26 Sep 1908
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
1
A mosaic of social quips and curiosities from a 20th century press page. Notes on Castro, air travel as a highway, the Esperanto revival, a Goldfield miner’s legacy, and Fritzi Scheff’s marriage, with brisk asides on fashion, hunting, cattle, and international affairs. Names, places, and dates are scattered through jokes and short observations.
Judge Thompson of the United States court in Cincinnati orders that imitation whisky be labeled to show its true nature. The statement jokes that a simpler label would be poison, reflecting strong skepticism about misrepresentation.
Israel Zangwill urged London Jews to emigrate to the western states of America where land is plentiful, echoing Horace Greeley’s anti frontier advice but redirected eastward to a new audience and opportunity.
The unfinished cathedral on Morningside Heights, conceived by Bishop Potter, is projected to cost over 20 million dollars when completed later this century. His vision and influence secured the funding that enabled the project to begin.
The war department will supply 5,000 orange underwear suits for soldiers in the Philippines to test whether orange clothing reduces heat susceptibility. An orange hat lining is being prepared so both heads and bodies may gain potential benefits from the color.
In a New York court a policeman arraigned a chauffeur accused of towing two dead automobiles and speeding at 20 miles per hour. The magistrate joked that three machines at 20 mph equals 60 mph and released the prisoner for trial, effectively punishing no one for the math error.
A millionaire driver who tore through crowded Branch streets in a 120 horsepower car has his license threatened with revocation. Authorities plan to arrest him, arguing dangerous speed harms both cautious motorists and the public, calling for collective action against such drivers.
Frank L. Steen son of the building inspector is held alongside Harold S. Bope son of a Carnegie Steel official and two others in a major land swindle probe. Police say a technical charge rests but the case resembles one of the era’s largest frauds, with offices tied to the Union Central Construction Company at 115 Dearborn Chicago and boasting Chicago links.
W B Haugh agent for Union Central Railroad of Texas was arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Bope and Steen face city ordinance charges for unlicensed real estate work. Police expect tougher charges. The two companies allegedly operated together, advertising 7000 town lots at Irondale and 80 000 acres along the railroad right of way in Texas and Louisiana.
Forest fires rage near Calumet and Eagle River with homes within a block of flames. In Chippewa County large forested areas are ablaze after a brief lull earlier in the week. Fires also threaten areas around the Straits of Mackinaw though Stignac and Mackinaw City remain unsafely distant.
In a pistol duel near Kingstown on Thursday James Moyer was shot ten times and died. Percy Campbell escaped injury and arrest.
Washington DC reports August immigration at 37,783, with August 1907 figures at 98,825. The release contrasts current month inflows with prior year, highlighting significant year over year changes in migration.
The largest U S war department event in St Joseph Missouri begins Monday and lasts a week. About 5000 regulars are encamped at Camp Everett Peabody on Lake Contrary. Brig General Charles Morton heads the Missouri department with Secretary of War Wright Major General Bell and other senior officers present. Capt C DeForrest Chandler Lieut Frank Lahm and Lieut B D Foulois oversee daily aeronautic experiments using the Baldwin dirigible balloon. Prizes total 5009 dollars for soldiers while the Interstate Livestock Show runs concurrently with over 2000 entries and 18000 dollars in prizes.
In Manchester 400 cotton mills shut down after 130000 workers rejected a 5 percent wage cut. The strike is expected to extend to about 1.2 million workers and halve world cotton goods production as the wage dispute between operators and workers ends the current scale.
Cincinnati United States Senator Joseph S. Foraker has canceled all speaking engagements arranged by the national speakers bureau and also asks to be relieved of Ohio events in a written note to National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and a separate communique to State Chairman Williams of the Ohio Republican committee.
Alexander Starbuck, renowned naturalist, fisherman, and author, ended his life this morning in a government building in Cincinnati Ohio. Authorities reported the death as a suicide with no immediate indications of motive or other individuals involved.
William W. Payne, who in 1858 as a constable sold the last slaves at Missouri’s city hall, died Sunday at age 72 in Kansas City. Payne presided over the final slave sale in the state, an event tied to Missouri’s abolition history and the city’s civic memory.
Andrew Lightfoot, a patient at the government hospital for the insane in Washington D C, attacked with a steel crow bar killing attendant Patrick Maloney and patient Margaret Fallon before escaping into the surrounding woods. Guards pursued for four hours until Lightfoot was captured after being shot in the leg.
