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New Year Notes From an 1896 Local Paper
A 1896 Troy newspaper column notes the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association at Shelbyville goes into receivership due to low grain prices, editor RJ Brown retires from Venice Times, and the Times Publishing Co. takes over the Carlyle. It also includes whimsical maxims, a caution on strangers asking for signatures, a dental horse anecdote, and social advice about leap year.
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