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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
6
In a vivid vignette from Treves, a Burmese market scene unfolds with a woman trader bargaining over silk. Her poised display, gleaming jewels, and playful bargaining reveal a cultural tableau of indolent men and shrewd commerce. The piece treats the scene with light humor while highlighting gendered commerce in a Burmese setting.
D L Elmendorf describes a Scribner's account of Arab home life drawn from a visit. The scene shows a courted room, a wife at work preparing meals, and a family table with couscous, coffee, and cigarettes. The piece notes gender roles, highlighting the wife as bearer and worker, and remarks on the customs toward daughters versus sons.
Kirkton between Windsor and Sullivan is now fully established named for founder John Kirk. The Wabash has built a station with all trains stopping there. E B Widler & Co of Sullivan are constructing a large elevator at Kirkton.
Dr William Rainey Harper completed four volumes in six months while in constant distress and near death, a feat among American writers. The piece notes his finish, compares to great men, and cites works in progress. Also reported are Dougherty case denial on habeas corpus and venue, Peoria school board hiring Chicago auditors for 20 years of books, and St Clair county review showing county property assessments up by $1,208,255, $145,000 more than township increases in 1904.
New interurban group in St Louis capitalizes to build an electric railway from Carbondale through Murphysboro Ava Sparta Waterloo to Hast St Louis and links to Herman Carbondale. Peoria plans a monster revival at Coliseum involving Dr Torey Dr Chapman and others following Newton C Dougherty disclosures. Chicago postal receipts for first ten days in October total 443 and 22.90 dollars, up 85 914 22 from last year, a 23.87 percent rise.
Springfield city council votes 9 to 5 to enact Timms ordinance barring property owners from removing a saloon once it is established outside the saloon district. Church congregations oppose the ordinance amid ongoing fight.
Lloyd Slitt aged 12 and John Deninger aged 11 were arrested in Shelbyville by Sheriff Courtright and Detective Strank Smith for stealing $54 worth of neckties from the Mele freight depot.
The Illinois Y M C A convention ended in Bloomington with an enormous gathering in the Coliseum where L Colton of New York spoke on A World Without a Foreign Land. Samuel G Priddle of Chicago won a $2000 slander judgment against Alexander Dowie in a lower court appeal affirmed by the supreme court. Charles Kneefer traveled to Quincy to see his wife sue for divorce and hammer-suited her. Albert Arendt remarrying his divorced wife on his deathbed in Bloomington. Benjamin P Allen struck a deal for the Matlock Tabor 200 acre farm near Oconee paying $13004.
A youth named Joseph, 17 or 18, endures scorn from his brothers after sharing two vivid dreams predicting his rise and their bowing to him. He proudly shows a coat of many colors his father made, while brothers resentful and hostile plan punishment as Joseph remains steadfast and faithful to God’s overarching plans.
Jacob listens as Joseph’s brothers accuse him of vain dreams and plotting to exalt himself. Judah urges punishment while Jacob defends the boy, wondering if the dreams portend a divine call or mere fancy. The scene ends with uncertainty about Joseph’s fate.
New York City reports the death rate from January to June 1995 at 19.28 per 1,000, down from 25.24 last year, with births and marriages rising. Census estimates suggest a crude rate near 18 and a corrected rate over 17, the lowest since 1798.
Immigration figures show 90 772 immigrants landed at Hillis Island in September, surpassing 82 708 in September 1904. Commissioner Watchorn calls the month the heaviest in the history of the immigration bureau.
A Philadelphia preacher leaves his church to travel and manage his wife who is a singer. If he kept a choir in peace, his new road career should be easier to handle.
A New Yorker who showcased how easy it is to rob a bank now laments failing to detail how difficult it is to elude police. The piece shifts from theft ease to pursuit realism, highlighting gaps between crime demonstration and law enforcement response.
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