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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
2
Citizens are urged to seize current chances for growth in Troy and not let them pass. The message emphasizes local pride, the need for wise advertising, and improving at the community level while noting a lighter jest about soldiers returning from the front.
Is Trey to be or not to be a beau tiful little city of enterprising people, offering every inducement to that which is for improvement and the general upbuilding of the community. The spirit of enterprise displayed by a majority of her citizens just now is the required stuff.
A reader warns that a proposal to extract coal from the earth threatens agricultural and residential areas. The piece cautions this kind of discovery could encroach on communities and notes the earth is not large enough for such ventures.
A neighboring editor labels the Midway Punisance button at the Belleville Street Fair as obscene and aimed to provoke. The worn item is described as vulgar, widely discussed, yet it still aids advertisement for the event.
The State Aid Law for roads proves satisfactory as improvements spread. Farmers, once wary of higher taxes, now enthusiastically apply for stone paving of leading routes. Limited state funds create a prioritization challenge for projects while boosting local commerce and travel.
Fifty three new suits are filed for the October term of circuit court. A new Afro American weekly newspaper is started at Brooklyn by John Bowman. John C. Goerke of Marine dies aged 81. Alton Packing Company plans to raise capital to $100000. Five jail additions bring prisoners to thirty five. Prof R A Haight begins twenty fifth year in Alton schools. A Springfield wheat fan maker considers Alton for a factory. Coroner Bailey sues Madison county for fees. sheriff disqualified. Edward Noonan dies after being struck by a train while sleeping beside a box car. Hliness Perminal Company advances toward right of way clash at Wanda. fences moved. Clay mines at Marine eyed for reopening with shipping improvements. Alton Railway and Pli m ing Co consolidates with Alton Railway Gas and Electric Light Co with capital $500000. now owns street railways, gas and electric in Alton, Upper and North Alton.
An old tale blends Mocha coffee with a legendary saint Scheile Schocdell. It recounts strangers meeting a hermit who cures plague with coffee, a mosque built over his tomb, and coffeehouse devotion. The piece also notes celestial time puzzles and a Quebec correspondent on deer and antlers in cemeteries.
Olivia, from Barcelona, spends winters in Aiken South Carolina. He suffered back head pain from weak nerves but found relief with Electric Bitters. He calls it America’s best blood and nerve remedy, claiming cures for liver and kidney trouble, blood purification, and renewed vitality. Sold by Kingston Druggist at 50 cents per bottle.
A reader-letter criticizes a so called green scam during summer business activity, calling it disgusting and harmful to business health. It urges businesses to avoid the practice by advertising rather than engaging with the scam.
Japan plans to convert copper ore into wire for domestic and foreign use. Purakawa Smelting Works, currently electrolytically refining and producing SCO tons, will be enlarged fourfold. After expansion, output may exceed domestic demand, enabling notable exports while the government already uses hundreds of tons annually.
Caula offers prompt specialty haircuts for ladies and children and invites patrons to call. Located at the shop on Main Street.
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