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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
3
The new battleship Maine is under construction in Philadelphia. Forged steel plates were laid this week and in fifteen months she will sail the seas, surpassing the original Maine in size speed and armament. The Cart pledges Troy a year of growth and asks business leaders to support essential industries for local prosperity.
A humorous notice references Otto Matthes with a crowd pursuing him after he allegedly staged various pranks. The piece notes authorities have arrested about a dozen lookalikes matching his description, aside from minor differences like brogue or leg style. It adds civic calls for improvement and highlights pending changes in U S mail money order forms to simplify operations. It also reports sportsmen pushing for stronger game laws and a state game farm for breeding birds.
Tue Caxu invites contributions to cover local events and foreign occurrences of local interest. Report visits, guests, and happenings to the office so the paper notes them and becomes a fuller community newspaper.
Citizens and city leaders revisit the lights question weighing municipal ownership versus private provision. Critics cite past costly purchases and advocate electric lighting while noting other towns offer affordable, self-sustaining setups. The piece urges cautious, economical choice and references Lafayette monument funding as context.
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