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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call lists items from editor B. W. Jarvis and a mix of curiosities. It notes Burmah plans a Pasteur institute, jokes about vaccines and fame, and quotes on autos, Britain trade, New York theaters, and a 70 mile per hour car. It mentions Marrowfat and Pettibone nuptials, and various witty observations.
The Cape Colony farmers in Molteno have devised a novel method to combat locusts by importing eagle bites to sear the insects from the crops. The report notes a broader satirical observation that English households and late-night clubgoers may suffer higher insanity rates.
Turks grew angry first from many imprisonments and now from widespread releases by the sultan. The public complaint suggests pleasing a Turk is a difficult task amid shifting loyalties and governance.
Miss Lotta S Rand of Lynn Massachusetts is appointed deputy superintendent for the blind in Boston. She previously served as secretary of the Lynn Associated Charities for more than eleven years.
The Dutch plan careful consideration before engaging with Venezuela amid a tense hot season. Officials weigh potential diplomatic or logistical steps, aiming for a measured approach.
St Petersburg reports an ongoing suicide epidemic over three months with an average of 85 deaths per month. The most recent peak recorded 18 individuals taking their own lives in a single day.
A Chicago woman who saved her own pin money has purchased a home without any help from her husband. The move sparks curiosity among other women who wonder if she trimmed her own hats to fund the purchase.
A plan to establish an airship service between New York and Boston is in the works, likely by the same promoters who previously advertised a New York to Chicago route claiming a ten hour travel time.
The text notes high peanut consumption in the country outpacing native supply and records imports valued at about $3,000 from Marseilles in 1906 and over $73,000 in 1907. It also mentions the west coast of Africa producing significant peanut quantities.
An unknown party dynamited the west bank of the Illinois and Michigan canal at Channahon, creating a 100 foot breach that flooded farms and sent water into the DuPage River. Water emptied from Joliet to Chanahon dams, stranding nearly 20 boats and forcing the Great West Cereal Company to close, costing about 100 jobs as fish rotted in the riverbed.
Des Moines reports that twenty four progressives in the Iowa House agreed to back Democrats on the Lambert-Demar resolution to elect a short term U S senator this session. Democrats will insist on a vote when the resolution is called up, and the move to recess until November will be defeated, forcing a vote on Gov Cummins candidacy for the short term.
One man was instantly killed and eight injured when a city bound Northwestern train struck a gang of track workers on the North Side. Three trains neared at once, causing confusion as workers ran into the path of the oncoming city train. John Lpehne was hurled 40 feet and died instantly. others were scattered along the rails over 100 yards.
Four seamen suffocated by pitch and oakum fumes in the fore peak of the British bark Puritan as she rode at anchor in President Roads. A fifth man was partly overcome but rescued by fellow sailors, authorities reported Tuesday.
Chicago socialist leader Eugene V Debs began a cross country campaign in the Red Special train marked by a broad western reach. A Cook County Socialist picnic at Lemont drew about 5000 supporters, where photographers atop the lunch counter roof provoked a near riot as security tried to disperse the crowd. Debs was interrupted by an officer while speaking and shortened his remarks.
In Calcutta central jail, a planned wholesale jail delivery was thwarted after Narenda Nath Gossain, jailed for revolutionary utterances, was shot by two prisoners during a confrontation. A follow up search found revolvers knives and ammunition hidden in cells signaling an uprising intended for Monday evening. Troops guarded the jail as leaders and Gossain’s murderers were placed in dungeons.
In Atlantic City New Jersey about 150000 visitors faced a dry setback as midnight Saturday shut cafe doors. Patrons outside reported the ber order stopping service and keeping inside establishments closed, marking the start of a new prohibition enforcement.
J D Powers of Louisville appointed receiver for Central Home Telephone Co by Judge Cochran upon bondholder Judge Lansing's application. Company owns independent long distance lines radiating from Louisville to Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern China.
D. B. Caver files injunction suit in Guthrie district court challenging validity of last legislatures separate school law requiring elections of white and Negro boards in each district. Caver was elected treasurer of the Negro board for Logan county district No. 90 at a July 28 meeting under the new law.
