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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
2
The Highland Journal notes a tax discord in Alton township with 700 names on the assessment list versus an expected 3,000 taxpayers. Campaigns heat up as six weeks remain before pivotal elections. The piece calls for orderly oversight and a fair selection of public officials.
Col Henry Watterson offers a blistering critique of the nation’s exclusive society set. He explains his plan to publish sharp, provocative pieces rather than gentle obituary style notices, aiming to provoke public reaction rather than quiet praise.
The piece surveys the return of football as a dominantAmerican sport, noting its spread from colleges to cities and towns. It comments on Troy fielding two teams, and hopes for many victories with minimal injuries while predicting football’s rising popularity over baseball. It also reviews the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s ambitious growth, large Sunday issue, new North Broadway home, and high printing capacity.
From Washington a regular correspondent notes Speaker Henderson declines renomination amid Iowa factionalism between Allison and Dolliver groups. Speculation centers on his successor, with Cannon and Littlefield among possible choices. White House renovation plans and Roosevelt’s stance on Cuban reciprocity and trusts frame the broader political context for the coming months.
A lengthy editorial describes the ongoing restoration of the White House to its Jeffersonian plan, removing modern “improvements” and reestablishing original features such as the east front promenade, colonnaded walk, colonial hall, and fireplaces. The effort, guided by Mrs. Roosevelt’s concept, seeks unity, beauty, and better state entertaining accommodations. A separate agricultural note reports hardy bamboo being imported for domestic fishing rods and bamboo furniture pending Secretary Wilson’s plans.
With family around expecting him to die and a son riding for life to get Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs, W. H. Brown of Leesville Indiana endured death's agonies from asthma yet found instant relief and cure. He reports sound sleep nightly and praises the medicine for consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs and grip. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar at S Kingston's.
Rev C J Budlong of Ashaway declares Electric Bitters a reliable medicine curing jaundice liver troubles and long years of suffering. The ad claims Electric Bitters excel for liver kidney and stomach issues and offers a 50 cent guarantee through S Kingston. Klein's advertises sturdy neat school shoes.
The Vandalia-Pennsylvania-G. R. I. route resumes for 1902 on June 22, traveling via Indianapolis Logansport and La Otto. A sleeping car runs St. Louis to Mackinaw City and another Indianapolis to Detroit with Vandalia Line passengers changing to the Detroit sleeper at Indianapolis. For details contact D B Stecc G T P A Terre Haute Indiana. Excursion rates for this season will be lower than ever before.
W P Whitehead of Kennedale Texas reports distress in head back and stomach and loss of appetite, then using Dr Kings New Life Pills felt renewed. The ad claims benefits for stomach and liver troubles, and promotes Rocky Mountain Tea and yellow stamps with Kingston's drug store.
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