10 May 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
1
Newspapers praise Sol Smith Russell for his natural charm and wholesome presence. The memorials emphasize his straightforward style and enduring popularity in the acting world.
The Brooklyn street railway manager announces plans to hire several hundred college graduates as conductors and motormen this summer and assures Cecil Rhodes' Oxford Americans that they will not live in vain.
Armour argues the price rise hits the well off, who feast on prime rib and porterhouse steaks. He contends these men, able to afford such cuts, should be gentlemen and not complain about the cost.
An additional guarantee of prosperity in the south rests on a recent rapid cotton price rise. It implies a total gain of at least 75 million dollars for southern planters, with an average value increase of 7.50 dollars per bale on an estimated 10 million bale crop.
In March, 57 175 immigrants landed in New York and exhibited 811 013 dollars to examiners. Previous year immigrants showed 5 490 080 dollars in money and likely more in savings. Immigration grows toward record levels as Carnegie agrees to a group photo with reporters after speaking.
A legislative exchange in Newfoundland saw a member brand the minister of finance with several insults, calling him a liar and worse. The minister has not publicly answered, but is expected to respond by likening the member to the same offensive label.
The text recalls Amos J. Cummings as Dana’s ally in reviving the New York Sun, noting his role in a rapid transformation of the paper. It also mentions meat commission men hiring owners to ship more cattle to balance packer power, and a Cecil Rhodes Kaiser Wilhelm exchange about Africa and a foreign affairs post.
Edward Everett Hale, at eighty, stands as a revered American elder. Residing in Massachusetts, he is known nationwide for his writings on Kansas and Nebraska and his early support for Eli Thayer's Emigrant Aid society. He helped promote free-state settlement ahead of Kansas statehood in 1861.
A series of senate and house actions detailing Philippine bill discussions, civil and Rosebud Indian reservation measures, and responses to anti minority charges. Notable events include deaths of Representatives Cummings and Samon, adjourning for funerals, and Tillman’s incendiary speech triggering mass exits.
The Munising Paper Co limited, capitalized at 1,000,000, plans to build the largest pulp and paper mills in the United States at Munising Michigan in the upper peninsula. A southern Germany snowstorm on the seventh damaged orchards in bloom, with snow reaching a foot and unusually cold weather.
On the 8th in the Senate a bitter exchange between Messrs Dolliver and Carmack marked a day of routine business as discussions continued on the Philippine bill. In the House Oklahoma and New Mexico admission debates dominated, resolutions to merge the two territories failed, and a funeral committee was appointed for Rear-Admiral Sampson. A Kansas City to west coast rail line began with the first spike at Anthony Kansas. Clara Taylor, the Cincinnati woman accused of kidnapping her niece, is a fugitive in Italy as legal steps resume. Salient notes include the Beef Trust inquiry urging public restraint, the New York novelist Paul Leicester Ford shot by his brother, and Kansas City transit officials denying railroad negotiations. Also, Miss Eleanor Matthews dies in Kansas City, and Fifth Missouri Democrats hold primaries with W S Cowherd unopposed.
A list of current items notes Kansas Democrats backing David Overmyer for the 1904 presidential race. It also reports deaths, accidents, and industry notes from across the Midwest including Susan Helnick in Phoenix and a mine accident in Joplin.
On the 7th Maj. E. A. Osborn, Civil War veteran, died in Chicago at his sister Mrs. O. W. Barrett's home. His Kansas residence was noted. Also on the 7th the Danish landsthing adopted the original resolution on the Danish West Indies treaty and referred the matter to a 30 member conference committee. Senor Valdez of The Manila Mian received a six month banishment after the second libel suit by Benito Legardo. The body of Mrs. Patrick Burke of Owensboro, Kentucky, was recovered from the river near Cairo, Mississippi, bringing total recoveries to 36.
On the 7th the Preussen, claimed largest sailing ship, 8000 tons dead weight, was launched at Geestemunde Prussia. Heavy snow fell at Abbeville and Amiens France while frost appeared across northeastern departments. The Bankers Union of the World held its first annual meeting in Omaha with 150 delegates. Fire in St Neivard Neb destroyed seven stores and a residence, with several residents escaping by climbing down an electric light pole.
Washington DC reports by Mr North reveal Illinois expanded vastly its manufacturing sector from 1850 to 1900. The state grew to 38,360 establishments employing 395,110 workers with salaries totaling over $191 million and product value exceeding $1.25 billion. Chicago, Joliet, Bloomington, Rockford, Peoria, Springfield, and Quincy led with 84.1 percent of output in 1890 and 79.2 percent in 1900.
The report notes 35.2 percent population share and 27,904 of 38,360 establishments, 72.7 percent in 70 cities. Smaller towns with under 20,000 population employ 51,120 workers across 5,139 establishments, producing 118 million dollars in yearly output. The decade shows mixed changes, yet overall progress is praised.
Archaeologist Professor Morgan of Paris deciphers laws of King Kammouradi of Babylon from clay tablets found by a French expedition at Suza. The exhibit at the Grand Palais opening May 1 features sections on criminal civil and commercial law with provisions on theft burning and property rights.
Magnets made of soft iron, powered by electric circuits, now commonly replace hooks and chains for lifting heavy weights. Attached to cranes, they instantly gain or lose attraction by turning the current on or off, with typical five ton capacity, and have proven able to lift material where chains would slip.
A man named Robert Williams recovered from consumption after two years in Arizona. He followed a diet of goats milk, drank a pint at breakfast and dinner, plus a half pint every two hours, and avoided meat while consuming vegetables. He now weighs double what he did before and is reported as well.
Camille Flaymmarion told a Paris Societe Astronomique de France gathering that one milliard minutes have passed since the Christian era begun. The New York Herald dispatch notes the moment is 6:10 p.m. on April 18, using January 1 year 1 as the epoch. The average year over 19 centuries is 525,957 minutes and 18 seconds.
Departing guest eagerly seeks guidance on recommending a good hotel in town. Clerk offers a polite but condescending prompt, prompting the guest to articulate a desired answer for future inquiries. Newspaper voice notes local humor or a humorous quip from the Los Angeles Herald.
A playful exchange from Tit-Bits where a timid admirer asks to kiss the royal hand and the young woman gently scolds him asking what is the matter with the royal lips.
A gold plate belonging to Charles Bonaparte was pawned to fund the travel of his son Napoleon to the military school at Brienne and was placed in the Ajaccio town museum.
A Washington Indiana Democrat editorial laments that when a man is ill he only hears from others who share his pain, offering little real sympathy. The piece critiques consoling clichés and suggests more meaningful support is needed.
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