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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
2
The Highland Journal notes Troy begins a new year hopeful for an electric road and further industrial expansion. With a shoe factory secured by local capital, officials anticipate the project will spur rapid growth and underline local enterprise resilience.
The season for road improvements closes with little summer or fall work done. Advocates worry the need will arise soon and be met only after delays, as concerns about road upkeep cycle back into attention in a few weeks.
The page six issue presents the total official vote by precincts for president and state officers in Illinois, along with the waterway bond issue and a constitutional amendment. It also shows the council’s official vote on president, governor, and the bond issue.
A Chicago commercial paper argues that a large national sale of biscuits signals broader prosperity, citing the National Biscuit Company's current operations. The piece compiles reports from thousands of agents and dealers to illustrate the country’s evolving industrial climate.
In Waitsburg Washington a record was set converting standing grain to baked biscuits in twenty two minutes. The feat surpasses a Minneapolis record by twenty nine minutes, a gap expected to stand until Minnesota adopts modern harvesting equipment like the Pacific Northwest uses.
The article argues U S agricultural productivity lags population growth as meat prices rise. Labor is scarce on farms because other industries attract workers with wages farmers can’t match. Immigration trends fail to supply farm labor, while many domestic workers stay away from farming.
Victorien Sardou, famed French dramatist of more than seventy successes, died recently. His prolific output and method show a tireless energy and genius. He gathered raw material in interactions, weaving it into plays. He founded a modern school of dramatic construction. Dialogue was incidental to his craft.
Washington memo notes a Ways and Means debate on tariff schedules amid factional standpatters. Taft seeks broad revision, aiming for a new law after March, with Cannon Aldrich Hale Elkins opposing tinkering. Grange backs parcels post. Root favored for Senate seat. Taft may keep Root in cabinet but push him into the Senate.
A fragment from American Lumberman urges immediate building with rising prices and cheap credit, while other bits joke about engagements, gifts, and fashion. The page includes a Kansas girl’s misdirected presents, humorous quips, and a note on New York rail collisions.
W V Henry of Panama Mo touts seven years of proof that Dr Kings New Discovery cures coughs throat chest and lung diseases. The era of thirty eight years of proof backs its use for coughs colds la grippe asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption. Prevents pneumonia when used timely. Kingston's drug store stocks at 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free. Mamzan Pile Remedy also offers relief from piles with guaranteed first application. Price 50c. Kingston
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