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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1874
Page
4
The excerpt lists daily mail openings and closings from seven to eight in the evening, detailing arrivals from the East and West. It mentions Caleb Johnagan as postmaster and includes route notes for westbound and eastbound mail at specified times.
A. M. Pre, Veterinary Surgeon, offers his services to old friends and the public. Subscribers are reminded that their subscription has expired. The Burnatin for the current week is available at the office, wrapped and priced at five cents per copy. Louis Kankaxs is authorized to receive and receipt for subscriptions to the Bulletin at St. Jacobs.
Reports on music for sale at Donuho's, St Louis Fair attendance, a Bermuda sweet potato weighing eight pounds ten ounces, a minister’s transfer to Trenton, St Louis Fair tickets sold from Vandalia depot, a coal mine accident in Collinaville, a drum solo serenade, plans for a Brick Bath basket, the Peak Family entertainment, a Talmage publication note, and subscription details for a religious weekly with a premium.
A mixed rural paper issue reports on a new school house nearing completion with a December finish, a prank by local boys on a married couple, and town board decisions. It also contains a science travel essay describing Venus, planetary motion, and a transit forecast, plus a wedding notice for A Vance and Nellie Barnslack.
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