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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
1
Report from October 1 shows sharp cost of living rise as flour hits post Civil War highs and potatoes climb due to wheat shortages. Meat producers see about 24 percent year over year gains, with butter eggs beans up over 70 percent. Onions cabbage and cheese also rise, while beef cattle hogs veal sheep and lambs show substantial price increases.
Indianapolis report that Lorine Merryman nine years old who vanished four years ago from Mrs Luelle Overman’s home was brought back to Indianapolis from Grand Forks British Columbia. A nationwide hunt cost hundreds of dollars and advertisements for Katherine Winters of New Castle Indiana helped locate the Merryman child in a Canadian home.
German sailors from the Prinz Hitel Friedrich and the Kronprinz Wilhelm are building a village inside the Philadelphia navy yard. The site will house interned crews under U S Marines guard until the war ends.
A young woman offers to sacrifice one of her eyes to restore the sight of her blind soldier fiancé. Scientists say cornea grafts could transfer partial vision by attaching a corneal piece to his eye.
Ossining New York reports two convicts from Sing Sing's honor gang escaped while working outside the prison. The Mutual Welfare League, a convicts organization, offered rewards of $100 for each capture, intensifying pursuit and public attention.
A third case of infantile paralysis is confirmed in Webster Ila leading to the closure of both central schools. One reported case has proved fatal, prompting authorities to suspend classes to prevent further spread.
In Burkesville Kentucky 72 indictments for the October term of the Cumberland county circuit court have been stolen from the courthouse. The loss includes all cases listed for trial and defendants await further action as authorities investigate.
Rome dispatch reports Kaiser ally urged President Wilson to intervene and end the war. The White House reportedly refused to intervene at this time, with officials deeming no action warranted.
The St Paul firm Siems Carey contracts to build 3,000 miles of Chinese railroad with an initial 60 million dollar loan to be provided by the American International Corporation. If the option is exercised, cost could double. The plan aims to boost rail mileage by about 50 percent, with no expected conflict with the Japanese-Chinese treaty.
Mrs James F Rogan seeks a divorce alleging her ailing husband plotted to dispose of her life insurance money and even recited a list of probable mourners for her funeral suggesting financial and social motives behind her illness and death.
Englishmen have adopted gum chewing rapidly in London with monthly sales leaping from 3,000,000 to 20,000,000 bars in six months.
Walter Lilly, dressed as a woman, confronted Bethlehem's "Jack the Hugger" who accosted him in a dark street. The assailant will recover. The town notes the arrest and the unusual disguise in a local incident report.
In Bloomington a marriage license was issued to William Lafferty aged 64 of Burlington Iowa and Eva L Wilder aged 16 of Bloomington. The union follows the couple’s recent arrangements and reflects an unusual age difference for the era.
New York. A marriage license costing $1 ends a $50,000 breach of promise suit filed by Miss Anna Kuhnel against former employer Jacob Henkel. Henkel answered with a marriage proposal in lieu of continued litigation.
Galveston Texas reports naval forces of the entente powers captured two German submerchantmen named Bre men per Capt Van Schoonbeck of the Belgian steamer Elizabeth Van Belgie.
In Utica New York masked men believed to be Dairymen's League members seized 25 000 quarts of milk destined for New York and dumped it into roadside ditches along the Mohawk Valley, disrupting deliveries and drawing concern from local dairies and authorities.
Ashfield Massachusetts Royal Farragut, son of the late Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, died at his summer home from heart disease at age 73.
President Wilson, at Shadow Lawn New Jersey, expressed satisfaction with telegrams praising his speech and signaled he will maintain the same line of attack, making peace the central theme in forthcoming major addresses.
Major General Funston commander in chief of the southern department, United States Army, toured Brownsville and Camp Parker. He inspected transport, cavalry drills, and reviewed the First Illinois Cavalry as crowds watched rapid mobilization and parade drills. A reception followed at the post. Plans for a 1916 fair and state demonstrations were noted. A university home economics demonstration car with equipment and demonstrators is set to tour the state, outlining kitchen, laundry, and housekeeping topics.
Springfield reports the 1916 state fair was the best since 1910, with gate receipts higher than any year since, thanks to curtailed passes. secretary B M Davison praised overall performance, noting room for improvement and proposing an earlier fair date to boost tent camping and potential free grounds access with passes limited to workers.
