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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
2
A tall tale roundup notes the Atlanta mayor reduced subordinates’ salaries to save money, while leaving his own pay unchanged. Other items report Wu Brecht’s suicide attempt, barber etymology moves, a crippled Chicago newsboy’s $40,000 bequest, and McKinley’s inaugural fund directing aid to the poor Armenians and India plague victims.
Charles B. McKee of Edwardsville wins a $10,000 verdict from Dr. T Miller of Chicago. McKee, a North Chicago gripman, was injured Nov 19 1898 when his car struck a vault on Center Street. His arm, set by Dr Oswald and Dr Truman Miller, failed to mend, with McKee claiming improper bone union.
Bourke Cochran told a Boston audience that prosperity will come in due course, not as a sudden rush. He warned against expecting immediate improvements from campaign promises and noted public dissatisfaction over unfulfilled assurances and slow industrial relief.
A reader recalls an exchange where a man on a bicycle asked for work and admitted he could only set type. The note laments that machinery has usurped even that skill, except in rural offices where debt is spread among delinquent subscribers and sold to cover printer debts.
A column laments vanished trades as machinery replaces skilled craftsmen in old Saline county. It notes John F. Conover, longtime Harrisburg citizen, seeking the assessor post, praises him as right for the job, and hopes he is elected.
The Kansas City Times outlines a bill by Henry McLean and Chief Justice elect Frank Doster to require sale of lands not used as homesteads. A homestead seeker can compel sale by tendering his estimated price, with court action, jury trial, and cost allocation to the losing side. Women who head families gain same rights.
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