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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
8
News from the legislature at Springfield reports no break in the deadlock over the United States senatorship as Solona notes a Gentlemen's Agreement. The Hopkins lead remains decisive, shaping ongoing proceedings.
The sixty eighth joint ballot for United States senator produced Hopkins seventy one votes, Lucey highlighted with seventeen, Stringer and Shurtleff also receiving notable support, while Foss Mason Lowden and others trailed. A gentlemen’s agreement ended the session with no choice, and the quorum was broken Friday awaiting the next ballot.
An attempt to third read the codification bill of the state educational commission failed due to strong opposition from Representative Donahue. Speaker Shurtleff paused the measure on second reading at Donahue's request. A bridge bill under scrutiny would shift most bridge work to the state highway commission and was recalled for inquiry. Only Lantz’s non medical healer licensing bill passed the house, aiming to place such practitioners on legal footing with physicians. David Anderson awaits hanging on April 23 in Chicago after the supreme court denied rehearing.
Manny Thursday introduced a resolution questioning the State Board of Agriculture. It asks for written replies on delegates from the first ten districts, credentials, contesting delegates, and how last year’s appropriations were used. Women Move on Assembly. More than 200 Springfield women pledged to back suffrage bills and urge lawmakers. Scott is Laid to Rest. Funeral arrangements for Adjt. Gen. Scott held at Olney with officials attending. Bills Advanced In House. Provisions ban probate officials from acting as estate administrators or executors. May adjourn May 15 with further adjournment to April 21 for city elections. Board of Charities Praises Work. Board highlights 18 achievements including medical reform in insane hospitals and extensive use of funds for rehabilitation and new buildings.
A National Lead Company notice urges property owners to learn safe painting practices. It promotes a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building in New York, including color schemes, specifications, a purity test instrument, and guidance. It highlights Dutch Boy Painter as a purity guarantee.
A Pittsburg reader recalls severe hair loss after typhoid fever and scalp flakiness. After using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and nearly a box of Cuticura Ointment the scalp cleared, hair thickened, and the condition improved significantly. May 7 and 21, 1908.
Bolivar Missouri merchant David W. Martin describes kidney disease since the war. A back injury from a horse fall caused kidney strain and floating kidney symptoms with back pain headaches and dizziness. He credits Deans Kidney Pills for relief after three years of illness. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a brisk exchange a boy proclaims his new skating style while a companion warns of a fall, highlighting youthful bravado and playful risk taking during a casual outdoor scene.
Epilepticide claims vast cures for fits and nervousness with free mail trials from Dr. May Laboratory New York City. Also features a cartoon anecdote about a farmer and a Scripture quote, followed by an advertisement for Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and a gag about a child fearing a worm after swallowing an apple.
The fragment cites a humorous exchange about marriage with lines about salt and pepper. It then markets several patent medicines and tonics such as Ham lina Wizard Oil and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It ends with a quip about giving and self enrichment linked to Woolley.
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