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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1896

Page

8

Bryan Wins Gubernatorial Nomination by Missouri

The Missouri delegation's votes secured William J. Bryan the presidential nomination after Gov Stone withdrew Bland, with Bryan receiving 84 Missouri votes. The convention later adjourned amid tense talk over a vice presidential choice, reconvening the next morning.

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Convention nominates vice presidential candidate Sewall

The California chaired convention opens with prayers omitted and the national committee to meet at Palmer House. Nomination proceeds for vice president with Williams McLean Sewall Sibley and others. After multiple ballots Sewall emerges as the nominee and gains unanimous support.

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For Garden Parties Gowns and Garden Party Styles

Discussion of ideal summer gowns for garden parties emphasizes light fabrics and bright yet age appropriate colors. It notes gray lavender and white options for older women, avoids heavy dark colors, and highlights feminine fabrics like lawn, organdie, and lace as favored by Southern heroines in fiction and everyday life.

Oleg Harper’s Bazar Ayer

Cured His Deafness. The Call Residence and a Lawyer’s Quirk

The article recalls the Valentine house once at the Call residence of Daniel Call, a tall slender lawyer known for a swinging gesture and relaxed jaw. A client, repeating that his father made a will, distracts Call as he continues writing, finally clarifying the man's meaning and request.

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Firemen's Association to Host Naperville Tournament Delights

The Illinois State Firemen's Association plans a July 28 29 30 event in Naperville within Burlington Park. Some 50 60 teams entered for novelty hose and ladder races and free for all contests. Gala night features illuminated parade fireworks and ball at Burlington Park with 3000 fairy lamps. railroads offer one fare round trip.

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Art Criticism Parody in a French Journal Tale

A French journal ridicules art critics with a tale of a lady buying a still life for her dining room. She selects a canvas showing flowers a pie and a half-penny roll paying 500 francs, until a maid whispers of a similar painting bought for 400 and more value due to more variety.

Agricultural Hints on Fence Building from the Royal New Yorker

A reader shares a detailed method to brace end posts for durable fences. The author argues the end post must be solid, at least six inches square and eight feet long, with notches for braces and a bowlder foundation. The system aims to prevent sagging and improve neatness and longevity.

Royal New Yorker

Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards a World Led Firm

A 1896 Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards feature reports the business as one of the nation’s largest, with roots in Kentucky and Pike County. It covers extensive packing houses, thousands of traveling solicitors, and orchards spanning 24 states totaling about 50,000 acres and 8 million trees. The firm uses cooperative and partnership models, ships nationwide and abroad, and maintains a large Louisiana operation with a vast sales force.

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Intelligent effort and farming progress for American farmers

A Rural World style discussion urges farmers to value intelligent effort and adopt new methods, noting changing times require modernization across professions. It warns against dismissing innovation and highlights continuous study as key to success in farming and other trades. An article on horse feeding argues against hay overload. It recommends grain, especially oats, as a cheaper, more effective energy source for workhorses.

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Every Ounce of Fertility on the Farm

Every ounce of fertility should be saved and returned to fields. Build a compost heap for house, barn, and yard refuse to recover valuable fertilizers that would otherwise be lost. Well managed manure preserves vitality, as neglect weakens animals' digestive systems and overall strength.

Treacherous mix of patent cures and quotes from 1890s ads

An OCR fragment presents old advertisements touting Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and Piso's Cure for Consumption, with competing claims and scattered quotations from authors like Shenstone and Locke. The text resembles a period catalog of tonics and remedies with prices and taglines, lacking coherent news content.

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