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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
2
The Punta Gorda Herald editor warns the paper may suspend monthly if expenses aren’t covered by local advertising. He urges town support to avoid shrinking or retiring and notes a Kentucky prosecutor race where a young attorney campaigns with a colored helper in fields.
Two Alton girls were spotted on Granite City streets last Friday in short skirts and roll top stockings exposing their nether extremities. Police feared a riot and ordered them off the streets. They identified themselves as Blanche Sweet and Bertha Sauer. A spicy combination indeed.
A citified highbrow argues medicated tissue screen can render kissing sanitary though not absolutely safe. The claim pivots on safety versus practicality, highlighting tension between novelty and enduring caution in social rituals.
A farmer recounts how his family restored happiness by launching a neighborhood effort to boost local commerce and community life. Sixteen years after tragedy and debt, they created a thriving, tighter community by pooling ideas, holding town meetings, and supporting nearby merchants.
A humorous ode extols cows as patient providers of breakfast and dessert, urging a nationwide movement to uplift the cow. The piece imagines cows feeding families, funding mortgages, and even fueling an auto while requesting better care, gardens, andFly-free sanctuaries.
A compilation of brief editorials and comments from Illinois papers condemns excess laws on lawyering and courts, notes rising car taxes funding roads, reflects on state inspectors used for political data, mocks a Belleville woman sent to the asylum for attire, and reports a Hillsboro ledger of unpaid subscriptions amid doubled newspaper costs.
An August 8 ballot debate asks Troy residents to vote yes on 24 hour electric service. Letter writer argues extended power will attract investment, modernize the town, and benefit all citizens, noting current limits and high prospective gains. The call stresses civic duty, progress, and local leadership.
A letter argues for 24 hour electric service as cheaper and more practical. The writer notes neighbors using more lights pay less, urges consumption-based pricing, and links unlimited electricity to labor saving devices and factory growth to keep youth at home. Ends with a complaint about not having current and a hot day.
A beverage advertisement urging readers to stock a case of Helvetia bottled beer for pleasant evenings at home. It promotes forethought for ice box stock and social or meal time drinking, with delivery to homes and credits Highland Brewing Co as Brewers and Bottlers of the beer.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for muscle soreness after activity and for quick relief from toothache stiff neck backache stings bites and vacation mishaps with vacationists praising constant use and portability for travel and campouts.
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