event nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
English Manufacturer Praises American Goods at World Fair
Mr. W. S. Laycock of Sheffield visits the St. Louis World's Fair and declares that Americans now outpace English in price and quality. He notes a dramatic shift from selling to buying over twenty years and highlights the strong American invasion in railway supply.
Tobacco growth banned in Spain despite suitability
Spain bans tobacco culture in several provinces though they grow well in Malaga Almeria and Xeres. The restriction, once perhaps justified by links to Cuba and the Philippines, now fuels discontent as trade policies shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaga
Almeria
Xeres
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
Helen Gould Honored By World’s Fair Nursery Scene
Helen Gould brought joy to children at the World’s Fair nursery with praise for her love faith hope and charity. She is described as a true woman and saintly figure whose memory will live in humanity beyond monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gould
Helen
Swindon Boys Form New Brand of Deviltry Seen as Alarm
Swindon residents nervous as London Globe reports boys form a new organization promising honesty kindness to animals obedience to parents and avoiding cowardice crime and bird nest robbery. Adults fear they have unearthed a fresh mischief unimagined by town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swindon
England
London ‘Globe
Provincetown to Mark First Pilgrim Landing with Granite Shaft
Provincetown at the tip of Massachusetts will host the marking of the Pilgrims first landing site with a granite shaft. The Massachusetts legislature has appropriated funds for part of the project and the rest is to be raised by popular subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Thoreau
Massachusetts
Plymouth
News in Brief From War and Politics Across Europe
Reports from Moisson France note a failed long flight by the Lebaudy airship due to heavy mist. The Russian admiralty says the Baltic fleet needs 70 days to voyage Tangier to Vladivostok. Germany seeks explanation from Russia over the firing on the German fishing ship Sonntag. Clinton editor R H Thayer dies at 72. Hardin County indicts banker Ed Miller. Mack Taylor's union strike is voided after a referendum. Richard Higgins habeas corpus bond petition filed in Peoria. Admiral Dewey may be asked to join an international inquiry on the North Sea incident. Port Arthur fighting described as fierce with Gen Stoesel wounded and 3,000-4,000 men left. Hun river freezing alters Manchuria campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moisson
France
Rouen
Tangier
Vladivostok
Germany
Russia
Sonntag
R. H. Thayer
Clinton (Ia.) Age
Hardin County
Ed. Miller
O. E. Miller & Son
New Providence
Mack Taylor
Peoria
Ill
Richard Higgins
Thomasson
Lacon
United States
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Paris
Kiao Chou
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Manchuria
Japan and Russo-Japanese War Briefs Across Continents
Dispatches report Japanese troops crossing the Shahke river as Mukden defense strains deepen. A St Louis boy fatally wounds his stepfather during an altercation at home. Riots erupt in Innsbruck after a funeral. In Walford, two men attempt a bank safe blow but flee. Fall River talks between workers and manufacturers stall. Port Arthur siege may end within four days per a London Standard dispatch. Japan’s chrysanthemum display outshines others at the World’s Fair flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Shahke
Kuropatkin
Mukden
William A. Paust
St. Louis
Walter Paust
Paust
Innsbruck
Austria
Savings Bank
Walford
Fall River
Mass
London Standard Odessa
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Japan
Cripple Creek district rocked by election quarrels firing three
Three men were shot in Cripple Creek on the 8th during election quarrels. Dead is Christopher Miller former Goldfield alderman and deputy sheriff. One inj ured mortally and another seriously. Other items include Frank Bush's arrest for murder in Illinois, a boy's death from a hunting accident, and transport news from St Louis World’s Fair trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Col
Christopher Miller
Goldfield
Robertson
Independence
Victor
Frank Bush
Troy
Pekin
Ill
J. A. Meyers
Natrona
Mason County
Springfield
St. Charles County
Rush
Meyers
James" Alexander Ashley
Oxford
University Hospital
Philadelphia
Chicago and Alton
Bloomington
St Louis World's Fair
Raleigh County
Eddie Massick
John Hillard
Messick
Hillard
Ohio Avenue
East St. Louis
York Grover
Henry Wiggins
Caldwell
Tex
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Clinton
Ind
Wiliam H. Elder
St. Peter's Cathedral
Cincinnati
Freedman Society allocates 66000 for colored collegiate schools
In Manchester New Hampshire on the seventh the Freedmen's Aid and Education society appropriated 66000 for colored schools of collegiate grade Sheriff Webb of Natrona County and his party returned to Casper Wyoming on the seventh from the northwest where they pursued the bandits who robbed the First National Bank of Sody and killed cashier Middaugh not
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman’s Aid and Education Society
Manchester
N. H
Webb
Natrona County
Casper
Wyo
First “National Bank of
Sody
Middaugh
Death of Col Wyatt Veteran of Civil War and Mexican War
Col Wyatt a longtime Logan County lawyer and Civil War veteran died at the Soldiers Home in Quincy. He tendered Gov Yates in 1861 and led the first Illinois company of 260 000 volunteers after Fort Sumter. A Mexican War veteran, he served in Jefferson Davis spies and as lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Illinois before resigning due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt
Yates
Fort Sumpter
Ilinois
Quincy
Col
Jefferson Davis
Wississedpttes
le Misappt
Logan County
Miss Minnie Hess Crowned Pana Carnival Queen
