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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
2
A collage of notices includes requests to settle accounts by August 15, a public sale of farm stock and implements by Martin Arth Jr, a sidewalk bid call for 500 feet of granite sidewalk with 25 cash bid bond, and various personal notices.
Thursday market update lists commodities and livestock with varied prices. Wheat and corn per bushel, meal and flour values, hay and straw rates, and cattle hogs calves and poultry prices are shown with units and incomplete OCR details for several items. The fragment includes flour types, shipstuff, bran, middlings, and per head prices for poultry and other livestock.
Eight residents died at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy during July per Superintendent J I Anderson. Names include Wm H Barnes Joseph Graff Amuso B Crandall Lemuel Shook Wm H Woods Teller P Wenstoh Joseph Carolus and Christian Netts, ages 61 to 81, units range 12th Illinois Cavalry to 90th Ohio. Source promotion by Daniel Peterman agent.
A dense page mix of items from The Call era includes local ads for wood shoe boxes at 15¢, steamers to send in news, a Curt Rea Skydome exhibit on the Powell property, and promotions by Tray House Furnishing Co. Monuments and High Land Marble Works are advertised. Local society notes cover arrivals, visits, and people in Troy and nearby towns, along with hospital news and business updates.
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