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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
3
A middle aged couple travels to Washington with new clothes as season opens. Their grown children fill their bags with rice, scattering grains when opened. The moment draws smiles all around, amid comments from a German woman who jokes she will be in the same fix next week.
Franksville Wisconsin reports a remarkable cure of female weakness after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Louis Markison, previously bedridden by illness, improved steadily and declares the remedy the best she knows. A separate Washington Star exchange notes public interest in Shakespeare and criticizes actor treatment of him.
Advertisement notes special low round trip fares to Texas and Oklahoma from major hubs with $15 to $20 rates, limited by Nov 10. Includes routes from St Louis to Texas and Indiana Territory and separate Southern point promos from Chicago, Cincinnati, and other cities. Also contains assorted quotes and brief notices about travel ads and curing colds.
A Paris fire brigade inventor unveils a new mask attachable to a standard helmet. It uses a mica visor, dual air pipes, a back knapsack lung, and copper tubing to supply air at nominal pressure. An electric bell warns when air runs low. unit weighs 12 kilograms and is slated for immediate use. Mesaba Range iron ore shipments reach 83 percent of US production bolstering steel growth. American exports rise 174 percent over 11 years while British and German exports grow 3.5 and 35.5 percent respectively. Apple crop projected at 48 million barrels, enough for over half the population.
A Swedish inventor patents a dummy gun on a universal jointed support with a pointer and glass disk. When aimed at the target the pointer marks a bull’s eye, locking occurs on trigger pull. A mirror may reflect the pointer to the marksman, aiding quick correction and improved shooting.
The American Motor League outlines a set of simple enamelled steel signs for warning motorists at hazardous road points. Signs are 24 inches square, mounted on white posts, with numbers 1 through 9 indicating specific cautions such as steep descents, railroad crossings, branch roads, cross roads, ditches, humps, city limits, and a general danger signal.
Most Rev John Joseph Glennon is appointed archbishop of the Diocese of St Louis after Archbishop Kains death. Born in Ireland he rose rapidly through church ranks, studied at All Hallows Dublin, came to the United States 20 years ago, and held key roles in Kansas City before his selection as coadjutor to Archbishop Kain.
Gov Dockery filed a formal request with Secretary Hay for the return of Charles Kratz the St. Louis boodler who fled to Mexico after indictment in the Suburban railway franchise case. Circuit Attorney Folk presented the papers and urged Washington action with Roosevelt likely to press Mexico for surrender.
A Seattle banker named Gorman asks Troy officials to aid in more equalizing the sexes between east and west. He claims many young men in Seattle earn good salaries and own homes but cannot find partners. Mayor Conway is studying the request and may act.
The Rock River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Aurora Illinois, has adopted resolutions urging national adoption of uniform divorce laws. They call for a state crime designation for family abandonment and urge ministers to refuse remarriage to anyone not legally divorced on scriptural grounds.
St. Louis on October 15 reports the concessions department has assigned a hilltop plot just south of the machinery building and east of Skinker road for the Ferris wheel. The elevated position promises the finest view of the fair and city across the expo site.
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