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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
1
The margin note states that a date matching the writer’s name indicates a one year arrears subscription and removal from second class mailing. The paper says it will discontinue all in arrears subscriptions and seek payment. renewals must be prompt to avoid missed copies.
A plan to expand day nurseries into baby gardens aims to help professional women like teachers writers and artists by leaving children in scientifically guided care during work hours. The concept echoes Plato and Chicago Record-Herald views on home versus institutional upbringing and the social need to place people where they fit.
A set of examples shows papers sparring over who put syllables into town names from Greenville to Mulberry Grove. The Greenville Ad vocate cites playful lines about Coffeen Bier, Donnellson Son, Reno No, Pleasant Mound ant, and others, noting who added cues to each name and joking about local lore and identity.
A quirky notice withdraws a stewed prune reward for finding Troy’s naming flaw and restates a challenge about Market street plans. Rumors say paving or oiling may be planned, but no confirmation exists and current activity remains dust.
A man trusts his thermometer when it reads two degrees lower than a neighbor in cold weather and two degrees higher in hot. Most men seek a device with this broader reliability, demanding greater versatility from the instrument.
After an extended idle period the Milinoig legislature resumes intense sessions to push through adjournment. Lawmakers work overtime to complete pending bills and finalize the session.
The remark notes that some individuals dispense guidance not to help others but to rid themselves of the burden of thoughts. It suggests a self-serving motive behind unsolicited counsel and invites reflection on when advice is genuinely meant to assist.
The senate lobby investigating committee plans a broad inquiry into organized efforts to influence legislation now before Congress. Tariff issues and “tariff callers” are probed as subpoenas extend to more witnesses. Other items note militia pay bill debates, weather bureau personnel with political ties, naval administration inquiries, Morgenthau’s declined Turkey post, and a Capitol telephone installation fueling White House arrivals.
The article argues that personality determines influence in both sales and advertising. A strong, sincere, confident persona in a salesman or advertiser persuades prospects or readers, multiplying results. Mastery of occasion and audience enhances impact, whether in spoken or written form.
The Chicago Tribune urges a state wide tax overhaul not limited to Chicago. It condemns piecemeal fixes and calls for a thorough, patient legislature to restructure the entire system, arguing current laws confuse and burden all regions and long term relief requires systemic change.
The Canton Illinois Ledger argues that manufacturers in finois face a double tax on corporate capital stock in addition to plant and equipment taxes. This unjust burden harms workers, wages, and local circulation, and unfairly shifts 90 percent of taxes to land, buildings, machinery, and merchandise, affecting rents and the cost of living.
The Rockford Republican notes over half a million Illinois voters supported submitting a tax amendment to the general assembly for a 1914 general election vote. It argues the current system taxes property heavily and burdens on renters and shoppers, urging fairer revenue methods and reform of the primary law and ballot length.
A testimonial ad touts Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment as a proven formula by a physician for eczema and similar skin eruptions. J C Eveland of Bath I says after twenty five years of trying other remedies he found a cure. The Pfeiffer Chemical Co advertises mail order availability at 50 cents.
Reports from Champaign, Herrin, Rockford, Galesburg, Springfield, Monmouth, Danville, and Peoria detail university commencements, a fatal car accident, a pastor’s new assignment, murder investigations, insurance industry moves, and state forestry elections. Highlights include Illinois University’s large graduating class, a fatal gas speeder crash near Danville, and suffrage advocacy tied to Governor Dunne’s remarks.
An advertisement from C. H. Rowan Drug Co Chicago offers a free 500 package of a remedy for bedwetting and frequent urination. The ad claims the medicine is harmless and suitable for all ages, urging readers to request the sample and share the information with neighbors.
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