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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1904
Page
2
An Ohio man who named his son Roosevelt Parker may be at the pie counter after the November outcome. The piece reflects on political fortune, social themes, and a sly nod to future expectations with a mix of local color and opinion.
A local Business Men's Association embodies its name as an association of businessmen. It declares that members conduct affairs on strictly business principles and asserts the group must prove it is worthy of the chosen designation.
A winter chill brings heating stoves into focus as households cope. The Greenville school board ends teaching the pompadour style of handwriting amid jokes about unlearning. The Sun welcomes the move. Bunker Hill loses hope for an interurban electric line due to route conflicts blamed on local farmers. The News urges prioritizing community welfare over personal gain.
Washington reports on the Manassas battlefields with casualties and officers presumed dead. Gen Wint leads a brigade as battles unfold in dense woods while regiments from Connecticut New York Texas Virginia and Carolina display valor. Visitors include Gov Warfield and Ex Senator Manderson as discussions touch on Grant era memories and canal politics.
W H Harrison of Cleveland Mississippi writes Aug 15 1902 praising Ballard's Snow Liniment after a nail injury. He credits a 50 cent bottle bought at J F Lords drug store now in Denver Colorado with curing a knee abscess and a stiff leg. He states abscesses indicate constipation or debility and notes sales through S Kingston.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advertised as surpassing all rivals for cuts burns sores and many skin ailments with guaranteed cure. The ad claims 25 cents at S Kingston’s drug store and touts Rocky Mountain Tea as renowned. A sales pitch invites order bills via THE Cart office for a free publication notice.
A trove of local notes recalls a child’s death at eleven months, cool weather, wheat prices at 1.10 per bushel, race horses shipped to Farmington, Edward Bigelow’s east trip, Dr. Spaulding building an Main Street office, school opening with fair attendance, Oberton’s hand injury at Troy Exchange Mills, Padon named station agent for the Vandalia Line, Bosomworth wed Posey at Wm McKittrick’s home with Rev. Robert Stewart officiating.
The 1904 World’s Fair features China with a prominent tea exhibit in the Liberal Arts Palace. It showcases about 1,200 teas from Amoy and Fu chow areas, each “chop” marking ownership. Prices range from pennies to hundreds of cents per pound, with tasters setting fixed prices after flavor and curing judgments.
A collection of aphorisms and wry observations on language history and social mores. It ponders why truth terrifies some, notes the undertaker’s reverence for watermelons, and jokes about late era attitudes toward women and bathing during fainting spells.
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