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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
1
The Call states that if the date on the margin matches the given numbers the subscription is one year in arrears and cannot be mailed at second class rate. It informs Bermewala that delinquent accounts must be paid promptly to avoid missing copies as the rule is to discontinue in arrears subscriptions and present the bill.
The new year opened with fire losses near a million dollars daily due to cold weather and widespread carelessness. January losses ran about 50 percent higher than last January, with overheated stoves, faulty flues, and thawing pipes blamed for most fires. The piece urges personal and municipal responsibility to curb the fire waste and prevent needless deaths and damage.
The department of agriculture launches a campaign to educate city boys for farm life to curb rural decline. A Washington correspondent notes city youths loving nature and learning farming could fill urban dreams with a farming mindset. The effort aims to spread agricultural respect and counter urban glamor, signaling economic and cultural progress.
Laboratories with glass specimens illustrate seed germi nation and plant nutrition. Of ninety pupils placed on farm plots only one failed to harvest, a city boy citing “enough of farm life.” City youngsters show notable farm success, valuing nature’s directness, while country lads drift to city life. Urban youth grasp opportunities once held by rural youth.
The piece argues most country papers survive on advertising and job printing rather than subscriptions, praises the local paper as a community guardian, and urges reader support. It notes the Illinois Fisherman debut, comments on communication with spirits, party symbols, and farm tax shifts tied to store property values.
The Madison Board of Review has identified numerous individuals with substantial wealth as it moves to streamline assessments. Officials say the findings will influence tax and policy decisions for the coming year.
The note suggests sending butter and eggs to Chicago as a possible remedy for dissatisfaction. It hints at economic or supply concerns without naming people or places beyond Chicago. The fragment presents a casual proposal rather than a formal plan.
A prose essay extols cosmopolitan appreciation for all art forms from ragtime and negro melodies to Beethoven and Chopin. It argues critics lack soul who sneer at popular culture, urges openness to photography, pianola, and rough influences, and claims true beauty comes from life and honesty beyond rigid boundaries.
A rambling essay parable contrasts a stubborn boulder sheltered by a hill with winds and rain urging movement. It warns against rigid ideals, suggesting progress comes from action rather than fixed belief, and ends with a blunt jab at empty platitudes and overblown rhetoric aimed at housewives.
A compact collection of aphorisms on vacation excuses laziness advertising the value of effort over easy street. It warns that neglecting promotion hurts returns and that dreams require action while cautioning about money, reputation, and the cost of ambition.
Washington column notes that Britain seeks equal canal passage rights and questions an arbitration path. Senator Lodge doubts the Hague would yield a fair decision, while Senator Root cites a treaty allowing arbitration for free passage. The piece also covers Senate control of spending bills and reactions to U.S. policy on Mexico and the electoral college deadlock.
International Harvester replies to U S Sherman act bill in St Paul court denying restraint of trade and monopoly. It cites 1902 reforms, increased competition, higher prices for machines, lower twine costs, and wage/benefit improvements including profit sharing, safety, workmen’s compensation, and pensions.
Germany faces a renewed spy scare after the Eckerfoerds arrest of five Englishmen who had just landed from Copenhagen suspected of spying on fortifications. A German sergeant a corporal and a private were also arrested for allegedly passing military information to England and France.
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