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Weekly Call in Troy, Illinois

04 Dec 1896

Page 5

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Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1896

Page

5

Eugene Field the Chicago wit and child poet dies at forty five

A portrait of Eugene Field the famed Chicago News writer and beloved child poet is sketched. He rose from St Louis journaling to city editor, then shaped the daily Sharps and Flats column for the Chicago News from 1888 until his death. Field loved children animals and friends, funded his family when needed, and gathered at Buona Park in later years, leaving a lasting literary and personal influence.

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Word and Works Almanac Promises Quality and Star Maps

Rev. Ir KR Hicks's Word and Works enters its tenth year with a 1897 Almanac of 108 color pages and star maps valued at five dollars elsewhere. It touts drought, flood, cold wave, blizzard and cyclone warnings, urging subscriptions at one dollar for the paper and five cents for the Almanac.

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Ir KR. Hicke America Hicks Worp and Publish+ ing, Co Locust Street St. Lusia
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