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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
3
The Troy weekly issue, issued every Friday, promotes town interests and defends the community against detractors. It argues the newspaper acts as a bulwark against schemes and supports progress, urging liberal public backing as the town’s most important business enterprise.
The Highland Journal editorial commends Alton city council for banning itinerant merchants and street fakirs from streets. It argues every town should pass similar ordinances to curb quack medicine shows and street barkers seen as nuisances and frauds, citing a recent local fakir visit.
The piece argues merchandising today differs from years past as only the active survive. It compares successful merchants to live fish swimming upstream and warns there is no middle ground, noting that once effort stops, decline follows.
Trade marked advertised products offer consumer protection and value not found in unadvertised goods. Advertising motivates manufacturers to meet public claims, ensuring quality and reliability while investments in publicity bind firms to uphold standards. A plant anecdote about tomatoes illustrates this trust, as only the best ingredients are used in branded products.
Farm implements will rise in price due to wartime steel demand. Farmers who can, should buy now to avoid higher costs. Steel output has been claimed by warring nations, driving prices up by hundreds percent. Collinsville and Belleville seek joint service over Bell and Kinloch lines with Illinois Public Utilities Commission support. St. Jacob Highland Marine and Troy already have such service.
Some college students avoid pitching hay over the summer because it could affect their pitching arms. The caution reflects the desire to preserve arm health during seasonal work and training.
A man agrees to pay one dollar for a fifty cent article he desires while a woman pays forty nine cents for a thirty nine cent item she does not want, illustrating contrasting purchase choices.
A terse remark notes that some men who smoke cigarettes choose easier work over demanding occupations, implying a bias or stereotype about reformers’ views on labor and choice.
In Troy strong support is shown for 24 hour electric service to modernize the city and aid homes and businesses. Aug Droll urges selling the municipal plant to improve streets, reduce taxes, and fund street work while avoiding bonds. W W Jarvis and others discuss the need for progress and self sustaining municipal power.
The rest cure for some men at the summer hotels consists largely of swapping ideas on making money.
The article suggests vacationers who borrowed funds for their trip can return without severe financial worry, as the debt burden is tied to the borrowed amount rather than personal loss.
A succinct note observes that a man may lack many abilities yet cannot properly eat and speak when onions are involved. The quip frames onions as a social hindrance affecting manners and speech.
A fragment suggests hush money carries greater impact than other forms of influence, highlighting its perceived power in shaping actions and outcomes, though specifics are unclear.
A Public Health Service piece questions common habits. It asks if washing habits, lunch skipping, overzealous dinners, and sleeping with windows closed affect health. The tone suggests guidance on hygiene and well being.
An 1800s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming a constitutional cure through internal use that purports to heal blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured and urges readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with the product sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A vintage advertisement touts Helvetia bottled beer as ideal for social glass or meals. It urges ordering from local brewers and bottlers for home delivery and labels Highland, Illinois as the source.
A vintage advertisement extols Sloan's Liniment for post activity soreness, toothache, stiff neck, backache, stings and bites. It urges packing a bottle for vacations or camping and cites a vacationer endorsement about using it for cramps to toothache.
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