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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1902

Page

3

ENTERPRIZE AND ITS GROWING TREE OF ENTERPRISE

ENTERPRIZE praises itself for shaping Troy and promises further growth. An exchange notes a relic trust may push up prices for ancestral scalps. Next week England prepares King Edward’s coronation though Dom Paul’s attendance is unlikely. A Nebraska umpire’s pitch caused a player’s death at home. Beef prices are debated as trust prices affect consumers. if meat dropped to a cent or two per pound it would deter eating.

Troy Ilinois England Edward Dom Paul

Illinois Farmers See Strong Corn Prospects Amid Drought Relief

The article notes that despite last year’s drought the U.S. corn crop nearly reached a billion dollars in value and forecasts a much stronger yield this year. It mentions building in Troy, the delay of the seventeen year locust, J Pierpont Morgan buying a 50000 dollar Bible, and rural optimism contrasting Westward pull with Illinois’ record crops. It cites Greenfield Argus and East St. Louis Republican discussions on farming trends, trolley lines, and urban to rural migration.

United States Oklahoma The Greenfield Argus Illinois East

Washington Letter Notes From Congress 1902

Washington correspondent summaries include Nicaragua canal delay, Naval budget over 378 million, Cuban reciprocity debate with Sugar Trust funding woes, House security bills for the President, Lacey forest transfer defeat, Pacific cable debris, irrigation progress, Philippine bill timeline, civil service reform praise for Indian Affairs Jones, Roosevelt family travel to Oyster Bay, and a German embassy attaché humorous exchange at a White House tea.

Wasu Hincron D.C Nicaragua Canal Senate Secretary of the Navy Cuba Friends of Sugar Trust House United States Department of the Interior Department of Agriculture Cannon Illinois Lacey Wadsworth Interior Department Dalzell Corliss William A. Jones Indian Affairs Wilson Jones Mr. Jones Secretary of Agriculture Civil Service Commission Congress Roosevelt Oyster Bay Washington White House

Liberal Arts Building at Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Liberal Arts Building in St Louis, designed by Barnett Haynes & Barnett, stands near Forest Park’s edge. Built of staff with a $500000 estimate, its Renaissance style features a 750 foot long facade with a central pavilion and two end pavilions, covering 9.4 acres.

Liberali Arts Barnett, Haynes & Barnett St. Louis Forest Park United States Government Liberal Arta

Chamber_lain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad

An advertisement urges families to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now for summer bowel issues. It claims it is the most successful medicine for children and adults and notes availability from S. Kingston druggist.

S. Kingston

Illinois State News Highlights Illinois Projects and Crimes

Reports detail a Moultrie county courthouse project capped at 100000 dollars, a suicide on the Prairie State Express near Girard Virden, a July 21 special election for the 15th judicial circuit due to Judge Crabtree’s death, Logan county’s call for a Lincoln courthouse at 150000 dollars paid in three installments, and McLeansboro youth L J Flannagan's arrest over a 65 dollar forged check.

Moultrie County N. &. Gilbert St. Louis Prairie State Express Alton Road Girard Virden 15Th Judicial Circuit John D. Crabtree Dixon Logan County Lincoln L. J. Flannagan McLeansboro East St. Louis W. A. Rodenburg Spiller Ava Sangamon County Board Springfield Marine Bank Illinois Southern Railway Sparta Illinois Audubon Society

Dr King's New Discovery a Life Saver for Coughs

A Armonk New York mother credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis and says her niece recovered from advanced consumption. The ad claims the medicine cures throat and lung diseases and offers 50 cent and one dollar bottles with free trials. The Rex cigar is promoted as the king of all five cent cigars made in Troy and popular county wide.

W. K. Haviland Armonk N. Y S. Kingston Rex Troy

Boston Man Finds Health With New Life Pills

A Boston man who recently wed a ailing wealthy young woman claims happiness after using Dr King's New Life Pills. The remedy is advertised as infallible for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Only 25c at S Kingston's drug store. Heinecke's cigars are home and union made. ssgtt for Rex.

Boston Dr. King S. Kingston

Terrible Explosion Heals by Arnica Salve

A local report describes a severe stove explosion that burned a woman severely. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the running sore after pest doctors failed to heal it. It is advertised as infallible for cuts, sores, boils, bruises and piles at S. Kingston's for 25 cents.

N. E. Palmér Kirkman Bucklen S. Kingston

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