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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
2
In a forceful plea, the writer recommends removing the city attorney position due to limited eligible residents and a non resident incumbent. A call is made to pass an ordinance at the next council session to end the office by fiscal year end and to shift to elected city officials for broader governance.
Representative Reiss of Randolph introduced the Anti Kidnaping bill in the Springfield legislature. It would imprison offenders for one to twenty years and adds Section 934A penalizing malicious threats to kidnap or burn property to extort money or goods. The report notes varied enforcement in Troy and comments on harsh applying of fines and delays.
The will of Professor Andree was opened in Vienna at year’s end 1900 if he failed to return from his North Pole balloon expedition. It includes letters from scientists urging the venture and one cautionary note from M de Fouvielle. Andree signs his last testament, foreseeing danger and possible death, with the will leaving his fortune to his brother and sister.
Inventors advance three new systems to speed newspaper production. An automatic telegraph typewriter records messages on perforated tape and prints copies. A second device uses perforated tape to drive typesetting, replacing a compositor. An automatic stereotyping unit completes in fifteen seconds what three men once did in a minute. The reporter’s typewriter can also generate perforated tape and printed text. The editor notes modern youth seek rapid progress and material comforts, contrasting with pioneer days.
The records state that 68 percent of the world's newspapers are in English. Of over 50,000 papers, the United States and Canada publish 21,000, with Britain 8,000, Germany 6,000, France 4,200, Japan 2,000, Italy 1,500, Austro-Hungary 1,200, Spain 1,000, Austria 800, Russia 300, Greece 600, Switzerland 450, Holland 300, Belgium 300, and other nations totaling about 2,000.
A Topeka editor, Rev. C. M. Sheldon, urges candidates to inform voters about their bids. The piece references Sheldon riding a bicycle, and quips whether Christ would approve such methods, noting history suggesting he preferred a jack-mule.
A skeptical note on promising schemes and a derisive remark about Mrs Carrie Nation possibly being related to Helen D Nation, both reflecting editorials in a Troy newspaper. The passage mocks optimistic forecasts and highlights the agitator atmosphere around reform figures.
A wry remark questions how London would fare with twenty eight mayors and notes a playful exchange about women and cigarettes provoking men to retort with corsets.
The Chicago Chronicle envisions long lasting clothes made in England that can last twenty years, waterproof and affordable, changing how families share garments across generations. It notes mills being built for such durable fabrics and imagines parents passing suits to sons and mothers handing down skirts for half a century. It also mentions eight million gallons of rock oil pumped from beneath the Pacific Ocean each year.
Washington, Feb 8 1901. Senatorial gossip revives hope for Nicaragua Canal legislation with a Clay amendment allowing up to 140 million dollars and 10 million upfront, as Republicans and Southern Democrats circle the subsidy bill. The Senate plans night sessions to push the subsidy bill while still handling regular appropriations. News covers military promotions, including Gen Chaffee and Gen MacArthur, cadet hazing reforms, government employee lobbying remarks by Rep Griggs, and a note on a Louisiana Purchase Exposition funding bill.
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