23 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
1
A New York doctor warns of an arsenic walk caused by impure beverages. The arsenic accumulates in the system, stiffens muscles, and makes walking resemble wooden legs. The piece notes Britain’s governance under Edward VII and praises the American peanut as a sanitary food with oil prized for frying.
Providence Rhode Island may have the oldest city school system in the Union, tracing back over a century. The article argues Providence schools are among the best in the country, noting their longstanding tradition and impact.
Yale confers the degree of doctor of philosophy on Miss Sarah Scovill Whittlesey of New Haven for an elaborate paper on labor legislation. She is the only woman holding both Yale and Harvard degrees.
Reverend George Buckler of New York Avenue Methodist Church offered a prayer praising Mrs. Nation and hoping she would be kept safe, yet kept away from Kansas, reflecting mixed sentiments amid reactions to her actions. The remark links Mrs Nation to Washington and Kansas in a religious context.
The text states Great Britain is the top foreign customer, with Canada third, Australia ninth, British Africa twelfth, British West Indies twentieth, and British East Indies twenty third. It attributes the business to supplying the best articles at the most favorable rates.
The piece notes that about 14.5 percent of Porto Rican natives can read or write and urges use of American common schools to upgrade literacy. It highlights prior shifts in language use and argues for teaching English as part of education overseen by American administration.
Vice-President Roosevelt returns from Colorado with two wagon loads of dead lions and slain wildcats. The inaugural procession would make a striking spectacle, outshining Pennsylvania militia displays and other soldiery.
The Supreme Court’s decision on how the constitution and the flag relate in Porto Rico is awaited. If the ruling arrives after the current tariff bill expires, the two issues may converge without new intervention.
Duluth plans a unique bridge across the ship canal at the harbor entrance. The 150 foot high truss carries an electric motor from which a car crosses the 300 foot canal at street level every few minutes. Navigation remains unblocked as traffic passes in sync with ship movement.
A Bible study congress is scheduled in Buffalo during the Pan-American Exposition from July 17 to 31. It is pledged to be nonpartisan and nonsectarian. The event aims to conduct carefully planned meetings on Bible study and teaching, and to arrange exhibitions and comparisons of material and methods representing progressive study plans.
Governor Odell of New York defends the Seventh Regiment as the city’s premier force, arguing it would not volunteer piecemeal for war with Spain. He notes his Tenth Regiment at Newburg shared the view, saying the National Guard serves to perform unit duty and should not be scattered.
The senate on the 15th and 16th debated and advanced key bills including the post office and ship subsidy measures while the house battled over the sundry civil appropriation and private claims, ending days with quorums and tributes. By the 19th and 20th, military academy hazing provisions faced opposition and the postal, deficiency, and sundry civil bills progressed amid heated votes. A London county council housing plan and Rhine-Hesse phylloxera experiments were also noted.
A $250000 contribution from John D. Rockefeller to Brown University was announced at the Brown University Alumni Society of New York dinner at the University Club. President and Mrs. McKinley hosted their annual White House dinner honoring the Supreme Court, with green and primrose table decor noted.
A London Bow Street court commits Sigmund Hertz to extradition for forgery. U S Steel incorporation papers head to Trenton with blank capitalization details. A Rapid City street duel leaves one dead and another fatally wounded. Milwaukee reports two starvation deaths as a family sacrifices meals for children. Duluth endures a $70,000 normal school building gutted by fire before completion. A Peterboro medical student is linked to a human body found in a trunk sent to Kingston. arrest follows.
Senate discharged the judiciary committee on the anti trust bill and scrapped pneumatic tube service funding. House passed the last appropriation bill. Corruption charges spurred an investigating committee referral. A St Paul butter judge alleged a $500 bribe. China territorial concessions accepted by powers. Ankara Angora goat import plan eyed. Bishop Barker of Olympia died in Tacoma. Citizens Bank of Lacygne closed. cashier missing. Mark King of Washington House died in Trenton. First Philippine hemp cargo sailed to San Francisco from Manila.
A senate notice from Senator Teller states he will block a vote on the ship subsidy bill. Other items note a St Louis bartender killing a man, a Calcutta merchant's death in St Louis, and various international and local incidents.
