This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1897
Page
2
The township announces William Schultze as a candidate for re election to the post of Assessor of Jarvis Township. The election is set for Tuesday April 6 1897.
The fight was brief but fierce as Fitzsimmons seized the champion belt and several others while Corbett showed staying power. Reports from Texas and the lower Mississippi flood area frame a nation in varied mood as political and social headlines mix with sports. Sheriff John A. Lemming of Clinton County faces a fine for drunkenness, and bloodhounds rise in search of criminals as Northern states demand more tracking dogs.
Gov. Sadler and Ex-Senator Ingalls described the Carson pugilistic contest as a frontier festival with the beat man winning the purse and title. Reports from Cuba favor insurgents, Spain's bankruptcy rumors persist, and a new photendoscope instrument aids doctors in reading organ health. The third St Louis bridge bill passes, veterans memory grows, and Lincoln's boyhood farm sale seeks $50,000 from the government. A toy pistol case reaches Indiana Supreme Court. Pekin lintgreen scene shows a gallows likeness of a murdered woman.
About 4,000 spectators witnessed a brutal match as Fitzsimmons delivered a crushing left to Corbett in the fourteenth round. Corbett fell, rose briefly, then was counted out. Corbett claims the blow was accidental and seeks another bout.
Grant Allen contrasts Darwin and Spencer as two great century thinkers the experimentalist and the generaliser. Darwin is a precise naturalist filling gaps in evolution while Spencer is the philosopher with a broad synthesis. Allen argues Spencer forged a cosmical Evolution concept, using Darwin’s ideas as elements in a wider system.
The Hii-Walker Dry Goods Co building at Eighth and Washington in St Louis was gutted by a Monday night blaze. Estimated losses reach 1.5 million with 900 thousand insured. The fire started on the fourth floor, likely from a defective electric wire. Fireman J. G. Gothwald was killed and several others wounded.
A reader notes Electric Bitters as the best medicine to restore tired nerves to vigor. The purely vegetable tonic reportedly tones nerve centers in the stomach, stimulates the liver and kidneys, improves appetite and digestion, and purifies the blood. Available for 50 cents or the dollar per bottle at Kangaton's drug store.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.