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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
1
The Danish American Isles grow excited as speculation spreads about a delay in annexation to the United States. Porto Rico’s prosperity serves as a lesson drawing interest from other West Indies observers.
The Kansas City Journal notes both Jerry McGovern and Hobson saved drowning women. It contrasts Terry’s victim admitting the rescue with Hobson’s unnamed survivor. The piece cites a St. Louis ruling suggesting wives already have the right to look through husbands’ pockets.
Reports from Yaqui country detail a brutal act as thirty Yaqui individuals, including several young boys, were lined up and killed by Mexican soldiers. The incident prompts concern over military conduct and indigenous rights amid ongoing tensions.
The remark contrasts Archie Roosevelt's steadiness with space writers, noting his silence as a source of inspiration and implying the younger Roosevelt’s restraint stands out amid vivid reportage.
Chicago authorities report six hundred dairies inside city limits, many in vile condition. Officials fear mortality from foul or adulterated milk in large cities would astonish the public if all cases traced to their true origin.
A Cincinnati judge sentenced two burglars, one who had given state evidence received sixteen years after noting their cooperation, while the other was given seventeen years. The judge emphasized the duty to ensure no guilty man escaped justice.
A favorable corn outlook supports railroad stocks with a predicted yield of 2.5 billion bushels, an excess of 1 billion bushels over 1901, and prospects which have not been materially hurt since early July, providing a strong bull factor for the railroad market.
The Constantinople note claims bubonic plague fears were spread at the Palace to deter visitors as the sultan contends with a Bulgarian prince's announced visit and an Italian squadron near the Bosporus. The sultan's dislike for Ferdinand colors the tensions.
A New York court of appeals decision held that a bank depositor cannot shift full responsibility for money to the bank. He must verify that paid checks match his stubs. if he neglects this and a dishonest clerk alters checks, the maker bears the loss.
Figures presented to the British parliament show over 3,000,000 Irish left Ireland between 1851 and 1900 with about 80 percent migrating to the United States. The scale of movement, while known to be large, is now clearer to those who study immigration data.
The three volume secent of General von Waldersee’s China campaign has no references to American achievements at Pekin or elsewhere. While American and Japanese forces shouldered most combat, the oversight appears shabby, though the writer says we must make the best of it.
German historian Neumann highlights a striking fact about the United States. He asks in what age or country will one find so many rulers, each a man of high character and ability, as exemplified by the long line of presidents.
On the 29th Paul Van Der Voort former Grand Army of the Republic leader died in Puerto Principe Cuba from heart paralysis. Drowning deaths included Rev W H Leatherman in De Graff Ohio while saving a 13 year old, and Capt Knable a longtime Mississippi Missouri river steamboat captain died in St Joseph Missouri. Mrs Gideon McDowell and her invalid husband burned to death near Scranton Kansas. Dwight L Wing filed for bankruptcy in Springfield Illinois. Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph's New York funeral sparked disorder with workers throwing water and police hurt. Wim S Devery held a water picnic for thousands of women and children. Bernard Maylan discharged for unsigned bank notes in Shelbyville Indiana. Senator Platt visited Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and predicted a solid NY delegation. Illinois district convention nominated Z F Yost for congress. Arthur Bales killed and four injured in Yorktown Indiana tram collision. Floods in Texas near Austin cause deaths and livestock losses.
A jumble of items notes price advances on bituminous coal to begin August across Indiana. Also reported are arrests in Denver of suspects in a June murder in Buffalo and a pistol duel in Kansas City that left a man dead from a stray shot. Earlier, a wife killer was electrocuted in Clinton prison. נוספים
On the 30th an unknown man was lynched at San Antonio Pla for assault on a white woman. Forty lives were lost in a collision between two British steamers near Malacca Straits Settlement. John Quigley of Mount Ayr Ind committed suicide at Lawton Okla on the 30th. Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey sailed from Cape Town for England.
Summary of multiple telegram items from July events: shocks in Los Alamos valley California and San Luis Obispo damage. Wollongong New South Wales mine disaster with many trapped. 1200 state troops at Shenandoah Pennsylvania quell rioting. Harlem Illinois officials indicted for malfeasance and gambling schemes. Widespread violence and notable visits, with a giant Sierra tree discovery and seed distribution plans. Manchuria cholera spread. Argo works in Nebraska City closing. Grand Duke Boris arrives in San Francisco. Col William Cody visits Omaha.
