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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
2
A notice dated Thursday June 27 1895 states the Troy Illinois post office will transmit mail as second class matter. It records the filing and mailing status for archival handling.
The Supreme Court reversed a manslaughter conviction in Beard v. Western, holding a defendant may stand ground when attacked unprovoked and may use deadly force if reasonable to save life. The decision emphasizes not needing to retreat from a threat and frames self defense as a right to defend oneself.
A one paragraph slice shows Brighton filled four village board seats with license advocates prevailing by large majorities. The page also notes a Shelbyville man puzzled by his wife’s whether she has four or five husbands alive, a Centralia girl kissing in a cartoon, and various editorials from Benton Standard and Hillsboro News about income tax, oil schemes, and celebratory or satirical views on crops, prices, and manners across Illinois towns.
An advertisement promotes E'vree Pills from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Chicago offering a free sample box of Dr Kings New Life Pills by sending name and address. Claims include relief from constipation and sick headache, malaria and liver troubles, with a vegetable formula and stomach tone. Regular size 25c per box, sold by S Kingston. Also notes sale of a 94 style safety bicycle and old papers for sale at the office.
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