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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
2
The Illinois Taxpayers' Alliance advocates economical spending, public improvements, civic betterments, and fairer laws. It calls for taxpayers to unite to influence tax policy, contest government spending, and push for reforms in both old and new revenue laws without political affiliations.
Residents face a tough road question on April 6. Petitions circulate to place a two mile road project on the ballot, extending Collinsville road by a mile and clearing Silver Creek bottoms on St Jacob road. If approved, funding would wait until next year.
The Palestine Pearl announces it is willing and eager to publish obituaries of readers' friends, prompting the editor to stay busy explaining the policy and intent behind the offer.
The remark about John Bull seeking safety behind the American flag drew a quick and proper rebuke from Uncle Sam, reflecting tensions in the era. The exchange highlights national stereotypes and political posturing in the period's discourse.
A reflective excerpt notes that Satan stayed in heaven until he began to knock his hometown, then he was compelled to leave. The line frames a moral about pride and exile as a local memory or parable.
John W. Cassidy announces formation of City Herald to serve Granite with the debut issue scheduled today. O'Fallon Progress marks 21st year under R A Everett with a 14-page anniversary edition praised by merchants. Union Pilot gains seven-column folio under L C Heim as he urges readers to wait watch and boost for a better order.
The piece foresees a spring and summer building boom in Troy with many residents to move in and add new homes. It reflects on living quality, comfort, and the desire for fresh air while recounting a personal tale of sleeping with windows open and its costly consequences.
A compact, old style reflection on Abraham Lincoln noting his log splitting and state unification deeds. The speaker praises Lincoln as a good man who became president, contrasts leadership with moral goodness, and imagines leading a baseball team rather than the presidency.
A compilation notes cartoonish quips and editorials from Edwardsville Greenville Vandalia Highland Gillespie Colinsville and others. It mocks legislative deadlock in 1915 and lampoons political and social topics from church to statehouse. Names of towns papers and dated references anchor the critique of public life.
A collection of brief vignettes and humorous scraps from a local paper page. It includes Grace Abi Allen’s mislaid baby poem, a temperance meeting scene featuring Mrs. Phillpotts and a blue rosette, a dubious schoolboy reporter’s garbled copy, domestic science woes with a nine year old, a quip about a pest exterminator, and light social banter about spring and bets.
F D Van Amburgh urges readers to seize the year 1915 with action not mystic tricks. He mocks fortune tellers while praising self start and hard work to achieve success, urging readers to begin now and push through doubts.
When a child shows cold symptoms use Bell's Pine Tar Honey at once to prevent worsening. It acts quickly, soothes the lungs, loosens mucus, and strengthens the system. Guaranteed. Only 25 cents at your druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Balm advertised for sores.
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