The Troy Weekly Call Ad Rates and Notices
The Troy Weekly Call announces weekly publication from Market Street and The Square Troy Illinois editor B W Jarvis. Notices for entertainments carry regular rates, and sample copies are sent free. Subscription rates listed and legal notice guidance given. The Edwardsville Republican quip about Sunday killings and a Kansas divorce case are noted with neutral commentary on social views.
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Troy Weekly
B. W. Jarvis
Wrenny Call
Troy
Weather Talk Finds Comfort In Distant Readings
On hot days readers note weather reports often overstate temperatures elsewhere to offer consolation. The remark highlights how distant forecasts appear more tolerable than the local heat, reflecting public affection for even modest weather optimism.
Aerial Vessels Spur Rubber Neck Craze
A remark on lone Trojan figures with heads aloft suggests new balloon obsessions. The rising use of aerial vessels hints at a social shift toward public fascination with airborne craft and distant sights.
Colorado Suffrage Debate Sparks Outlandish Praise
Reform rhetoric erupts as a New York figure, Reverend Chancellor ex-Governor Buchtel, proclaims that only the dreas of womankings vote in Colorado and plans a return to advocate suffrage. He humorously promises a Carnegie hero medal for Denver activists if they match London vigor.
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Dreas
Colorado
Buchtel
New York
Denver
MacGregor
Lincoln Institute funding secured for new Kentucky campus
Funds fully raised for the Lincoln Institute to establish an industrial and normal training school for African Americans. Major gifts from Mrs. Russell Sage and Andrew Carnegie totaled 350000 dollars, with Kentucky contributing 50000 dollars. The school will operate with Berea College, on a 600 acre site in Shelby County Kentucky.
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Lincoln
Russell Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Kentucky
Berea College
Shelby County
Missing Man Leon Ling Said to Be Murdered or Missing
The article reports Leon Ling, long sought, allegedly captured in Florida Boston British Columbia Toonolulu and on the high seas. It asserts he has been murdered by some of his countrymen or committed suicide with his body reportedly dragged from the Tinten and a coroner declaring it is he. The New York police have not yet confirmed next appearances.
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Leon Ling
Florida
Boston
British Columbia
Toonolulu
High Seas
New York
Marie
Freddy
Business Man
Fight Against Billboards In St Louis Republic Fight
The St Louis Republic campaigns against unkept billboards in the city arguing they harm the visual landscape and raise fire and wind risks. Officials regulate via ordinance but some owners avoid taxes while earning thousands annually. The piece frames ads as a public nuisance affecting commerce, safety, and municipal life.
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St. Louis
Wien
Iite
Washington Letter on Taft tariff policy shifts
Regular Washington column notes the push for specific reductions in tariffs and a corporation tax to fund tariff revision machinery. It portrays Taft as leading a new protectionist school, seeking to balance domestic costs with foreign prices, and highlights the debate over tariff machinery versus rate cuts amid ongoing legislative pressure.
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Taft
United States
Maintau
Shaw
Patimetead
Pinchot Ballinger Rift Not Spreading to Taft
A reading of cabinet dynamics states Judge Ballinger enjoys President Taft’s full confidence. The report argues Pinchot lacks presidential backing and is only a subordinate to Secretary Wilson, with no real clash between Wilson and Ballinger.
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Gifford Pinchot
National Forester
R. A. Ballinger
Concrete Bridge as Model for Bond County Network
In Greenville, a recently erected concrete bridge two miles east of town is praised as a model for county bridges. The writer argues concrete lasts longer and costs no more than iron, urging the county to end iron or wooden bridges and culverts. annual bridge spending averages about 35000, with curiosity about steel versus cement mix.
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Greenville
Little
Bond
Paying the Penalty: Industrial Growth and Local Crime
In Madison two men were fatally shot on Sunday morning and another man died in Granite City today amid the pains of industrial expansion. The piece questions whether payrolls justify the social costs of mills and smoky stacks and ponders the quirks of medical practice while urging readers to switch to The Call.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Madison
Granite City
Fragmented Comic Vignettes and Odd Exchanges
A string of short, humorous anecdotes unfolds. A businessman delays a reply. a music box and a broken clock disrupt breakfast. a coma patient jokes about being alive. Aldrich and a Sunbeam editorial provoke wit. a typhoid patient and doctor trade quips about fever and mood.
Thought for the Day on Humility and Peace
A brief aphorism attributed to Shakespeare reflects that true peace arises with the humble. The line suggests perpetual peace via modest behavior and restraint, offering a timeless moral without current events or individuals.
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