23 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1907
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call issued every Saturday in bold black and white format. Jarvis serves as editor and publisher guiding the publication.
A jumble of humorous observations and offbeat items notes a vast farmers union, a mock triumph in science, mild cultural jests, and local mishaps. Headlines reference Pilgrim's Progress, Paradise Lost, Lillian Russell, and Sir Isaac Newton as well as wireless hopes and a Maine washing accident, all in a satirical tone.
A humorous note claims four fifths of humanity are sane while noting a quirky slice of the population. Fourteen goats briefly occupied a Long Island church as an impromptu congregation before being ousted. Yale weighs rival claims for its oldest living graduate, debating whether birth or graduation date should govern the distinction, with Harvard favoring the older from birth rule.
A balloon sailed from England to Sweden across the North Sea, covering 603 miles, the longest over water. Yet safer aerial navigation is needed before such trips gain popularity as balloon fatalities and numerous aeronaut deaths at sea remain in memory.
A Pittsburg department store dismissed several female employees for wearing large pompadours. The incident highlights a conflict between business dictates and feminine prerogatives to define beauty as per current fashion, suggesting that business life may not be the proper sphere for women.
Miss Pauline Law, 35, returned home late and was spanked by her father, a 61 year old Pipa. Pauline had him arrested but the magistrate discharged him, saying the father has a right to chastise a child even at 35. The report ends noting there is still hope for Pittsburg.
The young idea in New York remains in suspense over restoring the rod in schools as a disciplinary measure. Authorities, parents, and clubs engage in open debate with pro and con views freely offered, though no final action has yet been taken.
In a tense scene, Squire Glenarm and Miss Armstrong discuss propriety and flirtation during a forbidden encounter. She warns of deportation, jokes about slang, and hints at spying sisters as they part, while he hides their secret passage exit and reflects on restraint and memory.
In a misty night sequence at St Agatha's, narrator overhears Bates and the caretaker plotting with Arthur Pickering to hide a staged shooting involving Morgan. The narrator recalls family tension, the executor Pickering, and Morgan’s alleged injury as tension grows around the Glenarm estate.
J. Bar Boone, a veteran powder man, states the dangers of thawing frozen dynamite near a fire at Courtney quarry Missouri. With 50 pounds thawing and 500 pounds exploded the night before, Boone explains heat alone does not detonate, but friction and shocks do when warm. He began in childhood with his father and has 20 plus years in the trade, ready for whatever tomorrow brings.
Massachusetts banking chief Pierce Jay at the American Bankers Association gathering urged better accounting and especially sharper intelligence to curb embezzlement. He cited Captain Hiram Cack of Gloucester as an example and warned that only keen, quick intelligence will safeguard cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers, and note clerks. The piece also recalls village disputes over church music and telegraph operator notes on the value of rest for clearer wires.
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