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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
2
Probate proceedings list appraisals and approved widow’s relinquishments for decedents including EW Humphrey and Wm Schulenberg. Final reports show distributions and executor actions. court notes grant guardianship, discharge estates, and approve settlements. Civil notices include div orce, property deeds in Collinsville Bethalto and Granite City. names and parcels noted. A reflective essay on life passages closes the page.
A cyclone and electric disturbance caused major damage to Collinsville's electric light plant. The roof collapsed, dynamos torn from bed plates, and the factory machinery buried in debris. Engineer William Wandless escaped injury by crawling under a freight car. Damage value unknown, repairs will be lengthy and costly. The town entered blackout as night fell.
A luncheon discussion turns into a thorny exchange over patriotism and bloodlines. Brown and Green clash on Boer sympathy and Union support while White defends anti imperialist views. The narrator notes the trouble caused by people who poke into others conversations.
A dialog from Baltimore American features a reformer and a patient Hastener debating rum’s harms. The reformer cites drink as a source of trouble while the Hastener recalls a past plan of marriage tied to sobriety, noting he could not stop drinking.
A playful piece imitates operatic dialogue with exaggerated lines and misread punctuation. The reader encounters a humorous chorus of characters declaring love and dramatic feelings amid drifting phrases and fragmented quotes from a Detroit Journal source.
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