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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
2
Examinations for naval apprentices in Chicago show country district applicants perform better physically than city youths. One half of country candidates pass versus four fifths of city applicants who fail. Country upbringing aids endurance and muscles, while city life sharpens quickness and adaptability.
New York Supreme Court ruled that limburger cheese kept on premises of a butter and cheese firm is not a public nuisance abatable by adjoining property owners. A dissenting judge warned the odor can be overwhelming and nearly indescribable, likening it to hog pens and slaughterhouses.
Glencoe bachelor Earnest Stitt plans a ticket raffle offering a wife and a fortune to 2000 or 3000 female investors at $5 each. The winning ticket would marry Stitt, while proceeds fund the winner’s start in life, a scheme aimed at bachelors and old maids.
In Greenville a youth society buries dead animals for humane spirit and amusement of onlookers. A cat lies between a robin and a rat on the grounds, prompting the Advocate to ask whether the cat will choose the rat or robin when Gabriel blows his trumpet.
The last session amended the statute governing Circuit Court terms in the Third Judicial District. Madison County term dates shift to the second Monday in January the third Monday in March the fourth Monday in May and the third Monday in October.
The Ed wardsville Republican celebrates its thirty second anniversary, noting a long, steady run as a country weekly in Madison county. The piece praises the paper and its publishers, reflecting on modest local progress and the district’s development through civic projects.
The article notes a shortage of rental housing hindering Troy’s growth and urges rapid leasing to support business and agricultural trade. It highlights Troy as a thriving marketplace for potatoes, wheat, and mercantile goods, with good roads easing transport. An exchange quip comments on heat costs versus seasons and free heat as a satirical aside.
In Troy the movement Focvism has been buried in a deep grave of oblivion. The town will henceforth strive and secure more and better things.
Judge R M Farthing of Mt Vernon named special Comptroller of the Currency in Washington. Calhoun county apples projected near 500000 barrels. Carlinville’s St Louis Milling plant destroyed by fire last Thursday. Genoa granted a bank charter for Farmers State Bank with $25000 capital. Pinckneyville ends wooden sidewalks, replacing with brick or stone. Mattoon suffers Demaree Block fire causing about 90000 loss insured for 350000. Army worm damages panhandle corn near Pana. risk of total crop failure. Sandoval bans beer canning, coal oil cans still seen at saloons. Effingham name origin debated. Vandalia Leader cites Lord Effingham and early county seats Ewington named for William L D Ewing.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer discusses proper state abbreviation forms for Illinois. It argues for Ill. over Ills. and cites Webster’s, Universal Encyclopedia, the Postal Guide, and census bulletins supporting a uniform Illinois shorthand. The piece urges press syndicates and copy editors to adopt Ill. for consistency.
A flippant future vision imagines boarding an ocean steamer at St Louis to sail the Mississippi and canals, traverse the Great Lakes and Canadian routes, cross oceans via the Suez and Red Seas, pass the Indian Ocean, and return home on a hog train all in days.
The Illinois Central Railroad announces a new pension fund of 250000 dollars and an annual appropriation of 100000 dollars to support retired employees. The system aims to ease relations between employer and worker and goes into effect July 1. Other railroads have adopted pensions, but IC is the most liberal.
Mrs White recalls a Smithers family Fourth of July picnic that started with lunch baskets and flags, but a faulty firecracker fuse caused a fall of the flagpole and singed whiskers. Mr Smithers was doused in bandages and the boys faced scolding while fearing no dinner. The doctor clipped the heroism, noting many other boys had worse injuries, and the family headed home late with plans to skip next year’s celebration unless safer.
Farmers face cuts burns and bruises that Ballard's Snow Liniment speeds healing. Priced 25 and 50 cents, sold by Kingston. Donk Bros. coal gains reputation on its merits. try a load next time. The Weekly Call subscription rates listed.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy restores health for coughs lung trouble and long resistive cases. Sold by Kingston with claims of cure including difficult climates and hopeless cases. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment advertised as a cure for piles priced 50 cents per bottle and 75 cents for tubes, sold by Kingston.
An advertisement touts a cold remedy claiming cure in a day with the product “Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.” It promises refunds if it fails to cure and notes KK and W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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