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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
2
The piece urges readers to buy a year’s sub to THE CALL, support Collinsville’s bid for an electric road to Troy, and join neighbors in extending service. It notes Troy’s growing electric lights, urban progress, and contrasts English and German histories. It condemns tramps as a social nuisance and calls mayoral action to curb begging threats.
A historical list outlines the 238 lawyers, 41 farmers, 27 editors, 28 manufacturers, 1 railroad manager, 2 steamboat owners, 14 teachers and professors, 25 bankers, 20 merchants, 1 house-builder, 3 clergymen, 7 engaged in business, 8 doctors, 1 architect, 1 music teacher, 1 owner of oil wells, 5 miners, 2 insurance agents, 1 theater manager, 1 manufacturer of iron, 3 civil engineers, 9 lumbermen, 2 owners of stone quarries, 2 real estate agents, and 1 pharmacy steamboat captain.
The article notes a future expansion with a double track from Troy to Formosa, lowering the depot grade to boost spring business. It also critiques Senator Hill on social fixes and reports on Arturus Duestrow, the millionaire murderer, facing trial, urging stern justice.
A London Chronicle special correspondent reports that Americans back arbitration and oppose foreign dictate. The dispatch suggests a shift in London sentiment, with The Times signaling willingness to back arbitration and resist Lord Salisbury.
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