13 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
1
Madison County celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a statewide, multi‑section observance starting tomorrow in Edwardsville and lasting through September 21. The event draws participants from across the county and neighboring counties, with audits of county officers stirring local talk of government finances and renewed efforts to audit city officers over the past decade.
The piece argues that elimination of nonessential tasks is essential to achievement. It warns that chasing trivial details wastes time and resources, comparing busywork to washing a shovel mid-dig. Mastery comes from learning to eliminate and delegate only after understanding.
A satirical piece describing neuralgia of the pocketbook as a disease of the affluent that targets development towns. It laments how public enterprise worsens the condition, causing doctors to lack a cure. The piece imagines colonizing such patients in a dead town devoid of doors and modern trappings, celebrates a community of tightwads.
The Kansas case over presidential electors moves to the U S Supreme Court after records were filed here Pursuant to orders from Justices Vandervender and Pitney the records will be printed quickly for October 14 convening The dispute centers on alleged fraud and right to vote under the fourteenth amendment and Kansas law challenges
An old ad copy warns that small faults and neglect can lead to trouble, then plugs Dr. King's New Life Pills. It touts relief from constipation and indigestion, claiming quick, safe, sure results for 25 cents at H. R. Huffendick's.
Chicago doctors at the county hospital operated on John Martinez to uncover the cause of severe stomach pain. They retrieved 19 pocket knives 17 nails 6 knife blades a dozen screws and a silver dollar swallowed over eighteen years as a wager. The operation was declared successful Martinez 36 a laborer known as the human tool chest. Artifacts were mounted by Superintendent D P Teters and exhibited at the hospital.
Champaign and surrounding counties joined in the corner stone ceremony for a new $100,000 Masonic temple. Grand Master Delmer D. Darrough of Bloomington laid the stone. Alexander H. Bell of Carlinville was chief orator. Knights of Pythias band led the procession. state and out-of-state grand officers participated.
The Three-I league plays out its final week with Sunday games on September 15. Springfield appears headed to the pennant, leading Davenport by one hundred points as the other six clubs all sit below .500, an unusual imbalance in the league. Joliet endures extreme heat with scarce ice water as an artificial plant struggles to meet demand and delivery routes are disrupted. Danville man John D. McKenzie pleads guilty to multiple robberies including the Jamaica post office and nearby sites, receiving two years in Leavenworth and a $300 fine.
A lone robber believed to be part of a three man gang held up a Louisville and Nashville fast freight near Micheaud, Louisiana. Engineer Baer attacked the bandit with a brass torch, badly injuring him and leading to capture near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The wounded suspect refused to name accomplices as authorities seek to identify the other two as they investigate the failed safe job and dynamite loaded getaway car.
Washington DC Dr WJ McGee eminent scientist with many St Louis friends died in his Cosmos Club room. He willed his remains to Dr Edward A Skgitaka of Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia for scientific experiment. Cause not stated but believed to be stomach cancer.
In New York reports claim banker Charles W. Morse, sentenced in Atlanta and later released by President Taft on medical grounds, will reenter the market. Morse appeared at his former 40 Exchange Place office and leased an elaborate suite, signaling a comeback.
Chicago faces a possible strike by 14 000 street car workers unless arbitration terms are agreed at a conference in Mayor Warrison's office. A halt could be ordered at any moment.
Snow covered the range west of Carson City Nevada to several inches deep marking the earliest snowfall in five years. Mountain areas received the brief weather event as residents observed the white cover.
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