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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
6
Illinois excerpt from National Stockman features a dialogue with a farmer and a merchant each longing for the other’s life. The piece contrasts toil from dawn to night with taxes, bills, and customer pressure against a quieter, if idealized, merchant life.
A humorous chronicle tracing Billy McCabe’s explosive acetylene motor car antics in England. He outpaced police, inspired riots, and battled magistrates as Parliament finally passed a motor car bill to legitimize his wild journeys from Middlesex to Scotland and back, ending in a celebratory London banquet.
Maj Thaddeus S. Clarkson of Omaha elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at St Paul by acclamation after rival candidates withdrew. Other officers elected include Adjutant General J D Mullen and senior vice president from Minnesota, with the encampment closing amid calm, hospitality praised. The Woman's Relief Corps elected officers led by President Agnes Witt. a fund for the Andersonville prison site was supported.
Good news from South Dakota highlights a strong harvest and growing wealth for farmers as vast land east of the Missouri River remains affordable. The state attracts eastern capital into cattle, sheep, and dairy, with diversified farming elevating its western stature. For information on homesteading or land purchases, contact W. E. Powell at 410 Old Colony Building Chicago or H. F. Hunter at 200 Dearborn St Chicago.
A fragment from an old advertisement era recalls humor and remedies. It mentions Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Company as a simple cure, cites a rain joke about Noah, and includes a testimonial from Williamsport Pa dated November 22, 1893.
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