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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
2
The Troy Weekly Call notes the newspaper is entered for transmission by mail as second class matter. It urges parties with legal notices to instruct their attorneys to publish in this paper, stating under law no attorney may disregard such a request.
Saturday May 25 1907 is proposed for Troy Memorial Day observance by the Troy Cemetery Mite Society stirring disagreement among old soldiers business and working men. Critics argue May 30 is the legal Memorial Day while supporters cite weekend convenience and local attendance.
W D Boyce editor and publisher of the Chicago Saturday Blade and president of the American Weekly Publishers Association is highlighted as a noted journalist. He gained prominence from New Orleans exposition letters and later proposed privatizing the Post Office Department reducing red tape and postage rates.
Mr Boyce president of the American Weekly Publishers Association circulated a card illustrating his stance on postal conditions and a free press, paired with a personal creed urging post mortem kindness and pre funeral acts of affection to comfort friends and brighten lives before death.
The Sparta Argonaut editor confronts intruding readers in his weekly column. He states he and his wife are in Lebanon Illinois at Mrs Mackenzie’s grandmother’s bedside, and cautions pry-ers by offering contact by phone wire letter or even by leg if their legs are long enough.
The city treasurer reports a strong box balance of 21958.54 dollars. Officials note that half of this sum could be spent on street improvements with notable effect.
From The Weekly Bulletin Wm Meiners started his ice route A H Judd visited Charles Metz new home near the depot rainy week with heavy showers Willis Caswell cut his foot at T A Riggin Samuel Rawson attended Masonic meeting at Princeton Revs Reed Hosterman candidates for Baptist pastor Purviance Co opens hardware and tinware in yards Progress on Market Street building Rev John H Mize chosen pastor of new church Troy had three Vandalia Line trains daily Bulletin notes nuisance of roaming pigs on public plank sidewalks and mock threats to prove prevarication.
Regular Washington letter notes the Jamestown Exposition’s limited appeal and the capital’s social energy as General Kuroki and Duke degli Abruzzi visit. It highlights Taft’s rising support in Ohio, White House entertaining, and ongoing strategy to build momentum for the 1908 nomination while Secretary Taft prepares for dinners and receptions in Washington.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to Minnesota editors in St Paul on the value of weekly newspapers. He warned daily papers are becoming business enterprises owned by rich men and edited by hired hands lacking local conscience. He urged stronger country editors to guide political leadership and for parties to support the country press.
An old advert touts Cascasweet for babies as the best remedy for colic, summer complaint, diarrhoea and sour stomach. It claims quick action, teething irritation, and a safe formula with non narcotic ingredients printed on the wrapper. Sold by S Kingston.
An old advertisement touts Kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming it digests food, tones the stomach, and strengthens the body with pure blood. It also promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a cure for headaches and biliousness, sold by S Kingston and featuring slogan lines about health.
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