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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1899
Page
2
The passage champions diffusion of thought and community welfare while noting wartime costs. It claims U S daily costs of 650000 with potential rise and asserts Americans must bear the burden. It ridicules local politicians as back numbers and contrasts Venezuela’s changing presidents with U S rigidity.
The editor of a neighboring exchange gave the newlywed couple a gift by sending the groom a receipt for ten years of back subscriptions, a gesture noted in local news.
Though not generally known, the present game laws of Illinois forbid the selling of game shot in this State. Remember this and buy and sell your game in another State.
Debate grows over marking the grave of John Tyler in Richmond Virginia where only a magnolia tree currently marks his resting place. Calls rise for a formal memorial to the former President and his final resting site.
A scientist predicts mosquitoes could become extinct and an editor replies that action is needed to protect them. The piece notes songbirds are becoming scarce, underscoring environmental concerns and calls for conservation.
The text argues the fittest survive through sharpness and cunning, noting that some individuals prey on the unwary by fraud to extract gains from honest people. It emphasizes deception as a means of profit for the unscrupulous.
Franklin’s mother-in law hesitated to permit his marriage to a printer noting two printing offices already existed in the United States and doubting whether the country could sustain a third.
A Rt. 1 clergyman invoked Providence over every brick for a new brewery building. State press and public question the clergyman's wisdom as the utterance draws sharp scrutiny.
Gen Fuston files libel actions against a Catholic newspaper and Archbishop Ireland alleging charges of looting churches at Luzon. The Kansas figure defends his honor and the United States against the accusations as groundless and harmful.
The Call editorial discusses the citys purchase of a fire engine and notes its appearance in the Western Fireman Journal of Public Works based in Chicago. It reflects on Troy and its activities spreading beyond local borders.
A major scare sweeps government departments as a rule against employing married couples is to be enforced. Hundreds of couples, some well off, work in these departments and the policy will force either the husband or wife to leave to create chances for others.
Advice to subscribers explains why country papers often keep sending issues after expiry. Editors extend service to avoid accusing subscribers of dishonesty and to preserve credibility. If a subscriber wants discontinuation, notify the publisher and settle arrears.
The twenty first biennial report cites a supreme court decision on compulsory education. Children aged six to twenty one may be arrested for truancy and placed with a teacher. A pupil may miss one or two days for good cause and still be considered continuously attending. A Swiss chemist claims a embalming fluid can turn a corpse to solid stone in ten hours by injecting into heart and stomach one hour after death.
Expansion is likely to establish a new House Committee with jurisdiction over all legislation for island possessions. Insiders say it is already assured, with the chairman and members to be western men backing the President's policy.
The act outlawing flag use in advertising was ruled unconstitutional by Circuit Judge Gibbons of Chicago, a decision welcomed by those who opposed the law.
A vast campaign seeks to link Ireland and Scotland by a tunnel under the Irish Sea. Promoters ask England to appropriate 50,000,000,000 or 60,000,000 for the project while England weighs commercial viability and prudence of the expenditure.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer has installed a Mergenthaler type-setting machine and its issue of the 10th showed a neat appearance. The 7 leads in the race of progress, and we trust Bros. Boeschen steip will meet the success he deserves.
The passage presents Hartley Coleridge’s meditation on November as the year dwindles. It contrasts mellow, nearing winter with phrases like the dreary blast and hoar moonlight. The poem paints nature’s quiet decay through roses, birds, waters, and leaves, preserving a somber but reflective mood.
A tired man in a hotel lobby recalls a string of mishaps sparked by a misoriented sock. He loses an umbrella, clashes over a dime with a streetcar conductor, buys faulty gloves, is overcharged for a dollar, and suffers a botched haircut before a rude reconciliation with his wife. He muses on luck and superstition while detailing these comic misadventures.
The Troy city council is praised for proximity to residents and significant progress. Officials are viewed as genuinely concerned with the town’s welfare and advancement, showing a town-focused leadership stance.
Town prides itself on progress and announces a direct appeal to households through THE CALL. A limited time offer promises affordable installation of electric lighting, with plans underway and the city council reviewing specifications to bring lights comparable in cost to the old gasoline era.
A fragmented public notice lists Hawley’s men’s furnishings sale times as 8:45 AM and 6:00 PM with a run called at 7:13 on 1899.
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