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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
2
Notices warn subscribers to report missed papers and explain ad rates. A Chinese editor humorously named Li Sum is noted as a beginning. Voters face a November election and a constitutional bond issue for a deep waterway. Forecasts from the weather bureau are cautiously hopeful about winter outcomes.
In November Illinois voters will decide amendments to the state banking law as required by the constitution. Approved by the governor earlier, the amendments need a majority of votes cast to take effect. Frank P. Judson, before leaving the Illinois Bankers Association secretary post, sent newspapers copies of the bill, touted as a long step forward and the first banking legislation in over a decade.
A U S public health bulletin warns bubonic plague persists in California and could spread to eastern cities like Chicago and St Louis. It urges unrelenting rat control as the best safeguard and recommends large scale cat raising and training, noting cats pose no poultry harm, while other animals are problematic. It calls for laws to keep cats, prizes for efficient ratters, and broader sanitary measures at ports and in infested districts.
An advertisement in the St Louis Times lists a monthly rate of 300 for services offered by Daniel Peterman as agent. The notice specifies Peterman as the acting representative for the business or service advertised.
Ross C Hall born Rushville UL October 29 1866. Educated at Macomb Georgetown College Washington DC, law degree 1888. Admitted to Illinois and DC bars, practiced in Rushville, Chicago since 1892. Elected to 40th General Assembly in 1896. served as town attorney of Cierra and Franklin Park. now on Chicago Railways Co trial staff.
The Civil Service Commission rules that a family is only those who live under the same roof with the father. It clarifies that when sons or daughters start their own households they cease to be part of the father family, affecting appointments of more than two relatives in executive departments.
A sat flagman must be unflagging in duty. A henpecked husband feels squeezed by his wife. Some men are friends only while they can see you. Many should be vaccinated for vacination. Some successes only sufficed to unhappiness. Short sermons often rely on the text. The telephone avoids mint julep breath in speech. The farmer values a patient work horse over a fast roadster. Beefsteak at ten cents a pound is a striking ad lure. The Pennsylvania railroad bought fifteen freight locomotives at Juanita shops in Altoona PA for greater power. All home news in The Call.
The Call discontinues sending papers to subscribers at one year in arrears and presents the account for payment under new Post Office Department rules. Readers are reminded to check the date opposite their name to avoid discontinuation and ensure compliance.
A Crerar library collection edited by Dr. Earl Pratt presents five hundred men’s regrets about life choices. Notable entries include failing to save earnings, neglecting education, poor money habits, quitting schooling early, and failing to specialize in a single career.
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