13 Aug 1873
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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1873
Page
1
Rates of advertising are outlined with publication fees and penalties for non payment. The town reports a cholera death and notes a county drought affecting the corn crop, plus organzational meetings, court actions, and a road dispute leading to a shooting incident with a bench warrant and pending trial.
An editorial urges farmers and clubs to organize road repairs, improve drainage, and fund road beds to cut wear and costs. It argues good roads boost value, attract strangers, and aid market transport. notes gravel sources nearby and the need for better overseers and management. Also recounts excitement over railroad iron shipments to Hannibal and Clarksville. Wheat crop reported generally better than average with localized quality concerns.
The Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City lists 183 students, 96 male and 87 female. Matriculation fee is three dollars and weekly board is two dollars and fifty cents, a college for the exclusive use of colored people.
Cattle fever has broken out in St Charles county with fifteen to twenty deaths in a locality near St Peter's. Farmers are alarmed and a city meeting last week formed committees to plan relief. A further gathering is planned to settle a definite policy.
The town board met in a called session to authorize the sanitary committee to procure abatement of nuisances and thorough purification of buildings streets and vacant lots. They defend spending for public health and praise the marshal and committee for their work against cholera with costs not exceeding three hundred dollars. A list of visitors and Parker's Seminary opening details follow, noting support and forthcoming tuition information.
A damaged OCR fragment references a cholera outbreak and a related event at a Hartford or similar location, mentioning Mre and Carietion ibaa as readable names. The readable text is incomplete but suggests a health scare and public concern in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper tone.
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