A survey of current events notes St Louis World’s Fair construction far ahead of Chicago’s Columbian exposition. Other items include women nominated for office in Kansas, potential US Japan arbitration over Marcus Island, and Marconi’s wireless system credited to Solari per patent office records in London.
During Prince Henry of Prussia's U S visit several Americans are awarded German honors. Mayors Ashbridge, Fleischmann, Wells, and Francis receive the Red Eagle third class. others get fourth class or crown orders. Autograph photos go to yacht designers. numerous prominent figures in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Milwaukee receive gold or diamond gifts and framed portraits.
Judge James B. Brouster of the St Louis county court died Tuesday night at the Baptist sanitarium after a nearly two year illness. He was nearly 52, and lifelong in St Louis county. His wife two sons Clarence M. and Harold G. Brouster and his brother Edward B. Brouster were present at his passing.
Henry Bargman electric line man killed at Chester. George Egelhoff of Litchfield killed after horse stumble. Voris M. Loy of Effingham killed by freight train at Lawton while seeking school teaching work. Old Marion county settlers to reunite at Salem on September 11. In Marion county field of 128 acres threshed 4492 bushels of wheat. Joseph L. Baker, 45, killed in mine at Centralia. Widow and four children, Richard Clark, 20, drowns near Charleston. Elmer Brown, 19, near Berlin, dies after fight with John Stregle. Coles county oats crop best ever. Lightning damages Odin Christian church worth 150. I N Stout pottery at Ridley burns, loss 10000. Henry Crawford residence burns. Dysentery epidemic in Paris with several deaths. Jonas Womack drowns after jumping from Sycamore bridge. Mrs R J Narl of Banner township hangs self in ill health. Prof C P Snow, 20 years Princeton school head, shoots himself. John Murray, 45, miner killed at Taylorville. Widow and six children left.
A list of deceased individuals includes Wm Townsend aged 77 in Lebanon, Mrs John Vansandt of Effingham, Mrs Lida Topping 55 of Farfield visiting Waltonville, Barton S Taylor former Illinois Grain Dealers president in Decatur, L B Dominy head of Fairbury bank aged 60, Walter W Rogers 61 wealthy McLean County farmer who died in New York leaving a widow, Mr M Rogers 66 Ridgway, George Robb 47 engineer in Pana, Levi Scott 75 pioneer in Pana, Mrs Lavina Patton 60 near Centralia, Mrs Mary Williams in Murphysboro, M A Walker 58 in Jacksonville, Tabitha Rice wife of Capt H G Rice in Mavana, and Grace Lowvell Rose 17 daughter of Willis Rose in Omega.
James Gordon, a farmer four miles northwest of Baldwin, shot a large bird he believed was a hawk. It attacked him, tearing clothing and flesh before he beat it to death with a club. He later learned the bird was a bald eagle, measuring about X feet X inches wingspan and with a talon of X inches.
Anna Hayton known as Topsy Bryan was found dead in her room in the King building Murphysboro Norton Bryan her lover is jailed charged with murder He says he woke to find her dead and believed morphine autopsy shows severe facial injuries no poison found nearly $500 taken from her trunk Daughter of A Hayton farmer of Carterville
A boiler in the Sa lem roller mills exploded destroying the building. Engineer Thomas Lester died within half an hour. Ralph Mercer suffered a broken thigh from flying debris. Royand Sills Ardery Lawrence and Donald Phelps received minor injuries.
A band of river thieves, active along the Ohio river for weeks, were captured near Metropolis after a brief resistance and gunfire. They were jailed in Metropolis to await grand jury action.
Three of the most desperate criminals ever in Livingston county jail beat the turnkey into insensibility, then locked him in a cell and escaped from Pontiac. The incident highlights a bold jailbreak and prompts a manhunt for the trio.
A string of 75 distinct tremors since the night of July 2 terrorized Los Alamos California. The most severe quake at 1:20 a.m. toppled brick walls and wrecked buildings. Residents fled in panic as rail and road transport emptied the town and surrounding farms suffered heavy losses. The disturbance covered 11 by 4 miles, felt across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with damage estimated at $30,000 plus additional county-wide losses. President Wheeler of the University of California advised residents to leave the town.
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