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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1874
Page
1
The Troy Herald lists advertising rates and terms including cash in advance and penalties for nonpublication. It notes court directory dates for Orrevit, Country, and Promate Courts and lists Masonic lodge meeting times and officers for Troy Lodges 81 and 34 with schedule details.
Hon G G West will speak in Troy on Oct 23 1874 and Dr Birkhead tours Clarksville staying monthly. Nat M Shelton studies law at Columbia and may return to practice. Col E B Mall travels to Kansas City as county delegate. Reports of local visits and political views color this week’s local notes.
Registration figures compare present totals with those from two years ago in Monroe Hurricane Clark Bedford Prairie Millwood Waverly Nineveh and Union. Increases occur in Monroe Hurricane Clark Bedford and Prairie while Union Waverly and Nineveh decline. Millwood stays flat.
A partial roster lists Judges of Election for 12 precincts including Ubantlly New Hope Post Oak Troy Auburn Truxton Millwood Louisville Nineveh Chain of Rocks Star Hope Cap au Gris with named judges. The text also notes Mrs. Morgan Copher harvesting cotton and cucumber yields from garden plots and Wright Nichole selling a farm in Millwood township to Wm. OHanlon of St. Louis.
A baby born Wednesday October 14 1976 near Millwood to the wife of B J Bowler. The newborn weighs 14 pounds and four ounces.
Notes dated in 1874 record marriages at local churches. The Creech Garrett union occurs at the bride’s father’s residence with Rev. Chas His comb officiating and Thos E Creech marrying Miss Sam Garrett. The Prynn Serena A Bilder marriage took place at Day Prairie church in Chart county with Rev Father Tintrop officiating.
Mrs. Susan Scott announces the death of her husband Scott T. in Burlington Iowa on October 7 1874 at an unspecified age. The brief obituary notes the passing of a local resident and lists family connection.
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