Ambassador Takahira visited Oyster Bay to press President Roosevelt on a possible Chinese American alliance and to convey Tokyo's concerns over two American fleets in the Pacific. He spent Sunday and Monday with Secretary Root at Root's Clinton, New York home, amid reports of Wu Ting Fang recall and anxiety over a potential written denial of a U S Chinese alliance.
Miss Lizzie Agea, 19, guest of George Mathis, was attacked early today in Des Moines. A man forcefully entered her bedroom and muffled cries. She fled through a window, neighbors and officers aided, and two policemen beat and captured the assailant who stated his names Earl Nizzert and Jack Center. He claimed a wife and several children in Jacksonville, Illinois.
Vienna report says Countess Szecheny formerly Miss Gladys Van derbilt is seriously ill with a critical condition. Vienna doctors hope to save her life. The Count and Countess wed in New York January 28 and she has become popular with his family, drawing sympathy from many.
Two hundred passengers mostly women and children were rescued in lifeboats from the excursion steamer Queen after a terrible storm off Selsey in the English Channel. Crew refused to abandon ship, declaring they would rather drown than desert the vessel as danger of sinking looms amid rough seas.
An inventory shows more than 400000 dollars in missing stamps envelopes and materials at Havana post office. Ricardo Rodriguez head of the supply bureau has vanished and other top officials are suspected of involvement.
The storm sweeping the English Channel has killed 140, with more expected. The Amazon wreck at Margate Sands claimed 20 crew. At least 211 sailing vessels were lost and fourteen large ships damaged beyond quick repair. Northwest French coast damage also reported. Night service Folkestone Dover and day Calais suspended due to hurricane.
Chicago officers of the Republican national committee confront a political problem in Illinois as primary bitter divisions surface between Deneen and Yates in New York’s governorship and Hopkins and Foss over the senatorship. State leaders seek a harmony program and may involve H Hitch cock as an arbitrator to unite the factions.
A Tuesday night fire in Wright City Missouri destroyed several commercial houses and residences in the business district. The blaze, starting at 10 30 p m in the rear of C M Buckhorst s saloon, spread rapidly to Schmidt butcher shop Blattner dry goods and Diekroeger residence. Blattner Bro suffered a 5 000 loss and many other buildings were damaged with most insured.
Atlantic City police captured a man suspected of shooting Charles Boyle Roberts, the Baltimore millionaire attacked as he rode a chair with Mrs. W. S. G. Williams on a lonely board walk section. The arrest ends a wild chase and is expected to solve the board walk mystery. Police withheld identity amid great public excitement.
Paris newspaper reports an attempt to reopen the Dreyfus case with Louis Gregor as defendant. Witnesses named include Count Esterhazy Colonel Du Paty De Clam Major Cuigast and General Mercier former minister of war.
During a city picnic, stenographer Mias Babble Metcalf of W. J. Gregg United States district attorney and land dealer Ward Cornelius died when a rowboat overturned at Or cutt's lake two miles southeast of Tulsa Oklahoma.
A reader questions Peruna’s claimed effectiveness for chronic catarrh and asks if proof supports such use. The piece cites the United States Dispensatory describing hydrastis canadensis as a mucous membrane remedy, corydalis formosa as a tonic, and cedron seeds as a bitter tonic for dysentery and intermittent diseases. It invites readers to request a free testimonials book.
A sly physical culture instructor teaches three women to walk properly in a church, saying the sacred space requires a dignified gait. The sexton, initially stunned, follows as the women complete a third circuit while a supervising man urges briskness. The instructor claims church practice completes daily instruction.
A young oculist in Warsaw hires a blind beggar to sit by the Church of the Holy Cross with a light board bearing his name, address, and qualifications. The busy street draws attention and old ladies donate, believing their money supports a worthy cause, though patient numbers are not yet clear.
Bill Nye parodies Julius Caesar landing on English soil and marching to Regent Street. An Englishman replies the tale wrongfully credits Regent Street, noting there was no such street in Caesar’s era. The anecdote highlights Nye’s playful misdating and British skepticism.
A housewife demands dinner as Nora, via speaking tube, reports a two hour delay. Nora explains splitting three hundred peas has taken two hours and twenty minutes, with four hundred more awaiting. She notes the task was counted by herself.
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