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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1907
Page
2
The Troy weekly paper lists subscription options and rates for months and single copies. It notes that advertisements or other pay matter run in the paper will be charged at regular rates until ordered and that any admission or fee charged is for entertainments or like content. Kinloch 4. Telephone
The article recounts a spoof will attributed to a fictional Charles Lounsbury describing a boyhood estate gift including hills for tobogganing, streams for skating, meadows and woods with animals and echoes. It notes the will was printed as a literary amusement by a young army officer and later enjoyed by boys at adulthood.
A Boston writer argues the servant issue is not new, citing Goethe's Wilhelm Meister from two centuries ago. The scene with Therese and her spelling errors shows a recurring problem of service and provisioning, suggesting contemporary anxieties mirror earlier works.
A damaged newspaper fragment mentions a local public sale action tied to a police or public agency. Readable elements include a sale action and official involvement, but precise details, dates, and names are unclear.
Governor De Neen announced a seven member educational commission to analyze Illinois public schools and laws. Members include Francis A Blair, Edmund J James, R E Wileronymous, Alfred Bayliss, E G Cooler, A F Nightingale, and Larry Paylor with headquarters in Springfield and a 5000 budget for staff and operations.
A locally printed column recalls events from three decades past in Troy, noting a social gathering with a wedding ceremony, neighborhood movement, and community members mentioned by name. The fragmentary text records attendees, gifts, and the era's customs, with scattered names and places indicating a small town social page.
A 1997 Byron Williams collection presents brief epigrams and wry observations. It satirizes memory, friendship, wealth, marriage, and social mores with a playful tone. anecdotes include Chicago heat affecting cooking, credit as money, Maud Muller on Colorado farms, souvenir spoons, and a New York actress quitting over stage kisses.
A Lakin girl awaited a marriage proposal via mail but the mail was stolen and destroyed last week. She considers legal action against the government and railroad for breach of promise, leaving her in uncertainty.
Church and society notices list meetings of the Merry Workers of the Presbyterian church at 2:30 pm next Wednesday with Mrs E R Deimling and the Ladies Aid of M BK church at 2 pm next Thursday at Mrs Wm Collins home. The M BE church at Collinsville cost 213 000 will be dedicated tomorrow with Rev Dor. T Cuff delivering the sermon. YWCTU held a hast meeting at Mrs Charles Priessman home. next dee meeting at Miss Miarparet Hughes home at 2:30 pm next Saturday. St Pauls Evangelical Luatheran plans its annual mission festival on Sunday October 20 with services. Draft ld Weesed at Concordia College Spring Held will deliver sermon in morning. Rev fo Pieper of Warthure will speak at 2:50 pm. Rev Ro Brenner of Mt Pulaski will give an evening sermon.
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