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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
1
A government committee inquiry notes overall crime falls in England while offenses against morality rise. The statement uses Oscar Wilde as a symbol rather than a theory. A North Carolina hotel keeper faces charges over serving ice used to pack a corpse. The piece suggests state residents see a threshold for such acts.
An OCR fragment suggests Chinese crowds threaten Li Hung Chang with removing his yellow jacket and peacock feather amid tension. It mentions a proposed U.S. visit by Li to open a laundry and references Denby’s official treaty synopsis showing limited openings to Japanese commerce and manufacture.
Manitoba authorities allege American ships harm whales and walrus in Hudson Bay. The piece notes British sealing practices seem contagious and asserts no American fleet has gone to England to corner the whitebait market.
A New York paper estimates annual church revenue at 5.5 million dollars, about 1 million less than theaters. Churches outnumber theaters ten to one. Since theaters rely largely on strangers, the comparison suggests the showing is not 50 bad.
The Japanese administration counts Seoul population at 123000 men and 64000 women, suggesting much larger totals than geographers’ estimates and implying possible undercounting in Chinese cities as well.
The passage laments human reach into remote areas for profit. It notes the bison’s disappearance and the fur seal’s rapid decline as victims of market demand affecting wildlife across continents and habitats.
A Baltimore Sun correspondent describes a journey from Maryland to Texas noting new enterprises, active building, and decreased cotton acreage by fifteen percent while corn acreage rises. The cornfields show promise of a bountiful yield likely meeting home demand.
PoLick Commissioner Roosevelt of New York walked through a district at a late hour and gathered information. He found about half the officers failing to perform their duties properly, and when confronted by a man they believed to be an ordinary citizen, they gave impertinent responses. The outcome seems likely to be significant.
The legislature enacted a libel law declaring that news matter received through usual channels and ordinary reports of occurrences published in good faith and without malice are privileged. Damages cannot be recovered in libel suits unless there is actual proof of damage to the plaintiff's business or reputation.
A Kentucky farmer rejects a theory that hydrophobia is purely imaginative after a dog bites a bull. The bull pursued the farmer who barely escaped by climbing a tree. The tale suggests hydrophobia theories fit city life more than country settings.
The article notes the expansion of public libraries across the United States, stating there are nearly five thousand. It highlights a remarkable feature of the nation’s progress with only one civil division failing to meet the criterion. The piece underscores widespread library development as a sign of civic advancement.
A digest of marriages and life insurance for Anthony J. Drexen and Miss Brady of Pittsburgh, income bequests in Biddle matters, and a string of late 19th century items: royal travels for the Duke of Aosta and Princess Helene, press notices on swine disease in Germany, postal arrests and civil service shifts, a Rockefeller damage suit verdict, and various crimes, shipyards, finance, and public notices from May to mid month in Britain and America.
A driver boy passing by caused a spark from a lamp to ignite a powdery substance in a truck. The resulting explosion badly burned several men and one occupant died shortly after.
Jose Pox Linkinson of Oakland departs for Philadelphia on the fifteenth by rail awaiting a rumored fortune. An asylum tag warns strangers of his condition as officials expect railroad kindness.
Rev Dr John Rusk resigns as pastor of Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian Church Chicago. He cites pressure from trustees who deem his sermons too sensational and not orthodox enough. Rusk notes past trustee actions against progressive ministers. He intends to depart after delivering a parting word and a rebuke to the trustees.
The legislature set two year funding for Northern and Eastern insane asylums and other state charities including the blind and feeble minded, with amounts listed for each facility. John Tainter, famed for pressing an asylum bill, died of a broken heart in Morgan county poorhouse at nearly ninety. A vigilante group in Whitefield township captured W Smith and M E Dearis after shooting Harry Emmett, who died from his wounds. Miss Jane Coleman of Rockford attempted suicide in a hotel, left notes naming six men as pallbearers.
Reports detail Adolph Lehman's fatal injuries after falling from an Illinois Central freight train as he rode it, and Paris Green poisoning of Mrs. Anton Verniaud in Quincy amid personal crisis. Other notes include Chester Higgins's fatal burns from a match at Randolph House, Hollis Dukes’s transfer to reform school after a fatal stabbing, James Hendricks’s suicide by rail near Plymouth, two Jacksonville deaf institute graduates, 95 year old Mrs. Elving Spaulding, 105 year old Susan Cook in Quincy, and a note on long smoking habit.
Senator Crawford introduced a consolidation bill granting merged corporations full powers from both. The measure advanced to second reading with unanimous consent. A provision requires city warrants drawn for payroll to accrue 5 percent interest if unpaid within thirty days, or notice to holders that funds are available and will be paid.
Springfield reports detail a legislative clash over prison labor with a majority urging abolition of state account systems and a shift to New York style rules. Proposals call for concentrating able bodied prisoners at Joliet and using others for public works while evaluating a Chicago canal project.
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