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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1915
Page
2
The piece critiques lingering Sunday laws in Cincinnati that allow police to arrest persons for juggler or minstrel performances ball games and other Sunday activities. It notes fines up to 100 dollars or six months in jail for offenses after warning, plus bans on labor, hunting, fishing, and profanity. It highlights a puppet show prohibition and questions respect for law.
Bankers aim closer contact with farmers to boost cooperation and profits. The Missouri Bankers Association plans to organize rural county associations with state Board of Agriculture support to promote good roads, farm advisers, better schools, and scientific farming. Railroads will assist as bankers organize local chapters and bring in speakers.
Mississippi Governor Brewer and Tennessee Governor Rye are identified as prohibitionists in the listing. The pair appear among regional officials aligned with the prohibition movement, reflecting state leadership positions in the era.
A country town boosts its economy by bringing buyers to town with illustrated ads and quoted prices. It urges small merchants, professionals, and amusements to develop street lighting and safe entertainments to attract farmers and families, noting youth presence signals town vitality.
A satirical tale about city ladies crusading against gambling while their own families profit from bets and stock gains. The poker players are arrested, one jailed, and a moral about appearances versus money is drawn.
A humorous essay fable about a crowing rooster as a loud, self centered patriarch. It contrasts his vanity with the quiet labor of hens, notes his waking power, and ends with a quip about roosters and poets and a Josh Billings quote on laughter and mistakes. The piece uses satirical tone and old fashioned newspaper humor.
Ruth revisits home with her mother debating soggy pies as Ruth shares Aunt Marys trick to vent juice through the crust using two macaroni pieces. A burst of old time reading rounds out with notes on Henry VIII and a parade of quirky epithets and topics.
The page displays a scatter of patent medicines and remedies with assorted prices such as Wine of Life Nerve Food at $1.08, Mull's Grape Tonic 50c, Peroxide of Hydrogen 25c, Wine of Cardus $1.00, Hunyadi Janos 35c, and Dr Shoop Rheumatic Remedy $1.00, among others, in a catalog-like format. The entries include multiple small quantities and cents prices, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century medicine ads layout.
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