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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
2
An entry notes that the Troy Michigan post office designates certain items for transmission through the mails as second class matter. The record reflects a formal classification affecting mailing status and eligibility for periodical distribution.
A compilation of notes from the era covers Troy Christmas prospects and steady labor, a call for a Troy fire engine, O’Fallon Progress sale, St Jacob fire usefulness, temperance in Greenville, and political talk of the 1896 Republican Convention in St Louis. It remarks on Dr Ahlwardt and Lincoln’s legacy.
A rural remedy promotes lard and flour for burns as safe and effective with no scarring. Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Ill credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her life after a consumption diagnosis. Taos Eggers of San Francisco reports a two week cure from a dreadful cold. Free trial bottles at S Kingston's Drug Store with regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
Old politicians avoid taking firm stances while running for office. An exchange from the Chicago Evening Post shows a wary candidate claiming he cannot risk opinions during the campaign. Also in the item, Electric Bitters are advertised as a tonic for the elderly to aid digestion and bowels, with no intoxicants and a fifty cent price at S. Kingston's Drug Store.
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