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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
2
City announces Benjamin W. Jarvis as candidate for City Clerk. Editorial urges voter participation in April 18, 1899 local election, discusses road funding, shared burdens, and the need for improved roads benefiting farmers and the public. Calls for a convention and emphasizes communal progress.
The Beardstown News notes St Patrick's Day holds deep meaning for Irish Catholics and their descendants. It recalls Saint Patrick ending his labors and converting a warlike nation without bloodshed, with the gospel growing from a small seed to a tree that spans the globe. The Irish-American Catholic community is urged to honor the apostle's memory.
Centralia City Council voted unanimously to light the town with electricity. The contract went to the Centralia Light and Power Company as Mayor and officials praised rapid, accurate business and spoke enthusiastically before adjournment. The city will soon enjoy electric lighting citywide.
Edwardsville Intelligencer notes Mattoon's Business Men's Association as a highly active group in the state. It reports the organization has undertaken extensive missionary work for better roads and aims to construct crushed stone roads nine feet wide with a center depth of fourteen inches and ten inches at the edges, amid other initiatives.
The Business Men's League of St. Louis plans to spend $10,000 this year on city advertising. If large cities justify promotion, smaller towns should follow the example and invest in community advantage. Every local interest profits from growth and every citizen should help advance that effort.
A playful verse notes signs of spring from robins and bluebirds to geese near hedges and a red turkey gobbler. It likens seasonal change to township candidates and farmers preparing seeds, ending with a confident promise that spring is coming soon.
A Sunday School lesson from the International Series on March 19 1899 explores John 10 1 16, presenting Jesus as the good shepherd who knows his sheep by name guards the flock and lays down his life. It details eastern fold imagery the porter the door and the distinction between true shepherds and thieves and extends the message to Gentiles one fold one shepherd.
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