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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1873
Page
1
A dense column details court dates Oddfellows notes religious services lyceum plans and medical association talks. Local items report road and street needs grange appointments and education debates with scattered travel and social notes from Crevasses to Boone county.
Money to loan at Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Troy Missouri offered at moderate interest rates. The notice highlights available sums and terms for borrowers seeking reliable financing through the local institution.
Troy Dance Clan holds a court house meeting to organize a dancing club with W C McFarland chairing and Josiah Creech as secretary. Dr Birkhead explains aim. A council drafts constitution and by laws. another committee seeks rooms. A further meeting is set for tomorrow evening.
An advertisement notes Furset costs at Woolfolk and Gordon's, and loans at Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Troy Missouri. It promotes waterproof Kip Boots at 6.75 dollars cash and invites readers to call on Cane and Rogene for details and purchase.
In Lincoln county two small towns near Troy press for more mail service and faster replies. A local editor complains of scarce post routes, severe delays, and hopes to attract 15-20 subscribers per place. He criticizes Creswell and the postal telegraph plan, urging private mail and a robust national system.
A county paper laments poor local readership while noting a voting population over three thousand, with about twenty-five hundred Democrats. It criticizes the lack of county residents reading the Herald and explains many rely on papers from adjoining counties or former residents elsewhere. Honest words confess the circulation gap and neglect.
December 4, 1878, at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Rogers in the city, Mrs. Louisa T Nowell dies aged about six years in Maui City paper.
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