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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1895
Page
7
The article discusses European experiments and laws on planting roadside trees and sharing yields with landowners, noting the push for road improvements in the United States. It cites experiences in Massachusetts and Peoria County, with calls for more durable, labor-saving roadways and mentions a local inquiry into a penitentiary release and other county developments.
The passage notes that higher prices for goods and basic staples do not indicate real prosperity. It cites rising costs across grains vegetables and ground produce, while the Safety Homestead Loan Association of East St. Louis enters voluntary liquidation with J. J. McLean of Hillsboro appointed receiver. The note emphasizes no fraud or mismanagement is alleged and urges continued support.
A dated ad extols Electric Bitters as peculiarly adapted to relief and cure of nervous, digestive, and chronic ailments. Claims include appetite loss, constipation, headaches, insomnia, and melancholy with guaranteed strength and tone. Also notes price and local drugstore, plus fragmentary fiction dialogue excerpts.
A 1900s advertisement from Premium Portrait Co. of St. Louis hawks life like portraits from spy photos and tintypes. It touts first class portraits in various media, framed in a 5 inch moulding, offered for three dollars with exam prior to payment. Active agents wanted nationwide with liberal inducements. Address 2220 Franklin Ave.
Canajohari resident D W Puller credits Kings New Discovery with strong cough relief and urges trying a proven remedy. Catskill resident KeMman Dripest endorses it as the best cough remedy used for eight years. Trial bottles free at drugstores. regular sizes 60 cents and 1 dollar. Mystic Cure touted for rheumatism and neuralgia with claimed rapid effect and mysterious system-wide action.
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