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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1899
Page
2
The Call ends the second quarter under current management and all accounts payable quarterly are due. Bills will be made out and presented in a few days. We hope for prompt settlement and thank readers for past favors, soliciting continuation in the future.
The excerpt urges persistent intelligent advertising to attract business and promote Troy's advancement. It notes the presidential campaign issues forming and partisan papers growing in influence. A brief item mentions the kissing bug, once active, having disappeared quickly.
In Troy the housing market remains tight as estimates show about fifty vacant houses. The shortage suggests few homes would stay unfilled for long, underscoring ongoing rental scarcity in the area.
The Marion County Democrat is a fresh arrival on our exchange table from Salem. The editorial hits on civic pride and home merchants while urging public access to city meetings. It notes heat impacts on schools and suggests shifting the term schedule for better comfort.
An 1874 statute condemns exposing poison to kill any animal owned by another, with penalties of one to four years in prison or a fine up to 1000 dollars. The law covers dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens, and even canaries and guinea pigs, and forbids self-help. An exception allows harming dogs that threaten sheep.
Farmers and townspeople who buy from St Louis or Chicago catalogs harm country towns by diverting spending from local merchants. Home dealers support local taxes and farm markets, while city shopping concentrates business and reduces population and property values. Encourages supporting local commerce to sustain rural prosperity.
A light verse notes the editor's share of payments in birth and death events. Doctors, ministers, undertakers, and the editor are listed with various cash gifts and extras. The editor repeatedly ends with high compensation including notices, resolutions, and poetry.
An exchange features two young girls debating slang usage and parental discipline. One teases a peer for slang while the other defends family pride and warns of corporal punishment, using vivid regional imagery to illustrate social expectations.
The wire nail was accepted as the standard when introduced but time proved the square-cut nail superior. Its lifespan ranges from six to ten years depending on use. In oak lumber the wire nail wears quickly due to lumber acidity, causing heads to detach.
Contemplation and steady effort rather than constant grumbling are emphasized as the key to eventual success in town development. The passage urges steadiness, focus, and cooperative action to achieve a unified, productive outcome.
A mix of odd notes on animal lifespans, a famous old joke about snuff in sermons, Fitzhugh Lee’s West Point nickname, a precision timing instrument, mustaches among women in Constantinople Madrid and Philadelphia, a Philadelphia girl misled by a painted arm message, and Merceles Lopez of Mexico with an astonishingly long hair tailing four feet eight inches.
A collage of trivia and obscure notes appears from a historical newspaper page. It mentions steel use in pen manufacture, population myth before Columbus, night sights in Tientsin, the Sahara size, Prussian emperors, doll shoes from Germany, marching rates, and old weapon terminology Pusil and tusileers.
An advertisement offers a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup to adults with cold or bronchial symptoms who visit Kingston's at 5. One bottle per person, no samples for children without parental order. Claims wide physician endorsement and worldwide sales, with a 75 cent bottle said to prove its value.
An old time advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world for quick healing of burns cuts bruises and skin eruptions. It claims to cure old sores fever sores ulcers boils and corns with a 25 cent box price and a guaranteed result sold by a Kingston druggist.
Fragmentary OCR lists times and names including Cavins, Frank L., Kittinger, Raymond Langdon, Miss B. L. Marlstein, Florence Grace M., and Powell P. M. It appears as a collection of schedule lines and personal names from a local paper, with references to morning and evening times and a subscription note for The Weekly Call.
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