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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
2
In Kinloch on September 17 1915 a warning about two poultry scams targeting farmers near St Jacob. A man and woman pose at a hotel then beg for donations for an orphanage before selling chickens to a poultryman. Also a badge bearing health inspector claims diseased hens then offers to kill them. Call authorities if suspicious and report to police.
In Gary Indiana taxi jitneys refuse fares from fat men causing drivers to pass up a waving thick man from the sidewalk. Eight jitneys recently passed by Mayor Tom Knotts as drivers argued a five passenger jitney can carry ten slim steel workers at a nickel each.
A deranged editorial piece claims Georgia’s prohibition elevates lynching as a king of outdoor sports asserting that lynch mobs are sober, decent citizens rather than drunk ruffians and that such killings are placed on a respectable plane.
The Highland Journal commented that the Alton Telegraph should stop criticizing east side townships and instead address excessive pauper accounts in Alton and the Tri-Cities. Governor Dunne proclaimed Saturday October 9 as Fire Prevention Day urging statewide cleanup and fire safety measures.
The mayor's office in Chicago City Hall is No. 507 and the corporation counsel's office is 6511. The line “Seven come eleven” echoes a craps game, suggesting a streetwise street humor tone.
A regional essay urges professional men in small towns to back home town growth. It argues doctors lawyers bankers and merchants share a common stake in sustaining local newspapers and merchants, making the weekly paper a cheap, potent advertising channel and mail order link to outlying customers. The piece promises to offer booster tips next week.
The Chicago Herald quips about eternal punishment by sending foes to travel endlessly through Southern Illinois. The speaker imagines a grim tour from Harrisburg to New Burnside, Carrier Mills and back, across roadless swamps and glens, as a biting jest against creditors and adversaries.
In a town like this one a man known as a non or anti on every issue alienated all. He quarreled about ball games on Sundays and claimed the weather was always wrong. He died unloved and was buried swiftly as elders noted the smallest funeral. The tale ends with a moral about quarrelsomeness versus industry.
GEORGE FITCE outlines the University of California at Berkeley as a large, historic institution with a Greek theater, Lick Observatory, and strong funding from Phoebe Hearst. He notes its size, aging status, rivalry with Stanford, and diverse programs while praising its advertising impact and regional prominence.
The passage notes liquor license revenue reaching 350 million dollars last year for government bodies and highlights preventable deaths outpacing wars since independence. It also defines saffron, its uses in food and medicine, and traces its ancient and modern cultivation from Persia to Europe.
The list recounts notable historical moments from Monday the 13th to Sunday the 19th across years. It includes battles such as Chapultepec in 1847 and Antietam in 1862, births of Taft in 1857 and Samuel Adams in 1722, the 1787 U S Constitution adoption, the 1793 Washington Capitol cornerstone, and Washingtons 1796 farewell address.
A brief catalog lists Wine of Life Nerve Food priced at $1.00 for a standard size, Mull's Grape Tonic at 50 cents, and Wine of Cardus offered at 74 and 36 cents for different sizes, reflecting a mid-century pharmacy or general store display of patent tonics.
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