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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1896

Page

7

Letter List Uncalled Letters at the Roy Post Office Madison County

A historical notice lists uncalled letters at the Roy Post Office in Madison County with names such as Edward Perry M N Johns and Gilmore Bhori Mansholt. The item also extols regional farming, fishing, and coastal lands at Velasco described as a free port with large ships passing untaxed, mentioning the Andreas Commercial Club and Velasco, Texas.

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Neighb orhood Hillisboro banks of limited money

In Hillisboro the banks are exhausted and money cannot be obtained in town. The Carlyle Canning Company will pack only tomatoes next season, with 160 acres contracted. The town reports 85 measles cases, none seriously ill. A bloodhound from Sullivan was poisoned.

Hillisboro Carlyle Canning Company Tay Enterprise Sallivan Adolph Schwab St. Clair Freeburg Wm. Conrade A. J. Harwood Shelby County Orneville Maine Greensfield Argus George Fruth Lenzburg St. Clairo Avere

Marriage as Merchandise Warns Sam Jones Speech

Sam Jones laments modern marriage as a commodity with clubs replacing homes and wives treated as disposable. He cites neglected family life, children fed by milk and nurses, and girls with broken routines while boys pursue trivial needs, reflecting concern for moral decline.

Sam Jones

Curious Rural Beliefs and Old Facts From 1890s Listings

A collage of rural lore and statistical curiosities notes beliefs about children born at midnight, wartime property insurance totals, early colonial records in Connecticut Massachusetts and New York, immigrant arrivals surpassing ten million, coin diameters, giants bones in Europe, and United States crop values in 1895.

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Farm Journal advertisement boosts subscriber offer

The Weekly Call promotes Farm Journal to lure new subscribers and collect back payments. The notice boasts Farm Journal’s wide rural reach from Maine to California and urges readers to sign up, settle arrears, and request copies from the Captain’s office.

United States Maine California Montana Florida Farm Journal Philadelphia Plewese

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