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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
2
The Troy Weekly Call issues Saturdays on Market Street by the Square. Subscriptions run one year six months or three years at $1. Notices of entertainments only. Legal notices should be published in this paper, with attorneys instructed to comply under the law.
The Troy merchants report Chicago mail order stores selling coffee cheaper retail than local wholesale prices. A traveling salesman failed to justify the lower rate, provoking swift pushback from Troy merchants. If broader towns follow, wholesale coffers may shift and local shops gain leverage against mail order competition.
The Garnett Journal editor Manford Schoonover shares a letter from a distillery offering four full quarts prepaid with sampling and balance return. It lists grand claims about capital, size, and whiskey sales as part of a critique on temperance and alcohol promotion. The piece argues against “booze fighting” while noting the editor’s past ties to the distillery.
A Kansas editor notes twelve reasons for declining a proposal tied to a local “perfect purity” brand, blaming legal costs, divorce, crime and jail population increases on its use. The piece contrasts this with a famine in Japan where crops failed, and relief efforts by the Christian Herald of New York.
The piece notes Joseph Medill Patterson of Chicago embracing socialism and calling for confiscation of Andrew Carnegie's wealth. It mocks his appearance and suggests he relocate to New Jersey. The column also warns of a Chicago mail order house offering seven percent interest to farmers and mocks the Cash Buyers' Union failure. It laments weak spring weather and predicts a poor peach crop.
The annual township election next Tuesday appears calm with a two party ticket from Republicans and Democrats. Voters are urged to consider the beat men and choose the best candidates. May the best men win.
Tradition holds March begins with a lion or a lamb and ends the opposite. This year the city sees a wild assortment of conditions as unsettled weather persists, with frequent storms and unseasonable swings that keep residents on alert for shifting temperatures and precipitation.
The prompt asks a hypothetical math puzzle: if Chicago doubles its saloon license from 500 to 1000 and adds 1000 police, how many police would be needed in Troy if the saloon license were eliminated entirely. The query seeks a proportional or implied relationship to compute Troy’s required police. No concrete data for Troy is provided beyond the hypothetical link to Chicago.
A cautionary note urges residents to craft favorable first impressions of their town to ensure lasting, positive views. The guidance emphasizes the lasting impact of initial perceptions on outsiders and newcomers.
Washington letter details a March gathering of about 150 labor leaders led by Gompers, their clashes with the president over the eight hour rule on the Isthmus of Panama and anti injunctions, plus party infighting and surge in Roosevelt support. It also notes seed mail costs, Loomis diplomatic appointment friction, and taft rumors.
Girard Anchor argues for the right kind of citizen who supports local investment, pays taxes for growth, funds public schools churches and libraries, and backs well lit streets and sidewalks. The piece contrasts with the wrong kind who neglect public improvement and waste no money.
The writer warns that loafers cause most town quarrels by meddling in others’ affairs. Idle activity breeds mischief, with the proverb about Satan finding mischief and the claim that some work is essential to prevent trouble.
Greenville, Hillsboro and nearby towns discuss paving streets as newspapers publish opinions. Some papers fault their streets as worse than country roads, hindering business, while Highland praises its macadam streets yet calls for sidewalk work and broader coverage soon.
A poem argues many pursue wealth for social privilege rather than the money itself. An exchange notes thieves lose access to elite circles, but few share that view. The Houston Post reflects on a Texas poet’s split soul between Lone Star state and Tennessee, praising closer unity of body and soul.
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