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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1906
Page
2
The piece urges Troy to adopt concrete pavements and up-to-date methods after noting stalled growth and recent nationwide moves. It cites concrete walks as a pressing local improvement and highlights a broader push for municipal progress and efficiency.
A review of Congress after adjournment highlights the restoration and rebuilding bill for the old National or Cumberland road as notably missing. Congressman Pierce advocates a measure with significant potential benefits and deserves careful consideration should it resurface in the future.
The editor recalls a church visit with a good sermon and hymn singing. While singing Shall We Know Each Other There the editor notes about a dozen congregation members who do not speak to one another on the street. The reflection asks why they should know each other there if they do not on other occasions.
Judge McPherson of Red Oak Iowa sentenced and fined Swift and Co. Cudahy Packing Nelson Morris and Co. and Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway 15000 dollars each. George L Thomas of New York fined 6000 dollars and four months in prison. L B Taggart of New York fined 4009 dollars and three months in prison. Convictions stem from accepting concessions from Burlington Railway tied to export packing house products.
A Milwaukee man linked to stealing about 26 000 dollars of gas by tapping gaslight company lines over seven years will likely find marriage and electric light cheaper in the long run, authorities say.
A Washington dispatch notes friction over the Rate and Pure Food bills, with the House and Senate clashing on pipeline carriage, inspection costs, and public building spending. A compromise on the Rate Bill and near-law status for Pure Food emerge as adjournment nears. Senator Tillman condemns the pipeline clause, while Loeb denies Roosevelt as a third term candidate.
A collage of dialect reminiscences and poems recounts small town misadventures. A salvage of humorous quips, fleeting mishaps, and sentimental vignettes featuring Bub the biler and a pair of weary children in Chicago, ending with a note on sorrow and byron williams.
Sparta becomes a focal point for oil speculation as unscrupulous holders lease fields and profit from others’ work. An investigator bores wells to test value while these grafters allegedly lounge nearby, likened to buzzards awaiting a dying horse.
Edwardsville Intelligencer notes Illinois as an agricultural state with rapidly expanding manufacturing. Census 1904 figures compare to 1900 show 14,921 establishments, up 4 percent, with $975.8 million invested and products valued over $1.4 billion, highlighting a strong industrial growth.
The Highland Journal notes a fatal English train wreck at seventy five miles per hour illustrating global speed fever. It promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a cure for constipation and torpid liver, priced 25 cents at S Kingston s drug store while ink for writing is advertised in The Call s Stationery department.
A fragment recalls a North Sea dyke breach linked to neglect and warns of tragedy. It ties Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine to a near fatal cold, saved by Dr King s New Discovery. The ad promotes cough syrups and Kodol for digestion with local seller S Kingston.
Mrs E H Brunson of Dublin Georgia declares she feels young at eighty two thanks to Electric Bitters. She says the tonic cures dyspepsia torpid liver inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation after a period of use. The product guaranteed by S Kingston druggist priced 50 cents. The other note mentions glove makers claiming No 6 gloves now larger despite more athletic women and thinner hands.
A young man requests his money returned after a widow who offered a husband in a paid ad proved not to match the promising portrait. The situation centers on a matchmaking arrangement and the man seeks reimbursement for funds spent.
A playful note recalls milk powder rebranding as chalk before the milkman mixed it, highlighting a quirky historic quirk in everyday provisioning.
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