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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
7
Christmas goods and holiday merchandise described with multiple shop names and prices. Local notices urge subscribers to pay arrears, encourage gift purchases, and note events such as the Presbyterian Sunday School Christmas Eve treat. The piece blends ads with community notes and seasonal humor.
The Troy business community is urged to buy Christmas trees from RK Kuntzmann before December 21 to curb dwindling local spending. Notes celebrate subscriptions, gifts from J W Garnet and A Heddergott, and the Schultze Brothers Band election of officers. Community chatter mentions visits, orders to Pueblo, candy and fruit offerings, calendar promotions, and a missing key incident at the post office.
News brief notes farmers to settle pumpkins before feeding hogs as many die from indigestion. Post mortem shows stomachs packed with undigested seeds. Also items: Dolls at King aton's, a Lafayette reader denies a circulating story, ads for silk handkerchiefs and Chamberlin's Pain Balm, and Cham Berlin's Pain Balm praised by L G Bagley of Hueneme Cal.
The Highland Journal praises A L Bounds and B W Jarvis editors and Troy citizens for supporting progress. Wm J Vetter promotes Collinaville Premium Floor. Alton Youth's Society staged a well attended benefit at the opera house for the German Reformed church with 400 tickets sold, a lively program and crowd from Altontana. Christmas Trees and ornaments at J W Garnet's. John A Prickett & Son bank of Edwardaville closes, E D Gillespie and C N Traveus appointed to wind up affairs. assets reportedly strong but some depositors face risk until resolution. Prices on Gents underwear at A Heddergott's. Bersaparille readers trust what they read.
The text presents a stream of garbled phrases about walking through a barrage of sights, open countryside views, and the sleepy mood of residents. It echoes a carnival of sensory images including frogs, cows, and trains, then pivots to a sales note for Ladies' Beaver and Quilted Suppore at A. Klein's, all in a quirky, distorted narration.
J W Gomez visited the city on business Tuesday and Mrs H A Miller traveled to St Louis on Monday. Mrs G A Purviance and Mrs Jas Hindmarch visited St Louis recently and Aug Droll and Jas M Taylor with W W Jarvis did business in St Louis earlier this week. J L Loy and wife of St Louis visited Purviance family last week and Mrs Anderson of St Jacob stayed with her son Edward and wife last Sunday. A large line of Sleeve Buttons and other Jewelry for the holidays at J W Gornet s.
To the Public. The German Reformed Church of Troy thanks patrons for liberal support of their entertainment by the Alton Youth’s Society and hopes for continued generosity at the next event. Vandalia Line holiday excursions offer reduced fares to local stations and connecting lines. contact nearest ticket agent or E A Forp, Gen’l Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
A farmer encounters a man with a gun who asks about game. The man names delinquents, recognizes the farmer as the village editor, and pays a year’s subscription plus a dollar for another year, noting it should have been paid sooner.
Local marriage notices released this past week in Edwardeville list couples weds stating names and venues. Record shows dates of filings and officiants, with typical civil and church ceremony notes.
The Lincolnian Literary Society plans a Christmas entertainment next Tuesday evening at the opera house. An academy exam will be held next week with students awaiting the words well done thou good and faithful servant, enter them into the joys of the molt days.
St Jacob hosts dances and debates as the literary society plans a debate on United States territorial expansion. Local residents from Marine Pocahontas Collinsville and Nokomis visit, with several trips and gatherings noted. A gun accident in Nokomis causes concern as T J Gaskill remains seriously ill. Maud Purviance hosts Attle folk for a birthday party with many gifts and guests.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best medicine to restore tired nervous systems. It claims a vegetable formula that tones nerve centers, stimulates liver and kidneys, purifies blood, improves appetite and digestion, and boosts energy. Sold at Kingston's drug store for 60 cents and $1 per bottle.
Transfers filed last week include Andrew Wool to William Wobawa and Teese Barneabeok to Jane Jenkins. Also Bucklin's Arnica salve advertised as the best for bruises sores ulcers and other skin ailments with a money back guarantee and 25 cents per box sold by Kingston.
We the undersigned pledge to prosecute any parties found hunting on our lands. The notice warns local hunters to respect property boundaries and refrain from trespassing.
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