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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1898
Page
5
A historical listing details town officials for Township 9 plus names for mayor aldermen and clerks. It also lists lodge affiliations and meeting schedules for Troy Lodge 588 A M and other fraternal bodies including I O O F and PISGAH ENCAMPMENT with officers and meeting times.
In backwoods lanes two kinds meet the traveller the guide and the gamekeeper. The article contrasts the gamekeeper’s duties enforcing hunting laws with the guides who prowl the woods. It covers their dangers, routines, and the tense balance between law and wild cunning. It also notes a legal ante-nuptial compact case and ends with a wealth comparison by Micheal G Mulhall and a Saxon courtesy anecdote.
Ohio Legislator Cox shouldering a Columbia street railway motorman's duties. He seeks employment with the car company after adjournment and currently earns 33.60 per day for trips per diem. A Democrat, his term runs until January 1, 1900, and his dual roles spark questions about tenure and loyalty.
A column mixes light humor and trivia. It muses on apartment balconies as urban perks, cites Munster’s balcony taxation, cites classical balcony lore, notes facts on brains, Zola’s earnings, Oregon mineral values, and flags with red. It also records a liquor voice study, Commodore Watson, and a domestic joke about a wife pianist.
A Cuba coast viewpoint extols Santiago rum with fresh cocoanut milk as an ideal warm climate drink. It compares favorably to whiskey and brandy, notes cost and smoothness, and suggests the mixture could become popular after the war. The piece also touches on life observations and light anecdotes about eccentric people and dreams.
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