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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
7
A government whitewash formula is described for poultry houses and lighthouses. The paste includes quicklime boiling water salt rice Spanish whitening and glue. Applied with brush or spray two to three coats while warm dries like paint and is claimed to kill mites and vermin.
Practical steps to boost hay yield include improving drainage with open surface drains and new d rains as needed, increasing organic matter by plowing in a second crop and barn manure, controlling weeds by periodic cultivation and burning at flowering, and enhancing fertility with regular tillage and spring fertilizer. Nitrogen should be abundant for unripe grass and clover, with phosphorus and potash supplied. spring showers aid soil uptake.
Circuit and Probate Courts list dispositions including foreclosures partition and distribution decrees, appeals and verdicts. Notable cases include Robinson Lumber foreclosure, Horen foreclosure sale, Conley partition, assorted assumpsit verdicts, and multiple wills and estates hearings with appointments, inventories, and special administrators.
Reports show balances due ward of age and guardians discharged after final receipts. Executors and conservators discharged as to estates of Henry Eaton Josephine Mo ti Catherine Neudecker Flora Schaffner and others with balances and notices. Real estate transfers list numerous parcel sales and transfers in Alton Granite City and surrounding townships with prices ranging from 100 to 4,000 dollars.
A list of marriage licenses granted in various towns includes Paul Gerling 27 and Emma Mueller 22 in Cramer, George Hoffman 24 and Mae Janis 22 in Hoffman, A J Winston 27.81 in Genevieve, Felix Zuragvics 22 and Maryanna Gayewka 25 in Mo. Edwardsville Mt Olive and Collinsville are noted as locations.
Local economists warn that high taxes on visible property and life’s necessities will keep rising unless the constitution is amended to allow property classification. They urge quick legislative action to submit the amendment for a 1914 ratification, enabling relief laws through the next assembly. delays push relief to 1917 at the latest.
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