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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
6
The notice lists subscription terms including one year at 9.2 or 65 if paid before expiration and six monthly, three months options with varying prepayment discounts, and single copies. It mentions telephone contacts Kinloch or Bell for further details.
The article surveys century old habit of giving odd nicknames to small settlements like Shantyville Dogtown and Frog Town. It argues residents should shed those labels, adopt proper names and pride, then recalls a university adverting lecture on local papers and community unity. It notes Good Roads Day designations and includes stray aphorisms on farming education and preparedness.
A compilation of brief editorials and comments from Edwardsville and Madison county papers. The pieces touch on American identity over party loyalty, advertising as a business asset, moral cowardice, and local political organization, with notes on republican and democratic activity and consumer safety concerns about egg quality.
The piece recalls old Easter practices from egg hoarding and egg roasts to the shift from Resurrection Day emphasis to modern Bunny and stocking traditions. It notes egg symbolism tied to renewal and the red egg dye recalling Christ’s blood, and explains Easter dating as the first Sunday after the full moon following March 21.
A playful spring cleaning scene imagines a family turning chores into a festival with mop as master and scrub brush as king. They celebrate soap suds paint and tidy spaces from grandpa’s chair to a cat eyeing a gleaming pail. The verse ends by joking about cleaning up cash and meals.
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