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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1874
Page
1
The page lists advertising terms cash in advance, court directories, and lodge meeting notes. It notes farm sale ads by J F Bluckstep and Parker, Crow & Co, and reports on local happenings such as a 858 pound prize hog bought by J F Brown, poor harvest prospects, a mobbed horse thief Teague dying, and a burned colored schoolhouse near Troy.
Judge Shaw, county collector, appeals to all taxpayers to pay promptly to avoid a five percent penalty after January 1. The collector must seize and sell personal property to cover delinquent taxes and provide an affidavit to the court. The article notes the burden on prompt payers and the county’s need to meet expenses, with officials recently returning from a hunting trip and local school improvements highlighted alongside community notices and ads.
The steamer Empire sank near New Orleans last week, drowning a number of its passengers and crew.
Multiple wedding notices dated November 18 19 and 4 1874 from Troy and Lincoln County Missouri. Brown Miller Dorsey Sydnor and Bradley Brooks pairs listed with officiants and residences.
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