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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
2
The Edwardsville bank collapse irks depositors and sparks odd anecdotes from the local press. It notes the Prickett bank assignees filing an assets inventory of 389 297.94 and mentions Governor elect Tanner's Springfield wedding plans. The piece also reports a Leclaire Academy football win, home trade wisdom, and humorous asides on beer kegs and whistling.
A compact analysis notes Ussher's chronology placing the Christmas event four years earlier and marks 1900 as a centennial Christmas. It reviews holiday editions from Highland Journal Edwardsville Intelligencer Beards Town News Venice Times and Edwardsville Republican, praising their rose tint pages, ads, and festive layouts as proof of active local business. The piece also mentions Troy Illinois editor A L Bounds and local pride in community papers.
The Chenoa Gazette extols the town’s resilience after the two year two years ago fire that destroyed the business district. It highlights a population around 2000, proud church and school facilities, water and electric works, parks and baseball grounds, and calls for a civic, liberal drive to improve, urging citizens to lay foundations for future prosperity.
A humorous dialogue between the New Year and the Old Year unfolds over a telephone line. Old Year boasts of a lively run with weather, cyclones, and big events, while New Year prods for hints of upcoming cheer and order as listeners expect a festive start.
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