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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1914
Page
2
The weekly issue from Troy Illinois discusses subscription terms, humor about blue Mondays, and a national scene: Huerta and Mexico, women’s suffrage near May, and the supreme court. It notes spring ailments, advertising advice, and local theater while warning about regulation of Alton saloons as women’s votes could influence politics.
A bill in Congress to redesign the American flag prompts a strong protest by G A R members and allied groups. They oppose moving to thirteen stars in a circular arrangement around a blue field, arguing the current flag honors the nation’s heritage and the surrender at Appomattox.
A veteran editorial urges workers to avoid idleness and to pursue steady employment. It argues modern employers seek proven, busy labor, likening workers to miners seeking gold and urging readers to secure a second job before quitting the first. Habitual idleness, it warns, leads toward poverty.
Washington notes discuss the Industrial Relation Commission’s role in exposing Taylorism and its potential to reform or fail. The piece cites witnesses, critiques, and public opinion on scientific management and its impact on workers and profit, including the hardship of workers like John Smith and the broader labor question.
A fragmentary column teases reader ads and local concerns. It laments a crooked banker and hints at unemployment concerns, with social notes on dances, fashion, and a tongue in cheek Take note of May Day work themes and a skeptical view of a Paint up Week.
A compact list of significant events linked to specific calendar days. Includes famine riots in London 1795, Lincoln’s assassination 1865, Titanic sinking 1912 with 1476 lost, the first India railway opening 1853, J P Morgan born 1837, Paul Revere’s ride 1775, and the Battle of Lexington.
An old prose sketch traces urban growth from a railroad station with a platform and elevator to a village marked by a post office, cemetery, and opera house. It notes two generations and crops to establish a general store and newspaper, then census to formalize the village, with later signs of municipal life.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Internal remedies are required to reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is prescribed by reputable physicians and sold by druggists. Testimonials available. Toledo, Ohio. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A brief on crafts notes a revival of cross stitch in artistic needlework with new sashes of brocaded velvet ribbon moire or silk and collars nets in white or cream. It also gives domestic tips for starching pinafores and packing silver for long-term storage with flour layers to prevent tarnish.
Official publication shows W W Jarvis president of Trouxchange Bank swearing to an affidavit of $40,000 and other figures as true to the best of his knowledge. Notary public W Jarvis certifies the oath sworn on April 6 1914 in Madison Illinois with a seal.
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