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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
1
A Chicago doctor kills a burglar, not a patient. Bookmaking falters on track and luxe bets. Wilbur Wright earns prizes, Orville recovers, Russia gains on cholera. Explorer Peary may bring Aurora Borealis to life on film. King Edward faces postage shifts, and Mme Briand with Mme Menard sail as ship physicians. A French promoter orders 50 Wright airships for atmospheric impact.
Statistics claim there are 15 200 srenographers in New York and warn of a state of affairs if they all began betraying office correspondence, implying widespread disruption to official communications.
A barber aboard a British steamer was arrested in Philadelphia on smuggling charges. Officials allege he sought to shave expenses, possibly by illicitly evading duties.
Airship improvements advance rapidly, offering Walter Wellman renewed encouragement for his goal of reaching the north pole by air. New York plans a school to train office boys in their duties, but the curriculum will omit any whistling of ragtime melodies, deemed unnecessary.
The Tageblatt notes women have gained an important, yet incomplete, place at the University of Berlin. Last summer 440 women entered the largest high school, 753 attended the winter session, and degrees were conferred, including 10 in medicine and 2 in philosophy.
Last year a young Mr. Astor received an automobile from his indulgent father for improving his grades. Now observers wonder what form the merit award will take next. Another automobile, or perhaps a runabout aeroplane to keep him inspired, though the parade of gifts risks exhausting desirable options.
Professor William Galloway proposes a precautionary method for coal mines. He suggests that scattering salts containing abundant water or adding large proportions of clay slate limestone chalk and other substances can render coal dust as harmless as damp dust, reducing explosion risk.
The piece compares Ollie M. James a Democratic lawyer and Addison James a Republican doctor. Ollie is described as large in frame with a big voice, embodying the lawyer's temperament, while Addison is quiet and unassuming, fitting the modest physician image.
A quirky Madrid publication dared to illuminate in the dark with phosphorously ink and another edible paper named the Regal made of dough. Le Bien Etre offered a 40 year subscription pension and free burial, a bold promise to nourish mind and body.
Middle West burglary at South Bend Indiana where Chicago gang cracksmen tunneled into the post office vault after midnight. They entered via the Household Outfitting Co and used a windlass to widen a brick passage, netting stamps valued at 18563.50. The escape was timed and planned, with Postmaster Crabil and expert Burr called in, and Chief Wilkie of the secret service expected to take charge.
Washington reports that President-elect Taft will convene the Sixty-first Congress in a special session soon after March 4 to revise the tariff. The move follows a White House weekend with President Roosevelt, including a private conference not disclosed to the public, amid talk of possible administrative plans.
Paris reports claimed a separation between Prince Boni de Castellane and Princess Helie de Sagan formerly Anna Gould. They denied the rumors emphatically at their Avenue DuBois de Boulogne home, saying they are happy and asking to be let alone while accusing Castellane of spreading the gossip.
In Pratt City No 3 mine eight convict miners died when they were burned to death in a planned escape attempt. Fifty conspirators set lumber ablaze in the main passage causing confusion. 41 escaped to the entrance and were captured. One man remained unaccounted for, suspected to have either escaped or perished.
London dispatch reports Archbishop John J. Glennon of St. Louis as the latest cardinal candidate after a Rome telegram. It notes rising opposition to Archbishop Bourne of London, boosting Glennon’s chances. Bourne attends the pope’s priestly jubilee in Rome and is said to be favored by Cardinal Merry del Val.
In Laporte Indiana prosecutors read three letters from Belle Gunness to A K Helgelein in March and April this year. The notes describe how she allayed relatives suspicions and urged him to visit with funds. They reference a "crazy Lamp here" and detail her control tactics amid the Helgelein disappearance and a $2900 bank withdrawal.
Rev. James B. Curry of New York condemned city social settlements as breeding places of socialism and anarchy during a Catholic Missionary Congress address. He spoke from Cherry Hill district, accusing rich supporters of visiting the poor as pharisees and using concern for the suffering to excuse their own faults.
War on a Social Club ends with manager and co owner Farr jailed six months in the work house and fined 200 dollars for selling whisky. Hotel Imperial faced a raid weeks earlier with several men arrested for conducting the club. Louis Everard, steward of the club, received the same sentence.
