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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
2
A jumble of items reports on post office class matters, new papers in Montgomery and Highland counties, and local efforts to celebrate the 4th of July. It notes tall grass and sidewalk growth, dog licensing quirks, and plans for a Labor Day parade to boost town prosperity.
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century paper critiques bed time dangers and burglary, cites Reader admonitions, and rails against beggars and rubber necks. It discusses government influence in foreign cases, warns about Paris green pesticide dangers especially on cabbage, and imagines Troy gaining a city park by purchasing land and planting trees.
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