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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
2
A writer argues that dullness risks complacent thinking and misery by clinging to conventional ideas. True simplicity requires critical testing of motives, and disengaging from unnecessary burdens to live with trained impulse and insight. Highly intellectual people can still be dull, lacking vivid perception and openness to others, whether silent or talkative.
A country newspaper shows a rising volume of advertising from local businesses in towns with up to date papers. Firms not previously advertising now participate, while former advertisers have doubled their ad spend. The quality and standard of ads have also improved, signaling a notable shift in the market.
Citizens and business people are urged to favor local dealers over large city stores. The piece argues that local merchants invest in towns, build prideful facilities, and drive up town activity and property values. It warns that shifting purchases to distant metropolitan outlets risks harming local economies.
Prof Harry Felding Reid of Johns Hopkins leads US Geological Survey earthquake records and seeks information on the San Francisco quake. The bureau funds a few hundred dollars yearly for collecting seismograph data and correspondence with observers nationwide. Reports appear in the Weather Review and detail ongoing seismology work.
The Times of Waterloo quotes a local reflection on citizens who never miss a chance to deride town business and its people. The piece portrays a class that stays only to complain, doing nothing to lift the community or help others.
It is gratifying to the casual observer to note a rising spirit of home pride among Troy's better citizens. A growing, good natured rivalry aims to make homes look neater and more inviting, a commendable effort. Let the good work go on.
Kewanee Illinois proclaims itself the banner union city with every store union run. Police and street cleaners carry union cards and even the cemetery sexton is a union member. The piece laments attacks on the long distance interurban road and East St. Louis extension while noting rising building materials and prices.
Some writers remain heated in arguing about where hell lies amid ongoing contentions. A touch more patience is urged as present clashes show a lack of tact and may not yield useful results.
A compact reflection on business life in Troy noting that many trusted customers and partners, once viewed as reliable, can turn unreliable or costly in the course of commerce. The piece cautions about judgment in dealings and the shifting value of reputations.
A witty remark contrasts the adage with a failed plan for an electric railway, suggesting the will exists but the power grid or funding does not, reflecting local skepticism about a proposed public transit project and its prospects.
Washington Letter notes the decline of Senator Aldrich from Rhode Island, his defeats on the rail rate bill, and shifts in Senate leadership toward Bailey. It discusses House sentiment for rate regulation, pending statehood, tariff, currency, and immigration issues, and ends with a culinary embassy chef dispute signaling social tensions in Washington society.
The Madison county board votes to enlarge and modernize the county farm building to better care for the poor and helpless. The move is praised as progress, contrasting grim facilities for the needy with harsher spaces for detainees, and urging timely completion.
An opinion urges moving families from poverty toward self sufficiency by cultivating small plots of land, promoting ten acre farms as a cure for urban hardship. The piece champions a return to rural life and notes Kennley's Laxatives Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs, advertised by S. Kingston. It also invites readers to bring job work to THE CALL.
A fragmentary piece describes James Whitcomb Riley planning a literary summer home in Indiana dubbed The Poet’s Retreat while contrasting poetic reverie with moneyed critics. It mixes fanfare for Riley with romantic prose about a moonlit scene titled In the Soft Moonlight and ends with a homespun moral about minding one’s own business.
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