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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1899
Page
2
A local column notes Troy’s hoped summer improvement and the uphill road to success. It lampoons editor-reader tensions, praises broom corn farming, and reports a tornado that crippled Kirkville and New Town Missouri, with broader talk of roads, industry, and home-timer newspaper support.
The War Governor of Illinois Richard J. Oglesby and two term U S Senator died at his farm near Elkhart at 1 05 p m on the 24th from a brain concussion after a fall. He had suffered ill health since spring 1895 and was famed for his plain, people friendly nature and candid humor.
A compilation notes editors and papers in regional elections. Arthur Quehler of Trenton Sun is elected city clerk of Trenton. W H Temme of Mississippi Valley Blade wins Venice city attorney. Mendon Citizen expands to 14 pages with local enterprise coverage. O Fallon Progress editor H P Gibbs wins village clerk by 126 votes. East Saint Louis Daily Times under F Monroe Gallen suspends after launch with telegraph and type setting tech. Competition from St Louis dailies cited.
A Santa Ynez resident recounts how Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave instant relief for rheumatic and neuralgic pains after an 1888 East trip. He notes quick relief for burns and neuralgia, and mentions it is sold by Kingston and Wanrep correspondents in Formosa Black Jack Pin Oak and St Jacob via this office.
Illinois warns apple and fruit growers to inspect holdings for San Jose scale and report suspicious bark or twig crusts to State Entomologist 5 S. Forbes in Urbana. The act funds state treatment of premises infested before 1 July and requires owner contribution if infestation occurs later.
It is a surprising fact says Prof Houton that in my travels I have met more people using Green's August Flower than any other remedy for dyspepsia and liver trouble. He notes it helps tourists and workers with headaches from irregular habits and sour stomachs. Sample bottle free at S Kingston's. sold by dealers in all civilized countries.
77 for Grip is not better than Dr Humphreys other specifics, described in his Manual, which is sent free on request. Humphreys Medicine Co. New York.
The notice lists daily eastward trains including Vandalia and Indianapolis accommodations with morning and evening times and a vandalia local freight schedule. It also mentions an eastward No 8 Indianapolis Mail and Vandalia accommodations with daily and Sunday exceptions, plus a request to contact FW Brunner for complete time card details and rates at St. Louis Missouri.
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