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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1901
Page
2
The Criterion notes Clinton Rogers Woodruff’s view that persistent effort and results mark the municipal reform movement. Civic awakening spreads nationwide with cities small and large organized through law, education, and reform parties while standards of public morality evolve beyond annual reports.
Prof Stanley G Hall addressed the Illinois Congress of Mothers and argued that elder disciplinary methods are still necessary. He said obedience is a key lesson and that moral suasion alone cannot replace a firm spanking when disobedience occurs.
The grownup child is apt to run his head against a stone wall which might have been avoided if he had faced obstruction early life as the proverbial slipper or shingle. It taught discipline and the stern fact that even Mother Nature punishes the children who break her laws.
A satirical item recalls Tom Short who stopped his paper over debts only to have his church hymn praises misread as an assignment to the Lord. The note jokes about collectors and receipts while urging patience and accountability in payments. It also mentions a proposed 34,500 bond for Troy City Public Schools with a steam heat system, and college students funding expenses by tending babies. The Illinois Terminal extension toward St Louis and Troy is praised for future growth.
A naturalist argues that a farmer who shoots a hawk burns a fifty dollar bill to save crops. He notes hawks consume many pests, claiming the raptor destroys at least a thousand rats mice and moles annually despite occasional chicken theft.
A married man, named as part of nine secret societies, overplays his hand. An exchange notes that only two weeks remain of political hot air, before the natural hot air in broken doses starts arriving.
The city of Troy now requires additional school facilities after years of surplus space, signaling substantial growth and rising enrollment. The indicator shows a shift from past capacity to current demand affecting district planning and community expectations.
A city election is set for next Tuesday with a pledge to ensure a fair, clean process. Campaigners urge voters to avoid protests or disruptions and to focus on a straightforward, issue driven vote.
A public notice appeals to every reader to exercise the franchise next Tuesday and vote for Troy’s best interests, urging broad participation in the upcoming election.
A flurry of brief telegrams covers a New York streetcar exhalation crusade, a major fire at St. Louisa Storage Company causing 650000 in losses, an Illinois couple to be extradited for marrying in Kansas as first cousins, and plans for a million dollar Schwab residence in New York City. Other items note women riding astride at a Boston horse show, a Missouri man marrying his former servant, a Gothams cleric blessing thousands, organization efforts by locomotor ataxia victims, Czarist succession talks, Fort Amsterdam wall remains, Kruger visit possible abandonment, Paterson arsenic egg case, Kaiser addresses, a physician suicide over a patient death, New York legislative common-law marriage bill, and state endorsement by ministers and women.
Illinois state news notes diverse developments from Woodlawn’s 106 yearold resident Uncle Billy Grier to a proposed $50000 glass factory in Litchfield and an $14750 eightroom O'Fallon school building. Other items cover a unified suburban electric road near Chicago, muzzling dogs in Carlinville, a Franklin county orchard purchase, a savings bank proposal by Greenville Woman’s Federation, a $320000 Lexington Presbyterian church dedication, a Fayette county clerk’s death, smallpox outbreaks in Summerfield and Lebanon, Carlyle’s electric plant mishap, salary changes for Effingham aldermen, Opera House dedication at Centralia, and new double tracks for St Louis Belleville Traction with Morrison Express service.
Dora township officials decide not to publish the township ticket this year, breaching election law. A potential contest looms, and the cost of publication is minor compared to the possible expense of a second election. The move risks legality and taxpayer burden if challenged.
A critic notes the gulf between flattery and error amid daily publishing. The writer claims praise prompts no gratitude, while even minor errors trigger urgent corrections, with exceptions discussed.
Pressure mounts on E A Keller of this city to announce candidacy for Congress from the district led by Madison Republicans. Keller has not decided yet but would be a strong candidate if he enters the race.
A Benton Standard horoscope claims the last snow storm of the year may have occurred, with spring arriving next week if a superstition holds. The note mentions a girl in Lebanon Tennessee, seen with one shoe off and a halter half down, adding a playful regional flair to the forecast.
The Hiebland Leader weighs whether mumps is singular or plural. The article notes that if the illness strikes on one side it reads singular, while two sides imply plural. It adds that those over thirty with a first attack may have a single mump, whereas others can experience a pair.
An urchin era warning from Kingston urges mothers to combat childhood worms with White's Cream Vermifuge. It claims sleepless nights and long vigil are caused by these parasites and promotes a 25 cent remedy for rapid relief.
An 19th century health ad claims melancholy stems from black bile. It promotes Herbine to purify the blood restore health and cheerfulness. Price fifty cents. Kingston.
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