Minnie Hess, 21, brunette, won the Merchants' carnival queen title at Pana by a 442 vote margin over Anna Campbell. She and her maids will lead Pana society for the year after she was drowned before a crowd of 4,000 as a diamond ring was presented. In Melville near Alton Barnard Stiritz, 12, was shot in the right leg by a playful trigger pull by a boy named Holliday. serious condition feared due to blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Hess
Pana
Anna Campbell
Miss Hess
Elizabeth Pirner
Carletta Hughes
Nellie Abreul
Ella Johnson
Melville
Alton
Barnard Stiritz
Edward Stiritz
Holliday
Milford village draws fire over state tax ruling impact
Supreme court ruling on Milford Iroquois County special improvement tax alarms state officials as fifteen cities back a rehearing effort. Fire destroyed engine room and top works at Nigger Hollow Ed Thomas mine on St Louis and O Fallon road. Western Anthracita Coal Co. plant valued at $20,000. superintendent John Taylor of Belleville named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Milford
Iroquois County
Nigger Hollow
St. Louis & O'Fallon
Western Anthracita Coal. Co
Ed Thomas
St. Clair County
John Taylor
Belleville
Mrs Landen Dies in Jacksonville Fire From Lamp Explosion
Mrs Albert Landen died in Jacksonville after burns from a coal oil lamp explosion she tried to extinguish by blowing out. Oil sprayed on her clothing caught fire. Death is believed due to inhalation of fumes. Survived by husband and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Landen
Jacksonville
Judge Overrules Will Suit for Washington Carrington School
In Peoria branch court Judge Worthington overruled the proponents of the late Washington Carrington’s will seeking a school fund of 250000. The jury knocked out the bequest and costs are under advisement. The case likely to be appealed to higher courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Peoria
Washington Carrington
Former Senator Maldin Jones Dies in Tuscola at 86
Maldin Jones, a prominent Douglas County figure, died in Tuscola at age 86. He served as Douglas County sheriff and held two terms in the State Senate, with Teal also noted for two terms in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maldin Jones
Douglas County
Tuscola
Teal- 2
Fight at Bluff Line depot left Terrell badly injured
Charles Harris struck Ted Terrell during a Bluff Line depot fight. Terrell lost his right eye from the blow. Harris admits a fist strike, but a physician states the injury came from an instrument, raising questions about the method and cause of the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff Line
Alton
Charles Harris
Ted Terrell
Harris
Terrell
Court martial ordered for Capt David M ulliken for deserting wife
The War Department orders a court martial for Capt David B Mulliken of the Twenty-seventh Infantry now at Fort Sheridan on charges of deserting his wife whom he married in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Department
David B. Mulliken
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Philippines
Death on Farm Near Springfield
J. A. Myers about 60 was found dead hanging from a limb on a local farm near Springfield. He wore new clothes and had considerable money in his pocket, suggesting possible foul play or a staged scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Myers
Springfield
Body found near Clover Leaf bridge at Ash Creek
An unknown man about 60 was found near the Clover Leaf bridge at Ash Creek near Ramsey. No marks of violence were observed on the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover Leaf Bridge
Ash Creek
Ramsey
Roosevelt Wins Historic Plurality in 1904 Election
Incomplete returns Thursday show Roosevelt's national lead surpassing 1.5 million votes, with big margins in Pennsylvania and New York. Missouri hints at a split result with Folk winning governorship. Nebraska and Minnesota show conflicting outcomes. Parker and Bryan issued post election statements stressing party service and faulted conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachsetts
Michigan Ee
Minnesota i
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Parker
Davis
Democrat Party Shifts Toward Conservatism Amid Radical Pressures
The text notes the Democratic Party attempted a conservative stance given conditions demanding radical action. A table follows showing approximate pluralities across states. The excerpt emphasizes strategic posture rather than specific results or actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Parker Issues Statement on Democratic Future
Esopus New York November 10 Judge Parker released an open letter to The Democracy of the Nation thanking campaign workers and asserting he will not seek nomination or public office. He argues tariff fed trusts drain wealth and calls for Democratic relief while hinting at practicing law in New York and forming a firm partnership. The Rosemount telegraph office was dismantled after business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Saunders
Guthrie
Okla
Lg. Uchida
New York
Department of Finance
Tokio
James B. Storm
Prescott
Ariz
Treasury
Mr. Storm
Capt
Kirkwood
Mineola
San Francisco
Orient
Manchuria
Tegil Bay
Siberia
London
United States
Alfonso
Victoria of
Connaught
Roosevelt
Lord Lansdowne
Balfour
Alton B. Porter
Esopus
E. Y
Richard Gorety
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Walter Palymore
Eglorad
Prince Sadauru Fushimi
Emperor of Japan
Arived
Minnesota
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Wisconsin
Cowherd
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Missouri
Colorado
Judge Parker
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Parker
N. Y
Democratic Party
Rosemount Lodge
Complete Restoration Planned For Forest Park After World’s Fair
A St Louis report says plans for restoring Forest Park after the World’s Fair are practically complete. Destruction and restoration begin December 1 after gates close. Exposition structures to be removed except the Palace of Fine Arts. intramural railway to be abandoned. Decisions on statues and lagoon basin deferred to executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Forest Park
Palace of Fine Arts
Kessler
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