02 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
1
The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture decries dogs as enemies to sheep, insisting sheep roam freely while dogs are restricted. The Washington Herald notes the dog’s loyalty and value beyond profit, arguing the canine is a friend of man despite some bad breeds, and questions a blanket policy against all dogs.
International jealousy and suspicion shape a South American quarrel. Peru denounces Chile for offering arms to Bolivia amid long running disputes with Chile and a boundary clash with Peru. The piece notes Argentina’s influence on the boundary decision and urges these republics to find common ground for the general good.
The piece argues for forming an aerial squad within the National Guard signal corps to advance military science. It warns against balloon novelty and urges practical aero nautical work with dirigibles and airplanes, valuing training if equipment funds are available and the goal remains practical military aviation.
A columnist notes many water accidents and argues that learning to swim should be part of public education. With outdoor life booming, individuals must protect themselves in the water, and those who misjudge the sea have not all met their end.
The New York Tribune notes the boards of education establish a public trade school as part of the free city and state public school system. It will mark a new era in education with instruction in various artisanship branches though not new elsewhere.
Gurtigs in flight as Wilbur Wright conducts an aeroplane test in New York city. The event marks progress in heavier than air flight with Wright observing and guiding aviation testing nearby.
Curtiss and Wright launched early flights as part of the Hudson Fulton celebration on Governors Island. Curtiss stayed aloft about twelve minutes with a 15 foot peak, while Wright flew ten minutes reaching 100 feet. Crowds gathered despite light attendance and rain, and both pilots praised equipment as trials began. Curtiss noted ideal weather and planned more flights. Wright prepared for official tests.
Kansas City MO sources report the convention of postmasters adopting a resolution backing a parcels post system linking local post offices with rural free delivery routes. Joseph Stewart, second assistant postmaster general, spoke on economy under Postmaster General Hitchcock's management this year.
A mild cold reportedly kept Mrs John D Rockefeller confined at Forest Hill but is now described as a more serious illness. Mrs Harold F McCormick traveled from Chicago to her mother’s bedside after being summoned by telephone Sunday.
The Republique, a half rigid dirigible of 8000 cubic meters displacement and about two thirds the size of the Zeppelin III, exploded during a test over a field in Moulins. Four occupants were killed instantly as flames from petrol likely reached the gas. The craft, completed a year ago, was 100 meters long with a 11 meter maximum diameter and 120 horsepower engine.
Official dispatches from southern ports say a rumor claims the revenue cutter Sora was captured by Moro pirates and the crew murdered. The Sora, commanded by Capt. H. E. McGorty with a 14 Filipino crew, left Balabao near Palawan with J. L. Perrine en route to Sandakan to buy supplies. No confirmation has been received.
Salt Lake City Utah Milton Musser assistant historian of the Mormon church and early Utah pioneer died in a hospital after surgery for intestinal trouble He helped found Utahs Zion Co Operative Mercantile Institute He had four wives and fathered 35 children He was 79 years old
Motorman William Kizer of Des Moines was killed and many injured when an Interurban car struck a street car near the Highland Park bridge in Des Moines Iowa.
Henry Baird Favill, president of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute and former Municipal Voters' league head, criticizes modern athletics in colleges and public schools in a pointed statement.
Des Moines bank in Runnels dynamited early Sunday. bandits fled empty handed as citizens frightened them away. They then dynamited Adel post office, taking ten dollars in stamps and other postmaster belongings. Building damaged. Pursued by officers. trio fled to Cordova, then onto a Wabash train toward Percy. posse surrounding all escape routes.
In Jackson Kentucky a fight between brothers led to Julius Caesar Hurst, a Republican candidate for Breathitt County judge, being fatally shot by his brother who says he acted in defense of his own life as the brother allegedly reached for a shotgun.
Six persons injured, one fatally, in a Milford Neb auto accident when a driver, Herman Traberg, swerved to avoid a dog. The vehicle overturned pinning Miss Alice Johns and Miss Nickerson. Johns is described as so badly hurt she cannot recover.
Italy plans to better represent its nation at the Hudson Fulton's celebration by dispatching a squadron of its finest ships to New York for the unveiling of the Verrazano monument. The Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazano is honored as the designer Ettore Zimenes by the nearly completed statue.
Rumors that the revenue cutter Sora had been captured by Moro pirates were unfounded. The cutter arrived safely at Sandakan, North Borneo, with J L Perrine, collector of the port of Balabac aboard to purchase supplies. No encounter with pirates was reported.
Bar Harbor Maine Commander Peary on way from Portland to Bar Harbor details key proof denying Frederick Cook reaching the North Pole. He cites a cairn record at Cape Thomas Hubbard from 1906 and criticizes Cook equipment, sledges, and distances, asserting Cook failed to search for the cairn and overstates his journey.
Chicago reports indictments of George Mench and Everett Brown over alleged abuse cases tied to young women. Pearl Ziem’s body is identified in a lake death case. Max Kraus commits suicide amid troubled health. Eli and James Doud face funds-insurance charges. A boy survives a fall from a Hyde Park home. Building trades strike spreads in Chicago. A hotel suicide note and bootlegging pleadings also appear with regional election news in Kewanee.
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