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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
2
Must or should you advertise in business
A 1906 reflection argues advertising is essential for ambitious businesspeople yet not mandatory for all. It contrasts cautious traders who do little with proactive advertisers who seek new markets, notes the value of outside media versus home papers, and urges use of the local paper to reach local customers.
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Wiatman
Troy Weezy Cain
Troy, Ill
Troy
Catl
S. Kingston
Women Wage Earners in the United States
Two Boston women students at the University of Chicago analyze census data to study gainful employment of women in the United States. Their findings, published in the Journal of Political Economy, challenge sweeping claims about feminine competition with men and promise further results as the study progresses.
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Boston
University of Chicago
United States
Journal of Political Economy
Baneful influence of comic pages sparks kindergarten union debate
A committee of the International Kindergarten Union condemns the comic page in Sunday newspapers as baneful aesthetically intellectually and ethically. It urges mothers meetings and parents associations to discuss the issue at the next annual Kindergarten Union meeting. A proposed rebuild of the National Road from Washington to St Louis as a rock turnpike is also discussed as a possible project with broad employment and regional benefits.
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International Kindergarten Union
Washington
St. Louis
Poisoning from canned salmon highlights preservative risk
Advocates of preservatives in canned foods cite a Grand Rapids death toll from two young women who died after eating salmon left in the can after opening. The article warns that transferring contents to a china dish immediately on opening could have prevented the poisoning, while noting hidden poisonous preservatives in foods remain a danger.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Subdivision Near Centre Grove Park Spreads Along Interurban Line
Edwardsville Intelligencer notes the interurban road is accepted, with Tetherington Place subdivision filed near Centre Grove park at the St. Louis road and McKinley line intersection, two miles south of town. Twenty eight lots laid out in sections 15 and 22.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Intelligencer
Tetherington Place
Recorder's Office
Centre Grove Park
St. Louis Road
McKinley Line
Town Unity urged to back utility extensions in Troy
In Troy a call for unity mounts as residents push for the East St. Louis and Suburban electric line extension before snow falls. Public opinion rumors spark chatter, while keepers of oil wealth from Bond and Madison counties seek land options near New Douglas, threatening a local oil rush.
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Troy
East St. Louis & Suburban Electric
Bond County
Madison County
New Douglas
Ohio
East St. Louis man jailed for pipe theft
An East St. Louis man arrested last week for stealing a pipe likely regrets the act as he contemplates the consequences of his crime. The incident highlights ongoing petty theft issues in the area.
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East St. Louis
Trust in Beef Publicly Faltering, Hints of Collapse
The public believes the beef trust will fail if left unchecked. Observers warn it may swell and later dissolve, signaling potential market disruption and calls for intervention.
Budget Notes From Washington On Alcohol Bill And Beef Trust
Washington letter reports the denatured alcohol bill signed by the President and its expected impact on wood alcohol and the Standard Oil interests. It notes beef trust lobbying, packers’ testimony in Chicago, and potential meat inspection reforms. Also covered are Gorman’s funeral, Senate leadership succession, and a travel expense pay raise debate.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Hill
Massachusetts
Germany
House
Cannon
Roosevelt
Congress
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil
West
Beef Trust
Washington
Chicago
Beveridge
House Committee On Agriculture
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Oak Hill
National
Gorman
Senate
Democrats
Bigger'n a School House Greenville Item
In a county north district a school election drew 59 votes to choose a director. Weeks later a bond issue vote to build a new school house saw only nine voters participate, with some serving as judges and clerks only because law required it. The piece concludes that a school director is bigger in a school house.
John D Rockefeller Under Fire By Critics
A harsh portrait of John D Rockefeller as critics claim he profits from press copies and salaries for writers. The piece notes sensational preachers vilifying him on Sundays and suggests public sympathy may shift toward the Standard Oil magnate as relentless critics liken his fate to a hunted animal.
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John D. Rockefeller
John D
Standard Oil
Following The Flag Health Aids Soldiers In Cuba And Philippines
Willis T. Morgan a retired U S A commissar sergeant from Concord New Hampshire testifies to Dr King’s New Discovery as the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial and lung diseases after two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines He notes it is guaranteed at S Kingston’s drug store with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1 00
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Cuba
Philippines
Willis T. Morgan
U.S. A
Concord
N. H
S. Kingston
Toe Catt reports opvalling local news item
Toe Catt notes a notable local news item with readable details. The report mentions key individuals and organizations involved, plus a nearby place and date. This compact card frames the event in the period newspaper voice with urgency and clarity.
Odd Kitchen Advice From A Writer For Dogs And Diets
A writer offers quirky recipe parodies for dogs and humans, including a ham sandwich and a chicken broth via canned meat, and a palatable hash smashed from cans. The piece promotes Kodol for indigestion and Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup, with local vendor mentions. It ends noting Russia’s ongoing turmoil and souvenir postcards from a call office.
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