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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
7
An old Illinois ad promotes a harmless remedy from C H Rowan Drug Co Chicago to cure bed wetting and urination control issues in old or young. It claims the 50 cent package is prepaid and absolutely free to readers of The Call and urges spreading the word to family and neighbors.
A long running court house item details transfers of properties in Granite City Alton Collinsville Edwardsville and Wood River townships. Purchasers include W J Givenrod W G Draper H Kluze C M Ellison A M Beckwith J Frangoulis Rosa Spiller Mary Beck and many others with amounts ranging from 25 to 29000 dollars. Marriage licenses listed for residents of Rawardsville Meade Overby Granite City and East St Louis among others.
The Daily Ledger argues Illinois needs no tax law beyond fairer treatment. It urges support for home ownership, factory location, and growth, criticizing taxes on full property value and on capital stock. The piece frames current law as discouraging housing, industry, and civic development and calls for reform. It also includes an unrelated ad about Kickapoo Worm Killer for children.
An 1890s advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. Endorsed by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, the notice asserts the firm’s reliability and offers testimonials, pricing, and distribution details.
A school note returns an amusing excuse for Willie who missed a day after getting wet in the morning and falling ill in the afternoon. The message, attributed to Wo man's Home Companion, pokes fun at the missing details.
A fisherman pleads for luck after three centuries with no bite while Mer phisto grins, taunting the weary angler. The exchange unfolds on the banks of a boiling lake in a dark, fantastical moment.
The Troy market lists grains and products with unit prices such as Wheat 19 per bushel Corn 60 per bushel Oats 53 per bushel Flour hard wheat 2.90 per hundredweight Flour soft wheat 8.10 per hundredweight White Middlings 1.75 per hundredweight Shipstuff 1.25 per hundredweight Bran and meal prices shown with units, Clover Hay Timothy and Straw per ton. Cattle hogs calves sheep lambs Turkeys Geese Ducks and Chickens priced per hundredweight or per pound as readable.
In his inaugural message Governor Dunne argues for employing penitentiary inmates in road work, including material prep and short term prison labor on an honor system. He calls for state aid, compulsory road drag, proper maintenance, and using automobile tax revenue to seed a state aid fund.
EE Chamberlin of Clinton says Bucklein's Arica Salve will immediately remove pain from cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. The remedy is endorsed as effective by a Clinton resident.
Daniel Peterman offers The Call at one dollar per year advance in Troy as the best bargain. The notice markets The Call as an unbeatable deal for home readers, emphasizing value and low price over other options.
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