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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
6
The piece compares rural and city water quality and typhoid risks, noting rural supplies and outbreaks rival urban areas. It laments lack of remedies and questions the feasibility of rural improvements versus city controls. It also discusses early ideas about a perpetual operation bank and three-shift city life, questioning social disruption for continuous work.
The article argues that athletic success by youths from America, Australia, and Canada in the Olympic Games echoes ancient Greek practice. It stresses that pioneers imbue the champion spirit and that the “new country” drives hope, eagerness, and elasticity in athletic achievement.
The President transmitted to Congress the Neill-Reynolds report on Chicago packing houses and meat entering interstate commerce. He urged enactment of provisions aligning with the Beveridge amendment, calling for sanitary standards and supervision of meat preparation for the fiscal year 1907.
The preliminary investigation by Reynolds and Neill highlights revolting conditions in Chicago stock yards and packing houses. It calls for drastic federal inspection from hoof to can, funding by per animal fee, and laws to prevent future abuses, warning that without action gains in cleanliness and health will fade as memory.
Renewed clashes at Cananea between striking Mexican workers aligned with Col W C Greene and rurales under Col Kosterlitsky. Five rioters killed and 13 injured, one rural shot. Two hundred Mexican soldiers arrive from Hermosillo as fighting resumes. American women sheltered in Greene's home under guard. Eight leaders executed by rifle volley near Ronquillo with cries of Viva lo Mexico and contempt for the government.
Premier Goremykin issues a statement to clarify the relations between the Russian government and the Douma. The ministry shows no urge to resign, maintaining the current cabinet despite pressure. The exchange outlines official stance and ongoing political dynamics in St. Petersburg.
A newsletter-like roundup cites Mrs. W. G. Davis of Groesbeck Texas praising Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from back pain dizziness and kidney irregularities aided by the passage of gravel stones. The ad urges sale by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. It also contains jokes and short product mentions including Defiance Cold Water Starch and Lewis Bingle Binder with an aside on a humor strip about a tall Chicago girl and a pun about a palmist.
The court hears a prisoner plea for mercy noting his hope the judge will not let a weak defense bias the judgment. He asks to be sentenced as if he had pleaded guilty, citing his attorney's poor defense and seeking the sentence he would have received.
The fragment presents a collection of aphorisms on honesty, national resolve, and the futility of hypocrisy. It contrasts double dealing with divided dividends and notes that moral decay erodes a nation. It also criticizes blandness as metaphorical bad breath and claims new life causes old leaves to drop.
An elderly veteran, released from coffee at age 72, credits Postum with restoring his health after years of relapse from coffee related liver congestion and malaria. He reports rapid improvement within days, now works hard driving sixteen miles daily, and praises Postum’s taste and preparation guidance from the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan. Look for the book The Road to Wellville in packages.
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