Troy Seeks Window Plant in Centralia Offering Growth
A window glass factory from twenty seven workers plans to relocate to Centralia, promising seventy jobs initially with a $6,000 monthly payroll. The firm would invest 15 to 20 thousand dollars, deposit construction funds, and seek a free site water and tax exemption. The piece urges Troy to attract such enterprises to boost growth, property values, and housing, asserting Troy has favorable fuel and shipping access.
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Centralia
Troy
The Poor Boy Becomes Industrial Leader
The St. Louis Republic notes Murray Carleton, new President of United Railways and St. Louis Transit, rose from a printer’s devil to a millionaire magnate. It argues self-made Americans outpace inherited wealth, praising individual effort and noting trusts threaten personal opportunity.
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Murray Carleton
United Railways Company
St. Louis Transit Company
St. Louis Republic
Carleton
Good Municipal Government in Coler's City Essay
Excerpted thoughts from Hon. Bird S. Coler on The Government of a City highlight three essentials: intelligence, tenacity, and simplicity. The piece urges future officers to apply these principles to duties, balancing citizen interests with efficient administration in municipal affairs.
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Bird S. Coler
Coler
The Value of Honest Municipal Leadership and Local Papers
The speaker urges progressive, honest governance and warns that mismanagement harms cities beyond theft. A strong case favors a reliable local paper as a teaching tool for children, cultivating lifelong reading and civic knowledge by exposing them to familiar people and places in the home paper.
Illinois House Bill 828 protects fish with seasonal limits
The Legislature passed House Bill 828 to conserve fish in Illinois. It prohibits catching any fish between April 15 and August 1 except by hook and line or net, and bans nets or seines for black bass pike pickerel and wall-eyed pike at all times. The Illinois Lake Michigan shore fishing industry is exempted.
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Illinois
Lake Michigan
Cemetery Names Reflect Town Pride Across Beardsown and Peers
Beardstown lists Oak Grove, Edwardsville Woodlawn, Lebanon College Hill, Greenville Montrose, and Troy a single cemetery. The piece argues the cemeteries are well kept and as pretty as those in sister cities, supporting the case for giving them fitting, evocative names.
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Beardstown
Oak Grove
Edwardsville
Woodlawn
Lebanon
College Hill
Greenville
Montrose
Troy
Name for City Cemetery Hinted by Public Vote Plan
The CALL proposes a coupon vote to let citizens suggest a name for the city cemetery. If a suggested name is favored, it may become the official designation, signaling Troy's forward movement in twentieth century times as voices rise to speak.
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Troy
New York Euchre Benefit Draws One Thousand Players
A euchre party for the Army and Navy Society in New York draws about 1000 players at the tables. Prizes include three Maltese kittens with long pedigrees and a grand piano as a top award.
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Army and Navy Society
New York
Advertising Pays Off for Alton Merchants Hint
The Alton Telegraph cites department stores in Chicago and St Louis showing advertising pays off, and suggests Alton merchants should heed the lesson. The brief notes the contrast between local merchants and large city retailers in promoting business through ads.
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Alton Telegraph
Alton
Chicago
St. Louis
Massachusetts Frog Company Forms in Maine
A new corporation named the Massachusetts Frog Company is incorporated in Maine with a capital of $5,000. The charter states the object to buy, sell, breed, import frogs and similar animals.
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Massachusetts Frog Company
Maine
Kansas City Man Fined For Lacking Vaccination
A Kansas City resident was fined ten dollars for not being vaccinated. He explained he was to be married in ten days, but the judge did not show mercy.
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Kansas City
Arkansas Senate kills ferry proximity bill
The Arkansas Senate unanimously defeated a bill prohibiting ferries from operating within one mile of each other, saying it would legislate a widow out of business. The move preserves current ferry operations and avoids creating undue hardship for small operators.
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Arkansas
Senate
Naturalists warn species edge toward oblivion due to greed
Naturalists say the lobster is soon to follow the buffalo and diamond back terrapin into oblivion. It is but another evidence of the insatiable greed of mankind.
Self-made myths tied to mothers and wives essay
A reflection argues that many men who claim to be self-made are actually products of a good mother or wife, highlighting the influence of female figures in forming success and character.
Anxious Citizens Demand Light Amid Lightning Fears
Citizens voice fear over power outages as storms approach warning of potential outages. Local officials urge preparedness and emphasize emergency services readiness. No injuries reported, but residents stock up on essentials and await weather updates.
Illinois State News Highlights Local Events
Illinois population 4,821,550. Virden street fair June 24 to 29. Mt Vernon in debt 113,000 with 1,500 in treasury. Quincy beer wagon drivers form a union. Suburban trains planned East St Louis to Belleville to rival electric roads. A head found at Edgemont Park St Clair county. headless body found there a year ago. Joliet Tin Plate Works to expand to employ 1,500, payroll 15,000 weekly. East St Louis reports smallpox cases. May spending 361 on patients. Eastern Illinois Firemen’s Association tournament postponed at Mattoon due to lack of interest. Benjamin Goble, born Oct 17, 1813, dies at Rock Island. Mrs. Mary A. Jarvis born Oct 6, 1813 between Troy and Edwardsville. Judge Cicero J. Lindley to tour Europe. successor James Neville of Bloomington.
