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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1874
Page
1
Notices and extra charges for publication are outlined. Regular notices appear in standard runs with added fees for pre publication deadlines. Local directories list court schedules and fraternal organization meetings with officers and meeting times.
Readers are urged to examine Citizen's article and Uygur for themselves on a proposed contract affecting Beilford township. The piece questions tax impact, fears about machine shop relocation, and asserts the contract will extend along the road. supporters say the terms are feasible and necessary. The Thurmond speech review will be published as a pamphlet.
A Presbyterian church festival week drew strong support despite bad weather and late notices. The event raised funds through contests and a public cake award, with Miss Willie Shelton and Miss Mattie Coose among top nominees. Married men contributed a purse, and a humorous contest for the ugliest man added local flair. The piece also notes merchants J. M. Hunter Co. of St Louis and coal supplies by Mr. McCarthy, plus a local mail contract update.
A Missouri Iowa construction firm proposes Bedford township subscribe to 55 000 in bonds for Troy machine shops to be built if the railroad from Troy to St Louis is completed by October. The plan promises tax relief and rapid growth, arguing population and property would soar, with shops creating jobs and local trade.
The list shows renewals for J I Foreman J U Lanter J T Gilmore J E Richards Jus Shannon C Duncan Kuichard Minyus W LL Mayes Loan Howell Win Lilly W T Wilson J W Finley Merrit Alluwa J B Mayet Dixo W IL Alnyes A R Finley It T Wilson IL W Johnsen Jonesburg C LL Kemper Mrs E Hedmann Cappula Mosera J W McCarthy and A G Elliott as coal property interests expand. Mr McCarthy buys a substantial stake in coal properties and plans to present the Link shaft entry to prove deposit extent. Boring in the prairie was overseen by Mr Elliott. he contends Potter's account on page 201 of his report is incorrect.
Event notes a ceremony on April 4 1854 at Mt Alpha Cure in M state. Rev T Cleary officiated with Mary J u l involved. Details are fragmentary and uncertain.
The obituary notes the death of Claudia Rom Thurmond, eldest child of Captain A. B. Thurmond and Jorle Brinton Thurmond, on Monday April 6 1874 at her residence in Sta ln Tails Town. She was four years four months and one day old.
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