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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1874
Page
1
Advertising rates and publication rules are listed for the Troy Herald with notices of final settlements and liberal deductions for regular advertisers. Community items include court schedules, Masonic meetings, library club plans, infrastructure notes, coal mining reports, and local deaths, with brief remarks on street improvements and cemetery association discussions.
The letter from J E Stonebraker Jr and the Nineveh grange proceedings detail a January 1873 gathering in Nineveh Lincoln county Missouri. Members discuss organizing a county council in Troy and patronizing home institutions while resisting outside machinery purchases and urging cooperation among labor groups. The item includes officer lists and remarks on grange aims and local schooling funding.
One hundred dollars was appropriated Tuesday by the county court to defray the expenses of an injunction suit concerning the erection of a bridge by the Clarksville and Western railroad company over the Culvre river at Old Monroe, between Lincoln and St. Charles counties.
Col J R Hutton spoke to a large crowd of farmers on the 11th at Olive Branch, where a new grange was formed and named Eagle Fork Grange, with plans for future activities and gatherings.
Mr Elias Norton returns from Washington City. For sale three Mocking Birds, one pair of Texas Ring Doves, bird cages. Frank Wour, a Fer Bent. Three or four farm rents on reasonable terms. New styles beat prints 10¢. Coffee 8 pounds for a dollar. Near Mill Saturday February 14. Edwin C Mudd and wifewi th a son.
Marriages recorded for February 1874 include entries at St Alphonsus Church and nearby parishes. The notices name brides and grooms such as M Cleary and George, with references to Miss Sopt wie and Jameson, Esq. The notices mention details like dress style and familial connections within Missouri communities.
Nancy Gentry aged 54 years died at her brother's residence and was a strict Methodist. Romar Fels Parker aged about 23 years died at his brother's residence three miles west of the town, with notices listing residences and affiliations.
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