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Quincy
East St. Louis
Belleville
Edgemont Park
St. Clair County
American Tin Plate Company
Joliet
Eastern Illinois Firemen's Association
Mattoon
Benj. Goble
Rock Island
Mary A. Jarvis
Troy
Edwardsville
Cultivate Patience and Fulfill Your Bargains
A urging to adapt to circumstances and perform duties, noting that fulfilling obligations earns fellowship and confidence. It compares meeting duties to an invitation to eat quail on toast and suggests baptism does not wash away duties, but conscience remains.
Trip for Forty Niners Encourages Pioneer Rail Travel
A Mexico Missouri movement asks railroads to bring remaining 1849 California gold seekers to view today’s easier travel and contrast it with their era’s hardships. Richland county sent many 49ers, though few survive now.
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Mexico
California
Richland County
Seasonable Suggestion in Streator Observances
The Streator ladies remove hats in church and at the opera to focus on speakers and their expressions. The text argues sermons or plays lose impact when attention is diverted by garish displays and clutter such as dead birds, stuffed animals, and assorted trinkets.
Ashmore town clock jackass perishes in stable fire
A village fire last Sunday destroyed Hogue's stable and killed the town's revered jackass used as a public clock. Residents mourn the animal that marked each hour and served as a local timekeeper, causing distress in the community.
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Ashmore
Hogue
Jackass
White's Cream Vermi fugue for worm predisposition
If predisposition to worms in children is left untreated it may cause emaciation weakness and convulsions. White's Cream Vermifuge is described as the most successful and popular remedy priced at 25 cents and credited to S Kingston.
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S. Kingston
Unexpected Blessing Funds Monument Dedication
A WWI era scene builds as officers face a stalled fund for a veterans’ monument. They cannot raise the remaining $300 by Decoration Day, risking postponement and an empty memorial. A sudden $300 check arrives with a note to honor an unknown soldier at the unveiling.
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Folka
Cap
Origin and spread of flowers placed on soldiers graves
The custom of decorating graves with flowers dates to ancient times and spread across Europe. During the American Civil War women from North and South carried bouquets to cemeteries on a designated day, evolving into a nationwide practice. In 1869 General Logan designated May 30 as Decoration Day, though its precise origin remains debated with claims of spontaneous growth in multiple regions.
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Alexandria
Europe
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Our Great Volunteer Army Report of Civil War enlistees by state
Summary lists volunteer totals furnished to the federal army by states and territories during the Civil War, naming New York and Pennsylvania with the largest figures and including many others such as Ohio Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Missouri Wisconsin and more, with counts ranging from over 400 thousand to under two hundred. The figures reflect state by state contributions as recorded in historical compilation.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Mlinois
Indiana
Massaciauetty
Missouri
Wirconsin
Micman
Town
New Jersey
Kentucky
Maine
Connecticut
Maryland
New Hampshire
Vermont
West Virginia
Tennessee
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Kansas
District of Columbia
California
Delaware
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Colorado
Indian Territory
Nebraska
North Carolina
Alabama
Lexan
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
Mississippi
Dakota Territory
Cost of American wars through history
The article lists estimated costs of major American wars. Revolutionary War 1775 to 1782 about 1,180,103,000 dollars. War of 1812 against Great Britain 1812 to 1815 about 107,150,000 dollars. Mexican War 1846 to 1848 about 63,000,000 dollars. Civil War 1861 to 1865 about 3,025,000,000 dollars.
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Great Britain
Didn't Marry For Money in Boston Couple
A Boston man who recently wed a sickly rich young woman now finds happiness as she regains health after using Dr King's New Life Pills. The ad-like note promotes cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and liver and stomach troubles. Priced 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store.
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Boston
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Sprained Ankle Quickly Cured by Pain Balm
Geo. E. Cary editor of the Guide in Washington Virginia describes a severe ankle sprain and credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with rapid relief and a complete cure after other medicines failed. Advertisement notes sale by Kingston and offers a photo button with purchase.
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Geo. E. Cary
Guide
Washington
Chamberlain
Kingston
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Pace
B.W. Jarvis
Rome
Seansralagles
PacHs
Emnloch
Illinois State News
Virden
Mt. Vernon
Cicero J. Lindley
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Judge Lindley
James Neville
Bloomington
Marion County
Trenton Sun
Galesburg
Tribune
Charleston News
Our Great Volunteer Army
Misses’ & Children’s
Klein's Store
Otis Lumber
Ghris. Busse, JR
Kinloch
Undertarker
W. W. Jarvis
DG. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Prive
Zac
Tae Can
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