Mr and Mrs William J Bryan passed through Austin Texas on Tuesday en route to Monterey Mexico They planned a day in San Antonio before reaching Monterey Thursday morning A bath course at Topo Chico Hot Springs followed by a hunting trip in the nearby mountains is on their itinerary
Edward Corrigan veteran trainer and race track owner reached a sale arrangement with Fasig Tipton in Lexington to conduct an absolute dispersal sale of his horses on Wednesday November 25. The event marks the end of his highly conspicuous career in American racing.
A Tuesday explosion in Tennessee company's No 3 coal mine in Birmingham buries scores of workers with six bodies recovered. Rescue crews work around the shaft as fearful scenes unfold and hope for survivors wanes.
The steamer Chile of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company from Panama for Callao and Valparaiso ran aground on a sand bank Tuesday at the mouth of the Guayas River in Guayaquil Ecuador. She carries general cargo and the saneri can and European mails. Tug boats have gone to assist.
A private cablegram from Theodore P. Shonts reports his daughter the Duchess de Chaulnes gave birth to a boy in Paris on Monday. Shonts and his wife went abroad six weeks ago. The Duke de Chaulnes died in Paris last spring.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train on the West Virginia and Pittsburg division ran over a forty foot embankment between Cowan and Camden On Gauley. Tuesday five trainmen and twenty passengers were injured with one believed dying and several others seriously hurt.
At 9 o'clock officials in San Francisco said Francis J. Heney passed a very comfortable night. The attending physician reported no unfavorable symptoms and that Mr. Heney was better.
A Rome dispatch confirms the Duke d Abruzzi canceled his engagement to Katharine Elkins. The cabled break releases her from the promise to wed him.
President Roosevelt gathered labor leaders, government officials, and Outlook staff for a rapid fire question session at the White House on a Tuesday night. Absent were top AFL leaders Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison, but the event focused on what labor wants Congress to do, including talks of a labor rights bill and a publicity board to oversee labor disputes.
Mexico Mo a stir rose as Capt Oberlin M Carter formerly of the US engineering department and convict in harbor contract cases is revealed as the taciturn overseer of the Mexico Brick and Fire Clay plant. An eastern syndicate installed him. output has doubled and he keeps a tight business focus. He refuses to discuss the government case pending before the US appellate court in Chicago.
Washington DC women press their case to President Roosevelt urging suffrage for District of Columbia men as part of his forthcoming congressional message. The District of Columbia Woman's Suffrage Association asserts the president will likely recommend male residents gain the vote.
A Wednesday morning fire in Memphis Tennessee of incendiary origin destroyed 3,000,000 feet of yellow pine lumber 300 feet of cottonwood and partially wrecked the Wabash Green Door Co plant. Damage nears $100 000 and a discharged black worker is suspected of being responsible.
Harry Og. Reardon alias Arthur Spencer convicted in federal court here Tuesday for extorting money from local Chinese by posing as a government interpreter or inspector in New York City. Reardon speaks Chinese fluently and has lectured about China for churches.
A party of Minnesota editors toured Western Canada and report vast railway expansion and land development since their 1900 visit. They note towns springing up, acres shifted to grain fields, and Canada poised to become the world breadbasket. The 1908 crop outlook is strong withMilestone yields around 30 bushels per acre, 600000 bushels grain shipped, and new land regulations offering 160 acres at $3 per acre plus 160 more homestead acres. Government agents offer free land and transport information.
An English paper asked readers to solve a classic riddle. What does a man love more than life hate more than death or strife contented men desire the poor have and the rich require a miser spends the spendthrift saves and all men carry to their graves. The correct answer given was Nothing.
The article claims Defiance Starch provides stronger, more efficient laundry results so fabrics retain beauty and wear quality with thinner application. It argues standard starches require heavy coating that dulls appearance and shortens life, while Defiance offers superior stiffness with less product.
The ancient Greek free citizen kept his head bare as a symbol of dignity while travelers wore a broad-brimmed petasus for sun protection. Slaves and laborers, by contrast, wore a pointed skull cap, marking their subordinate status.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies, not local applications. It states nine cases in ten stem from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for free circulars.
A Toledo Blade brief quotes Mrs. Jones asking about insurance as Comforting Jones reflects on death. Jones confirms insurance paid up and Mrs. Jones mentions a forthcoming mournful gown described as the loveliest seen on the street.
The passage extols smooth iron and Defiance Starch for at home shirt laundering with proper stiffness and finish, claiming less wear and tear and no sticking to the iron. It also notes a humorous line about young men preferring love over loss of power.
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