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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1876
Page
2
Announcement of a business and editorial transition in Lincoln County with Joneru A. Mupp handing control to W. T. Thurmond. The notice thanks friends for six years of support, cites gradually failing health, and expresses hope for continued cooperation under new management.
A prospective editor declares commitment to faithful in charge of duties and to make the steraid a useful county newspaper. He appeals for patronage and co operation, seeking mutual benefit and public friendship as he begins his labors.
The Drug Mouse of Sam’s offers Christmas goods and candles. apologies on daguerreotype spelling. A mansion burned at Mr Ed Vunn’s farm, Jas Baker owner, with $400 cash lost. Little Muggie Mayes perished in a con villa accident, funeral held, community sympathy. Woolfolk & Co. Drug Store advertises currants, raisins, coconut and figs.
Odd papers from old Lincoln county records include a 1625 Hurricane township road petition listing 32 signatures asking to reroute a stretch between Lost Creek and Hurricane Creek, plus a 1819 1824 series of marriage certificates and notaries. The items mention Alexandria water issues, deeds, county officers from 1819 to 1888, and remonstrances against new townships, with obituaries and local notices.
A birth is reported at Truxton in December as the wife of K P Aspley gives birth to a son named Woight. The brief notice notes the new arrival without further details.
Two wedding notices recorded. Mirelle Cheeley wed Frances Cordela Swann on December 11 at the bride’s mother’s home. Frank Elton wed Alice Foxwell on November 11 at the bride’s father’s residence, officiated by Rev P M Birkhead.
Philip M Moseley aged 98 years 6 months died after a protracted nose of typhus fever in Nineveh township Kentucky born in Jessamine County Kentucky moved to this county years ago. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church and died in the Mal alliance of a blessed immortality.
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