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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
2
A rural voice argues that a seismic crack near Troy will not slow the building boom or crop yield this year, insisting that Mother Earth will provide abundant crops as the election season ripens for November.
An Ohio college president died from grief after students criticized him, suggesting a wider decline in morale if such distress spread. The remark implies a causal link between student reception and the president’s death, highlighting campus tensions and emotional strain.
Illinois history will be represented at the St Louis Worlds Fair by a series of great paintings specially made portraying the great historical events of the State. A loan exhibit of books and papers was also proposed at a recent meeting of the State Historical Society.
A group of Denver women organize a St Louis World's Fair Society to fund a long trip to the 1904 exposition. Monthly dues will be collected and held until the fair, with hopes the treasury covers all enrollees for a lengthy stay. The plan is led by prominent St Louis women and touted as a model for others.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer notes a state wide drift to higher farm land values. In central Illinois counties land sells from 120 to 160 dollars per acre, with owners often setting no price. The paper cites crops and better transport, rural phone service, and mail delivery as key causes, concluding a well managed farmer can gain a solid competency.
A town motto argues quality over size as key to growth. It urges careful private and public improvements, asserting small, well done actions yield greater benefits than grand but incomplete efforts for Troy’s advancement.
Illinois state news reports Pontiac will gain a third shoe factory, while Belleville may host a street fair under the Red Men. Other items note Hillsboro cadet appointment, a fatal Chester Electric Line accident, Danville judge ill with Bright's disease, and Golden Wedding in Trenton from 1852.
A Puxico Missouri reader describes twin girls plagued by worms for years. After two doses of White's Cream Vermifuge they expelled four worms, then twelve more after two more doses, with one worm measuring twelve inches. The letter hails the medicine as excellent for children and growth. 25c at S Kingston's. All the home news in THE CALL.
In 1902 Roosevelt retreats to Sagamore Hill at Oyster Bay with two secretaries and stenographers, seeking rest from White House duties. The piece jokes about his busy day of letters, meetings, and public duties, while noting his plan to visit Washington occasionally and savor vacation leisure away from state affairs.
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