27 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1901
Page
1
An observer notes that the United States railway trackage exceeds Europe by more than 40,000 miles, illustrating the country’s vast scale and infrastructure reach.
A compact survey notes Tasmania's mineral wealth relative to its size and argues Great Britain needs capable leaders to tame the Boer crisis. It also references a Boston directory with varied names and assigns playful celestial occupations to planets and a hospital role to Charoni.
Contractors who build school houses in Cleveland Ohio are divided over a secret understanding that successful bidders pay $100 to each unsuccessful competitor. The disclosure claims taxpayers bear the cost of the practice.
A 534 year old Chinese paper money has surfaced with a face value of $167 and claims redeemability in silver bullion. Its redemption prospects faded long ago. The piece notes shinplaster advocates dating to 140 B C, while China continues to trust gold and silver.
The Missouri president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union denounces press attitude toward the canteen question. She suggests aligning with officers who have studied temperance, arguing the canteen is the best measure for the army's interests.
The article compares European universities noting 34,363 students at German universities versus 29,901 in France last winter. It adds that French students are less prone to dueling than German students, which may offset Germany's larger student body.
The Ep worth league convention in San Francisco draws about 30 000 delegates pledging strong enthusiasm for John Wesley doctrines as the organization marks an epoch in its twelve year history.
Late reports from Russia indicate severe damage to the wheat crop. In many districts the harvest is nearly destroyed by heat and drought, while others suffer from floods or hail. None of the districts will reach normal production.
Gen Daniel Butterfield died at Cold Springs New York. The death marks the loss of a picturesque and interesting figure, a brave gallant efficient soldier, a patriot and a gentleman. New York mourns a link between war days and the present.
The piece contrasts rail service in Massachusetts with England and Toronto. It notes Massachusetts operates trains for working people, while in England fares are cheap per short distances and Toronto contracts streetcar operation to a private company with stipulations for affordable fares during commuting hours.
Twelve full size coffee trees from Mexico reached New York for the Buffalo exposition. Four years old, they require shade and moisture. In the plantation, palm rows shield them from sun, and a awning is used in New York. The trees bear green oblong berries in clusters between trunks and branch ends.
Gen Thomas J Morgan, U S Indian commissioner under Harrison, reports after a personal inspection of Utah and nearby Mormon strongholds that Mormonism has weakened its hold. He says it is honeycombed with better ideas and faces eventual downfall.
Personal and political items note Cole and Jim Younger, recently paroled from Minnesota state prison, will work as salesmen for a St Paul dealer in gravestones and monuments. Other items include a Scheepers raid report, Schley court of inquiry plans, Fosburg trial update, weather forecasts, and military post changes.
A long dispatch notes 500 teachers sailing from San Francisco to Manila to teach in Philippine schools, a tornado near New Ulm Minnesota injuring two, persistent drought and heat in the Midwest, and a string of incidents from Alaska to Chile. It cites the St Pauls arrival from Alaska with gold, a Manila court ruling on stolen supplies, and heat linked bridge cable damage in Brooklyn. Also mentioned are the Kearsarge shell strike at Newport, Nebraska crop failures, and ongoing labor strife in Pittsburgh. Other items include seal catch forecasts, a London thunderstorm with floods, and various political shifts in Denmark and Chile.
A digest of current items notes Senator Puch of Alabama is thought to recover. Other reports include Jerry Palmer, colored, dying in Little Rock claiming 120 years old, and memories of Washington. Various economic, political, and local incidents are listed with limited details.
Obituary notice of numerous Illinois figures including pioneers, judges, farmers, and professionals. Notables include Mrs Lucinda Rhonds 74 pioneer settler of Medora. Judge Charles Kellum of Sycamore. Dewitt Anderson near Opdyke. Jacob Romack 98 wealthiest Edgar county farmer. Col J F Hefferman's mother. Aquilla Daugherty Peoria collector at Manquoketa. Peter Soule Bloomington 86. Judge Maberry near Carrollton 68.
The census bulletin lists Illinois population by age birth status race and gender. It covers school age persons, native and foreign born, white and colored, militia and voting ages, and city sub totals for East St. Louis Quincy Springfield. It also notes Chicago voting totals and local incidents including a sham camp battle heat episode and several local deaths and injuries.
A barn three miles east of Neoga owned by F A Caldwell and its contents were burned after a lightning strike. Farm hands George Harper of Toledo and a Kentucky man named Osborne died in the blaze. Two Caldwell horses and a span of mules perished. one horse had recently sold for 2100 dollars.
O D Sanborn of Chenoa, a banker who suffered severe scalding in the Alton wreck near Kansas City, died this week in a Kansas City hospital.
Martin Pearson, a farm worker near Kewanee, stepped into water to bathe while overheated and died within minutes, authorities report a quick death from heat-related distress.
In Denver reports the Bender family suspects include Mrs. Frank Ayres and her mother Mrs. Reed of Fort Collins and Will Baker of Laramie. Ayres denies being Kate Bender and vows to prove an alibi. Colorado detectives and Oswego lawyer Edward L. Burton seek identification while Colorado authorities await papers.
The Journal and Advertiser reprints Garrett P. Serviss on July 25 arguing that current heat proves the earth is a satellite of a variable star. He explains sun’s blanket of vapors and sunspots as indicators, predicting four years of fierce heat with extreme temperatures and cyclonic disturbances.
Heat claimed three lives in Omaha on Tuesday as the city faced extreme temperatures. In Missouri, water sold for a dollar a barrel at Dixon. A waterspout swept away ten miles of railroad near Cisco, Texas, twenty miles west.
In Pittsburgh on Wednesday and Thursday the American Sheet Steel Co faced a tense strike situation. Nonunion workers from Vandergrift mills were reportedly shipped to Wellsville to restart that plant while Hyde Park, idle since prior ownership contracts, was being primed for action. Officials Shaffer and Williams were absent from Amalgamated meetings, sparking speculation of decisive moves by United Steel to force production across idle plants.
Washington July 25 Secretary Root directs a board of army officers to study changes in military posts nationwide. The panel will review headquarters shifts, post abandonments, and the creation of four permanent maneuver camps, with likely two camps named Fort Riley and an eastern site. Recommendations require congressional action to finalize establishment.
Searcy Arkansas July 25 United States Senator James K Jones addressed White county voters on current issues. He said the next president would likely be a Democrat and that he would fully back Hill or any Democrat nominee, but favored selecting a discreet jurist or business man with a faultless record and broad confidence across classes.
Dr. Doty health officer of the port of New York announces that Rabviane the stoker on the steamer Hohenfels sent to Swinburne Island has been diagnosed with bubonic plague. The Hohenfels arrived from Calcutta. The case is mild. All crew will be kept at Swinburne Island for observation and the vessel will be disinfected.
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