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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1912
Page
1
A granite shaft will be erected by popular subscription in the Wauconda town cemetery to mark the grave of Dr. Joseph Dawson, a physician who never asked a fee. He lived with a collie for ten years, donated any surplus to charity, and claimed to be from California with a wife and child.
A reader notes the Columbia interurban line boosts local commerce with shoppers traveling from town to buy goods, while merchants praise newspaper advertising’s reach. The piece also cites Illinois employer liability law driving coal insurers to raise rates and contrasts weather woes with grain and spirits as lighthearted relief.
A harsh critique targets absentee landlords and salaried elites, arguing the law of pay is work. The author mocks contractors and “drones” living off others, noting idle systems in state and society, and urges practical use of money after death rather than parasitic indulgence.
A vintage column argues that good bosses are scarce and valued, yet economy and employment trusts gobble them up. It notes a boss’s true distinction is his ability to pay off, and that dedication to delivering results wins a boss to your hand over time.
By Homer McKee these fragments urge a better stand in with providence. They contrast white shirt comfort with overalls independence and urge hands dirty labor to prove value to bosses. They warn against mere dreaming and urge planning and honest effort for lasting success.
A reflective passage imagines a future after all fundraising ends. Committees cease labor, then people anticipate leisure in vast libraries, colleges, parks, and monuments. The speaker foresees happiness, self-reliance, and a life unbound by endowments or charitable grants.
A large power plant is planned at Kincaid to feed twenty five utilities via Commonwealth Edison and Public Service Company. Deeds filed at Taylorville cover electric plants in Taylorville Pana and Edinburg with a $2,000,000 bond issue. The Central Illinois Traction company promotes interurbans from Pana to Springfield and Decatur to Litchfield, and a reservoir at the Ladd farm near Kincaid will supply boiler water. The Taylorville street system may be bought if negotiations succeed.
Mount Carmel reports the Lincoln family path from Indiana to Illinois in 1830 has been located by Charles M. Thompson of Champaign, who marks the route from Vincennes on the Wabash crossing to Paris and onward through Palestine York Darwin to Decatur, with the State Historical Society overseeing.
Washington letters note strong public support for the canal remaining American owned while a few senators urge treaty scrutiny. The Florida Everglades investigation targets Secretary Wilson as land schemes mislead buyers. The Washington Post mocks a GOP Roosvelt stance probe, with a broader look at campaign finance and governance over the past quarter century.
An exchange describes various legendary trees by region. The rain tree supposedly irrigates dry land through leaf condensation. the thunder tree in Arizona emits sound, the wind tree in North Dakota acts as a natural fan, and Canada’s talking trees repeat overheard conversation. An ink tree in India supposedly yields materials for writing by pulling a leaf and sharpening a twig.
Duquoin sheriff and jailer guard George Engel who is to be hanged October 18 for the murder of his wife and sister in law. A fellow prisoner says Engel plans self-destruction and asks to be buried in the local cemetery. He claims county intervention will fail. Also reported: Mrs J D Colt dies in Buchanan Michigan at 72, wife of Dr J D Colt, a southern Illinois teaching physician.
A local note praises John U. Higinbotham for offering a fine assortment of seede biscuit lunch crackers tobia cos and other thrifty edibles. The editor lauds him as an enterprising citizen and wishes him continued success, inviting him to return.
The article notes Writem, the famed Buthor, showing constant fear as enemies threaten to reveal the class song he wrote at graduation. It emphasizes ongoing pressure and rumored public exposure.
A moving sermon recounts a sweltering night with the thermometer near 826 degrees, a jocular crowd reacting to the heat and a sisterly admonition. Actor O Hannemo recalls quitting cigarette habit and jokingly casts himself as a villain for the season.
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