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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1896
Page
2
The Highland Journal urges mothers to guide boys away from Sunday fishing incidents as Troy, a well-placed city, nears top status with proper discipline and less dispute. It jokes about editors’ money habits and notes readers value newspapers as windows to the world, praising the press.
Abridged remarks recount a railroad engineer noting shoes missing on bodies found after accidents and the puzzling drownings. The piece also edits public etiquette advice urging civility at meetings and in newspaper discourse, condemning interference with speakers and editors while calling readers to constructive behavior.
A Virginia Gazette quotation extols newspapers as vital to a town’s character and success. It argues advertising drives cash trade, attracting customers from across regions, and cites merchants who prosper through well-placed ads.
A weekly editor answered two subscribers letters with prankish advice after misreading names. The father of twins asked how to spoon-feed teething and to protect orchards from grasshoppers. The replies mixed up names, leading to a comical misdelivery.
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