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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1905
Page
2
The Weekly Call in Troy Illinois reminds subscribers to report missed issues and that sample copies are free on request. It urges parties with legal notices to instruct their attorneys to publish in the paper and notes attorneys cannot disregard such requests under the law. Kinloch 4.
The Highland Journal reports Troy moving forward to an electric railway connection with St. Louis, highlighting Highland's interest in Troy’s prospects. The piece also glosses on local politics, the Portland Lewis and Clark Exposition Midway, and pending Congress postal reforms aiming to simplify class divisions and cut letter postage to one cent.
A pending United States patent office bill could cut government trade mark fees from 25 to 10 and require only interstate commerce use to register. Also, Senator Mitchell of Oregon faces bribery charges in a land fraud case, defending his innocence before the Senate as he ages and reflects on a long career.
The Lebanon Journal argues interurban electric railways will connect cities and towns, making travel cleaner and more frequent, raising real estate values, boosting merchant activity, encouraging suburban homes, and enabling rural utilities like electric lighting and pumping. It claims opposing merchants will benefit from broader markets, while cities and farms gain cheaper living and better access.
An advertisement touts Sanford's Writing Inks offered for sale at THE CALL office urging sellers to share what they have to sell for payment.
From The Weekly Bulletin January 21 1875 notes a 400 pound hog butchered by Charles Edwards near Troy. Tax collection details announce sheriffs visits to the White Horse hotel twice weekly for 1874 dues. Seybold Heddergott form carpenters contractors undertakers, a future furniture store is proposed. Farm hand Henry Engleman assaulted near Blackjack with facial injuries. Rev A Bliss opens a Sunday school in Odd Fellows hall Nameoki noting a devil may have a quit claim deed but would not sign it.
An outline of a proposed state wide Illinois primary law moves through the Forty fourth general assembly. The bill imitates Australian election practices with delegates chosen by county conventions and a uniform date the second Saturday in April, 1906, applying to state county and congressional nominations while preserving petition candidacies.
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