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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1874
Page
4
Time table notice announces a railway schedule and a medical advertise ment by A M Pree offering services as a liverinary surgeon to old friends and the public. It invites subscribers and advertisers to submit notices by tomorrow morning to ensure publication in the same week.
This week’s column notes a hailstorm ruin for A M Koerner of Litchfield destroying 80 acres of wheat and a reaper in the field. It also mentions St Clair County Fair officials aiming for a record turnout with low admission, extensive premiums, and improved grounds opening September 8 for four days.
A crowd of at least five thousand attended a Methodist camp meeting in session near O Fallon last Sunday. A brutal case was heard by Squire Mills involving Gus Schramm and wife and their abused stepchild. The woman was bound over to the Circuit Court on a $1,000 bond after an alleged knife wound incident and possible sale of the child. A related piece discusses German language instruction in public schools and critiques proposals to teach German, French, Swedish, Bohemian, and Chinese languages in classrooms.
A 1870s era letter debates public school language policy, contrasting German and French influences with English law. It argues for Latin as a universal intermediary and reflects educational concerns, astronomy musings, and brief social notices about weddings and a death.
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