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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
2
A divided house proverb applies to municipal bodies and school boards, signaling risk as factions clash within local governance. The quote underscores how internal discord can undermine decision making and public service delivery across districts.
The local page notes visits from relatives and friends that color the community scene. Readers glimpse familiar faces and shared moments as guests travel from nearby towns to call on family and neighbors.
An inquisitive contemporary asks the standard question and answers that a woman ought to own more than the average chorus girl wears on the stage. The remark reflects prevailing social expectations about female attire and status.
The speaker recalls a prior pledge about car service on the Troy and Eastern route, noting that many promised initiatives for Troy never materialized and were eventually abandoned. The question implies disappointment over failed transport projects and a sense of dashed expectations.
In Aurora during a recent election women were urged to join an endless telephone chain pledging to call five male voters daily to urge them to vote right. The piece notes telephone delays could slow turnout, joking the women might vote themselves in half the time if calls were quicker.
The Massachusetts secretary of state reports 886,104 men were assessed at poll tax last year but only 398,309 voted in the state election. The Boston Daily Advertiser previously published statistics showing most men who can register and vote do not vote except in presidential elections.
Mayor Louis Lehman resigns after the local option movement wins in Mattoon. The city with nineteen saloons generated $19,500 annually, crippling finances and driving Lehman to step down yesterday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a $40 million bond issue with half expected to be placed in Europe. Two leading London banks will cooperate with a New York house to float the issue. The company alsoordered discharge of all unnaturalized foreigners and directs that only American citizens be employed in any department.
At a luncheon of the Press Club of Chicago William Allen White of Emporia Kan praised editors and lampooned readers. He said three things no man can satisfy others on are making love poking the fire and ripping a paper. He noted editors still blunder and make money while the old time editor who served all needs is passing away and a man who runs a paper is his own master.
A brief verse in verse form urges readers to stay healthy and wealthy by maintaining facial hair and warm clothing, and to keep up household stoves until June. The piece reads like a Telegram era morale verse with light practical advice.
The piece surveys a dismal view of the sixtieth Congress, arguing partisanship blocks national progress, warns of weak financial reform, and notes Washington’s unique political paradox with monopolies and self interest among legislators. It cites a Senate debate over battleships and the president as peacemaker, plus remarks from Beveridge and Pyles.
Formal notice states A C Millspaugh of Shawneetown Gallatin county seeks re nomination as clerk of the appellate court for the fourth district in the Republican primary on August 8 1908. Born 1858 in White county Illinois he has served admirably as clerk since winning in 1902 and earns strong district support for another term.
A 1978 item notes Dr J M Sabin of Edwardsville filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition Judge John G Irwin delivered a temperance lecture at the MBE church Prof A C Williams and Miss I J Mills attended a Madison County Teachers Institute meeting Jarvis Umberger announced a new weekly paper the Royal Purple Banner to be issued from the Bulletin office Rev G W Cullom resigned Troy KE church pastorate to be succeeded by Rev Vee of Lebanon D A Hagler reported a swarm of bees on the 29th alt Madison County Odd Fellowship lodges observed their 59th anniversary A Madison County celebration was proposed The Call serial Mr Barnes American is highlighted for readers Page 3 Dan Peterman delivers Post-Dispatch daily and Sunday.
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