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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1896
Page
2
The Virden Record reports Virden will celebrate the Fourth in style. It laments the St Louis cyclone’s damage and notes relief funds sprouting nationwide to aid cyclone sufferers in St Louis and East St Louis. It also mentions local issues like a city park sighting and crop pests.
An exchange notes a pious churchwoman's kiss for a dime at a Bar Harbor fair brought dollars to the church land. The piece condemns the method as a poor example for churches and urges restraint. It also warns that neglecting home advertising drives trade abroad, as locals seek advertised bargains and assume area merchants lack them.
Extracted from a wartime era notice calling for 50 men to stand along and spit on the floor so ladies can see how they were raised at home. It adds that hogs who cannot take a hint should be butchered and that several such signs are needed in other places.
A compilation of editorial quips on hypocrisy and manners, contrasting urban gossip with street behavior, warnings about flirting and thrift, and a parable on friendship during prosperity versus adversity. It cites Staunton Times and various editors, urging humane conduct and self-control.
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