Community Building and the Plan for Local Development
Community building means citizens shaping social, economic, political, and spiritual life. A clear plan is essential to avoid conflicting efforts and ensure progress. Troy should back the Boringfield Central Ultimats Trac tion project as a catalyst, noting a $1,500 bonus is minor compared to city benefits and local support may exist.
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United States
Troy
Boringfield & Central Ultimats’ Traction Company
Smith
Notable Quote on Aging and Daily Workload
A reflection notes that after men reach forty they are mostly occupied with bread and butter concerns, leaving little time for lighthearted joshing or gadecuffling in leisure. The remark underscores the shift toward practical duties and everyday responsibilities.
Notable quotes on integrity and perseverance from industry giants
A compendium of short, period voice lines praising honesty, grit, and perseverance from figures such as Baron Rothschild, John D. Rockefeller, James Whitcomb Riley, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, George Ade, Andrew Carnegie, John Mitchell, Sir Thomas Lipton, Marshall Field, and John Wanamaker. Each reflects frugal living, hard work, or principled conduct in business and public life.
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Baron Rothschild
John D. Rockefeller
James Whitcomb Riley
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
George Ade
Andrew Carnegie
John Mitchell
Thomas Lipton
Marshall Field
John Wanamaker
Brass Tacks on Public Demand and Auto Industry Lies
The public is the final court of appeal in business matters from politics to automotives. The article notes the public’s influence on car design shifting from luxury to utility, and warns manufacturers that ignoring consumer wishes invites receiverships. It emphasizes staying grounded and listening to people.
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Vox Populi
Wise adages for youth and enterprise from Homer McKee
A collection of pointed proverbs on judgment, economy, and ambition. It urges real world experience over office advice, warns against foolhardy shortcuts, and champions initiative, mentorship, and seizing today as the main chance. The voice blends tough wisdom with encouragement for bold, practical action.
Congressional steel inquiry leaves more questions than answers
Washington reports the last year long steel trust investigation under Rep Stanley of Kentucky ends with factional reports. Gardner of Massachusetts emerges as leader urging national control by a U S Commission rather than dissolution. The piece also notes Washington growth, Panama Canal talks, and Mexican unrest with U S border policing ongoing.
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Washington, D. C
Steel Trust
Stanley
Kentucky
Rockefeller
Oil City
Schwab
Monte Carlo
Morgan
Pierpontdale
Carnegie
Scotland
Tittsburgh
Congress
United States Steel Corporation
Gardner
Massachusetts
New
Steel Committee
Ita
United States Commission
Washington
United States
Capitol Hill
The Home Town Praise in The Call Exchange
The verse extols Troy and vicinity as the best place to live work and dream, urging pride in the town. It notes Exchange The Call as a news source for local updates and mentions a weekly coat of less than two cents.
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Troy
Illinois Block Signal System to Cover Major Rail Line
Illinois Central announces a block signal system for the Cairo to Chicago and Carbondale to East St. Louis stretches on the St Louis division. Sixty carloads of signal material have shipped from New York and are being unloaded for distribution. Installation will start immediately and take several months.
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I. C
Dugquoin
Illinois Contral Railroad
Cairo
Chicago
Carbondale
East St. Louis
St. Louis
New York
Helen Christopher
Ruth Jarloe
Detroit
Springfield-Yoggmen Crack Post Office Safe Heist
Springfield Yoggmen cracked the Nilwood post office safe between 1 and 2 AM and fled unseen. Residents heard an explosion but did not investigate, and the robbery was not discovered until daylight.
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Springfield
Springfield Names Delegates to Upper Mississippi Meeting
Springfield Governor Deneen designates Walter A. Rosenfield of Rock Island William Meese of Moline Col J H Best of Quincy and Rev E A Ferguson for Illinois at the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association meeting in Burlington Iowa on September 10. Rev Ferguson dies at Mount Vernon typhoid fever. he was a noted evangelist. A P Titus named superintendent of transport for the Chicago and Alton Railroad succeeding Xerxes H Corneil. Nashville council approves waterworks bond ordinance for 21500 with a special election set for September 24.
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Springfield
Deneen
Illinois
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Burlington
Walter A. Rosenfield
Rock Island
William Meese
Moline
Quincy
E. A. Ferguson
Mount Vernon
H.A. Ferguson
United States
Texas
Nashville
Four of 142 Parole Violations at Leavenworth
Federal parole data show only four of 142 prisoners released on parole in 18 months violated terms. Anxiety over Dr Sun Yat Seng grows after news from Pekin. In Pittsburg, a bear dance provokes a riot when Michael Armbruster clashes with Albert Silven, resulting in deaths and injuries.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Sun Shanghai
Sun Yat Seng
Tung Chow
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Pittsburg
Michael Armbruster
Albert Silven
Silven
Armbruster
Public Proposal Links Doctor to Reformer Legend
Dr. A. P. Burrus in Janesville Wis publicly proposes to reformer Virginia Brooks of West Hammondad, claiming she is like his grandmother and an ideal woman in a long distance marriage appeal.
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Janesville
Wis
A. P. Burrus
Virginia Brooks
West Hammondad
Secretary Stimson heads west for inspection tour
Washington. Secretary Stimson of the War Department left Washington for a tour of inspection of western military posts, traveling via New York. He was accompanied by Mrs. Stimson. The notice also promotes The Call newspaper and its classified Want Ads for subscriptions and farming papers.
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Stimson
Washington
War Department
New York
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Ilinois
Kinloch
UN Building and Loan Association
Harlan
By Homer McKee
Heaven
Piker
Washington News
District of Columbia
John Bull
Panama Canal
Confess
Mexico
Madero
Illinois News
Waleah Wehbie
Mississippi
Chief Egan
New Haven
Clinton County
State Board of Health
J. C. Westervelt
Percy
Willis Coal Mine
H. Fastenan
Steelville
Cutler
Centralia
Iinola Central
L. H. Sample
Kelly
Salem
Pesotum
McCullough
Henry Preffey
August Lietz
Will W. Eisenmenger
E. F. Wirth
F. L. Best
Charles Eisenmenger
G. F. Kleiss
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Pesatum
Pesatum
Champaign County
Murphysboro
Steve Demetro
Market Street
Annie
Harrison
Eric
John Hatton
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Yoggs
Deneeen
Titus
Chicago & Alton
Bloomington
A. P. Titus
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Xerxes H. Corneil
Elias Burk, “Jr
John Deere
Deere
G. A. Purviance & Son
Hack and Dray Line
Vandalia Station
Deimling Bros
George T. Eckert
Superior
Graham
Cos
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Uhilaven
xUnion Shop
Opera House
ED Helmich
Weems Laundry
J.J. Brown
M.D. C
E. Molden
M. D Brown & Molden
Physicians and Surgeons
Main Street
Baptist Church
Brown
Molden
Byron P. Williams
Osteopathic
Bohm
Edwardsville
John L. Hagler
Justice of the Peace
Kinloch 91
Perry G. Hiles
Jesse L. Simpson Hiles
New Palace
R. Edwardaville
Squire
Eckert
M.F. Allwarter
Auwarter's
Eagle
St. Louis Dairy Co’s. Ice
Riebold’s
Wick Bros. Jewelry Company
Leclaire
Madison County
Lota
America
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Nelson. Mfg. Co. Leclaire
Edwardsville P. O
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