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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1874
Page
1
A scanned page shows classifieds and public notices with advertising rules, lodge meeting times, and local news items. It includes church and fraternal notices, court schedules, social events, and remarks about residents, with scattered names, places, and dates, plus brief reports on local incidents and people.
A local upheaval unfolds as John C. Mead obtains a warrant for the arrest of his wife Mary B Mead and Sclan Bray for living as man and wife in defiance of Missouri law. The couple had wed after Mead’s disappearance to Arkansas, triggering a chaotic sequence with arrests, an escape attempt, and calls for justice. The event follows an earlier protest in Millwood where Calhoun and sons caused a disorder, resulting in shots, a guard wounded, and renewed public demand for law and order.
Farmer Jonathan Tipton states chinch bugs on corn can be eradicated by pouring a small amount of lard or melted fat on each stalk. The method is inexpensive and easy to apply and, if all county farmers adopt it, the pest should be quickly controlled.
George W. Garrett aged twenty four died of consumption on the morning of December 15 at his father's residence one mile east of Troy after a long illness. He was industrious and honorably respected with a bright future anticipated by his devoted father and family. The community offers sympathy as the ache of loss lingers.
A fragmentary OCR record notes a 1674 date at the residence of Robert Gililland in Ur, with mentions of the A Olllllands and Parvia sp., pointed to Bt. Charles county and Mrs. Matilds M. Vuerkump in the same county.
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