Illinois voters face two constitutional amendments
The Troy Weekly outlines statewide ballot measures for Illinois voters on Tuesday. The first proposes bonds up to twenty million dollars for a Lakes to the Gulf deep waterway from Lockport to Utica to aid water power development, with no tax increase to result. The second would amend banking laws, sections 4,5,10, and 11, to improve banking regulation.
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Utica
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Mississippi Valley
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Freight rate changes push southwest routes toward Shreveport Texarkana
Reports indicate southwest freight rates from St Louis to Shreveport and Texarkana will rise to align with Texas common point rates now contested before the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Texas railroad commission. To aid Dallas jobbers, a 20 percent Texas tariff cut was allowed, but new Arkansas and Louisiana advantages due to Texas rate changes will end with the Shreveport adjustment.
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Shreveport
Texarkana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Commission of Texas
Dallas
Texas
Railroad Commission
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mexican showmen face strict law over advertising claims
A plain case of obtaining money under false pretenses could be made out against average circus or theatrical troupes for not showing all features as advertised. Mexico now requires every feature to be presented as advertised or face fines or imprisonment. The piece notes fakirs are eliminated and audiences get value, while reflecting on election surprises and self-styled forecasters.
Washington Letter on Wu Ting Fang and Wright News
Washington society circles host Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister praised as a cosmopolitan vegetarian reformer who credits an American woman with inspiring his diet. Orville Wright's recovery from Fort Meyer accident advances to new aircraft tests with Wilbur ready to step in if needed. Also reports on Marine Hospital Service work linking flies to leprosy and calls for window screening as a disease preventive measure.
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Missouri
China
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Selfridge
United States Army Hospital
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War Department
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Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
America
Dayton
Ohio
Count Zeppelin
William Wherry
Marine Hospital Service
Jeweler Credits Foley's Kidney Remedy for Recovery
Indianapolis jeweler S Kingston testifies he was weak from kidney trouble and could barely walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared his complexion cured backache and irregularities, allowing him to attend to business daily after doctors and other remedies failed.
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Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
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Fol‘ey
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S. Kingston
New York Facts On Manhattan Population And Bridge Cables
Manhattan is the world’s most densely populated island with 99 150 persons per square mile. Four cables for the Manhattan bridge will use over 23 000 miles of wire weighing 12 570 000 pounds at a cost of 1 567 125 dollars. In summer the borough of Richmond doubles its population on sunny Sundays for that day only.
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Manhattan Bridge
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Richmond
Caution on Family Health Remedies by S Kingston
A married man who allows any family member to take any remedy other than Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble is accused of neglect. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package, according to S Kingston.
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S. Kingston
Notice to subscribers on arrears policy changes
Under a new Post Office Department ruling, weekly papers can no longer be mailed at second-class rates when one year in arrears. The Call will discontinue sending papers at that point and present the account for payment. Check the date beside your name on the issue margin. if the arrears are near one year, comply to avoid discontinuation.
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People Who Tire Us and People Who Don’t
A humorous look at social visits, contrasting tiresome callers who dominate conversation with cheerful, balanced guests who share in conversations. The piece also notes odd beliefs about carbon specks from street lamps as rheumatic cures, plus a few light quips about mistaken identities.
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