14 Jul 1900
Page 1
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
1
The piece extols the value of a good advertisement as a persuasive lawyer for a case, noting Troy's boom benefits from solid, humane, and enduring improvements. It stresses the advisability of having a strong ad to argue a claim effectively.
A New York Supreme Court ruling declares the term scab used for people is libelous and unlawful. The rambling note adds reflections on names and public nuisances while hinting at political bets on the next U S president, humorously referencing a Bill.
A Pennsylvania woman bequeaths 10000 dollars for the care of her two favored pets a dog and a horse. The will suggests the beneficiaries will behave more like animals than men rather than fighting over the estate.
The first carload of new wheat arriving in St. Louis market from Madison county traveled from Troy over the St. Louis, Troy & Eastern Railroad. The note praises local enterprise and boom times, urging readers to invest in shares at the office to reap strong dividends.
Uneasy mood over electric light timing persists with divisions among residents awaiting brighter evenings. Bunker Hill Vows enlarges to an eight page home print, with Bro Heinrichs promising unprecedented coverage. Edwardsville Jointelligencer plans a new daily edition, asserting the county seat can support a true daily paper beside its twice weekly issue.
The Omaha Nonconformist argues country weeklies reach every home and inform all ages, while city dailies target towns. It asserts rural readers absorb politics, science, history, and literature deeply, producing more informed youths than urban counterparts.
A tale warns of the cost of not owning a home paper. A stingy man borrows a neighbor’s copy for a story, triggering a cascade of misfortunes: a boy injures himself by bees, fences break, a cow dies, milk spills, teeth fall, a carpet ruined, a daughter leaves, hens scattered, and calves chew shirts. Take warning and get your own paper.
A businessman criticizes women who shop away from home, arguing wives of other trades buy poorly at home and should patronize local merchants. He asserts spending locally strengthens communities, schools, and general welfare, beyond mere flag displays.
Word and Marks of St Louis warn that innocent workers rush to cities to take jobs from those who resist oppression, aiding bosses. They argue monopolies wage deadly antagonism toward competition and call for understanding both sides of the labor feud.
A reporter retraces a busy Paris Exposition day entering the medical science hall with Pasteur busts and deadly microbe displays then notes the Swiss village exhibit as the most genuine, homelike scene. He visits the American corn kitchen a pricey fake lunch counter and muses on Paris’ many fakes and the charm of Swiss rural decor.
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