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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1874
Page
4
A. M. Prese presents services as Veterinary Surgeon to friends and the public. The Butterin for this week is available at the office, wrapped, at five cents per copy. Time table pages from the St. Louis Van and T. H. Railroad are noted in the text.
An advertisement notes one running and two trotting races on the track near town this Saturday, 15th. The Willow. Bt. Jacobs, Mia., Aug. Slat, 1874. The editor mentions a Trenton Courier article about a baseball game between Athletics of Trenton and White Stockings of this place, defending fair play and honoring the opposing team.
The editorial laments widespread gossip and moral decay. It rebukes idle talk and accuses a young man of fleeing home, defrauding creditors, and harming families, urging readers to mind their own affairs despite harsh remarks.
A historical discourse extols the Sun as the source and driver of light, detailing luminous and reflected light origins, the eye’s adaptation to vision, and the vast reach of solar power across planets, framing the sun as a benevolent ruler whose light sustains knowledge and life.
September items note recommendations for a chosen dish and sheet music for sale at Dunwho’s. The Belleville Fair starts next Tuesday with a foot race offering a $20 premium on the last day. Will Palmer visits, Madame Rumor hints at a Troy marriage, and a new velocipede is being built. Prairie chickens may be slaughtered now that the game law expires October 1. A tour of Troy City Mills praises recent improvements and the flour’s high market standing.
A fragment from a historic periodical reflects on the sun’s grandeur, its luminous envelope, and planets moving within its light. It mentions modern astronomy’s view of the sun’s outer cloud and apertures on the disk, then shifts to a satirical poem about money as the worst crime.
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