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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1901

Page

3

Christmas Scene at the Manger in Dr Talmage Discourse

Washington December 27. Dr Talmage’s Christmas sermon centers on the nativity with Mary and Jesus, notes the stable animals first hearing the infant cry, and honors childhood motherhood and science. It links the Bethlehem scene to mercy for animals, the field workers, and mothers, urging reverence for motherhood and the fields.

Louis Klopsch N. Y- Washington Talmage Mary Joseph Raphael Tintoretto Ghirlandajo Christ Bethlehem Earth

Courtroom clash over gender baiting shocker

A lawyer accuses a witness of bamboozling the court and snarls that she cannot deceive him because she is a woman. The woman retorts with a line about his wife being present, in a Chicago Record-Herald report highlighting courtroom tensions.

Chicago Record-Herald

Law Abiding Commonwealth Has No Lynchings In 16 Years

Massachusetts joins Delaware New Hampshire Rhode Island and Utah as one of five states with no lynchings in the past 16 years. The bulletin lists the other four states and notes the absence of such crimes in Massachusetts during this period.

Massachusetts Delaware New Hampshire Rhode Island Utah

Nobel Prizes Awarded in 1901 Stockholm and Christiana

United States Minister Thomas reports unusual events on December 10 at Stockholm and Christiana for the first Nobel prizes. Alfred Nobel left most of his fortune to mankind, with five prizes over $40,000 each. Physics went to Wilhelm Roentgen, chemistry to Jacobus van t Hoff, medicine to Emil von Behring, literature to Sully Prudhomme, peace to Frederick Passy and Henri Dunant. Diplomas were presented by crown prince in Stockholm, and by the Norwegian storthing in Christiana. Sully Prudhomme was ill and could not attend.

Washington United States Thomas State Department Stockholm Christiana Alfred Nobel Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen University of Munich Jacobus Henricus van T. Hoff University of Berlin Emil von Behring Halle Sully-Prudhomme Frederick Passy France Henri Dunant Switzerland Red Cross

New Chile Argentina Pact Fails to End Risk of War

Buenos Ayres reports that despite a new protocol easing immediate war danger, tensions rise as Chile plans fortifications at Talca huano and Punta Arenas and a 15 million dollar defense loan is authorized. Argentina accelerates naval buildup, ordering two 8 000 ton warships in Italy, to be ready by year end 1992. A fresh conference in Santiago de Chile led to a signed agreement between President Riesco Foreign Minister Yanez and Argentine minister Portela.

Buenos Ayres Chile Argentina Talcahuano Punta Arenas Dairio Comuneo Italy Santiago de Chile Riesco Yanez Senhor Portela

New Peace Accord Ends Prolonged Argentina Conflict

Buenos Ayres reports the government confirms a signed agreement that ends the dispute between Argentina and the opposing nation. The pact formally brings the long running conflict to a close and outlines terms agreed upon by both sides.

Germany Backs Down Over Grain Duties in Tariff Talks

Berlin reports the government will propose removing minimum grain duties when the tariff bill committee meets, bowing to Russia's firm stance. Agrarians backed the minimums to limit concessions in the commercial treaty negotiations. The ministry has not yet commented on the tariff itself, awaiting form of passage.

Berlin Russia

Peruna praised by doctors and patients nationwide

Dr Llewellyn Jordan a U S Treasury medical examiner and West Point alumnus credits Peruna with a rapid recovery after months of suffering. Dr George C Havener Dr L S Smith and Dr Mary Smith extol the tonic for catarrh chronic head and bronchial afflictions and reproductive concerns urging readers to seek Hartman guidance if results falter.

Llewellyn Jordan U. S. Treasury Department Columbia College West Point Peruna Geo C. Havener M. D Anacostia D. C Peruna Medicine Co Columbus George C. Havener L. S. Smith Williston Fla Mary Smith Winfield, Ind Hartman Wartman Hartman Sanitarium

No truth in report on papal delegate appointment

Rome December 25 reports a U S news agency claim that Mgr Scalabrini archbishop of Piacenza was nearly chosen as papal delegate in the United States and begged to be excused. The Vatican says no such appointment was intended and no promotion was sought.

Rome United States Mgr. Scalabrini Piacenzu Mgr. Martinelli Vatican Washington Post

Hello Habit Tone and Nerve Strain in a Telephone Operator

A nervous telephone girl tells a doctor the work ruins her nerves. She describes monotony and constant Hello speech haunting her day and night, even in sleep and prayer, illustrating the stress of phone work. The passage is framed like a medical consultation with quotes from the era.

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