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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1903
Page
2
Burning question on city fire equipment care
With winter approaching and cold weather ahead, residents and businesses require continuous hot fires to stay safe and comfortable. Caution is urged to prevent fires and protect property from wireless ignition or improper construction. The city’s fire equipment, purchased years ago, sits neglected and may fail in an emergency. Taxpayers funded this safety measure, and neglect risks public disaster, demanding citizen and municipal action.
Politicians Must Prove Principles to Win in Future Elections
The article argues that voters increasingly demand independence and higher standards from politicians beyond party labels. It urges young entrants to study constitutional law and political economy to face discerning tribunals. The piece questions mere party allegiance and stresses evaluating candidates by their genuine principles.
Modern Aids to Printing and the Press
In a special issue on Modern Aids to Printing the Scientific American surveys printing advances shaping public life. It features Theodore L. De Vinne, mechanical typesetting labor savings, a press printing 150000 copies per hour, and book binding methods, with an impressive colored cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Theodore L. de Vinne
America
Big firms curb common habits across the nation
Large corporations push to suppress drinking smoking and gambling among workers. The Western surge hints at a nationwide spread, as major employers adopt a stricter stance. A Department of Agriculture bulletin notes an Australian cockroach remedy using flour and plaster of Paris ingested by the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Plaster of Paris
Hunting fatalities show few deaths this season
It is noted that comparatively few hunters have been killed by mistake so far this season. If licensing of hunters in this State has influenced this outcome, the good work should continue.
Denver man dresses steer in record time
The Denver man achieved a feat of dressing a steer in three minutes and twenty seconds, a record noted as rivaling a man dressing himself amid a street fire alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Beef Prices Soar Despite Slump in Live Cattle
A large shift in the beef market shows live cattle prices easing while boxed beef or cuts rise, signaling continued strength in processing demand. Industry observers view the trend as confirmation that the beef industry consolidates and expands its control over prices.
Klondike Gold Output Falls Short by About a Million
The Klondike gold output is said to be about a million dollars shy this year. Possibly this way have something to do with those of us who are a little hard up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Immortal words spur airship inventors to fly or bust
Captain Perry's famous exhortation Don't give up the ship anchors bold airship pioneers. The article notes the enduring morale boost as designers pursue flight despite failures and risks, aiming to achieve successful recent trials or dramatic near misses in early airship experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Troy’s Electric Road and Flour Mill Debate
In a cautious forecast, Troy supports progress including an electric road and flouring mill, even if unexpected. The author argues that if people received what they deserve, much property would remain unowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Thanksgiving Day Reflection Observed Next Thursday
The message notes next Thursday as Thanksgiving Day and urges giving thanks for being present. It emphasizes gratitude and collective remembrance without additional details or actions.
Thanksgiving Prayer by Marion Cromwell Prentiss
A devotional verse thanking God for blessings including sight, hearing, and a heart open to humanity. The poet praises a seeing eye, open doors to the soul, and music in all voices as gifts from the divine. The piece emphasizes gratitude, understanding, and love for all creation.
Washington Letters on Panama Crisis and Senate Moves
Washington notes from Nov 12 1903 cover Panama talk and U S policy toward the new republic with response to Bunau Varilla envoy Hay discussions and Cuban reciprocity. The piece also details Senate maneuvers including Morgan removal from Interoceanic Canals and Crum’s Charleston port post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Panama
Rousguelt
Colombia
United States
Colon
Philippe Bunau Marilla
Hay
Morgan
New Republic
Hanna
Teller
Congress
Cuba
Republic
Electric Bitters Cure Kidney Trouble Says North Carolina Man
A Raleigh reader reports a severe kidney illness with no relief from various medicines until Electric Bitters. After a few doses he felt relief and soon was fully cured, noting neighbors also were cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Only 50c at S Kingston's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Bass
Freemont
N. C
S. Kingston
Dr. Kings New Life Pills Ad Highlighted In 1890s Memo
A vintage drugstore ad touts Dr. Kings New Life Pills as a universal cure. The copy claims the pills relieve dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation, priced at 25 cents and sold at S. Kingston's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Twenty five years ago this week in Troy Madison county jury
From The Weekly Bulletin November 21 1878 records a colored citizen seated on a Madison county circuit court jury in Edwardsville. Wm G Peterman suffered three fingers lacerations in a straw cutting box. Aaron Isaacs and Lavina Hultz wed by Squire Andrew Mills. Attendees at the Grand Lodge annual session included Robert Williamson Andrew Rawson and James N Jarvis. Walter Pierce faced a murder charge with a confession after transfer to Edwardsville. he was 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Edwardsville
Wm. G. Peterman
Aaron Isaacs
Mias Lavina
Hultz
Andrew Mills
Robert Williamson
Andrew Rawson
James N. Jarvis
Grand Lodge
Springfield
Dr. Locke
M. E. Church
Walter Pierce
John Lieutwiler
Pearce
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B. W. Jarvis
Illinois
Sig Anton
Telinois
Kinloch
Marion Cromwell Prentiss
Qua
Washington
John Shai
Williams
Mississippi
Congresa
Las
University of Virginia
Heidelberg
Germany
Chicago
Cleveland
Stevenson
Senate
Senate Committee of Committees
Alabama
West
Missouri
W. D. Crum
Charleston
Crum
South Carolina
Dr. Crum
Turkey
Moore
Chris Busse
W. W. Jarvis
D . Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
W.F. Peter
Barber
Yale
Blic Wagon Séale
Guacani Rablia
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