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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
2
Communications should be addressed to Tix WEEKLY CaLL in Troy, Illinois. The note appears as a postal instruction or column header line seeking contact details.
Entry indicates Troy Illinois Post Office classified as second class mail matter for transmission through the mails.
A miscellany of short items notes the Highland fair opening September three for four days, plus wry observations on weather talk, language, and odd quotes. It cites a penny auction in England, a Greenfield Argus quip about a housewife, and Old Hardin Illinois politics. The Alton Naval Militia plans a late month Chicago trip on a four o’clock train joining Galesburg and Moline units toward Fort Sheridan.
A collage of items notes Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's final days and a facsimile birthday homage. The Scientific American marks its 50th anniversary with a 72 page special on US science and industry growth. An attorney general cites opinions on local licensing for dancing on private grounds and other legal clarifications. The piece urges individuals to think for themselves, criticizing herd thinking in politics and religion.
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