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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
3
A brief note quotes a scripture authority from 2 Kings 6 24 with a date and copyright attribution to the author W.5 Edson. The fragment suggests a religious or bibliographic citation rather than a full article.
Self help leads to God help and action opens God’s power. Ignorance of divine plenty lies beyond the will’s gate, and recognizing need spurs deliverance. Lepers’ message at Samaria shows how evil can yield good when blessings are shared. Come and see, test faith, and feed those hungry for glad tidings.
In Samaria during siege by Ben Hadad, famine drove brutal acts and death. Four lepers outside the walls decide to seek help among the Syrians, discover abundant plunder, share it with the starving city, and return to warn the gates while the prophet arrives to seal their fate inside.
A column discusses anti liquor sentiment and temperance arguments, contrasting doorfront placards with hidden drinks, then shifts to a moral tale about a child named Henry who resists cake temptation. The narrator recalls childhood duty and inner self-control as key helps in avoiding harm.
A reflective passage exalts New York as an unparalleled seaside city, noting its salt air and maritime stance. The traveler nears the metropolis and imagines Venice rising from the water or ancient Tyre, famed for houses that seemed to push from the sea.
Arthur Decker, ignoring discouraging headlines, gathers wrecked auto parts, repairs them with oil and labor in his cellar, and unveils a seemingly new automobile during a dull season. He also built a house on Ta conic avenue and spent weeks at a Barrington building company, all to avoid idle street corner talk.
Grass Valley correspondent reports a Crase family of three under 17 listed in the school census marshal’s book since Census Marshal Argall began work. The correspondent calls it one of the most interesting incidents and suggests no similar record may be found in the state.
A quip from the Atchison Globe on women buying beyond means. The joke suggests she sacrifices planned purchases to cover an unintentional overspend, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
The passage praises New Yorks tall, simple original skyscrapers as audacious architecture adapted to harbor life. It notes ancient fears of piracy would have prevented such a harbor city, while the modern world enables this grand urban form.
A Bacon quotation cautions that even potent remedies fail to open the heart without a true friend. It links medical imagery of opening body parts with a social metaphor about emotional healing and companionship.
A compact inspirational note cites Ovid urging belief in imagination as a driver of achievement. The line emphasizes inner conviction as a path to realizing creative potential and personal success.
A mother recalls her only son sent to war, slain in a blessed land. She speaks of his sacrifice and the sorrow of separation as she remembers his vow to her and country. In a southern vale he rests, rosemary weeping as myrtle and sea vine entwine in memory.
Grandmother Adamson interrupts Memorial Day rituals at a cemetery. She removes flowers from Jeremiah Adams on his grave, refuses to decorate Comrade Adamson's, and declares Memorial Day has become Decoration Day for the young and old alike. She laments the hollowing of the nation's remembrance and urges honoring all graves, not just soldiers.
Three women report relief from female troubles without surgery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. One Gardinst Maine resident, another Chicagoan, describe avoiding operations and recovering health. The ad asserts 30 years of use, cites cures of fibroid tumors and other symptoms, and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
Fragmentary line from a poet turned farmer about a billowy landscape. The farmer notes a German mule, once pulling a beer wagon, and remarks on dialect misunderstanding amid rustic speech. The quotation from the Atlanta Constitution captures a colloquial rural scene.
Advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and notes sales by Druggists for 75 cents. Includes urging to request circulars and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Kansas City Times quotation notes a patient asking if the operation was successful. The speaker says it was entirely, adding that a $600 charge was paid by the executor who signed the check without winking.
Cures painful smarting and nervous feet and ingrowing nails. Makes new shoes easy and helps sweating feet. Sold by all druggists. 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. A. D. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Belgium now imports about $1.5 million annually in automobiles motorcycles and bicycles with imports quadrupling in four years. The note mentions a promotion for Lewis' Single Binder cigar with a dealer listing at Lewis' Factory Peoria.
A remark notes how the figure referred to as Satanic Majesty has mastered obtaining value without offering compensation, implying cunning or exploitation. The comment frames this as a critique of illicit advantage or unearned rewards.
The advertisement praises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative option. It emphasizes natural action, absence of after effects, and physician approval. It urges buying only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading drug stores.
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