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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
2
A Troy newspaper urges municipal electric lighting, praising Kinmundy’s plant and urging debt financing to match modern cities. It commends the city council’s handling, notes broader interest in municipal ownership, and includes related editorial asides with regional references to Edwardsville and East Dubuque.
The TE.Ro GO71 bill introduced by Congressman Loud would raise postage on newspapers and book reprints, shutting off sample mailings and hindering circulation. It aims to cut the postal deficit but could push readers toward illiteracy, with publishers urging opposition in Congress.
A call to action promotes three upcoming elections aimed at selecting men suited for their offices. Emphasis is on advancing the electric light project and encouraging enterprises benefiting the town, with Troy aiming to make 1900 a year of progress and record-setting.
The Grayite editorial page on the 6th features six items from Pak Cats and one from Edwardsville Journal, all leaned toward politics. The Prairie Press editor, a Progressive, seizes on them to fit his case, showing remarkable audacity and sharp irony.
A fragment from a speech shows an air of defiance about a court matter. The passage notes mixed views on the court as both beautiful and seeking a lasting joy, while referring to observers of the Democratic party and others near Woodriver.
Rv. Sheldon began a newspaper experiment in Topeka Kansas on Tuesday with 800000 paid subscriptions. The press clergy and world watch closely as the venture aims to establish a permanent Christian daily newspaper if successful.
The remains of Abraham Lincoln were moved from the Lincoln monument crypt in Springfield to a temporary vault nearby last week. The transfer prepares for demolishing the old monument and building a new modern structure estimated at 100000 dollars, funded by the last legislature.
Alton cannot sustain a city court at county expense nor feed paupers from other townships. The author warns that when public opinion speaks, a harsh consequence will follow.
The United States lacks a vice president and will until March 4th of the current year. In the event of President McKinley’s death, the Secretary of State would assume the presidency if he could qual if.
A busy note lists railroads coal mines a fire engine electric lights and a telephone exchange as positives. It notes the sheriff vacancy election next Tuesday March 20 and a safety fund of 100000 to pursue Win Goebel’s assassin. Sugar prices fall ten cents per hundred pounds affecting steel costs amid city township election talk. Citizens anticipate electric lights and better infrastructure this spring.
Washington letter notes the Porto Rico tariff dispute as amendments and partisan talk surge in Congress. It covers bills on standard money, bonded debt refunding, and a reciprocity treaty, plus debates on Philippines policy, contested elections, Pacific cable plans by government and private firms.
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