The committee reported satisfactory progress toward the 1918 centennial celebration of Illinois statehood. Plans include a grand pageant tied to the state fair extended over two or three weeks, plus a statewide film campaign. John A. Bingham of Vandalia spoke, showing Fayette county’s illustrated history booklet. The commission meets next in this city October 19.
The Illinois supreme court will decide whether a state public utilities commission order directing railroads to distribute coal cars by immediate need constitutes control of interstate commerce. The case, appealed from Sangamon County Circuit Court, involved Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad challenging the commission's directive after the railroad distributed cars by order count.
Miss Mabel Wallace of Virden joined two other top students to win a two year University of Illinois domestic science scholarship at the state fair school. Germa Hibbs of Astoria and Ruth Baker of Golconda also earned scholarships. Mabel Schwartz of Blue Mound and Essie Gray of Maron received honorable mention but lacked high school diplomas to qualify for entrance.
A switch engine hauling two freight cars struck a crowded Detroit street car at Forest avenue and Dequinder street, killing 14 and wounding more than 26 as passengers panicked and jumped from doors and windows. The collision occurred at about 20 mph, with many bodies mangled and unidentifiable. Ambulances rushed from area hospitals to the scene on a night when a recent string of similar crashes had raised alarm.
Neighbors discovered Miss Alice Smeltera age 0 and Miss Agnes Smeltera age 48 dead beside chairs in their Lancaster residence. Visitor Miss Mary Stretton, age 80, also found deceased. No signs of violence or poison. investigators seek to solve the quick deaths, noting one sister wore glasses and held a newspaper.
In Pana Illinois readers learn that H. P. Hart of Roby county was elected president of the Christian County Sunday School Association for thirty years. At the fifty fifth annual convention Rosemond county workers presented him with a $1,000 automobile as a token of appreciation.
Corporal George Highbee of the United States Army shot and killed his young wife on a street in Alva Oklahoma, then turned the pistol on himself and killed himself, authorities report.
James J, Drakeford of the Springfield district Illinois has been appointed an internal revenue agent for the entire state of Texas. Drakford will oversee Texas tax collection and enforcement duties as part of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
London reports the deposition of Lidji Jeassu the twenty two year old grandson of Menslik in Abyssinia. He succeeded the throne in 1918 and his leadership ends at Addis Ababa.
Copenhagen reports both houses of the Danish parliament have approved a bill providing for a plebiscite on selling the Danish West Indies to the United States.
Senator James P. Clarke, aged 62, died at his home in Little Rock from apoplexy, leaving a vacancy in the state senate shortly after his retirement plans.
New York reporters claim Americans plotted to compel U.S. intervention in Mexico by staging the Chihuahua City raid and exaggerating its success. Villa is said to have had no role, and investigations probe Washington and Mexico City officials for potential conspiracy to undermine the joint U.S.-Mexico commission. Signals from New York and Washington allegedly triggered the raid as commissioners neared an interim border patrol agreement.
In Nowan Oklahoma a mob killed a deputy sheriff while opposing a jail delivery. Two of three Black defendants charged with causing the deputy’s death faced the mob and were accused of fomenting the incident. A minister intervened briefly to stop the violence before the mob completed the act.
In Chicago a wedding unfolds with Charles Goepfert speaking only French and Miss Lucy Bay pronouncing only German, while the service is conducted in English. The multilingual ceremony highlights language barriers amid a formal union.
Pietro Rienzi who speaks only Italian married Katie Plute who understands only Hungarian in a local ceremony. The pair’s language difference highlighted by their vows drew attention from attendees.
Cry, Pa. The smallest public school in the world near here seeks a teacher. This year only two pupils, both girls, will attend the one room desk for twelve.
Charles Fixmer was $250 ahead in a Chicago dice game when two armed men stopped him and robbed him of the winnings as he left. The incident adds to rising street crime in the city.
London reports Sir William Henry Dunn elected lord mayor of London becoming the third Roman Catholic to hold the office in recent years.
In Argenta near Little Rock, Arthur Carter, a Black chauffeur, ran down four girls, causing serious injuries. He was secretly moved from the city amid fears of conflict.
Tampa youth Palmer Bosworth, 14, died from injuries during a football game in Waycross Wisconsin. His skull was fractured in the incident.
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