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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1900
Page
2
A historical page fragment discusses home interests, subscription terms, and publication notices, urging readers to report nonreceipts and noting legal publication expectations. It includes a dated quip about elections and a critic’s poke at the “I told you so” type.
A blunt, confessional prompt asks about emotional relief after venting on election day and questions personal impact. It reflects a provocative tone and concerns public sentiment following intense political discourse. The piece centers on feelings following a charged political moment.
The piece urges readers to rally behind Troy's development initiatives and secure broad support for the city’s enhancement program, emphasizing collective effort, civic pride, and measurable benefits for residents.
The Illinois Supreme Court declares unconstitutional a law that barred regular licensed druggists from selling patent medicines, a move affecting retail pharmacy practices and consumer access to such products.
The political pot boiled during the campaign’s end with lively rhetoric. On Tuesday the boil ended, cooks were dismissed, and many now find themselves in the soup as the race moves forward.
The passage questions the whereabouts of Mary Yellin Lease amid late campaign strife. It recalls Mrs. Jeyellin Foster of WCTU notoriety as a parallel figure and implies Lease may have vanished from public view amid the political scrimmage.
A concise meditation on a young person driven by a powerful ambition despite poverty and hardship. The text contrasts steadfast resolve with adversity, noting the determination that guides one forward without swerving left or right.
Madison county pushes forward as Tur Edwardsville-Intelligent er with superior facilities handles returns in metropolitan style. Highland’s Leader issues an extra Wednesday morning edition with local results journalism.
The Argonaut uses our Ely circus rap as a local item to serve the same purpose and cites The Car as a helpful source for his reproach. He could not find words to express his complaint and drew on the cited source.
Writers lament the end of the election era and vow to revive dramatic material, citing Aguinaldo’s brutal year and the enduring power of gossip to shape lives and neighborhoods, urging a focus on Troy’s ascent in county prominence and commercial status.
A Boston telegram reports Congressman Boutelle has been an inmate at McLean asylum since last spring. Despite reelection in Maine, physicians say he is hopelessly insane. The note criticizes partisan politics and mentions other lawmakers viewed as fit for confinement.
The piece argues that commerce now relies on advertising through legitimate channels. It notes a rise in newspaper ads as essential to drawing trade and condemns merchants who neglect promotion as past their prime. It cites readers scanning for bargains and praises prominent advertisers.
A jumbled OCR fragment shows an attempted list of Friday corrected market prices for farm products. Items include wheat corn oats rye hay cattle lambs calves potatoes chickens and ducks with per unit or per hundred measures. The text is garbled and incompletely readable.
A dated reflection argues that children educated at school shape minds more effectively than those indulged at home. It contrasts individual treatment with collective exposure, noting Lowell's warning against self pity and criticizing wealthier youths educated privately as less aligned with responsible work.
The excerpt ponders whether earth is mankind’s final home and questions why beauty and noble aspirations fade. It reflects on a higher destiny beyond earthly life, imagining a realm where rainbow light and stars endure and beloved beings remain beside us forever.
An exchange notes a Methodist minister's wife in an Iowa town has married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge. first husband Robins, second Sparrow, current husband Quayle. The couple has two Robins, one Sparrow, two Quayles, living on Jay street. Some readers joke she is a bird.
An exploration of the varying uses of the editorial we. It shows how we can refer to the editor the entire office or the wider community, including the nation, yet sometimes signals an unpaid subscriber as a “very ill” reader.
CaLL advertisers present business men who are up-to-date and worthy of your patronage and good will with their up-to-date offerings and reputable standing in the community.
Rand Old Tlmois, a recognized power politically, industrially, financially and otherwise, has piled up a population of 4,821,550 against 3,826,321 in 1890.
The Highland Leader, sensing a tight race, urged voters to mark a bold letter at the top of the favorite column. The paper portrays the move as a last resort, describing the approach as a desperate remedy suggested by the editor.
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