Municipal light talk and civic hopes for Troy
The April 25 1903 column comments on Troy's light situation and upcoming election, praising electric illumination, concerns about crime handling, and the need for boulevards. It notes St Louis crowds for next Thursday and includes a New Haven Ind quote on newspapers as ads. It also reports Bunker Hill's municipal electric plant saved costs, using 35 arc lights and $383.51 over private lighting, predicting further gains next year.
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Bunker Hill
Washington Letter 1993 DoJ power shocks Wall Street
Washington correspondent notes how the Department of Justice now commands respect from Wall Street after the Northern Securities decision. It discusses potential prosecutions against major rail combinations, cautions about market panic, and reports on investigations led by the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Beavers, and others, plus Navy and Treasury notes on militia medical training and Chinese exclusion law. It ends with a promotion for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Northern Securities
Griggs
Northern Securities Company
Washington
Circuit Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio Railways
New York Central
Lake Shore
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New England
Knox
Sphinx
Payne
Beavers
Division of Salaries
Allowantes
Machen
Free Delivery
Wynne
Maches
Root
Spain
Treasury Department
United States
Are desirable You Are Strong and Vigorous When Blood Pure
The advertisement extols vitality from pure blood and warns many women fail to digest food, growing pale and weak. It promotes nourishing meals and a small dose of Herbine after each meal to aid digestion, claiming benefits to skin brightness and complexion, with an address in Kingston.
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S. Kingston's
Germany's Ships Finest Vessels Amid Global Trade
Germany has built the finest, fastest vessels, though not a sea power by geography. The nation relies on imports for raw materials used in shipbuilding, while England consumes 208,000,000 cubic feet of beer annually as a sign of human excess.
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Germany
England
Open Baptist Church Readied for Sunday Reopening
Upper Alton reports the Baptist church will reopen next Sunday after six months of repairs with participation from all town churches. Also noted are the death of Mrs. Mollie Abbott, burial last Friday, progress on barracks at Western Military Academy, a College Glee Club program, and the college’s brief closure for World’s Fair dedication in St Louis. Local election Tuesday was peaceful with Capt Geo D Eaton chosen mayor. Ex Postmaster Harry Marsh elected supervisor, said to serve Woodriver township well. Alton District M E Conference met last week and drew solid attendance.
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Upper Alton
Baptist
Mollie Abbott
G. W. Waggoner
Western Military Academy
St. Louis
Geo. D. Eaton
Harry Marsh
Woodriver
Alton
M. E
Walks Without Crutches From Fall to Spring
Ed C Nud of Iowaville Sedgwick County Kansas reports relief from sciatica after using Ballard's Snow Liniment three 50 cent bottles. He now walks without crutches and can perform light farm work. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic and urges home trade with S Kingston.
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C. Nud
Iowaville
Sedgwick Co
Kan
Ballard
S. Kingston’s
Rocky Mountain
35C
Kingston
Twenty five years ago this week in Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin dated April 25 1878. Notes include Joseph S Umberger of Harrisburg Pa visiting Troy. John Baker the new US minister to Venezuela left for Washington to sail for post. a fatal shooting affray at Edwardsville where William Sipes was killed by a negro and the murderer fled. T J Purviance and Wm H Winston opened an ice cream parlor in the Henderson Building. Jacob F Clepper married Miss Caroline Miller on April 23 1878. Alton High School graduates appeared in calico. a Shelbyville blind violinist entertained locals for several days with his remarkable playing.
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Joseph S. Umberger
Harrisburg
Bulletin
John Baker
Belleville
United States
Venezuela
Washington
Edwardsville
William Sipes
T. J. Purviance
Wm. H. Winston
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