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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1906
Page
2
The notice describes mailing eligibility for second class matter, requests subscribers to renew or discontinue at expiration, asks reporting missed deliveries, offers free sample copies, and directs communications and remittances to The Troy Weekly Call in Troy Illinois. It includes scattered garbled text about entertainments and fees.
The piece urges Troy to adopt a progressive path, noting faster growth in Collinsville Edwardsville and the Tri Cities due to improvements and the interurban trolley. It argues Troy missed a past chance when rejecting an electric road proposal and warns to seize future opportunities by acting now and making them count.
The CatL column defends reader opinion on electric loads, claims letters from different parties published last week are genuine, and urges readers to verify by writing to the letters' authors. An upcoming installment promises more evidence, described as sound teuth that hurts resistant readers.
The Kall Kick Kolum is absent this week not dead but crowded out with readers’ concerns. Several good healthy kicks on public interest topics were received and will appear in due time. Favorable comments greet the departure with readers urging to keep the kicker kicking.
The Longworth-Roosevelt wedding will come to a focus in the limelight of publicity one week from today. Speed the day.
Regret spreads in New York City over the death of Tom Dunn former county sheriff widely known in the twenty sixth assembly district where he lived. A famed good natured practical joker Dunn’ wit was a hallmark at social events including a Delaware club ball where he joked with a man wearing a dress suit question and Dunn’s witty reply highlighted his hardy humor.
A lady clergyman notes that over 25 years women average 2 percent taller while men shrink by the same amount. With a five inch gap widening in that period, she implies drastic future changes in male status and subservience.
The note that another American girl has joined the British peerage in the usual way fails to unnerve American young men who care about such matters. The piece also ponders whether football is worse than prize fighting, yet concedes it has a larger share in mortality statistics.
A lighthearted social note contrasts wishes of children as girls prefer dolls and boys want dollars. Reflects festive shopping spirit and common toy currency expectations among youngsters.
H L Stanley of Bruno proclaims health restoration after five years of coughing and lung bleeding. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, noting wife’s improvement after one bottle and cure after twelve. Available at S Kingston’s Drug Store 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
From The Weekly Bulletin February 10 1876 reports Edwardsville Philips mill burned February 7 infant dies at age 2 1 2 years County Grange organized Troy population rises two births in week Flora Kieth forms music class Prof Lane pupils honor him sleigh ride township meeting selects Trojan as township name music milk supper at Presbyterian church funds Missionary Band receives proceeds land condemnation for street use $66 payment to Michael Walsh estate executor for condemned land by Village Board
Letters from Marshall to Indiana and beyond argue electric lines boost business and raise land values. Farmers cite $10 to $500 per acre gains near lines, right of way gifts, and strong investment returns as towns along East St. Louis and Suburban routes expand, with multiple communities reporting population and commerce growth.
A short exchange in a Cincinnati Enquirer snippet shows a conductor asking a boy’s age as a fare question. A lady objects to the impertinence while the conductor clarifies it as a fare inquiry in a period railcar vignette.
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