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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
2
A scattered collection notes laws to regulate prices and collections, a tongue in cheek exchange about serious politics, a German prince landing in the U S, township election humor, military pigeons sold cheaply due to wireless progress, and Hiram Maxim weighing in on aerial navigation developments.
An editorial urges voters to elect progressive and representative men to manage municipal interests. It stresses the need for capable leadership for a town’s progress and calls on readers to participate in the upcoming election.
The Greenville Sun published a six page Wanderers Edition with letters from former residents of Greenville and Bond county. It was artistically produced and well patronized in ads. The Sun also promotes an Old Home Week during the World’s Fair to unite dispersed Bond county families. Editor Wright’s work is praised.
The New York Society for Ethical Culture denounces artificial living shifts and predicts future historians will call this generation cliff dwellers. It argues permanence is the home’s foundation while spring moving becomes an annual nationwide trend. The folding-bed pains of today outdo Longfellow’s Arabs folding their tents.
Reports note a $40 000 gas plant planned for Charleston and $80 000 property loss from a Marissa fire last week. Southern Railway may invest $1 million between Belleville and East St Louis, while Joseph W Becker named postmaster of Jerseyville. The Southern Illinois Teachers Association meets at Centralia April 3 4 5. Mattoon Odd Fellows and Old Folks Home to expand due to crowding. Prairie Du Rocher claims 100 years, with playful quip about aging. Litchfield sues Montgomery county over $1 500 smallpox care bills. Nashville Carlsbad Hotel and Sanitarium destroyed. $15 000 loss, $10 000 insured. Elgin residents organize street cleaning brigades. Lincoln resident David Mitchell marks 101st birthday, born in Ireland in 1848, never rode a railroad or been photographed. Heirs of early Carlinville settlers plan suit to recover 30 acres. Highland Journal notes a rare half oak half black walnut tree near Sycamore with 22 inch trunk and two large limbs.
Edwardsville Intelligencer notes Pinckneyville residents from eight local firms met at Windsor Hotel to discuss plans for upbuilding the town. They shared meals, fostered fellowship, and talked of increasing trade to unify action and advance prosperity. Also promotes Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment with price details.
The Washington letter reports President Roosevelt vetoing bills removing dishonorable discharges from service records, notes veteran and public opinion, and outlines Republican support for Cuban reciprocity with Dingley tariff discounts. It covers Senate passage of a ship subsidy bill, pending debates on anti-oleomargarine and Chinese exclusion laws, isthmian canal timing, and congressional representation issues tied to suffrage amid partisan tensions.
F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic indigestion and nervous debility after years of failure with other remedies. He adds his wife has stayed in excellent health using the tonic. She praises it for female troubles and strength. Try them at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by S Kingston.
Stay at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed for a quick recovery. The remedy counteracts progression to pneumonia, the serious danger. Among thousands using it, not one case failed to recover. sold by S Kingston.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills to cure torpid liver jaundice biliousness fever and ague and banish headache. It claims relentless energy for workers and promotes 25c sales at S Kingston's with a second brace-up Herbine 50c also at S Kingston's for cheerfulness and wellness.
Morganton Tennessee resident C D Tabell recalls Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing a case of scald head on his daughter. The ad promises guaranteed relief for eczema tetter balt rheum pimples sores ulcers and piles and offers Ballard's Horehound Syrup for coughs at 25 and 50 cents. Both products advertised at S Kingston's.
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