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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
3
The Call unveils a 1914 feature from Foster Service Company offering humorous material to lift spirits and ease blues. Ernest C. Foster, a country newspaper man, claims his twelve yearly verse bombs and rhymes will delight readers, especially when subscriptions are prepaid, and urges readers to subscribe to avoid missing the papers.
The St Louis Post Dispatch urges a Department of Labor inquiry into frequent bloody civil warfare in US mining districts. It argues miners union leaders claim trusts control wages and impose dangerous conditions while private armies enforce rule. It also notes Western Miners Federation claims jurisdiction west of the Alleghenies and calls for a confirmed fact-base.
The Highland Journal marks its first year in the city with editor J. N. F at the helm for eighteen years, noting the paper’s strong merit and benefits to Highland. The publication has earned widespread goodwill among residents for its quality and service.
A psychologist compares social climbing to tiny margins that separate workers. Small gaps, like inches or seconds, compound as a person advances from laborer to leader, with each step raising the average and sharpening minds among brighter peers.
The piece blends playful mythic history with a humorous forecast for January 1914. It notes January as the first month, cites Janus and Numa, jokes about salaries and debts, warns of a cold/dry or wet/warm pattern, mentions eclipses and a full moon week, and recalls the holiday layoff in many states with bankers most able to observe it.
A vaudeville style collage recounts a Frenchman beside a gown revealing vax arms and a Boston vaccination boast, an Irish visitor praising a quirky telephone, a door knocker joke about begging, and a playful back-and-forth about frogs legs and a wary punchline.
Washington reports on Senate fast work on the Currency bill and rail rate pressures as railroads seek a 5 percent increase to cover higher costs. Panama Canal tourist interest soars with two Hamburg America Line cruises from New Orleans aboard the Fuerst Bismarck, offering a 16 day round trip including Kingston and Havana. Oklahoma cotton market studies show no grade above common middling, while price ranges vary widely. Volstead era governance and state rights debates continue to echo in Congress.
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