06 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
1
A theatrical tale recounts an English actor Spar Hing to be shot in Act One and die on stage. The audience and crew react as a heavy man moves the body, lifts it higher to hide the corpse, then exits, avoiding exposure of the legs as the curtain nears.
A short moral tale warns that grand profit schemes collapse leaving investors ruined. The piece also notes the Chicago Alton Railway Employment Bureau recruits local men after tests. Mobile & Ohio Railroads launches dining car service between St Louis, New Orleans and Mobile. Jackson, Tennessee becomes dining car and commissary HQ. a humorous quip about bachelor ideals and partner searches closes.
A compact advertisement style note promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweated calloused feet with a trial package offered free. It also includes a brief quote montage mentioning products like Brandyquinine tablets and Piso’s Cure for consumption, reflecting typical late 19th or early 20th century marketing copy with various consumer health claims and testimonials.
Pittsfield Mass Sept 3 President Roosevelt escaped death when his landau collided with an electric streetcar. Secret Service Agent Craig was killed. Secretary Cortelyou and Gov Crane were injured. Driver Pratt seriously hurt. Roosevelt and Crane helped Cortelyou to safety. Pratt taken to hospital. Carriage wrecked. one horse killed. crowd witnesses mourned.
James Wilson announces stricter enforcement of the May 25 1900 act and related laws governing interstate shipment of birds and game. The notice details unlawful transport, required markings, evasion penalties, regional restrictions on deer quail prairie chickens and Alaska species, live propagation shipments, private use allowances, insectivorous birds protections, and millinery bird bans with emphasis on compliance and penalties.
Gus Keifer was fatally injured during a balloon ascent at the Springfield fairgrounds on Monday afternoon. After reaching about 200 feet, his parachute failed to open when he cut away, sending him into a tree and then to the ground where he was found unconscious.
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