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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
2
Copies of the ownership and management of the Troy Weekly Call newspaper, published weekly in Troy Illinois, for April 1 1915, are documented. The notice references the period before expiration with six months and three months paid terms.
Attorney General Lucey outlines who may vote under the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Act. A woman must be a U.S. citizen, over 21, a year resident of the state, 90 days in the county, and 30 days in the election district. Foreign born women may become citizens for voting if married to a citizen. those whose parents naturalized after majority are not citizens. a U.S. born woman with foreign parents remains a citizen unless she marries an alien, which forfeits citizenship.
The town gathers for a sweeping effort described as unprecedented as residents attend cleanup drives. Many repaint, repair, and tidy properties while the city readies streets and alleys for regeneration, urging widespread participation to ensure a successful cleanup at Honda.
The piece notes Frederick creditors in St Louis doubt the revelation will be fully seen in time. It mocks church collections in Aistown and trading stamps as plates. It laments rising cost of living while people still deem it worth the price, suggesting widespread concern and irony.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a shovel, fresh paint, cleaning materials, and difficulty predicting the weather from a seated position. Names, dates, and clear facts are absent, yielding a sparse diary-like item with no verifiable events.
The writer derides agitators and the idle rich, arguing only two classes matter the workers and the wealthy. He urges workers to harness effort and industry, noting capital and labor are essentially one and calling for unity to advance social progress. He questions the whereabouts of agitators and whether they returned to Europe.
A compilation of short local notices and comments from several papers. Topics range from currency substitutes and peace bonds to new financial instruments, court actions, and editorial bluster about grammar. Local officials, readers, and editors weigh in on money, policy, and community character with a mix of humor and critique.
A Victorian style ad warns that a sluggish liver leads to misery and suggests Dr King’s New Life Pills to stimulate the liver, ease dizziness and biliousness, and clear the blood. Suitable for stomach issues. priced at 26 cents at the druggist.
The Department of Agriculture finds common salt the safest general dandelion killer when tops are cut and roots exposed, pouring a thimbleful on each plant. For dense lawns, spray methods are advised, with care to avoid grass damage. A Grand Forks parks chief agrees salt works for few plants and favors gasoline or kerosene on exposed roots, while for established infestations a stronger sulphate or iron spray is recommended, 1.5 pounds per gallon, on dry mornings.
A pithy maxim warns against delaying certain duties. The adage urges prioritizing essential actions and resisting procrastination on tasks that should not be done at all.
A collage of short comic vignettes and historical notes appears, including a tale of a democratic industrialist, family kitchen scenes, garden reveries, and a Week in History spanning events from 1471 to 1912. A wedding reception quip about babies and a juror joke close the item with light humor.
Financial listing notes capital stock, surplus, profits, circulation and deposits for Nat Bank. Item appears as a scanned excerpt detailing equity positions and reserve amounts, with emphasis on stability of deposits and potential notes on distribution or dividend implications.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as rapidly easing rheumatic pain once applied to the joint or muscle. It claims fast relief from sore swollen joints and lumbago, with a money back guarantee and nationwide price of 25 cents per bottle.
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