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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
2
A playful note on Groundhog Day predicts winter will last six more weeks. The piece reflects on seasons and the enduring groundhog, while The Commoner editor Wm. J. Bryan urges support for country weeklies and prepaid subscriptions to keep editors accountable to readers. The township political pot begins to bubble as candidates prepare announcements.
Unleavened bread for Jewish Passover is being baked months early across the country to meet demand from a limited number of bakers. A New Jersey woman has been providing the state's weather forecasts for two months, with no noted bias toward fair weather. A Kansas region faces blizzard and drought conditions while tests suggest subsoil may yield $50 per ton, indicating rich earth.
The Highland Journal quotes a Chicago laborer calling for drastic age related bans, then argues the need for more employment and housing in Troy. It urges Troy’s business leaders to form a Business Men's Association to unite efforts, accelerate development, and avoid past failures. Who will start it?
A quirky retro piece blends Roman calendar antics with local politics. It predicts a busy February with geese dating on the 14th, Prince Henry’s New York visit on the 22nd, and a White House dinner on the 24th. It lampoons county candidates and cites a patent medicine testimonial amid period tidbits from The Weekly Call.
A compilation reports Monmouth urban expansion with a street railway, 48 January marriages in Belleville, and the death of Monmouth resident Elizabeth Shoemaker at 110. Notes on Kinloch rail link, DeKalb school fire, and a major trestle fire near Ramsey. Also covers Mrs. Haugh’s $800 verdict against Big Four, a Governor Tanner oil painting appropriation, and public health and infrastructure updates across Fulton, Flora, and other counties.
A New York Press anecdote recounts a frontier stagecoach tale in Arizona where a passenger tricks another into giving up a seat. The deceptive traveler, claiming sickness, is exposed as an old New York trick to barge in and grab space, leading to a humorous roadside peacocking.
Government archives in Washington officially corroborate the existence of a sea serpent observed by Henry H. Neligan aboard the Prada during its final voyage from Galveston to Liverpool. Neligan notes a 100 foot long creature with a blunt square head and multiple fins, seen 120 miles southwest of the Mississippi Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rosa Richardson of Laurel Springs North Carolina says she was near death from consumption and doctors gave her a month to live but after using Dr King's New Discovery she recovered after seven bottles. The remedy is advertised as a life saver for consumption pneumonia grippe bronchitis and various coughs with guaranteed bottles 50 cents and one dollar and free trials at S Kingston's drug store.
Mrs. S Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa says she has taken many medicines for stomach trouble and constipation but Cham berlain s Stomach Liver Tablets gave better results than any. For sale by S Kingston.
The Troy CALL issued a creditable trade edition last week. Every business man in our neighboring city was represented and their claims were set forth in a clever manner. The Call and its editor are noted for their spirit of push.
A humorous note from the Chicago American illustrates a vendor asking twenty five dollars for a dog and a passerby lamenting the rising price with mock German flavored talk. The item captures a snapshot of urban humor and price discussion.
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming they cure indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Sold for 25c at S Kingston’s drug store. Also promotes Rex cigar as king of all five centers made in Troy and smoked countywide.
A vintage advertisement notes frequent household accidents causing burns cuts sprains and bruises and presents Ballard's Snow Liniment as the long favored family remedy priced at 25 and 50 cents sold by S Kingston.
Don’t irritate your lungs with a stub born cough when a pleasant and effective remedy may be found. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup offered at 25 and 50 cents, a common 19th century cough medicine pitch.
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