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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1905
Page
6
The forest service investigates cheaper wood species as possible substitutes for costly pavements. It compares cities with wood pavements, tests mechanical properties in the lab, and plans lab and field assessments to guide public use and identify manufacturers of wood paving in the United States.
The system uses air from train brakes to operate a platform crane that triggers a mail catching arm. Sacks are released into a receiving box beside the track, where air cushions the pouches to prevent damage. It works at speeds from 8 to 72 miles per hour.
Moses as a sanitarian is praised for pioneering sanitary science. The piece notes his camp for detaining lepers as a model adaptable to modern principles to check and reduce consumption. Scientific American.
St Louis dispatch details a major storm and a tornado at Sorrento Illinois causing eight deaths, dozens injured, and widespread destruction. Floods damaged Cheltenham works causing substantial losses. Train washouts near Alton and Edwardsville disrupted rail service. Rescue crews worked overnight as residents opened homes to shelter the injured and displaced.
T Lee Clark, longtime cashier of Enterprise National Bank in Beaver Avenue Allegheny Pittsburgh, killed himself after an overnight sleepless spell amid insolvency findings. Federal action closed the bank and named John B. Cunningham receiver. Bank president Fred Gwinner blamed large loans to politicians and stated the bank is solvent despite a large state deposits exposure.
Mail from Tiong Kong reports Miss Alice Roosevelt’s Hong Kong visit was marred by a cartoon deemed insulting to Orientals. Hong Kong authorities banished two editors for five years, sending them to Canton under Kinshan guard, as Manila papers praise Britain’s swift punishment.
Denver October 19 Friends of ten bankers indicted by a grand jury investigating the closed Denver Savings Bank are astounded. Denver is shocked as the men face conspiracy charges to steal 1 712 587 13 dollars from depositors. Capiases have been issued and telegrams sent to cities where no one is presumed to be.
Washington reports a mutual understanding between France and the United States allowing a French fleet to proceed to Venezuela to safeguard the interests of French nationals after the seizure of French property by the Cable Company. The agreement imposes no territorial occupation in violation of the Monroe Doctrine, with French action conditioned by US consent.
Federal Judge J Otis Humphrey split on the demurrer of meat packers charged with illegal conspiracy. He overruled the challenge to the odd numbered counts claiming restraint of trade while the even numbered counts alleging monopoly were retained. Also a fire in Alma Colorado destroyed 200 buildings with damages around 500000.
Cornell bulletin No. 103 shows that 20 crops of apples at 15 bushels per tree and 35 trees per acre remove far more soil nutrients than 20 years of wheat. Nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash losses are compared, noting apples deplete soil fertility faster. The author urges understanding orchard impact and likens wood burning to potash removal.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent reports successful grafting of English walnut onto black walnut using tongue grafting on a one year seedling. Mrs J Kay advises a small Y graft, girdle with a bud, insert English walnut bark, then tie until sap unions form, with the bud remaining dormant until spring.
Practical dairy guidance covers butter quality from hot cream, keeping milk fresh, avoiding sourness, separating fresh warm milk, calf care, dehorning nervous cows, handling heifers, and manure value. It warns on horned animals and sanitation, with insect and pest protection for milk storage.
Zechariah 4 1 10 lesson notes the visions in January February 514 BC recounting the temple project under Zerubbabel and Joshua in Jerusalem. The angel explains the candlestick olive trees and the Holy Spirit supply while stressing small beginnings and God’s providence overcoming mountains of opposition.
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