San Francisco special agent Charles Oliver Jr. was found guilty of contempt by Judge William P. Lawler for approaching and interviewing two men temporarily seated as jurors in the Abraham Ruef bribery graft trial. Judgment was set for Tuesday. Oliver is the son of Charles Oliver, a principal Burns agent.
The U S government launched a suit against the Dupont powder companies alleging restraint of trade by combine and conspiracy. Testimony begins before U S Commissioner Mahaffy, appointed master by Judge George Gray. Government attorneys include John P. Niel and James Scarlet. Defendants are represented by Avery Button Townsend of New York.
In St Joseph Missouri Lieut Frank B Lahm piloted the Baldwin dirigible with Lieut B D Foulois handling the engines. A gust at 100 feet kept the craft aloft for four minutes before landing. A second flight is planned for Tuesday.
Omaha Mayor J C Dahlman arrived in Chicago after meeting James H Atwood of the National Democratic committee. He announced plans for a speaking tour through the middle west and expressed confidence Nebraska is safe for Bryan.
The National German Catholic society opened in Cleveland with talks on opposing modernism and supporting stricter church teachings. A plan to raise 125,000 to fund missionaries to combat socialism was discussed during the first day.
Simon Cooper, a native leader, is again on the war path threatening the white inhabitants of the eastern division of the protectorate in Windhoek, German Southwest Africa.
President Roosevelt issues a reply to William J. Bryan over Hearst charges against Governor Haskell of Oklahoma. He condemns Haskell as unfit for public life, cites stopping Prairie Oil and Gas legal actions, and accuses him of prostituting state university aims for partisan ends.
Columbus dispatch reports President Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Bryan was shown to him. Bryan accepted the letter but did not read it, saying he was too tired and would read it tomorrow. The exchange occurred amid press coverage on Wednesday night.
New York report states President’s reply to Mr Bryan’s telegram was read at Democratic headquarters. National Chairman Mack said the telegraph to the President was addressed personally to Mr Bryan and he has no comment now. He indicated a possible statement later.
Guthrie Okla Frank S Monnett former Ohio attorney general said by Gov Haskell to have given no new statement on the Standard Oil charge beyond what Sheets of Ohio said in Oklahoma during the primary. Haskell claims Monnett’s speech exonerated him, a claim supported by several Republican editors who witnessed the talk.
Rock Island county faces jail crowding as funds are exhausted and jurors cannot be paid. A September circuit court jury panel was drawn but told not to report, with possible delay until after taxes in May. In Alto Pass, William Wright was robbed of 2000 dollars by two masked men who forced him to surrender money and rifle. a posse led by Deputy Sheriff Higgins is searching for the robbers.
Records filed for appeal reveal Walter Almy of Evanston Illinois as the mysterious Walter mentioned in Mabelle Snell McNamara letters to Col. Thomas Snell. The letters claim he has a wife and child.
Sean McDonald, supervisor of the Illinois and Michigan canal, reports a dynamited dam at McHenry causing flooding of the surrounding region. Detectives are set to pursue the dynamiters. this marks a second canal dynamiting in recent weeks, with a prior incident near Joliet.
Joe James the young negro convicted of the murder of Clergy A Ballard on July 30 was sentenced to death and ordered to be hanged between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on October 23 at the Sangamon county jail.
In Philo near Decatur 78 year old farmer John Cook shot and killed Mrs. Edna McClelland in the presence of her four year old child. He then shot himself in a failed suicide attempt. The victim was mother of three and Cook’s housekeeper. The motive remains unknown.
Calvin Tuggle of Cullom, Illinois, was arrested on a charge of shooting his wife with intent to kill after a quarrel following a return from Indiana. He shot the woman twice and then surrendered to authorities.
Edwin Wetzel aged 23 of Alhambra who was betrothed to a Trenton Illinois young woman accidentally shot himself in his room alone. He was in a happy frame of mind and the death by own action theory is discredited. Wetzel may die.
The will of the Chicago finisher John V. Farwell was filed in Waukegan probate court. The estate is valued at $2,000,000 with $1,250,000 in personal property.
Flora announces week long Home Coming and Merchants and Farmers carnival starting October 6. The event is billed as the biggest of its kind ever undertaken in southern Illinois, featuring community festivities organized by local merchants and farmers.
Ruth Honey, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Georg Honey of Sparta, was burned to death when a gasoline stove reservoir exploded after she lit the stove and accidentally tossed a lit match into the open reservoir.
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