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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
2
The Troy Weekly Call announces Saturday publication on Market Street by the Square. Editorial contact B W Jarvis oversees terms and notices. Subscription price listed and renewal arrangements described with request to report missed copies. Sample copies offered upon request.
The Call adds a twelve page Pictorial Color and Comic Magazine Section with news, stories, features, and a colorful comic page. It promises celebrity profiles, fashion, art, science, and local interest, while keeping the same subscription price to expand home pride and local enterprise in Troy and vicinity.
William Hoyt of New York claims trolley cars haunt him after a streetcar accident. He says all moving things become trolley cars and threaten him, with cars allegedly chasing and invading his home. He sues the railroad company for 25000 damages and doctors are to examine the alleged disorder.
The article describes a neuropsychiatric condition termed trolley mania. It reports multiple cases around Troy showing shared visual and auditory delusions of trolley cars, with varied reactions from calm grins to nervous distress. Severity ranges from mild to grave and refractory, urging urgent professional study and treatment.
The article argues for supporting local trade to boost town business, noting rights to shop anywhere but urging loyalty to home merchants. Governor Folk of Missouri endorsed the idea, urging citizens to spend locally, advertise in town papers, and strengthen both city and country merchants and growth.
A New Serial Story features Oliva Barton Strohm’s romance set during the Aaron Burr conspiracy along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The serialized work blends historical intrigue with a strong love story, praised by critics as fresh and breezy.
A Jersey man on a hot day beats a horse during a pleasure drive. A constable arrests him for cruelty to animals, and his fiancée breaks the engagement after reading a note she writes within. The piece argues cruelty undercuts character and marriage, praising humane conduct and true courage.
The CalL announces a high class serial story Lavender Lovers by Lavender Creighton with a royalty arrangement. Opening chapters will appear in the next issue and readers may follow weekly installments thereafter to avoid missing portions.
The text contends that alongside wife beaters there are horse beaters and regrets their presence in orderly communities. It contrasts a true horse lover with a professional horse beater, suggesting the latter lacks in manhood.
A trade journal advertisement notes the contrast among newspaper men, seeking a good paper man who knows the difference between a news item and a damage suit, with the witty line No journalists need apply.
The report notices a mismatch between alleged town dogs and official licenses. Estimates from the assessor reach 2000 dogs based on night sounds, while the city clerk has issued only 20 licenses. The article calls for an explanation of the discrepancy.
A society for suppressing bad language forms in England aims to curb profanity while allowing humorous or light use in select cases such as when people are treading on the peeling of the banana.
Discussion notes the Russell Sage estate left seventy million rather than a full hundred million, a disappointing outcome for many but still beneficial to some beneficiaries and related parties.
After a decade in local journalism the author argues that the golden rule some people live by is only lightly plated, implying hypocrisy or shallow ethics in practice. The piece reflects on integrity and professional conduct in media.
A quirky note suggests farmers could keep workers on the farm by employing a pretty maid. The remark hints at domestic roles as a practical incentive in agricultural settings, reflecting informal hiring ideas circulating in local discourse.
A playful motto about Troy sports echoes the phrase Troy forever and a day and a day after. The line blends local team pride with a long running school spirit tribute.
With politics warming and weather warmer, analysts note rising public attention and discussion across communities, signaling an intensified campaign season and greater civic engagement as upcoming events approach.
The Courier employs bright energetic girls for the job department folding tasks claiming they are neater and more reliable than boys. It notes boys avoid work, prefer fishing and sports, and argues many are being trained for reform schools or penitentiaries while some die as vagabonds.
Mascoutah Herald discusses land hunger as a powerful motive driving U.S. settlement. It notes foreigners flocking here and easterners moving west, with many seeking more land while best soil nears exhaustion. Caution urged for those near good land and thriving communities, especially in St. Clair County.
A Rossville Journal item explains how a chick breaks its egg from the inside using shell particle arrangement. It notes the inside force drives apart the shell while external impact tends to wedge it together, easing hatching.
A council urging resilience says external pressures hurt a city less than internal weakness. Community leaders warn against negative shocks and call for proactive boosts to improve growth and morale.
Indiana Governor Hanley calls the nation toward a social revolution he sees as legitimate and peaceful, arising from current investigations into public men and commercial combines. He believes the outcome will be orderly and world shaping.
The Highland journal notes a lid on in East St. Louis while Belleville shows signs of joining the restrictive trend. Conditions are changing as warnings rise about tightened controls and shifting social order.
The lid movement crossed the bridge Sunday and closed to about 300 saloons in East St. Louis. If reform moves east along the Van road, Greenville residents will follow the issue as it reaches Highland.
A Farmville Va resident credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing a twenty year battle with chronic piles and malignant sores. The ad touts its effectiveness on old ulcers cuts burns and wounds and lists S Kingston’s drug store price of 25 cents. Also notes a mounted photograph board for sale at the CALL office.
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