30 May 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1903
Page
1
An Indianapolis wife obtained a divorce after her husband demanded she stay up late to study. The court supported the husband’s insistence, likening it to enforcing long hours. Pension figures show Civil War veterans dying at about 40,000 annually, with Confederate veterans not far behind. Over half of Civil War participants have died.
Walter Vrooman is interrupted in his work of uplifting mankind by a petition for divorce from the woman who has given him one third of her fortune to aid him in his philanthropic schemes. Neither the course of true love nor the course of true philanthropy runs smooth.
The piece notes that sneers abroad have faded as America asserts principled diplomacy. It contrasts American and European views on pledge integrity, and criticizes U.S. urban street aesthetics for prioritizing fences and billboards over beauty through window gardening.
At the sixty ninth anniversary celebration the New York Home of the Friendless received a 5000 dollar check from Miss Helen Gould. The piece lauds her generosity toward the destitute and contrasts American cash with foreign dowries, noting the pope’s remark about American activity and wealth.
A cargo of 5 300 tons of ore was discharged in five hours and forty minutes marking the greatest feat with unloading machinery. Previously 250 men would take two days to unload 5 000 tons, now thirty men complete the task in one eighth the time.
A letter condemns mass killings of various groups abroad and argues immigrants should be allowed entry to the United States but questions automatic voting rights upon arrival, contrasting liberty with immediate political participation.
A vessel from Hamburg last week carried 2,963 passengers, mostly immigrants. In April, total arrivals at U S ports reached 126,286, underscoring the vast scale of ocean immigration and the Mayflower’s historic beginnings as an early signal of this expansive movement.
President Roosevelt slept on the snow edged by a glacier in a Yosemite storm, rising next morning to declare it one of the pleasantest nights of his life. The remark adds a heroic, almost mythic tone to the chief magistrate.
One of the doctors at a Washington convention is Dr. A Garcelon of Lewiston Maine. He is ninety years old and a former governor who voted for Andrew Jackson. He offered for enlistment in the Spanish war and credits an easy conscience as the secret of longevity.
Secretary Wilson states analysis shows soil in Alabama South Carolina and Texas and likely Mississippi Louisiana and Florida can yield tobacco of Cuban quality. He asserts the land can be cultivated to produce a top grade crop matching Cuban tobacco.
News in brief reports President Roosevelt’s remark on seeking a full term, denial of royal health rumors about King Edward, indictments in Kentucky, a postmaster dismissal over mail fraud, deaths of bicycle pioneer H Lozier and notable figures, Emerson centennial dinner, a pistol duel, and other incidents from May 25 including decorations announcements and a Paris Madrid car race toll.
Jackson Kentucky May 28 hearing delayed for Curtis Jett and Tom White over the murder of lawyer J B Marcum. The town remains under military guard as capt B J Ewen testifies he fears being marked for death and describes life under siege near the depot hotel. Politics fuel vendetta as grand jury investigates city marshal’s assassination.
World’s fair management asks St Louis hotels for rate expectations April 30 to December 1 1904. Officials aim to attract 150 to 175 conventions through active publicity and congress campaigns. Hotels fear capacity limits and possible high rates as inquiries rise and the exposition opening nears.
Washington reports the U S Secret Service is investigating peonage charges near Montgomery Alabama at department of justice request. A man has been indicted for keeping a negro in servitude for at least a year. Grand jury returned five more indictments, names withheld.
The lesson covers Acts 27 28 detailing Paul as prisoner guiding the voyage to Crete through storms to land. It notes his leadership saving men on board and the crew's safe arrival, with reflections on authority and faith under pressure.
San Juan Puerto Rico May 28. Charges filed in Washington allege irregularities in the San Juan office by Collector Cruzen. Affidavits claim he received unlawful emoluments allowed ships without inspectors and demanded cigars from shippers in exchange for favors. Cruzen is away but a reply is awaited on his return.
Col Albert Brewer of Tiffin aged 43 dies of heart disease on Wednesday amid an ongoing manslaughter case for a saloon killing of Luther Hershey. The trial was postponed to June 15. Brewer, founder of Brewer Pottery Co., had been under indictment and rumors of suicide were denied by his physician.
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