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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
2
A thoughtful column urges businesspeople to balance activity with self reflection during the new year. It argues annual inventory of plans, assets, and purposes should include personal betterment and community benefit, praising old fashion resolve for Troy’s future good.
The United States shows surprise and delight at the possibility of centennial celebrations in this era. The piece reflects on the mood and potential of nationwide commemoration as the nation looks ahead to milestone events and shared cultural pride.
The article notes centennial and industrial fairs as a rising trend in major cities. It highlights the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 as nationally significant and explains St Louis plans a large Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1903 inviting global participation. It compares early trade fairs and Southern Russia markets with the modern push toward aggressive commercial expositions.
Thetwelfth census shows life expectancy rising in the last decade with death rates falling by about 1.5 per thousand. improved diphtheria and croup care reduced mortality by half, while cancer and heart disease rose as major killers. Some authorities connect higher disease rates to alcohol use, noting a national per capita drink bill over seventeen and a half gallons since 1890.
An upcoming fall election will select a single clerk for the Illinois Supreme Court. Previously clerks were elected for each of the three grand divisions, but the consolidation eliminates that system. After next year one clerk will handle the duties of the office statewide.
The poet Rudyard Kipling has secured about 485000 dollars for the dependents of British soldiers who fought in South Africa. Receipts total 10000 dollars for the poem The Absent Minded Beggar, with the rest raised through other contributions.
An exchange notes the coal trust aims to buy all coal mines in Southern Illinois. The plan is advancing and prospects of success improve daily, with the scheme gaining momentum and attention from traders.
Fresh dates are being used in turning out large lots of calendars from THE CALL office this week. The chestnuts in some papers remain about the same this year.
A striking social note reports that the entire Madison county area lacks a single married man, highlighting a curious demographic anomaly for local readers.
It has never yet been decided which is the most popular American bird. A great many have chosen a lark or a mockingbird, but a much larger number have picked a turkey.
A reader notes a man who drank too much during Christmas bragged that there were no flies on him. The out of season boast clashes with holiday cheer and seems more suited to a Fourth of July celebration.
A reflective piece warns that those fixated on eternity often stumble in ordinary life, urging balanced focus on present paths while keeping long-term aims in view. It emphasizes practical steps over abstract futures.
A reflective town column questions residents intentions for improvement in the new year as Father Time is poised to cross the threshold next Tuesday night. It scenes a light, tongue in cheek tone about ambitions and community progress.
The New Athens flouring mill closes and goes to sale while Centralia residents fund a new coal mine. Peoria reports 361 new buildings this year and Monmouth debates a $100,000 plow company. Carthage loses electric lights briefly. Mt. Vernon restarts power after a water shortage. Jerseyville high school tops state tuition income with 75 pupils paying 2,250 dollars. Nearly 14,000 acres of coal land change hands in Williamson and Franklin counties led by Joseph Leiter of Chicago. Brooklyn votes 5,000 dollars in bonds to clear debt. Canton ordinances close meat markets on Sundays and face court tests. Pope county gains a future rail line from Reevesville to Golconda. A Ky couple marries in Charleston. female joins with two children. Robinson tests long concrete walks while Pinckneyville reports quail smuggling. Benton advocates a canning factory as regional growth. Illinois miners reflect a 39,000-strong union with 36,000 members and a $299,610 treasury surplus. Edwardsville notes Powell to be reappointed internal revenue collector at East St. Louis. Roosevelt’s stance follows Willoughby’s push.
Dr See of the United States Naval Observatory measured Mercury at 2658 miles across and noted no visible spots or edge darkening. He compares results with Lick Observatory and others. He estimates about 1.2 billion telescopic meteors occur in the sky daily, with 10 to 15.6 million bright enough to reach Earth today.
Mountain lions are helping stockmen in southern Utah reduce wild horse herds by devouring young colts on the Boulder Thousand Lakes and Fish Lake mountains. Lions also feed on lambs and calves, growing in number as horses in Kane County increase, prompting plans to exterminate wild horses to protect livestock.
Elgin Tenn resident L C Overstreet recalls his wife’s coughs nearly collapsing her lungs until a friend recommended Dr Kings New Discovery. The remedy is praised as a guaranteed cure for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung diseases with 50 cent and one dollar bottles and free trial bottles offered by S Kings Stone.
A. J. Snell of Summer Hill New York feared attending a party due to pins in his stomach. A friend advised Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses cured him and allowed him to enjoy the party. The remedy is sold by S Kingston druggist.
A Hindu baker's assistant in Bombay plans a private business for himself catering to both English and native communities. His doorway display reads Ram Box solicits respectful patronage. He is a first class British loafer.
For broken limbs chilblains burns ascalda bruised shins sore throat and sores of every kind apply Ballard's Snow Liniment. It will give immediate relief and heal any wound. Price 25 and Sdcts at 8 Kingston's.
The notice promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a worm expeller and tonic to keep children healthy and cheerful, with a price of 25 pence at S. Kingston's. It also advertises Ballard's Horehound Syrup to ease colds at bedtime for 25 cents and 50 cents at S. Kingston's.
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