13 Oct 1906
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1906
Page
1
A jumble of quips on Russia India and spelling reform. Jests about Bjornson's name New York corsets Hannah and a Boston spelling question. Odd items include an Indiana peddler who died at eighty with a joke about taking baths Vienna cookery school Andrew Lang Marie Corelli and American dollars. A 1905 NY insurance drop is noted and Gladys Vanderbilt Milking a cow image amuses readers.
A reader notes that wheat grows easily on prairie black mould but is harder and more laborious to sow in New England where the soil is stony, contrasting regional farming conditions and effort.
Evidence before the British army stores commissioners shows only one regiment immune to contractor fraud during the Boer War. The Seventh Hussars weighed and checked every item and quality of supplies, earning their distinctive reputation.
The California promotion committee directs its eastern bureaus in New York to visit Ellis Island and brief incoming European servant girls on California’s advantages. They will learn about wages, job types, and other essential information.
The Scientific American notes England has shed 550 square miles along the coast since the conquest and predicts a 50,000 year survival at the current rate. A parliamentary commission is set to study this along with cautions about solar lifetimes and coal depletion.
Tolstoi tells Henry Nevinson that as people grow older they see no change day by day until it is noticed that the age has become old. He argues that the current Russian movement is not a riot or revolution but the end of an age.
The German universities educated 44,942 students in the summer term, a rise of over 3,000 from the previous year. Berlin hosts 6,569, Munich 6,734, Leipsic 4,147, Bonn 3,275, Freiburg 2,350, Halle 2,128, Gottingen 1,924, Heidelberg 1,922, and Jena 1,362, with others across various institutions. Law students number 12,413, philosophy, philology or history 10,752, medicine 6,854, and mathematics of natural science 6,212. Student numbers have nearly tripled in 20 years. in 1856 entries totaled 16,812.
The New York bankers J. M. Ceballos & Co. reveal liabilities between 3 and 4 million dollars after defalcations by Havana agent Manuel Silveira of Silveira & Co. He sailed Oct 2 for New York on the Carmelia and has not reached the city. Assignee William V. Rowe of Sullivan & Cromwell reports substantial assets but tight liquidity, with accountants reviewing books. Ceballos, founded about 60 years ago, operates steamers between New York and Spanish ports and has Cuban railroad and sugar plantation interests.
In front of 60 pupils at South Wuclid school, Harry Smith 25 shot teacher Mary Shepard 22 dead. Two hours later he shot himself behind his Warrensville home. Four Cleveland policemen and eight armed farmers prepared to rush him. Disappointment in love is cited as motive.
The Daily Telegraph asserts three armored cruisers under construction the Inflexible and Indomitable on the Clyde and the Invincible at Elswick are effectively battleships with nearly as heavy broadsides as the Dreadnought though not much faster. They would be among the most remarkable ships built for any navy.
Secretary Root has definitively accepted an invitation to address the Trans Mississip pi Commercial Congress in Kansas City on November 19. He will not speak in St Louis. His topic will be The Possibilities of Establishing Direct Trade Relations Between the Mississippi Valley States and South and Central American Countries.
London cables report from Tokio that Japan is negotiating with Russia to establish an overland mail service. The plan would shorten travel from London to Tokyo to about 17 days, linking both nations by land and rail routes.
President C S Barrett of the National Farmers Union issued calls for 800 county and parish meetings to be held simultaneously across the cotton states to organize limits on holding cotton for llc.
A reflection on 19th century progress from railroads to electric light and modern comforts. Paint, starch, and everyday items symbolize how small innovations uplift daily life. Anecdotes on Robert R. Hitt illustrate the value of careful record keeping and stenography in political life. Defiance Starch is recommended for better laundering results.
In parts of France walnuts form a regular diet with peasants eating them with garlic rubbed bread. The nuts replace meat for hygiene benefits and are also pressed for oil. The oil is cheaper and similar in taste to olive oil and is used to adulterate it. Prisoners in some prisons crack walnuts to extract kernels for oil.
The summer craze for fine white goods boosts starch choices. Defiance Starch claims to be chemical free and safe for delicate fabrics. Its strength lets a smaller amount achieve a perfect finish, matching the look of new goods.
Evangelists Torrey and Alexander are engaged to conduct meetings in six cities next winter. The schedule includes Nashville Omaha Winnipeg Buffalo Pittsburg and Montreal with a series of religious gatherings planned for each location.
For flexibility smooth finish stiffness and durability Defiance Starch proved its value. Sold at ten cents for sixteen two-ounce packages in 1902, it drew praise for lasting results. The product highlighted practical household use and cost efficiency.
A narrative recounting the Hebrew people’s wanderings framed as a wilderness journey. Presents a religious meditation from a preacher using biblical Numbers as authority. From a period religious series titled Cloud and Pillar.
A sermonette urges reflection on Israel’s missed opportunity and the folly of forcing a door God has closed. It contrasts faith and unbelief, warns that opportunity fades, and calls readers to humility, repentance, and perseverance toward God’s promised land of better things.
Caleb wandered through the camp while the people wept and doubted the promised land. He and Joshua and Moses urged faith, but the tribes of Reuben Simeon and Gad pitched on the south edge near Manasseh and Benjamin as turmoil and despair spread among the tents.
Caleb and Joshua confront aster rebellion among Israelites at Kadesh. The crowd demands returning to Egypt, while Moses and Aaron plead under the cloud pillar. The ten spies are struck down by a divine act as punishment. only Caleb and Joshua secure promise of the land despite the 40 year wandering.
The Des Moines assembly okays a national Presbyterian Men Brotherhood with a November 14 to 17 Indianapolis convention. Andrew Stevenson notes stars like William Jennings Bryan Grover Cleveland and John Wanamaker will headline three popular meetings with other notable figures including Woodrow Wilson Cyrus McCormick and J J Albright among speakers.
The Central Railway of London issues a circular ordering strict abstinence on duty and prohibition of entering pubs or drinking off duty in uniform. The move sparks debate over public rights versus railway employee conduct as the traveling public asserts its own liberty.
Lieut. Col. Duff of the Salvation Army is a sister of the duke of Fife and sister-in-law of the princess royal. She edits the Young Soldier and Young People at Salvation Army headquarters and is a brilliant journalist and author of several popular Salvation Army publications.
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