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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
2
The piece cites Edwardsville urging saloon side doors closed on Sunday and reports city council salary cuts of $10 per month to enforce the order. It discusses civic duty, local newspaper ties, and a comparison to Rantoul Times, praising waterworks and urging Troy improvements.
The column lists multiple local items: three colored aldermen elected in Cairo this spring, Kane County board not aiding families with dogs, Collinsville mayor’s Decoration Day proclamation, Mt Olive Herald’s damning “bum” show with 137 tramps in city jail, Venice Times urging consolidation of Venice Brooklyn Madison Granite City, Prudential Insurance payments in Highland, Shelbyville’s looser saloon policy, several baseball clubs forming a Madison County league, World of New Douglas reporting a carriage with a Wing and wife and two children, W A Northcott of the MWA set for re-election at Madison convention, Maloney’s view on road overseer pay as legal violation, Montgomery County grand jury reporting 88 indictments in ten days.
A philosopher ponders the hat as a symbol of confidence and self-respect noting that losing or stealing a hat deprives a man of dignity. He compares reactions of men and women to bare heads and suggests headgear is a deep root of social behavior. Footnote mentions shopping ad for A Klein Troy Illinois.
A Florida paper notes Osceola farmers shifting from orange incomes to care planting. Long Island Sound oyster farms cover 70 000 acres valued at 4 000 000, while dubious dental home remedies and a stray classroom joke are also mentioned in fragmented text.
The article notes horses require frequent dental care, especially young ones, as upper and lower teeth don’t align and wear unevenly. A rough outer upper edge and inner lower edge can injure cheeks and tongue and hinder chewing. Filing teeth is the simple remedy done before signs like rough coat, flesh loss, or hay refusal appear.
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