William Eddington of Fosterburg township Mulligan county confronted an anonymous letter demanding 1500 dollars at his barn corner. He stood armed with a double barreled shotgun awaiting the robbers, but no one appeared. He now wonders if it was a hoax or a foiled plan.
John Goff a stable hand and Miss Mamie Phelps are bound over to the grand jury over the death of Phelps’s child born last September. The younger sister says the child was buried alive. the older sister says it died at birth from drugs Goff supplied, who confesses. Separately, the Ham National Bank of Mount Vernon was victimized for 300 by forged notes involving Thomas B Harper, who obtained 150 with neigh bor Thomas Callen’s name forged, then cashed a second 150 note with William H Maxey’s name, hired a livery team, and left town.
Ferdinand Donner 66, a Mascoutah resident, died at his home yesterday. Margareth Weidler, born in Germany in 1845, died at the same place. she immigrated to the United States in 1864 and settled near her late home.
Henry C. Chadsey a wealthy farmer of Rushville received a death threat demanding $150 be deposited at a specified place. Police were stationed there but the robbers did not appear.
The Methodist Episcopal denomination of Mattoon arranged construction of a $40,000 office with modern improvements. The project is slated for completion next fall.
Robert Kelsey, a prominent Madison County farmer, was robbed of $1000 after receiving a threatening letter demanding payment or his house would be destroyed by dynamite. The case highlights extortion by letter and an attempt to intimidate.
A. H. Porter & Co general store in Lewistown Missouri was entered by burglars who took cash and notes totaling 300 dollars before escaping. No further details were provided.
Eva Wittenberg and John Boyle tied the knot at Murphys Boro on a deathbed ceremony requested by the bride’s grandmother. The nuptials took place with family present as the grandmother’s final wish was honored.
A mortgage for 15,000,000 dollars was filed in Mount Vernon by the Southern Railway to secure the purchase of the Air Line from Louisville to St. Louis.
The People v. Joseph McCabe, Herrin village marshal, ended with a not guilty verdict on the murder charge of George Hudson. The court delivered the verdict after deliberations, concluding insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
John W. Wiley and Millie Wilkins of Independence and J. Cantrell and Sarah Hardester of Long Branch wed at Harrisburg. Ida Burrell, wife of Elbridge Russell, files for bankruptcy with debts totaling 63,500.
The Iliinois supreme court judge Jesse J. Phillips died at Hillsboro following several months of illness.
The Marshall Commercial club appropriated 500 dollars to finance drilling a water well for the Helvetice Condensed Milk Company. The move supports local industry and ensures a reliable water supply for生产 operations in the community.
The Southern Illinois Telephone Company plans a system link with St Louis to expand service. The move aims to improve intercity communications and integrate networks across the region, signaling a new regional connectivity effort.
Illinois lawmakers introduced and advanced many bills from Feb 14 to 20. Topics included disconnection of territory from cities, criminal jurisprudence reforms on kidnapping, veterinary law amendments, park bond authorizations, militia use against prize fights, state sanitarium funding, and salaries for assembly members with a broad omnibus appropriations bill.
The trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the murder of Emiline Reynolds concluded testimony yesterday. The defense was allotted three hours for summing up yesterday afternoon, and the prosecution two hours for closing today in New York.
The declaration denounces British conduct in the Transvaal war, accusing them of violating Geneva and Hague conventions. It claims doctors, ambulances, and neutrals are seized, women and children mistreated, and civilians left in danger as marauding bands plunder and burn.
Standerton Feb 22 A deserter reports Commandant-General Louis Botha addressed his remaining force from a cape cart declaring they would not surrender while 500 fought and that he would lead them He urged a long struggle likening it to American independence while burghers doubted supplies and ammo was nearly gone and they asked where relief would come Botha said the Lord would provide the means to fight.
Lord Kitchener reports Methuen's force cleared Wolmaranstad country and attacked 1,400 Boers at Huaar theestfontein. Generals De Villiers and Liendenberg defended a strong position but were driven out after fierce fighting. British casualties totaled three officers and 13 men killed and five officers and 25 men wounded amid Boer losses of 18 dead.
At dawn south of Johannesburg the Boers destroyed a culvert between Natal Spruit and Klip river on the railway, captured a train load of foodstuffs, took what they could carry, burned the remainder, and disappeared into the veldt.
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