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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
2
The Retail Merchants Association of Illinois backs policy reform to curb spoils and corruption. It supports an initiative referendum to empower voters, expanded civil service merit rules, and a strict campaign spending and disclosure law to prevent moneyed manipulation in elections.
The exchange editor laments that the supply of good girls is dwindling, describing girls as mothers’ helpers, comforting hands for children, and the domestic glue that steadies households, appreciated by fathers and older brothers alike for reliability beyond mere beauty.
The piece notes Troy securing a local industry with the creamery launch, praising progressive citizens. It suggests Troy often achieves goals but cautions pursuit isn’t yet habitual, urging past accomplishments as motivation to push forward, and closes with a call for advancing the electric road.
With factory counts rising Troy may soon host a Made-in-Troy exhibit. The city already holds enough specimens for an engaging display.
A aphoristic reflection states that when a man succeeds he takes credit, but when he fails he blames a woman. The remark points to perceived gender dynamics in personal accountability.
Washington letter discusses raising the Maine from Havana Harbor and proposes three paths: repair for active service, preserve as a memorial, or sell to be broken up for iron. It favors a memorial by removing the mast and placing it at Arlington after interments, while noting salvage could reveal whether the explosion was external or internal and remove an harbor obstruction.
The article extols the cheer and comfort of saying good morning and good night within the home. It links kind salutations to happier days, lessened troubles, and kinder treatment of parents and children, while noting sensitive people overreact to minor jostles. It ends with a belief that heaven comes to those who strive to make heaven on earth.
In a lighthearted column the Jarvis Township farmer's mailbag receives playful questions. A reader seeks mule rejuvenation tricks and the writer laughs at auto romance schemes, proposes comic schemes to thwart a mother-in-law, and quips on chickens roosting in trees with odd nesting ideas.
J R Pitt of Rocky Mount North Carolina says he suffered intensely from the worst cold he ever had and after one bottle of Dr King's New Discovery was completely cured. He praises the medicine as the surest remedy for diseased lungs hemorrhages influenza asthma hay fever and throat or lung trouble. Trial bottle free guaranteed by S Kings tom. Fathers urged to let their sons try new ideas as the old way is not always best.
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