16 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
1
This editorial stresses that St Louis taxpayers face a $2 million burden for police protection and must contribute significantly themselves. It extols ambition as essential to civic upbuilding and cites Printers' Ink urging aggressive end-of-century business pursuit in advertising.
The appropriation bill for the World’s Fair has passed the House and is considered secure. The piece urges St. Louis residents to recognize the significant effort required to support the event and its preparations.
The article notes a THR street car strike in St Louis led to limited natural casualties. Only three human lives were sniffed out last Sunday, a small matter compared with potential deaths that could have occurred.
Citizens are urged to answer the census enumerator's questions promptly and accurately. The mission is to gather statistics beneficial to the country the state and every individual.
General Oris announces arrival and declares the Philippine insurrection nearly ended. The remark contrasts with General McArthur’s request for two additional cavalry regiments to support the force of about 65,000 troops already operating in the islands.
A Kansas editor remarks that if a southern state donated a staff of black mammies to work up corn dodgers, the famine relief to India would be complete. The crude hyperbole targets regional stereotypes while the aid context remains corn shipments to famine-stricken India.
A writer in Park and Cemetery for May argues that smaller cities lag in progress but outdoor improvement is essential to health and wealth. Pleasing surroundings and well kept public spaces inspire public spirit, higher morals, and patriotism, making citizens engaged and progressive, and officials have a duty to foster this.
A Missouri editor compared metal prices to explain type cost hikes, noting zinc fell from 49.60 to 30 per ton and lead from 26 to 22.50, yet type prices rose 40 percent. The origins of the price change remain disputed amid the broader cost rise.
Expert calculations describe dramatic productivity improvements in 19th century agriculture. A bushel of wheat now takes ten minutes to produce versus over three hours seventy years ago, and labor costs have fallen from 18 cents to 3 13 cents. The 1899 savings total 681.5 million dollars across seven principal crops due to new machines. Improved tools include the mechanical seeder, cotton gin, corn husker, steam powered sheller, and the celebrated combined reaper and thresher transforming field work into ready grain.
A Chicago paper weighs the eternal feminine and good fellowship among men and women. It suggests three views pedestal footstool and armchair companionship. The piece links shared taste for sport and cigars to smoky affinity and its impact on women.
A reporter recalls an old friend who profitably used a local paper. A notice of a land sale led to a bid purchase and later a higher sale profit. The tale also notes a distant teaching job notice guiding the author’s father to marriage and a family, all sparked by newspaper notices.
Kansas crops show strong promise with wheat estimates around 85,000,000 bushels as cyclones and grasshoppers ease and farmers seek labor. A Kansan in the East claims idle workers in cities could find harvest work in Kansas at 83 dollars daily.
Regular correspondent visits the Paris Exposition and notes disorder and unprepared exhibits despite grand facades. He recalls American delays in transporting displays, praises moving sidewalks, laments petty rail pricing, and highlights the American corn propaganda promoting corn bread and related products at the fair.
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