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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
2
Opinion piece urges Troy businesses to fund and test street oiling with crude to curb dust on avenues. Notes past sprinkler failure and local water shortages, cites Leelake’s success with oil spraying, and calls for community action to improve streets and comfort.
The piece notes Lt Hobson warnings of a Japanese war threat to Pacific territories and possibly U.S. coasts after the fleet returns to the Atlantic. It cites American retreat from Japan and exhaustion after the Russia war, supported by Japanese ministers statements. It adds Tokyo's international exposition postponement to 1917 signals Japan's depleted finances.
Only forty four days remain of the presidential campaign and the political managers grow nervous about voter apathy. The noisy torch light processions bands and lights have faded as people read and think year round and are not easily swayed by campaign oratory.
In the Mascoutt Herald a farmer living near Lebanon who obtained a wife via a matrimonial agency sent her back to her Indiana home after a four month试 period. He fares better than many mail order patrons, as normally goods cannot be returned.
J M Lyon a Missouri man running for office appears to struggle to convince voters he is trustworthy and not deceptive amid questions about his conduct and motives.
The text notes that next Monday will have equal length of day and night, marking the start of days gradually shortening at both ends. It records a seasonal transition with no additional context or figures.
Despite cremation being common, some individuals still probe or disrupt a grieving family, prompting concern and calls for privacy.
After a strenuous season, baseball wanes while football begins to appear on the sporting horizon. Early signs show growing interest as teams prepare for upcoming games.
Two classes of men exist: doers and doubters. The doubter is never a doer, a line drawn between action and hesitation in character.
Washington letter notes Orville Wright demonstrates the first sustained heavier than air flight in the capital. He stays aloft about an hour with a second flight carrying an extra man as officials and reporters watch. government may purchase the machine for defense science. The piece also previews a busy fall in Washington with the President and diplomats returning, and details renovations and costs at the White House. The death of Baron von Sternberg. Baroness von Sternberg returns to Washington with plans to live here.
FE W Parker of the US Geological Survey reports Illinois produced 372,697 short tons of coke in 1907 valued at 1,737,644 dollars, up from 268,693 tons in 1906. The South Chicago Semet Solvay ovens drive the state’s output, using Fayette County, West Virginia coal. A Belgian ovens plant operated in Equality. Illinois Steel’s Joliet plant added 280 regenerative by product ovens, expected online before end of 1908. Parker's chapter will be distributed soon by the USGS Director.
A quip from Theodore Roosevelt era police recruit screening contrasts a mob dispersal plan with passing around the hat. The ad promotes Pineules for the kidneys claiming rapid relief for kidney bladder backache and rheumatism with a 30 day trial for $1 and blood purification claims. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are endorsed as small easy to take pills sold by S Kingston.
A National Salt receiver testified that a trademark was a valuable asset because of the brand’s high price and strong market, attributing it to advertising. He admitted all salts came from the same kettle, yet the brand commanded value due to extensive advertising, illustrating advertising as a asset creator even amid candor questions. The notice urges advertisers that their arm name and business gain value with each appearance in the paper.
A mosaic of quips on audacity and social folly follows with blunt definitions of gall and pithy vignettes. It parodies pretension in politics, fashion, and letters, then offers whimsical auction-style lists and a Maine whiskey joke, ending with a cascade of proverbs.
Will interest many. Every person should know that good health is impossible if the kidneys are deranged. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure kidney and bladder disease in every form and will strengthen these organs so they perform their functions properly. No danger of Bright's disease or diabetes if taken in time. Foley's Urine Laxative is new and improved, does not erode or nauseate and is pleasant to take. It is guaranteed by Kingston.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended as the best remedy for piles and useful for any salve need. Beware of imitations. Sold by 8. Kingston.
If any person suspects that their kidneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk having Bright's disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. S. Kingston. Go to H. F. Rucker & Son for your screen doors and windows. 35-If Kodol will, in a very short time, enable the stomach to do the work it should do, and the work it should do is to digest all the food you eat. When the stomach can't do it Kodol does it for it and in the meantime the stomach is getting stronger and able to take up is ang ular natural work again. Kodar gestae all you eat. . It makes the stomach sweet and it is pleasant to take. It is sold here by S. Kingston.
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