31 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1900
Page
1
A proposed monument at Mayence to Johann Gutenberg, born there five hundred years ago, honoring the father of the great art preservative. The piece notes that a working man’s value to a town surpasses that of a rich man and that laboring men are the nation’s backbone, essential to prosperity.
The city election is set for Tuesday April 17 with an alderman vote and a ballot measure on electric light. Voters are urged to mark yes for the light question. Also noted is the Loud bill’s passage in the House and forthcoming Senate action. An upcoming May 28 solar eclipse is predicted to cause darkness requiring indoor lighting and may affect electric service.
Prominent figure Dreyfus has vanished from public view and is now in the south of France with his family. He sought the mild climate to aid his health after mental and physical torment inflicted by persecutors. He is under three years of surveillance and is likely to stay there for the full term.
External capital has its eye on Troy as a place to locate new industries that would benefit the town. Citizens and business leaders urge full encouragement and support. Several locals join in moving to organize a Business Men's Association to advance city business interests and welfare. This is an opportune moment to begin such a movement with ample work ahead.
United States experiment authorities report that an average field fire removes more nitrogen from soil than five crops of wheat. The finding warns farmers that ashes turned under do not make good fertilizer and applies to garden patches as well.
In letters received in this country Mark Twain, long resident in Vienna, is said to plan returning with his family to Hartford Connecticut and taking up permanent residence there. Admirers welcome his homecoming, noting his wit and anticipation of lively audiences. The excerpt also discusses advertising value in The Catholic Telegraph and optimistic local business expansion in Troy, Madison County, and surrounding areas. It mentions a Marseilles Plaindealer proposal for a June Illinois Press Association outing and Sage predicting New York’s rise as a global financial center with the canal project and American management of possessions shaping future trade.
The Porto Rican bill funds public works in Porto Rico under the Dingley tariff while Congress debates its passage. President and cabinet support is claimed but no vote yet. Reports cover reciprocity with France, Detroit’s centennial plans, Cuba postwar conditions, and the House passing the Loud bill regulating second class mail for the second time.
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