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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call notes terms of subscription for the Madison County Press Club and the Southern Illinois Editorial Association. Details cover rates, delivery, and billing practices as outlined by the member publications.
A letter to The Call from an out-of-town reader argues that Troy’s good and bad town qualities show up in its newspapers. It cautions The Call to avoid boastfulness and suggests home pride affects local fortune, urging reflection among citizens.
A calling editorial extols fathers over mothers, praising paternal influence in family life. It cites James Gilbert Hamilton's piece The Old Folks at Home from Coffeen Democrat, urging young men to preserve and reread the tribute for lifelong guidance on fatherhood.
Ex President Taft told the Sixty third Congregational conference in Painesville Ohio that too many churches and ministers crack the foundations of religion. He condemned flippancy and urged cooperation over competition in church life and warned Christian unity has not halted the war.
Businessmen often claim newspapers seek ads for profit, but wiser merchants know timely quality advertising yields higher returns than it costs the printer. The best advertisers have long proven that good advertising pays.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a father’s hard work in railroad shops in Kentucky and years of guiding his children. The writer reflects on aging, memory, and the debt of respect owed to aging parents, urging the old folks at home to receive affection and honor through care and love. The piece blends verse-like prose with tribute, noting the father’s strength, humility, and enduring influence.
Gloomy weather prompts humor in Bunker Hill and Coffeen papers as Sewers discuss heat, coal, and fans. Wighland notes autos shift road work timing. Lebanon and Greenville urge confidence in national policy, contrasting U.S. warnings with foreign voices on Lusitania.
George Fitch recounts Isaac Newton born 1644 in England and his rise from a farmer’s son to Cambridge scholar and 17th century scientist. The essay notes Principia publication, gravity, Halley friendship, role as Chancellor, coinage reform, and his death at 85, urging preservation of such scholarly customs.
A collage shows a poem lamenting bygone fashions from crinolines to basques, interwoven with domestic tips on testing fresh eggs by spinning, and a brief vignette of a girl consoling a sick Elsie. It includes clippings from The Philadelphia Press and Houston Post style notes, plus light humor about a newspaper kiss and a stairway errand.
A rural legend tale features a money-seeing miser who hoards wealth until illness ends his life. Debtors hold a jubilee, bequeathing his fortune to an unseen nephew who buys a limousine and a chorus girl, then visits the grave. The tale closes with a moral about self serving fortune and cautionary ambition.
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