Local Market Offers Wheat Potatoes and Apples
Troy business advertises Wheat Potatoes and Apples for sale and invites shoppers to patronize local advertisers for merchandise.
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Troy
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1899
Page
2
Edwardsville Republic Enters Thirty First Year
The Edwardsville republican last week entered into its thirty first year. The staunch old craft starts out in better trim than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Insect Swarm Drives People From Relay Depot
A large swarm of bugs forced occupants to flee the old Relay depot on Thursday evening. The insects overran the building for several hours, effectively ruling the space until authorities intervened.
Troy Sees Rail Road Mine Light Plant Park Exchange Prospects
The passage notes Troy may adopt metropolitan airs if new railroad, mine, electric light plant, city park and telephone exchange become realities. These developments are described as possibilities and probabilities shaping the city’s status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Science-Pushed Inventions Stir Futurist Speculation
A witty note mocks rapid tech advances from wireless telegraphy to horseless carriages and boneless ham. The quip predicts further oddities such as hairless butter as society ships toward ever bolder scientific feats.
County Supervisors to Appoint Grand Jurors for Akin Court
County Board of Supervisors to appoint grand jurors for the Akin city court. Attorney General Akin and States Attorney Stants argue the board holds authority to appoint grand jurors for both city and circuit courts.
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County Board of Supervisors
Akin
Stants
Liability for failing to deliver mail at post office
It is not generally known, but in fact persons who call for the mail of another at the post office and fail through carelessness to deliver the same are liable to a fine of 500 dollars or one year in the penitentiary. This applies to newspapers as well as other mail matter.
United States Builds Six Long Cruise Cruisers
The United States currently constructs six cruisers designed for extended voyages with coal capacity for 9,800 miles, 2,000 miles more than the Pacific crossing. Engine power is reduced to accommodate coal, but speed remains at least sixteen knots.
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United States
Pacific
Word Coined for Usonia Angers Critics
Prof. WaterHouse of Washington University in St. Louis proposes renaming the United States to Usonia. Critics warn the idea smacks of imperialism and would affect mail addresses such as Troy Madison County Illinois Usonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaterHouse
Washington University
St. Louis
Ife
United States
Usonia
Troy
Madison County
Ilinois
Cal begins series of histories of state and local areas
Commencing with this issue The Cal. starts a series of histories embracing the State, county, township and city. They will grow more interesting as we get closer to home and every resident should get the copies and preserve them. Other features will appear periodically and now is the time to have The Call sent regularly.
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Cal
Bastille Storm Recalled On Bastille Day
A historic note marks July 14, 1789 as the Bastille storming that sparked the French Revolution. It calls attention to the prison’s brutal history and the Bastille’s site now bearing the column of July.
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Paris
France
Bastile
Charles V
Don’t Be a Kicker Says Za
If your neighbor prospers, let him. Don’t grumble. Say a good word and move on. Don’t be a kicker. Help the town move forward and push for your own gain without tearing others down. Preserve civility and avoid petty attacks. lift each other.
Wheat on chessboard puzzle yields huge grain total
A reader recalls a classic problem where a man places 1 grain on the first square, 2 on the second, 4 on the third, and so on, doubling each square. A mathematician reportedly calculated the total as 9 523 271 603 bushels, enough wheat for 18 346 years of U.S. production, challenging readers to verify by calculation.
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United States
Railroads Plan New Depot at Mast Street
A report states that railroads entering Mast Street in St Louis will start construction of a new depot within sixty days. Contrary to earlier talks of a $500,000 building, a $20,000 depot is planned. Skepticism remains as the plan is viewed as an air castle by many until construction begins.
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Mast St. Louis
Local paper reflects town pride and council work in ads
The advertisement pages reveal merchants and businessmen driving progress while citizens display spirit and municipal leaders push good work, with the paper showcasing council proceedings and home affairs in a spirited, up-to-date manner.
Stocking ponds with game fish urged nationwide
All persons having ponds and wishing to stock the same with game fish can secure the same by a request to State Fish Commissioner Bartlett. Ponds throughout the country should be better stocked than they are when the start can be made easily. In many cases it would prove a source of much profit to the owners, besides affording them an opportunity to favor their friends with the privilege of the sport and its fruits.
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Bartlett
Say and Knife Store Jape Credits Longevity
A humorous fragment shows a boy asking if a store keeps knives and the clerk replies they have long kept them. The boy quips that the store should advertise so they wouldn’t “keep them so long.”
Advertising Timing Emphasized as Optimal Moment
A terse notice asserts that any time is suitable to advertise, stressing now as the accepted moment to place ads. It frames advertising as timely and advantageous without citing events, dates, or organizations.
County Cullings From Madison County News
Sunday Edwardsville picnics draw little praise and events include Hamel resident Antone Eiless dying aged 63, Lee Kerwin fatally shot in Alton, Sam West bound over for grand jury, and Edwardsville Fire Department team taking prize money. Madison Coal Co increases capital stock, Gronau farm sale, new railroad line talks, bank consolidation, and local excursions planned to St Jacob and Marine. Highland plans a municipal electric plant, Willie Fortin frees dogs, and dog catchers note age-related leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Barnett
Edwardsville
Granite City
Madison Coal Co
St. Louis
Gronau
Namcoki
Madison County
American Pneumatic Railway Ditect
Bank of
Central Union Telephone Ac
Highland
Latine
Marine
Alhambra
New Douglas
Kornet League Club
St. Jacob
Turner Park
Western Lodge
Wighland Electric Company
Willie Fort
Life saved by Dr King s New Discovery in Hannibal Mo
Prominent Hannibal resident J E Lilly describes a severe typhoid fever progressing to pneumonia with lung hardening. One bottle of Dr King s New Discovery brought relief, then full recovery. Cure touted as swift for lung troubles, with trial bottles free at S Kingston s Drug Store and guaranteed. Also testimonial for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from G M Law of Keokuk Iowa. Free bronze clock offered at A Klein s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
S. Kingston
Chamberlain
G. M. Law
Keokuk
Iowa
Kingston
Orbus
C. A. Hare
Sture Bros
Fincastle
Ohio
Tornale
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