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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
2
A 1907 reflection notes a teacher's rule to read well and enunciate, contrasting past and present reading aloud. It laments the decline of shared family storytelling and praises the enduring warmth and memories created by reading aloud during winter evenings.
The New York Evening Post laments rising costs for graduates including directories catalogs publications and student aids. Alumni face moral and financial drains as they must support policies speeches curriculums games and even sons’ education at the same institution.
A consignment of pins sent to China found no buyers. A Chinese Legation member in Washington notes pins create untidy habits. He says China uses buttons and buttonholes or loops and frogs to fasten items, and pins are a lazy, slovenly solution.
The Russian government issues a ukase allowing peasants to select their places of residence. It warns that those choosing locations not approved by the government are likely to face serious trouble.
A Winona Minnesota hunter killed a girl after mistaking her for a woodchuck. The incident raises calls for stricter gun license scrutiny to ensure applicants know the risks and cannot confuse a Jersey cow with a smaller animal.
Visitors view souvenir post cards at the Tur Case office in Troy, highlighting local history and memory keepsakes. The display gathers cards from regional collectors, drawing interest from residents and visitors alike.
Washington correspondent reviews soaring federal costs amid expansion of foreign possessions and civil service, notes larger army and canal project expenses. The piece cites Beveridge’s figures, concerns over living costs, and a clash between Chief Engineer Stevens and Oliver over the Isthmian Canal work.
Ike Newton dozes and an apple awakens his law of gravity idea. A Philadelphia professor slips on a banana skin, ponders, and discovers many banana based products. The tale urges embracing every setback as a potential boost and chance for fortune.
A Chicago mail order house salesman eloped to Hillsboro this week and married, paying one dollar for a license and another to the officiant. The two dollars, he says, are the only ones to return from a mail order house to pay local taxes and civic costs, aiding schools, roads, and officials.
In Ava Missouri Mrs S Ruppee reports her son recovered from a serious lung illness after using Dr Kingston New Discovery. She credits the remedy with rapid improvement and lasting recovery, noting he has worked steadily since. The drug is touted as a guaranteed best cough and cold cure by S Kingston, the local druggist.
J A Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as the perfect remedy. He claims it never disappoints and urges others with torpid liver and chronic constipation to try the guaranteed satisfying medicine available for 25 cents at S Kingston s drug store.
Seek samples of wedding invitations programs and calling cards for publication. DAN PETERMAN will deliver the Post Dispatch daily and Sunday. Give Day Want Ads a trial business note.
A testimonial from Mrs. N F Rowan of McDonough Georgia states that three bottles of Electric Bitters cured her chronic liver and stomach trouble and improved blood condition. She claims she is now about 20 years younger and able to work easily in her husband’s store. Sold at S Kingston’s drug store for 50 cents.
An old advertisement touts Cascasweet to cure stomach troubles in babies and children. It claims the remedy restores sunshine to the baby's face, offers 50 doses for 25 cents, sold by S Kingston.
Wilton Tackaye headlines in his dramatic version of Les Miserables as Jean Valjean. Maryville schools closed Thursday due to diphtheria concerns. Wedding invitations arrive at The Call.
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