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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
2
The CALL highlights a weekly sermon feature titled The Highway and Byway Preacher, a new anonymous writer chosen to replace Dr. T DeWitt Talmage and deliver an orthodox gospel message. Tur CALL also provides the International Sunday School Lesson each week to engage readers of all ages.
A recent Civil War era novel drew praise and protest for Lincoln quotes and actions misaligned with his character. The controversy echoed in press opinions and literary debates about historical portrayal and accuracy.
The speaker laments overused Lincoln stories that distort history and degrade the King’s English, urging an end to fabrication. He argues the public should oppose the recurring, falsely flattering anecdotes about the great man.
In Troy the first annual celebration of the municipal light plant occurs amid calls for a full financial report. The Troy Call notes success in providing cheap, satisfactory light and suggests the plant will soon pay its way, urging officials to publish transparent results.
At a Nebraska Editorial Association meeting, the brethren of the press declared they are not seekers of charity and that host cities need not provide entertainment. They affirm the newspaper business is legitimate and that laborers deserve fair wages, noting many still fail to appreciate the press’s position.
The passage discusses two sides to politics and town issues, noting a split between insiders and outsiders in office. It asserts farmers are central to progress when markets and prices are favorable and their wealth benefits other trades. It mentions the San José scale being fought by Chinese ladybugs and suggests importing Japanese insects if extermination is needed.
Insurance companies in Chicago, which previously paid taxes only on office furniture, must now pay on a $3,000,000 valuation. The change could lift the tax base by about $1,000,000. Also a Baltimore man, arrested with stolen trousers, pleaded hunger as his motive, urging others to be more careful about eating.
The article questions Russet SAGE’s fitness to handle money while noting his lifelong focus on accumulating wealth for himself through benevolent sounding motives.
In a brief exchange the speaker jokes that civilization depends on roads. The country’s state of its roads is described as lumpy muddy and rooty in places, reflecting uneven infrastructure impacts on progress. The remark highlights urban and rural road conditions.
A sharp editorial quip notes a shrewd businessman placing a bold advertisement to capture attention, while a hen cackles regardless of real audience. The piece hints at the power of notices and the reach of public messaging in a bustling market.
A roundup of Illinois events spans Pontiace cisterns with 3500 barrels of water, Asylum farm seed potato costs, Pekin glucose plant hiring, Randolph county Old Settlers reunion set for Sparta October 15 16, Harrisburg high school bond vote of 18000, Nora Karnival at Decatur October 13 18, farmers prizes totaling 5000, Mrs Mary I Coates in London coronation memory, Prairie du Long barn fire destroys 1000 bushels oats with four horses saved, mad dog scares in Jasper and Richland counties, rabies cases in Newton Olney Chicago relief, Fulton county teachers leaving the profession, Vandalia Democrat report on a dead eagle at Fred Steinhauer’s saloon, and severe floods in Whiteside and Rock Island counties causing crops and livestock losses and widespread displacement.
Leighton druggist H. P. Kumpe reports a child sick with vomiting recovered after one bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge. The firm calls it the boss worm medicine and a tonic improving digestion and nourishment. Available at S. Kingston's for 25 cents.
Cuba New York resident Rev W L Riley LL D recounts 15 days of sciatic rheumatism and pain relief after using Ballard's Snow Liniment. He reports first relief after initial application and complete benefit after second, endorsing it strongly. Available in Kingston stores at 25 50 cents and 1.00 dollars.
The knell of the separate waist has often been sounded yet it still survives and flourishes. A charming theatre bodice by Corne is shown in white glace taffeta stitched in red and trimmed with Persian silk. The blouse is laced with silk cord and features a turnover sailor collar with a wide Persian border in watermelon color.
A Boston Evening Transcript report explains Philadelphia Union Traction exchange checks. Riders buy three cent checks usable for future fares but only on certain intersecting lines, creating a lottery like habit. The piece notes pockets full of slips in both men and women and calls the practice entangled and risky for casual users.
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