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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
2
A Minnesota woman writes that modern women’s dress is hygienic and comfortable despite talk of atrocious fashions. She praises the low-heeled shoe, corsetless figure, and one-piece dress with minimal undergarments, hoping grandchildren enjoy continued freedom from waist-cinching constrictions.
The Bunker Hill Gazette News editor lauds the Eadswordsville court house design as sensible and economical. He notes the absence of a lofty dome and claims the building can be kept in order at half the expense, marking a shift from past designs. The piece mirrors local planning optimism.
Representative Russell of Missouri introduces a bill to pay soldiers pensions monthly instead of quarterly. Pension Commissioner Saltzgaber favors the plan, noting that with pensions now payable by check, monthly payments are feasible and would greatly help pensioners dependent on steady cash flow.
A Calumet Michigan blaze on Christmas Eve killed over seventy people including more than fifty children. Authorities call the false fire alarm wrong and reprehensible, demanding severe punishment for the prankster and stressing the needless panic and loss of life.
Baltz of the district introduces a bill in Congress requiring all owners and operators of thrashing machines to keep a separate tally of wheat thrashings and report the figure to the county clerk who will then report to the Secretary of culture for the county, aiming to obtain the national figure.
Enthusiasm is the driving force behind success and progress. The eye, the voice, and the spirit show a person fully engaged, capable of building industries and restoring purpose. Without enthusiasm, one fades, while belief and good cheer sustain a path to achievement and leadership.
A reflective piece urging readers to improve home life, guard speech, perform kind deeds, pursue personal standards, restore wrongs, and embrace love in the coming year. It emphasizes self honesty, forward motion, and choosing a positive path as the new year begins.
Projection outlines yearly wheat crop figures for upcoming years with figures highlighting output trends and expected yields. The notes emphasize anticipated production levels, market implications, and variance from prior harvests, focusing on agricultural planning and policy considerations.
Monday brought the shortest day of the year in astronomy yet many see it as the day after financially with depleted finances. Aurora reports a strong Go-to-church day despite economic concerns.
Last Sunday music and free lunches drew crowds as every Aurora resident was urged to invite at least ten people. The city’s fifty seven church edifices were filled to overflowing with attendees.
Now that the currency bill has passed, it is to be hoped that some of our delinquent subscribers will please pass the currency.
Washington reports that parcel post reshapes postal service, lifting rural shipment limits and feeding a surplus. David B. Lewis, ex coal miner and House Labor Committee head, authored the key provision giving Postmaster General power to expand the service, spurring rates, telegraph, and telephone plans.
John C. Smith of Northport found apples maturing on a tree that had been felled just before blossoming season. He had planned to cut it into firewood, but after the tree fell the blossoms persisted and produced a surprising crop of young apples over months as he watched developments.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and quips. It recalls Ignace Paderewski joking with a street urchin and a policeman over a time joke, then shifts to satirical reflections on editors, officeholders, and public life. Short gags, comic dialogues, and quick wits populate the page.
An old advertisement warns constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr Kings New Life Pills. It claims serious results from constipation and lists H R Huffendick as a recommender and Daniel Peterman as the local agent for delivery of St Louis papers.
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