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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
8
Capitol notes report work by lawmakers at Springfield. A bill giving women votes won a favorable act from a Senate committee but the senatorial deadlock remains unbroken.
Springfield lawmakers debate and report on women suffrage measures in the senate and house. Bills to let women vote for presidential electors and state offices move forward while committees exhaustively study the question. Adjournment plans spark party disagreement and a possible prorogue. A commission form bill for Springfield governance advances with safeguards, recall and initiative provisions.
The house approved bills including increasing Illinois Farmers Institute annual report copies from 20 000 to 60 000 and allowing counties to extend insured territory by up to ten contiguous townships. It also permits railroad conductors and steamboat captains to wear police insignia. A tax sharing provision allocates half of road and bridge tax to treasurers of larger cities. The tenth State Historical Society annual meeting set for May 18 14 in the state house with Gen Alfred Orendorff presiding and Cora Agnes Benneson delivering a main address.
Property owners are urged to avoid low bids and cheap paints by contacting National Lead Company for a free House owner's Painting Outfit No 49. The kit includes color schemes, specifications, and a paint adulteration test plus guidance on obtaining pure white lead. Also features a humorous street cartoon caption about luck and sun.
A two and a half month old baby suffered severe itchy watery eczema on both cheeks, scratched to blood, with ineffective treatments and $50 spent on doctors. After trying Cuticura Remedies the infant improved dramatically, now clear with no scars. Comerer family, Burnt Cabins, Pa., Sept. 15, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Boston. One Thing She Was Sure Of. Grace-Really, mother you seem cross this morning. Mother sternly—How often have I told you not to let that young man kiss you. Grace—I don’t know, mother, but certainly not as often as he has kissed me.
Ask your druggist for Allen's Foot-Bass. A Camden New Jersey woman reports curing burning itching and discomfort in her feet after using Allen's Foot-Bass and purchasing a fresh supply. Sold by all druggists for 2c.
Ambiguous quips about time open an old ad filled with witty lines. Hamlins Wizard Oil promotes relief for rheumatism neuralgia and inflammation in a long standing U S sale. A quoted ad copy touts quality Lewis' Straight Se cigar and encourages seeking honest opinions from dealers or Peoria factory.
For pamphlets maps and information as to low railway rates apply to Superintendent of Immigration Ottawa Canada or the authorized Canadian Government Agent 4 S Crawford 125 W Ninth St Kansas City Mos £ J Broughton 412 Merchants' Loan & Trust Bldg KenyaUMinoia
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