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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
2
The Troy Weekly announces postal classification and publication terms with subscription rates, notice requirements, and mailing address in Troy Illinois. It notes readers should report missed deliveries and that entertainment notices will publish at regular rates. Sample copies and legal notice guidance are provided.
A weathered note reflects how March arrived with lionine force and a hint of lateness, describing the transition from winter to spring with a brisk, humorous tone. It hints at changing seasons and mood without specific events or locations.
Theodore Roosevelt went into eclipse Thursday at noon but is scheduled to shine again soon in South Africa.
Reading from the clipped text, a local race emphasizes candidates who seek office rather than the office drawing them. The note hints at a pattern where individuals pursue roles rather than the positions shaping campaigns.
The Springfield News urges disclosure of the city payroll so taxpayers can see how money is spent. A similar issue is expected to influence local municipal policy and vigor.
A bill proposed in the 2inois legislature reduces the open quail hunting period to thirty days. It appears to bridge between the current law and a proposed five year prohibition. The local nickname Bob White is cited as a favorite and a symbol of the issue.
The piece asserts happiness comes from a warm home spirit rather than mansion size or opulence. It argues costly furnishings cannot buy joy if jealousy and coldness exist, while a modest cabin filled with love, sympathy, and helpfulness becomes a palace in effect.
Washingtons inauguration week draws crowds and costly preparations. Decorations along Pennsylvania Avenue, Court of Honor work, and hotel capacity for eighteen to twenty thousand guests highlight the spectacle. Congress nears adjournment as political debate continues over secret service limits and Roosevelt administration policies.
An officer recalls Admiral Coghlan telling a cheeky parrot story about a sailor and a blue gray Belgian parrot that swore at visitors. The piece then lists historic speed records for land and water, followed by a magazine blurb on nerve health and Dr Shoop Restorative sold by S. Nineston.
An advertorial claim markets Dr Ring's New Life Pills as a preventive cure for appendicitis and constipation, claiming to stimulate liver stomach and bowels and to stop biliousness malaria chills headaches and indigestion. Also promotes Shoop's Cough Remedy and St Patrick's Dry Goods offices in Saint Kingston.
We announce John Edwards as a candidate for Collector of Jarvis Township subject to the Republican primary convention on Saturday March 13 1909. We also announce Wim. Ss. Llewellyn as a candidate for Collector in the Republican primary convention on Saturday March 3 1909.
Fortify now against the Grip for it comes every season sure Preven tics the little Candy Cold Cure Tab lets off er in this respect a most cer tain and dependable safeguard Preventics at the "snetze stage" will as well also surely head off all common colds But promptness is all import ant Keep Preventies in the pocket or purse for instant one Box of 48 for 25¢e Sold by 8 Kingston The St Louis Times is only 40e per month order it from Daniel Peter man agent
Proposals will be received by the Commissioners of Highways of Jar gis Township Madison County Illinois on March 1 1909 for a steel bridge at Watt bridge south of Troy. Public letting to the lowest responsible bidder at 10 o clock am at the bridge site. Work includes a thirty foot six span steel structure with tubular piers to be filled with pile and concrete.
The Commissioners of Highways invite bids on a project to install a ten foot concrete approach with three inch white oak flooring and steel backing, requiring a $100 certified check with each bid and completion by April 1 1909. Bids may be rejected. Troy Illinois date March 1909. Martin Herbst August Schultze Henry Horstmann commissioners. Lugy town clerk.
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