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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
2
A scattered aggregation notes a New York paper’s rumored midnight edition, a freckle arsenic incident in Ohio, a snail riddle, Hung Chang’s farewell, a Minnesota ad dog tale, and a Michigan man burning his farm sale money in the stove, with light church and wedding observations threaded through.
Readers tire of boxing bravado as James J. Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons resume their back page sparring. The public is invited to focus on politics or other matters while the quarrel plays out in papers and theaters fade from the spotlight.
Quote lauds the farmer as brave intelligent patient forgiving loyal and patriotic. Celebrates him as vital to commerce and universal across the world, asserting citizenship and usefulness beyond reproach.
A fragmentary line treats rumor as a poison recipe. It lists a rain of falsehood a handful of runabout the same amount of limber tongue and six springs, suggesting satire on gossip and deceit in a rough, stylized form.
Excerpts describe a goat incident with a vivid mock narrative and a city subscription pitch offering 4 months for 25 cents to non-subscribers. Wry comments note bicycle mania impacts on savings, shops, and industry, ending with a satirical Irish stove anecdote.
A local editor reports a shooting incident involving a rival who opened fire as reporters passed a post office. The attacker wounded a mule and killed a dog before being subdued and fined. The piece argues Troy’s growth depends on decisive action, consolidation, and investment in utilities and industry to unlock a real boom potential.
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