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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1897
Page
2
A jumble of editorial bits notes voters should back parties for progress. Five Southern Democrats backed the Dingley tariff. debates on Republicans and prosperity echo across towns. A mix of political quips, Cuba woes, and satire on fashion and advertising fill the page.
A Dartmouth grad wore a black broadcloth suit from Hanovers tailor Levi P. Morton, now vice president. The page also mocks Li Hung Chang’s wife frocks, then urges the city council to beautify streets and continue road grading with slack spreading on all streets except the rock road.
Creditors of the suspended John A. Prickett & Son bank petition Judge George W. Wall to appoint a receiver and transfer management from the county assignees to the circuit court. The filing lists claims totaling about 228,207.44 and alleges misused depositor funds, with named defendants including Travous Gillespie and several Prickett relatives.
The author argues city papers are machine driven by corporate profits, while country newspapers remain individual with personal heart and conscience. Both share white paper and black ink, sold at 80 cents.
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