Troy Weekly Call Signals Local Market Update
The Troy weekly report notes 1.25 and 1.00 figures with a five zero two five sequence indicating local market movements. EniLoce appears as a tag or code linked to the listing.
17 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
1
The Troy weekly report notes 1.25 and 1.00 figures with a five zero two five sequence indicating local market movements. EniLoce appears as a tag or code linked to the listing.
Kansas City Mayor Darius 4. Brown convenes a weekly “mayor's cabinet” of merchants doctors lawyers engineers and journalists to discuss city affairs. The nonpolitical sessions replace party guidance with practical input from diverse leaders shaping budgets health and administration while avoiding legislative power.
The Wisconsin Press Association in its Madison convention denounced the mail order evil as growing, recognizing concerns and urging action against direct mail solicitation practices.
In a discussion on mail order buying, Edgar Taylor Wheelock of Business Ethics argues it harms local publishers and curtails community capital. He warns it drains trade from small towns, weakens local industry, and could spark class conflict as cities grow and legislatures face radical statutes. Some criticize production and distribution as illogical yet political remedies won’t fix commercial gaps.
The Bluff Times laments a type of local citizen who prospers from his town yet asserts no obligation to its advancement. It cites a Troy business sign and warns that such “skates on” visitors alienate neighbors. It notes governors’ inaugurations creating colonels and jokes in the parcels post policy affecting printers and saloonkeepers.
An editor wryly notes the public may see election returns on election night while officeholders and trustees receive updates afterward. A related quip observes that the man who speaks little and saws wood often has sawdust to sell.
A compact Q and A list explains how ancient books were written on skins bound as volumes, outlines medieval Masonic guilds and the Arm in Arm Convention, defines Young Hickory and the Plumed Knight, and notes eclipses, insect eyes, sophistry, latent heat, Illinois bird life, balloon ascent, and the Renaissance.
The piece argues that great scholars arise from lifelong study, citing Cato, Henry Clay, and Dr. Robert Hall as examples of persistent learning. It critiques modern educators who favor quick, superficial methods and warns against gimmicks that replace real study.
A 1912 piece argues modern big business rests on organizing deputizing and systematizing. It asserts merchants should plan investments expenses and expected margins, then deputize staff under supervision to drum up and hold business using local newspapers as the most effective medium.
Washington notes warn of a crowded schedule as appropriation bills and other legislation loom. Democrats debate confirming Taft nominations, while tariff currency and antitrust issues attract focus alongside a looming March 4 transition and a Philippine independence conference with Quezon.
A fearless rider at midnight rescues villagers during a fierce Catskills forest fire, while advertisements tout Dr. King's New Discovery for lung troubles and Bucklen's Arnica for skin injuries and wounds, with testimonials and local offers from H. R. Huffendick.
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