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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
2
The item notes New York City election costs at 402600 and Chicago at 185000, cites predicted severe winter and more snow and blizzards, mentions a dead crow sent to the Hillsboro editor, and recalls Bryan’s view on silver. It also describes local praise for water works in Edwardsville, hints at Troy newspaper expansion, and includes Beaver Beaver local clippings from Beardstown News and Prairie Farmer.
The letter praises Estelle Mac Davisson for being one of the best lawyers in Northern Nebraska and notes her election as Brown County county attorney. It adds a humorous remark that if she moved to Troy she would likely be elected mayor, reflecting local admiration and aspiration.
The Edwardaville Intelligencer reprints a Bloomington Pantograph item proposing a quarter section near Kankakee to host 1000 black cats and 5000 rats for feeding and fur trading. It argues town growth boosts land values, markets benefit farmers, and coop efforts of farmers and city dwellers serve both, urging Troy’s improvement and shared prosperity.
A fragment recalls frontier rifle tricks when bullets ran out. Hunters, including Hank Ellison in Jefferson County New York, improvised with gold nuggets and other items to fire at Indians. The tale notes pebbles, knives, and makeshift shots as desperate measures.
A man who faced a charging buck hid in a tree top and spent half an hour shaving two inch branches into his rifle. He loaded the powder and fired at the maddened deer. His partner arrived with bullets, handed one to the shooter, and the deer was killed.
The Philadelphia Times notes William J. Bryan’s nominating convention in Chicago on July 10 and his nationwide campaign, covering 18,941 miles, 591 speeches in 447 towns across 27 states to an audience of about 2,000,000. It contrasts with earlier campaigns of Douglas, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, and others, praising Bryan’s unprecedented energy and fluency.
Editor Morrissou of the Worthington Sun extols a valuable prescription in Electric Bitters. The note claims it treats constipation and sick headache and serves as a general system tonic. Mrs Annie Stehle of Chicago reports recovery from poor appetite and digestion, backache, fatigue, and run down condition.
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