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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
2
The Troy Weekly Call is issued every Friday from Market Street by the Square authored by B. W. Jarvis. It is entered at the Troy Illinois post office for transmission in the mails as second class matter.
An editorial denounces tainted politics and personal gain in campaigns. It argues self interest drives many politicians, warns of backroom deals and party machinery, and urges voters to seek wisdom, courage, and honesty. It highlights farm, banker, and merchant lawmakers as the cure through openness and sunlight in government.
A fragment argues against women’s suffrage, invoking divine covenants and historical woes. The speaker warns that granting voting rights would alter a divine agreement and degrade woman, recalling biblical promises and ancient civilizations to condemn female enfranchisement.
A fragment notes that agriculture is praised as the greatest of all industries and a progressive rural population is viewed as the surest safeguard of civilization. The quote reflects a belief in farming communities driving societal progress.
The article argues that enduring prosperity depends on a stable agricultural base. It asserts that without lasting support for farming, permanent economic growth cannot be achieved, stressing agricultural resilience as the foundation of national wealth.
A nostalgic piece defines a hustler as a self driven worker who avoids idle talk, pursues large tasks, and often moves through days without rest. It contrasts hustlers with easiergoing bosses, noting the canal effort and land accumulation wheels as examples of relentless labor and eventual workplace succession.
A young student leaves home for a city with a State University, learns languages, astronomy, and mathematics, but fails to find business work. He returns to the farm, the moral: education is like a disease you may never fully recover from.
A collage of local editorials and notices from Greenville Advocate Edwardsville Republican Highland Leader Alton Times Staunton Star Times critiques range from political tax policy and public spending to roadwork practices and journalism careers. The pieces mix humor and warning as communities weigh holidays laws and infrastructure fixes.
A collage of kitchen banter on reheating cabbage and sprouts, child canning jokes, and verse snippets. It includes a Winfield Oracle quip, hygienic safety verses, a Sunday school cartoon ending with a pun, plus a “Week in History” list, light anecdotes, and aphorisms about digestion, honesty, and effort.
The Weather Bureau forecast for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plain States calls for generally fair weather throughout the period starting Wednesday June 2. Local rains in the northern area are possible Friday. Temperatures will rise slowly and move above normal early in the period, with the Great Lakes region expected to see generally fair conditions and unimportant temperature changes.
A drug advertisement touts Po-Do-Lax as a small nightly dose that delivers a full, free morning bowel movement. It claims Po-DosLax contains Podophyllin May Apple without gripe, stimulates the liver and bile, and results in no gas or irritation.
A brief notice invites readers to subscribe for a four week cycle under a call free plan. It emphasizes affordability and timing without listing specific dates or contact details. The item reads like a compact promotional blurb from a local newspaper page.
A guide notes many owners hold old furniture best repurposed rather than sold for little money. Walnut table tops become wainscoting and gothic screens with oil painted panels. cherry tables become chests with fern and holly carvings. ebony and rosewood remnants repurpose into piano panels and violin parts.
In spring, young Hiram ploughs the field and dreams of trout by the brook. His father reassures him to stay safe along the fence while he imagines fish biting beneath the willows.
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