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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1901
Page
2
The institution asserts firm establishment and serious emphasis on finances. It notes patronage remains strong but some debtors refuse or delay payment despite reminders, pledging firm collection methods. Editors claim leniency shown but insist on prompt settlements to sustain growth and honor owed obligations. A growing body of patrons supports continued advancement.
The speaker emphasizes effort to fulfill duties and prove worth, but notes inability to supply the newspaper free or cover postage, and to bear printing or publishing costs plus material and production. The remark underscores financial constraints affecting distribution and production.
In Troy on April 17 1900 a vote approved issuing 34300 in bonds for a municipal electric lighting plant by a narrow 51 vote margin. Bonds have not been issued yet due to unresolved issues and the piece argues whether city authorities may ignore the people’s verdict and outlines parallels with constitutional amendments and the need for a decisive action before the twentieth century. It ends with a call for officials to decide promptly.
The piece argues that independent journalism, based on financial independence and moral discipline, is replacing party organs. It notes party journalism’s decline due to educated audiences and shifting reader expectations, while predicting the independent press will grow stronger in the future as it evolves beyond traditional power structures.
Joan Ewine, a Hancock county Democrat, has long paid a wild election wager with a Republican neighbor a mile away. The bet, a bushel of 250 potatoes delivered one by one to the winner, requires the loser to walk 756 miles to complete the deal.
E. E. Waturr, editor of the Ava Advertiser, was whipped by an irate woman after subscribing last week. The incident underscores local tensions, with the editor warned that offering money to editors can provoke strong backlash among some readers.
Hon Wm J Bryan plans a weekly paper called The Commoner to debut next week in Lincoln Nebraska. Publicity surrounds the venture as Bryan says it will free him for home life and extend his lecture field while aiming to support his family. He notes I hopes and recalls prior experience in the newspaper business despite cautious expectations.
The Lebanon Leader former owner J. M. Chamberlain Jr transfers to H. F. Gadeky who becomes owner and editor. Chamberlain, elected as a Republican Illinois state representative, steps aside to public service. The publication remains a fixture and paying institution, and readers are wished success for the new editor.
An exchange notes a boy can sit on a sled six inches square tied to a sleigh moving ten miles an hour, yet cannot sit on a sofa five minutes for a dollar. A man may sit on an inch board to talk politics for three hours, but a forty minute church pew makes him nervous and sleepy. A man can pouch tobacco and enjoy juice running down his chin, but a hair in the butter ends him.
An old discussion in Troy over a proposed school building addition lacks clear public support. Citizens seek the communicator known as Taxus to gauge seriousness, while a Peoria woman dies from an overdose of headache powders, highlighting risky self treatment among young women and urging traditional remedies.
A letter warns that Troy lacks a reliable fire engine and a water-filled cistern on public square. With the fire company demoralized and a strong midnight wind, a three story frame on the corner could blaze unchecked, prompting fearful imagination and a call for action.
A Missouri editor apologizes to readers for the week’s news shortage saying a violent storm halted a planned marriage and a death notice. He notes the wedding was prevented and the doctor fell ill, leading to the patient’s recovery and both items being missed.
Local papers in Troy celebrate six years of publication with fresh dress and bolder type. Editors B. W. Jarvis and the Troy Call staff receive praise for growth and effort, noted by Edwardsville Republican, Highland Journal, and others. Citizens urged to recognize the improvements and support local press.
Europe arrival Miss May Brown daughter of ex Governor Frank Brown of Maryland is rumored to become Baroness Lehmann soon. Baron Lehmann, a cultured head of a historic Amsterdam family, has shown attentive interest during her European travels.
Miss Helen Rankin Hastings daughter of former Governor Daniel H Hastings of Pennsylvania will marry Mr. Ross Hickok of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The wedding is planned on the anniversary of her parents marriage in the same church with the Rankins and other ministers present.
Miss Alta Rockefeller supervises her trousseau as the wedding date with Mr. JH Parmlee Prentice is set. She has recently been restored to hearing after a remarkable Vienna surgeon operation.
In Saginaw Michigan a local editor and his family afflicted with the grippe found relief after using Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The editor claims three bottles cured the family with no other medicine matching it. Available at S Kingston’s drug store with trial bottles free, priced 50 cents and one dollar.
Poggenpohl of the Russian Geographical Society and companions reportedly reached the summit of Great Ararat in Armenia. The ascent is noted as reaching Noahs ark region, with Ararat and Little Ararat totaling about seven miles in height difference and perpetual snow near the peak.
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