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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
4
A curio of moral musings and aphorisms graces a Georgia obituary note and a jovial anecdote about "poor Jim Brown" who swam the river after dying. The piece blends sayings on love, aging, and daily life with cheeky observations on youth, appetite, and propriety.
A fragmentary 19th century exhortation urges courage in daily finance and ethics. It urges paying debts, denying needless luxuries, speaking honestly when needed, and confronting duplicity, even in social settings. The noisy text ends with garbled lines but centers on integrity and restraint.
A fragmentary list from a McCray-Dewey item notes thanks for items such as the Vandalia road, a mail train between Troy and Edwardsville, Leap Year, cheap stationery, and an upcoming academy entertainment The notes mention several individuals including Prof Bennett Miss Avis Miss Donoho Miss Vetter Miss Hardy and others with brief remarks about local matters and social occasions.
The Bethman family expresses gratitude to those who aided them during the illness and death of their husband and father. Included are Mrs. CHARLES BETHMAN Mrs. A HEDDERGOTT Mrs. GEORGE WITTMAN and RoBert BETHMAN.
Hillsboro News editor C W Bliss quotes a taunting letter that mocks sound money and mocks a crow delivery by express. The writer vows a gleeful crow feast and revels in novel cruelty, ending with grotesque gloating about eating the crow despite derision toward the editor.
An old medical note praises Electric Bitters for elderly sufferers needing medicines to regulate bowels and kidneys. It describes the tonic as non intoxicating, gentle on stomachs, tone-giving, aids digestion, and supports natural bodily functions without stimulants. The ad mentions Kingston’s deep stone and positions the remedy as an aid to aging digestion.
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