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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
2
Sworn to and subscribed before me this date by the parties in question. The record shows W W J Vetter served as Notary Public with commission expiry noted as April 27, 1915.
M. M. Sharp, Greenville citizen, ends Fair Play after eleven weekly issues. He cites lack of practical newspaper knowledge, notes about 1000 subscribers without effort to grow circulation, and denies political motives tied to post office controversy. He asserts the paper was the best weekly in Bond county and closes without enmity.
The Illinois Supreme Court adjourned again without a definite ruling on the constitutionality of the woman suffrage act. It is uncertain when a decision will come, amid reports of a stormy session and speculative expectations it may be struck down.
A jumble of humorous couplets and notes opens with playful lines about spring and a mocked mockery of social mores, then lists “The Week in History” including events from 1858 to 1906. A string of local notices mocks fashion costs, agriculture forecasts, and quirky town anecdotes.
The piece connects Dewey's Manila Bay lesson to Mexico's tensions under Diaz and Huerta, notes May as the season of graduations and baseball, muses on farming versus business life, and recalls Buffalo Bill's first wild west show in 1883 while contrasting Britain’s suffragettes with American entertainment.
National Capital Notes warns typhus fever, spread by lice on the Mexican plateau, could devastate invading American troops without strict sanitation. Doctors Anderson and Goldberger traced transmission, urging a new “washtub corps” of cleanliness, daily baths, boiled uniforms, and vigilant health measures to prevent epidemic spread upon return.
The Kansas editor reports buying a Winchester and strolling to deliver the gun to the owner. Fearing a war, delinquent subscribers mobbed him, clearing long standing debts. He returns to an office piled with hay, fifteen bushels of potatoes, wood, and a barrel of turnips.
The article argues that personal familiarity with a merchant does not ensure business. People change, meet, and form opinions about goods independently. Newspapers can educate customers about products, encouraging informed purchases beyond mere personal recognition.
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