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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
2
Notices of entertainments with charges will be inserted at regular rates. Subscriptions and payments must be addressed to The Troy Weekly Call in Troy Illinois.
Astronomers report no success in depositing four pinches of salt on the comet’s tail as it cavorts through the heavens, a whimsical note on ongoing efforts to study the stray celestial visitor.
Wednesday marked Ground Hoge day with a hogship forecast that six more weeks of winter lie ahead, a prediction welcomed as acceptable by coal industry workers amid ongoing cold conditions.
Across the country the past week saw numerous mine accidents and hundreds of fatalities. Experts urge immediate adoption of life saving devices and strict safety measures at once.
Since the two cents per mile law has been in effect in most states railroads show little disposition to grant special rates for industrial expositions shows conventions and similar gatherings. The special rates formerly made on concessions were in some cases less than two cents per mile.
A reader laments sensational gossip about Pocahontas child murder coverage and urges newspapers to withhold salacious detail. He argues such reporting degrades readers and morality, noting a flood of scandal in papers and appealing for conservative standards at home.
At the Third Annual Cement Show in Chicago February 1 2 hundreds of exhibitors display concrete products from beehives to burial vaults. The event drew over seventy five thousand attendees from across the United States, highlighting wide application in construction and manufacturing.
Capt Ora I Havill of Mt Carmel presses a spicy column called Bridget’s Buns. Repeated trouble followed his writings leading to arrest, jail time, and a federal indictment in East St Louis for sending obscene literature by mail. Bond set at 65000. he will stand trial in Danville.
In Washington, Jan 29, Senator Lodge presents statistics showing world price rises and the impact of gold production on prices. The piece notes tariff effects on lumber and hides, debates postal savings banks, Taft’s balance between factions, and Zelaya’s extradition stance with Nicaragua. It also covers responses to immigration investigations and insurgent versus standpatger tensions.
A historical sketch traces James Lick, famed for Lick Observatory and San Francisco wealth, from piano making to land speculation. It notes his grand mahogany mill built as a memorial to a miller's daughter who spurned him for poverty, reflecting a peculiar love tribute by a wealthy man.
Manchester Ohio man Lewis Chamblin recounts a severe lung illness dropping to 115 pounds yet cured by Dr King’s New Discovery. He now weighs 160 pounds and works hard. The remedy also helped his four children. Infalible for coughs and colds and all bronchial affections. 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottle free. S Kingston guarantees.
A Madison Republic notice reports a well known resident of Edwardsville spraining his ankle after alighting a train at Fast Street St Louis. The report does not specify the type of ankle injury or name of the individual.
A local report notes many ground hogs in Edwardsville but organizations and active club membership are scarce, leaving the animal presence without a formal group or structure.
A brief notice from The Call urges readers not to borrow neighbors' papers and to request their own copy, humorously promoting the newspaper titles The St. Louis Globe Republic Post-Dispatch Star of Times and naming Daniel Peterman as agent 47 tf.
A narrator pleads for aid from a doctor while a mother and sister impose healing through thought and tonics. He longs for antidotes and potions, sneaking medicines and eschewing parental scrutiny. The poem centers on control, illness, and rebellious yearning for medical escape.
A dramatic criticism scene features a speaker asking if Shakespeare’s all the world’s a stage holds true. A lady answers with a sharp retort about men likening villas and none resembling the ideal. The exchange showcases wit and literary reference.
Edmond Beall, known as the Alton stork mayor, declares his bid for the 17th district senate seat. A Madison County native and Civil War veteran, he has served as Alderman and three-term Alton mayor, heads Beale Bros. Manufacturing, and led Republican efforts with Taft at the national convention. Tickets for Brush entertainment on February 8 and 6 available at Riebold's.
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