Community Spirit and Town Population Loss Reflections
The Tron Weekly Call argues towns lose population from 1900 to 1910 across multiple states, warning that rural decline hurts civilization. It urges farmers to patronize home merchants, promote local cooperation, and resist predatory city trade, noting fairs and fast horse trots to boost the food supply and local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
New York
Missouri
Chicago
Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln
Republic
Mark This Man A Satirical Ode And Jokes
A collage of verse and quips on commerce vanity and advertising plus dated notes from an old periodical. It riffs on trade, fashion and publicity while sprinkling jokes about beards, bees and royalty with brief testimonials and product pitches.
Receiver's Sale in Madison County Illinois 1916
Public auction to sell land in Madison County Illinois description includes 15.80 acres plus a 2 acre road strip and adjacent rights of way. The sale follows a court decree in May 1916 with half the price due at sale and the rest in six months at six percent interest secured by mortgage. Located at the Front door of the Post Office in Troy. Edwardsville date noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
Ferdinand Rucker
Gornet Brothers Mercantile Company
M. F. Auwarter
George T. Eckert
Sam Rawson
Troy Press Brick Company
Union Trust and Savings Bank of
East St. Louis
Augusta Gornet
John W. Gornet
Troy Exchange Bank
Henry Rucker
Herman Roeben
George Bosche
Charles Becker
D. H. Mudge
Emma Bosche
Troy
Madison County
Illinois
St. Louis Vandalia & Terre Haute
Recorder's Office
Winois
Troy and Highland Road
Ilinois
St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railway Company
Recorder’s Office
St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad
County of
Madison
Hdwardsville
Legal notice notice and advertisements intertwine in 1916
August 9 1916 John Feldmeier Receiver for the Troy Press Brick Co solicitors for complainants James G McHalre attorney for trustee Springer Buckley attorneys for certain defendants. The latest models in ladies ready made dress skirts at Miss Rose Wil Kingon's. Roasted coffee is an excellent disinfectant for sick rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Press Brick Co
Hiles & Simpson
James G. McHalre
Springer & Buckley
Rose Wil‘Kingon
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Tron Weekly Call
Market-Street-by-the-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club
Southern N. Editorial Association
Wiinois
Ira P. File’s
Valier
Enterprise
Spies Milling
Jacob
Phact
Phun
Edwin Booth
Mary Pickford
Charles Dickens
Little Red Riding Hood
Daffydills
King of Beasts
Rameses
Sylvia
Belle
Sloan
James S. Ferguson
Philadelphia
State of Illinois
Rose Wilkinson
BO ST
Lows
Dan Liebler
General Merchandise
Riebold’s
John Feldmeier
D. H. Mudgee
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