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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1899
Page
2
A brief editorial tone favors advertising as a tonic for business. It notes a Limberger cheese can attract attention by its strong fragrance, while most goods should rely on eye catching advertising to appeal to customers.
A newspaper notes that printers would refuse to print falsehoods, causing many blank spaces in papers. The item references receiving the 1899 Session Laws of Illinois from Secretary of State James A. Rose, with thanks expressed for the copy.
An exchange asserts every watch serves as a compass for travelers and cyclists. By laying the watch flat, pointing the hour hand at the sun, and bisecting to the line between 10 and 11, one can determine true north to south directions.
The Free Silver Party leader Richard P Bland dies leaving Lebanon’s first citizen in mourning. Bland was respected for his goodness and greatness though he died poor, with no life insurance. His funeral is held today.
The Illinois assessment law will be tested for constitutionality in the Supreme Court with Chicago property owners preparing to sue. A decision at the June term could force assessors to adjust under the old law and have fresh figures ready for county clerks by July 1. Meanwhile a caller to your door may offer to buy farm produce and seek donations for local projects. consider supporting home merchants who help the community.
Troy residents see activity as workmen lay a rock street strip and push a new electric light project. Hustlers report 150 private lights secured, signaling momentum. A railroad expansion and a coal mine hint at a transformed future for the town.
The Nokomis Free Press-Gazette urges merchants to set an early closing time to allow rest and family time. It notes that customers who keep stores open late burden shopkeepers and harm the reciprocal street view, citing Bloomington as a successful model and urging consensus and adherence.
An exchange remarks on how customers should treat merchants who provide goods for family nourishment. The speaker warns against rude reactions to a bill, noting merchants trusted customers for essentials and urging kindness toward those who have accommodated them.
A call is made for measures to keep children indoors after dark to prevent potential harm from traffic or other dangers. The warning notes the risk of a child being hit by a horse or vehicle and urges immediate steps to protect youngsters.
Poetic plea asks kind friends to spare warm weather and give the cold shoulder until the heat ends. It frames summer as a season to endure with restraint and coolness, urging practical ease and quiet patience during the hot spell.
West Jefferson Ohio resident Renick Hamilton suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula and doctors warned of death without costly surgery. He treated himself with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, hailed as the surest pile cure. Kingston Drugstore sold it for 25 cents a box.
Mrs Editor asks why she was bought and Mr Editor replies he bought the dress so she would look well in print. The exchange captures a witty newsroom moment about media visibility and attire.
On and after March 27 1899 mails will close as follows West 6 45 AM East 12 24 PM East and West 8 45 AM List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy postoffice June 8 1899 Hill Claude Flot Louisa Henney E A Norman Mrs Nellie Propst Mary Runkle Randle Schuster Christ Walsh Thomas M POWELL P M 6 00 PM.
A mixed county roundup notes 93 inmates at the county farm, a July 4 Modern Woodmen picnic at Namcoki, and Hamel post office becoming a money order office after July 1. Also listed are 25 new suits for October court, macadam bids, Venice band plans, an aborted anti burglary league, a Madison mine closure, an expanded Alton Packing capital, and a potential Armour Packing Co. branch in Venice with a $2 million anticipated plant impact.
Henry Weidner of the Gon torman farm in Pin Oak traveled to Edwardsville with a radish he claimed proves Pin Oak is the most fertile spot on earth. He presented a white variety radish weighing about two pounds and a quarter, aiming to back up a recent Intelligencer note about a prize radish from J. P Sehnert of this city. Other townships are expected to respond.
Venice township with 5 000 residents can support a high school in the tri cities. Prof Wellington Wilcox, a pioneer teacher of the American Bottom, and supporters will push to establish a school at the next town election when voters decide the issue.
Parties seeking a franchise for an electric railway propose building from West Madison to East St. Louis and will petition Venice city council at the next regular meeting for right of way over selected streets.
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