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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
2
Nelson Dingley, noted father of the Dingley Bill, closed a prominent career at Washington last Friday dying from influenza. Dingley’s death ends a long public service record and marks a significant loss for legislative history.
A reported female figure in black is seen walking between seven and eleven oclock at night in Vandalia Illinois. The passage notes Vandalia is a historic Illinois city now with a population around five million, contrasting its 35 650 residents at statehood in 1818.
A fragment notes that American soldiers introduced the jag in Havanna and that Cubans had not known the pleasant sensation before the war. The comment closes with a casual exclamation of Chestnuts.
Governor Tanner issues a proclamation sealing a quarantine on cattle from Texas fever infected territory in the South. California cattle shipments are also proscribed under the same regulations, allowing only limited southern consignments.
An exchange notes Windsor residents face several peeping Toms. The author suggests a whipping post and public shaming, even on an installment plan, could deter such rascals in town.
A clipped note argues that sulfur placed in shoes prevents rheumatism and influenza, claiming it penetrates and may discolor bright metals and coins carried on a person. The writer invites delinquents to settle a test, asking for volunteers to participate.
An observer notes that people pursue justice money romance and status in varied ways. Some seek wealth to build fine houses while others sell below cost or spend to court a spouse. Some fight in war and die elsewhere while others evade disease or take risky actions. Diversity of paths drives world motion.
Five eclipses occur in 1899 two solar and three lunar. A partial sun eclipse on January 11 12 visible from Alaska Kamischatka northern Japan and the northern Pacific. A partial sun eclipse on June 7 8 visible across western and northern Europe northern Asia Alaska Greenland and the north Polar Sea. A total moon eclipse on June 22 23 visible across Asia Australia eastern Africa western North America and the Pacific. An annular sun eclipse on December 2 3 visible as partial from the South Pole adjoining oceans southwestern Australia Van Dieman's Land and New Zealand. A partial moon eclipse on December 16 17 visible from North and South America Europe Asia and the Atlantic Ocean.
Democrats of Jerseyville praise the new telephone exchange noting 150 subscribers expected soon. They argue the service is affordable at under five cents daily and will enhance safety with fire, burglary, and illness alerts, urging every household to adopt this communication link for family benefit.
The piece argues that no one enjoys paying for a newspaper to let a neighbor borrow it. It contends the borrower can afford the two cents weekly and that subscribers loan papers with a smile, but the act goes against the grain. It labels paper borrowing as a small but improper habit for petty-minded people who borrow before paying readers have a chance to read.
Carthage Missouri voters approved a municipal electric light plant plan by a five to one margin. The city council authorized bonds up to five percent interest to finance and maintain the plant, reflecting growing support for public ownership of utilities and improved service at lower costs.
A poem about Nogood on the River Slow valley, where Waitawhile flowers bloom and Gocasys grow. It portrays a lazy, idle town sheltered by Despair Mountains, filled with fools and heirs, warning cowards away and urging action with the motto I can, I will.
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