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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1878
Page
8
Legal and transient notices announce divorce publication fees letters granted and final settlement, with extensive local ads on bakeries, sewing machines, cattle sales, and farm notices. Reports mention various residents, weather, a stray mule, school enrollment, and upcoming lodge installation in Burr Oak.
Ten dollar reward offered for the recovery of a bay eight year old mare with a white hind foot and saddle mark, taken with a black mare colt bearing a white right hind foot from a Millwood Mo farm. Post includes an advertisement for Clifford's Febridage Palatable Antiperiodiac mud Tente claiming fever and ague remedy free of poison with testimonials from St. Louis.
An unsigned advertises a remedy Green's August Flower for liver disease and dyspepsia. It claims personal knowledge and common sense will fail you, but the product cures headaches heart palpitations sour stomach and constipation. It asserts wide distribution across the Western Continent and urges purchase from Hing Bragy in a Missouri town.
A scandalous report from the late camp meeting at Flint Hill, involving a young lady near Chain of Rocks, is denied by the author who vows proof by respectable witnesses. The writer condemns the fabrication and defends not engaging in degradations.
The Greenback and Democratic county candidates will share time at their appointments. Democrats withdraw their previously set plan. A notice from New Trading Ranch at Wright Orr and Ada crossing, three miles from Troy, and Parker Crews Co. debt requests to be paid at Farmers and Mechanics Bank by November ee ana E. Hickox.
Bankrupt sale offering all unexempted personal property of C. W. Parker and B. S. Crews including carriage wagon farming tools two year old mules milch cows hogs shoes and related items. If private sale fails public auction scheduled October 17 at the present residence of W. Parker.
News scarce this week in Millwood with Fox hunting fever noted. Prof Foster of Hillside Nursery Bowling Green visited town. Friday night hall dance enjoyed by attendees and sweethearts. Catholic church parish raised forty five dollars for Southern relief. Local builders T N Mudd, B R Elder, and J E Cummins work on smoke house ice house and stable. Dr Jos A Mudd of Chain of Rocks reported on himself and his house guest's progress.
Morris and Mildenstein in Bunn Oak announce a large fall stock of fall and winter goods arriving daily. They promise low prices and urge customers to inspect stock including jeans, wool items, men's boots, women's shoes, clothing, tobacco and cigars, candies, school books, notions, produce exchanges, and more. They mention Evans Bros for leaf tobacco shipments in St. Louis.
Correspondent Ren Antaly reports on Prof. Wollank's piano program paired with Verdi’s Ti Trovatore performed by Woods and Wollank. The event featured refined instrumental mastery, vocal solos by Lena Rittner Bertie Hutt and Miss Perkins, strong choruses, bouquets for performers, and broad audience delight.
A court case centers on about 85 acres of land amid disputes over development. While workers quarrying rock for a Grange store foundation at Jackson uncovered remains from an early architect connected to the Grange, prompting questions about ownership and past claims.
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