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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
1
A Canton China strike by workers on the meat packing plant line seeks a 25 to 30 cent wage hike per hen. The disruption threatens production while officials debate responses and potential labor concessions. reports mention broader economic anxieties and public concerns about labor action.
The New Hampshire senator and former secretary of the navy under Arthur discusses future naval trends. He predicts heavy armor will yield to fast lightly armored ships with rapid fire guns, noting Russia's experimentation in this area.
A Brooklyn man advocates scrapping worn currency as filthy and germ-filled. He claims four out of every five bills are unfit to touch and proposes government or banks issue duplicates upon demand. He cites the Bank of England as a model for not reissuing old bills.
In a quiet New Jersey town William Schreiber known to locals as Willie stuttered through daily duties while employed by a New York district bank tender. He secretly stole over $100 and faced pressure about salaries and temptations, with hints he sought a wage increase as a relief from mounting financial strain.
Superintendent Mills cites healthy cadets with eye issues and praises the ending of hazing. He urges raising admission standards to West Point to match public high school curricula, aligning arithmetic with algebra and geometry, and seeks War Department action to set higher requirements without increasing exam difficulty.
Washington reports Hunter E Golding, an American brake man on a Mexican railway, has been released after the supreme court reversed a lower court ruling. He had been sentenced to eight years for complicity in a death on the train, but evidence at rehearing showed he had no role in ejecting the man.
Philadelphia Oct. 19 The Baldwin locomotive works, whose shops have been exceedingly busy for many months, have booked two large domestic orders. Ten engines in total, one for 30 freight locomotives for Chicago Burlington and Quincy, and the rest for a penetration for the Union Pacific, with no other details available.
A report from the auditor of public accounts lists Illinois bank assets and liabilities as of the latest call. Figures include loans and discounts 122,000,000 plus United States bonds, real estate, due from other banks, and various deposits. A separate note reports a fatal wreck on the Chicago and Alton line near Lincoln, with three dead and several injured, including Bloomington residents.
Aunt Mary Pankey a respected Saline County elder aged 87 died at home in Harrisburg after a fall. Mrs Lucinia Gandy of Sycamore aged 94 also died. In DeKalb County a longtime settler since 1836. Nicholas Perrin a rich St. Clair County resident died at his Lebanon area home from Bright’s disease. wealth estimated between $75,000 and $100,000.
The October session of the board of pardons met and reviewed cases on assault to kill and multiple murder charges. Individuals considered include Joseph Lowry of Madison County for assault to kill, and Robert Gorman, Rolla S. Lewis, Hester A. Deweese, Stephen Guill, Elza Ventres, all tied to murder charges in White, Gallatin, Williamson, and other counties. John Randolph faces criminal assault in Washington County, with John W. Earp of Moultrie County charged with manslaughter.
Charles Andrew Johnson, 53, with over $1,100 on deposit in Illinois Trust and Savings Bank and believed to hold large sums in three California banks, was found dead in his bed at Gladstone flats on La Salle avenue. He died from inhaling illuminating gas, though landlady Mrs Ellen Davis suspected the gas was left on by accident.
William F. Steward and his wife of Stanton township north of Urbana deeded their $6,000 valued farm to the Methodist church. The gift funds a southern education institution for colored people in the black belt. The trustees may use rents from the farm and may not sell it.
I D Smith aged 52 the Demara Demara station wreck engineer died after suffering since being wounded He reportedly begged friends to kill him to end his misery He leaves a family in Argenta
At Rock Island two officers at the door of a home with a warrant for arrest on a charge of stabbing Gus Swennson of Moline. Charles Holstrom aged 33 fired two shots from a revolver into his breast. He died within two hours.
A large parade in Virden drew over two thousand visiting delegates and labor supporters marching with miners. The two day celebration honored workers and included pallbearers for Charles Pierson from the Watcha railway death remembrance in Dedathravas.
The article describes a residence priced at $2,200 with nine rooms on a stone foundation. It highlights bay windows, diagonal boarding for strength, and detailed interior and exterior finish choices including cedar shingles, American glass, and porcelain sinks.
A fragmented note details how external boarding intersects the cornice to reinforce braces and form a tight roof connection. It explains primary causes of cold entering the structure and circulating through partitions, then into floors, urging sheathing the openings and finishing tightly to improve overall strength.
The report recounts the Muir Glacier in Alaska being torn by an earthquake last year. Large ice masses broke off into Glacier Bay hindering ship passage while the glacier’s face receded about 304 feet and the main body extended 20 miles back. Vessels were largely unable to approach the glacier as July and August trips noted surface heights from 25 to 80 feet though real heights reached 150 to 200 feet. Next year visitors may again view the glacier up close.
The steamship Cowrie discharged oil from Borneo at the Thames dock and sailed to London using liquid fuel. Six stokers replaced sixteen, slightly improved speed, and reduced bunker space with oil’s higher energy density. Borneo oil touted as excellent fuel, cheaper in Hong Kong and Japan, while German textile exports shift and ammonia of pine resins noted.
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