This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1910
Page
2
The Troy Weekly Call dated Saturdays on Market Street by the Squart lists subscription terms and rates. Editor B W Jarvis is named, with mailing and post office details included, and a telephone line reference appears.
After the defeat of the courthouse and bond issue, Edwardsville papers resume debate while the Highland Journal and Cali endorse the plan. The Highland Journal calls it an opening wedge toward installment financing, criticizing the county board and public building committee for failing to advocate the bond option. The Journal condemns hypocrisy and calls for accountability.
A historical note on Thanksgiving as a public celebration of divine gratitude. It describes its religious basis, Pilgrim origins, and the lack of a fixed date, traditionally aligning with the last Thursday in November and not earlier than the 23rd.
The piece traces how Thanksgiving expanded from eight proclamations during the Revolutionary War to a national holiday. It notes eight general thanksgivings, the 1784 discontinuation, Washington's 1789 proclamation naming the last Thursday of November, and later federal observances through whisky insurrection and beyond.
At a Washington Pure Food Board meeting last week experts testified that Brazilian coffee is often rebranded as Mocha or Arabian coffee after reimport or branding from the port of origin. Dr. Wiley said reform is planned to ensure Brazilian coffee is sold under proper designation, though the trade benefits from current branding practices.
The article notes a shift toward lower meat prices following tariff discussions and suggests the public will adapt to falling costs of living. It also reports Kentucky movement to block Caleb Powers from his Congressional seat, alleging three felony convictions not overturned by a jury.
The article notes that while statewide election returns are all in, the St. Louis & Eastern Traction Company is slow to report. It hints that poor rail road building weather may be delaying progress, but observers remain optimistic about preliminary work and keep ears to the ground.
The piece argues that Troy would gain more if the St Louis & Eastern electric interurban railway becomes a real system, yet expresses gratitude for the prospect even as it remains only in planning stages.
A Chicago woman advertised for a stenographer position claiming twenty four years with one concern. She disregards others opinions on age, focusing instead on securing employment.
The passage describes Troy recalling a boys game of Catch the fox while riding with the Vandalia Line. The text suggests Troy often catches the fox but finds the task slippery, using a playful metaphor to depict the journey.
A reflective quotation emphasizes valuing honesty over boasting of achievements, suggesting that acknowledging faults yields practical gains. The saying urges restraint in self-praise and invites a disciplined focus on improvement.
A concise meditation on gratitude for all aspects of life including joy and sorrow health and illness success and disappointment virtue and temptation life and death. The message asserts that all is destined for good and reflects a contemplative daily wisdom.
A humorous Jarvis Township piece offers tongue in cheek rules for grooms detailing presence at the ceremony, attire suggestions, and playful dos and don’ts. It cites practical jokes and the quirks of rural weddings while advising restraint, humor, and prudence from the groom.
A miscellany of seasonal humor and quirks opens with a jaunty Thanksgiving verse urging gratitude despite hard times then shifts to post office rules about mail handling and customer complaints. It riffs on foolish clerkly behavior and includes comic anecdotes about the tub cure, preacher salaries, a Welsh pastor, Mark Twain with a turkey, and a quip about a Yankee selling maps on a desert island.
A corrected Friday market listing from Troy shows prices for Wheat Corn Clover Hay Timothy Flour Straw Meal and various livestock and dairy goods. It notes ranges for cattle hogs spring lambs calves chickens ducks geese butter eggs and other staples with per unit values and ton or cwt unit pricing. The item also references the St. Louis Daily newspaper delivery by Daniel Peterman and wedding invitations advertised in The Call.
The Gebauer and Schroeppel firm led by J. C. Gebuaar and John Schroeppel offers full funeral management with a complete line of caskets coffins robes and undertaker supplies. Embalming is performed by the licensed embalm er under Mrs Campbell using the latest scientific methods.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.