Friday Market Street Gazette Subscription Rates
The notice lists weekly publication details issued every Friday from Market Street by the Square. It credits BW Jarvis Madison County Press Club and Southern Ill editorial association with Troy Illinois, describes second class mailing, and presents subscription terms: one year six months three months with prices and single copies.
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Market-Street-by-the-Square
Jarvis
Madison County Press.Club and Southern Ill
Date Arrears Notice From The Call Subscription Policy
The Call states that if a dnote near the name marks one year in arrears, the paper is no longer mail able at second class rate. It will discontinue subscriptions one year in arrears and present accounts for payment. Renewals must be prompt to avoid missing copies.
Faith in the Home Man
A town leader argues that hometown support is essential for local talents to stay and prosper. If residents back local inventors and entrepreneurs, they gain moral and financial backing, keeping promising ventures and growth from leaving Troy.
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Troy
Blow to Township High School Law Reaches Milford
Milford Herald reports a Rock Island county case declares the township high school law of 1911 unconstitutional. The Milford township high school faced possible dissolution and asset liquidation. State Superintendent Blair notes the act declared invalid, with a rehearing petition delaying final ruling to October term. The high school board may meet existing obligations until then.
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Supreme Court
Rock Island
Milford Herald
Milford Township High School
McCulloch
Milford
Blair
City Worker Embraces Summer Vacation Benefits
The piece notes increasing recognition of vacations for rest and renewal. It highlights the city worker’s habit of taking annual leave to seek quiet, secluded spots, returning refreshed and more productive. It contrasts urban practice with slower rural adoption of the policy.
Vacation time for farmers and townspeople alike
The piece urges rural residents to take annual vacations to gain new perspectives. It suggests short courses, institute visits, and trips to cities or lakes to refresh minds, broaden horizons, and acquire scientific agricultural knowledge. It emphasizes sharing time and trading roles to enable rest and renewed ideas.
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Jack
Gene McKnight’s bold strokes rile Madison readers
The columnist defends blunt language in the Madison paper, arguing readers seek forthright content. He compares occasional risque terms to a cook using salt, stating the paper targets readers with red blood, rejecting weak, padded language.
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Gene McKnight
Madison
Bailiwick
Newspaper reporters at sea on passenger liners soon aboard
In a development expected to spread to all major ocean steamships, ships will carry trained newspaper correspondents to file reports for U S and European papers. Daily onboard papers to cover voyage news interviews with notable passengers and incidents are already being issued by many liners.
Pocketbook Spared by Baby On Train Tosses Savings
A Pennsylvania man gave his pocketbook containing all his savings to his baby to play with aboard a train. The baby naturally threw the wallet out the car window, leaving the man surprised and consternated at the fate of his money and trust in fate.
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Pennsylvania
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Decent Dress Costs Raise Question in New York
A New York outfitter declares men must spend at least $3,000 yearly on wardrobe to be decently dressed, prompting the majority of men to accept being indecently or decently undressed depending on the choice.
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New York
Indiana Judge Rules Woman May Say Damn Under Law
An Indiana judge decreed that a woman has the legal right to utter the word damn, suggesting Illinois women under pressure may similarly speak freely without legal consequence. The ruling signals broader protection for expressive language amid gender and speech debates.
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Indiana
Illinois
Grinworthy Greenville Cemetery Picnics Enlighten Town
Greenville papers note two cemetery picnics planned for next month, one ending with a fireworks display. The playful tone in the items suggests light humor amid community fundraisers and small town festivities.
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Greenville
Junk dealer finds pocketbook with 64 dollars in old store
A junk dealer in a neighboring town reportedly found a pocketbook containing 64 dollars hidden in an old store. Since then several residents of that town have shifted into the junk business.
Woman Parades in Split Skirt While Husband Wears Split Trousers
A lighthearted note describes a woman flaunting a new split skirt and her husband matching in split trousers. It then veers into a playful warning about a red gasoline can and a casual reminder to attend to forms to avoid a gas can inspection, finishing with a quip about Isaac Smith’s interurban project potentially endless like Tennyson’s brook.
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Miany
Isaac Smith
Tennyson
Home of Good Highways Harold A Sonn Poem
A town boosts roads to win praise rather than endure ruts. The verse urges county leaders to act, building lasting highways to transform the town into a model of good travel, replacing grim grumbles with admiration for improved infrastructure.
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Harold A. Sonn
Real Art and Learning Seek to Serve Real Art and Learning
Discussion argues that art and learning gain purpose when dedicated to service. It contrasts passionless intellect with engaged scholarship, citing Milton, Salmasius, Webster, Edison, and religious figures. The piece concludes that true value comes from serving others, not solitary pursuit.
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Salmasius
Europe
John Milton
Webster
Thomas A. Edison
Salvation Army
Washington News Letter Signals Mexican Crisis
Alarming reports reach high U.S. officials of an approaching crisis in Mexico with two weeks deemed crucial for the Huerta government. The information is unofficial to avoid triggering the forecasted events while Ambassador Wilson’s pending arrival is awaited.
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Mexico
Huerta
United States
Advicvce
Wilson
Mexico City
Advertising Precision in Big Game Tactics
Roosevelt hunted metaphorically for business success, arguing that ads must focus on a single clear merit. He warns advertisers to avoid overloading a single ad with every detail and stresses deep product knowledge, clear language, and measured, point by point messaging to hit the bull’s eye.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Garden play led by cloak of innocence in Worcester
A Worcester mother with Orthodox views found her two older sons unclothed and reenacting Adam and Eve in the house after learning the Eden tale. A younger boy, about three, entered wearing a silk hat and carrying a cane, claiming to be the Lord God Almighty walking in the garden in the tool of the day.
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Worcester
Mass
Lord Dod Almighty
Old Fogy and Wise Guy Debate Ages of Names and Cars
A comic exchange hints chess, poker, and Noah on the Ark with a Cincinnati Enquirer punchline. Car jokes mention 1913 models with left turning doors and extra spokes, plus a roadside humor about roadhouses and tires.
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Old Fogy
Noah
Cincinnati Enquirer
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