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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
2
Weather and season satire mix with political quips. A note about March's windiness links spring signs to a political candidate’s card and hand shake. A humorous line claims Trojan committees can advance Troy in all spheres, urging immediate organization amid playful weather imagery. The lion and lamb imagery closes with the lamb inside the lion.
A crowded field of five candidates for city clerk suggests a varied ballot, while a tongue in cheek critique questions literacy tests, medical fads, and the cheapening of professional titles. Local concerns include spitting on sidewalks and street wiring plans affecting Market Street, with debate on utility poles and telephone lines.
An essay-era reflection argues that gentility is earned by conduct not clothes. It defines a gentleman as refined, honest, and dignified, whose virtue remains untainted by small missteps. It condemns pretenders who pretend civility while bullying others or lies and vows integrity over social status.
The St. Louis Republic notes Professor Fulton of Edinburgh University claims the Devil resides on Saturn and will threaten Earth in 1950. The piece imagines Nikola Tesla countering with spectacular electrical measures, urging forewarned readers to prepare for a fiery confrontation.
Five men are needed to build a town while dead men clog progress. If men are truly dead to enterprise they belong in cemeteries or the tomb. Live men are worth more than a thousand inert souls who hinder mills and factories. live men bless a town and dead men curse it.
In a sarcastic tone the Red Bud Pil grim urges residents to contend with trusts and charges. He promises tax relief by directing readers to Monk, Gummy & Wart or Sears, Saw wyck & Co for credit and support of local institutions.
The Washington Letter notes the lack of cabinet changes after the inauguration, the Reed rules debate in the Senate led by Senator Platt, and potential party-line clashes affecting Vice President Roosevelt’s Senate chair. It also covers Cuban policy, Nicaragua Canal debates, extra-session dynamics, and forthcoming junkets by several House committees to Cuba, the Pacific coast, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.
The DILL reform notes July 1 enactment with key changes in revenue stamps. Tobacco tax drops to 0.60 per 10 pounds. cigars and cigarettes see revised per 1000 or per pound rates. beer at 1.60 per barrel. Many items including bank checks notes and various documents are repealed or exempt, with conveyances taxed only above 2500 and legacies limited to charitable or educational bequests.
Advertising adds value only when properly handled. The piece urges merchants to carry advertisable stock and advertise with a clear conscience. It emphasizes the importance of good customer treatment and persistent effort to grow trade, noting that business is uphill and needs continual pushing to attract and retain community support.
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