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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
2
The fragment shows a Troy Illinois weekly page with byline Che Troy Weekly and details about a Friday call on Market Street by the Square. It lists Madison County Press Club Southern Editorial Association, postal registration, pricing, and a Kinloch Friday edition dated August 15 1913.
The Call warns that dates on the paper margin show one year in arrears and that postal rules ban second class mail. The paper will discontinue all subscriptions one year in arrears and present the account for payment. Removals must be made promptly to avoid missing copies.
The Call reports growing support for a Troy Commercial Club to aid town progress. Business leaders favor open membership with a small fee and no salaries, funded by voluntary subscriptions as projects arise. The poster campaign and free printing aim to attract citizens and boost ongoing development efforts.
The article argues rural residents miss progress by staying home. It urges frequent travel to cities and other towns to learn new practices, trade knowledge, and adopt enterprise. Travel educates, broadens horizons, and fuels local regeneration by bringing back valuable ideas and methods.
A fragment urging public spirit to prevent drought notes weather bureau bulletins tracking precipitation and moisture deficits. It questions where one’s name would appear if a bulletin showed their patronage and support to keep Troy from drying up.
The text argues against excess pride and urges addressing a deficiency in home pride for Troy and the town. It notes that rainmaking efforts fail and presses residents to move from deficiency to the honor roll by improving local support and future prospects.
The Rev. G L Morrill of Minneapolis criticizes present day women’s dress styles calling slit skirts open doors to hospitals and hell. He notes Illinois miners need certificates from the state mine commission, with 50 000 miners to be examined under a new law, while acknowledging possible drafting oversights and a likely relief measure.
Trustees purchase a 320 acre horticultural farm in Champaign County for 256000, about 800 per acre, drawing editorials questioning the price and seeking tax payer accountability. Fire damage hits the Madison Republic office after a recent spate of fiery editorials with editor McKnight blamed on electric wires. The Clinois Fisherman notes the State Fish Commission steamer Illinois was a joke and urges stronger patrols with launches to enforce the law, criticizing the campaign strategy.
An automobile crashed into a barber shop in Murphysboro last Saturday and knocked a man out of a barber chair. The incident prompts a lighter note on Isaac Smith and his interurban project, suggesting a new reassurance that the road will be built.
A cryptic line notes that a town left adrift cannot alter its course. The remark contrasts current and past conditions, implying fate follows its own current, with no control over upstream changes.
A Royal Trust Monthly poem extols the dependable worker who earns advancement through steady effort. It praises honesty, competence, and perseverance, noting that questioning, learning many skills, and consistent labor lead to better opportunities while shirkers fall behind.
The speaker warns that friendship shapes health money and morality, noting daily company sets standards. He argues homes and communities mold speech and character, urging careful selection of companions and neighbors to pursue high ideals and courage, avoiding chance associations.
The piece argues it is wise for the United States to order all American citizens to leave Mexico to avert potential armed conflict, with the government covering transport costs for those unable to return. It warns that as long as Americans stay, the risk of war persists, especially if Americans are harmed in a sudden outbreak.
The article argues merchants gain more net annual profit from well advertised products than from non advertised ones. It presents a sample: buying at 75 cents, 33 cent gross margin, 400 yearly sales yields $40 net without advertising but $137 net with advertising, a $97 difference. It concludes the only way to know is to test advertising systematically and persistently.
Letter from WOULD B. BOOSTER argues Troy lags in business organization. Urges formation of a Commercial Club to attract manufacturers and boost local welfare, noting neighboring towns have active boosters and Troy risks being outstripped if citizens do not act.
A St Louis Times reprints an 1846 Pike County sale bill with odd substitutions and slang. The notice lists enslaved people among goods and specifies items for sale at Coon Creek on Old Mission road. The piece shifts to humorous vignettes and observations on grammar and a bed bug killer ad.
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