Weekly crop report details drought and mixed prospects
The State Department of Agriculture and Weather Bureau reports scattered light showers but overall drought conditions in most regions. Cool nights and warm days slowed crop progress. threshing nears completion with variable yields. Northern areas show good yields while central and southern regions lag. apples and peaches show mixed quality.
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Springfield Iil
Corp Baa
Asavrad
Unicef
Baling Ia
Arlington
Bureau
I. C. Black
J. T. Clark
Piper City
Ford County
W. H. Taylor
Greenville
Bond County
Weather and notices from Barmera district page
Clearing Saturday fair Sunday brisk west to northwest winds Sun rises at 5 17 and sets at 6 48 Full moon Thursday 25th Barmera Institute crop report busy items include death notices James G Miller and Charles Gindler Sr city counsel proceedings and brief items from Illinois and Western Canada plus market and World Fair notes
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Barmera’ Institute
Berent
James G. Miller
Charles Gindler
City Connell
Hosta
Ilinois
Chicago
Canada
The
Sunday Bible School
Troy
Court House
Selégrap
Roousvelt
Asai Eas
Madison County Farmers Institute Set for Troy Meeting
The Madison County Farmers Institute will be held in Troy on November 16 and 17. Officials report growing popularity and expected large attendance, with the executive committee planning the program and future meetings in other county sections.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Madison County Farmers’ Institute
Troy
Frank Troeckler
F. E. Culp
E. W. Pasate
Stes
Marine Telegram
Troy Defeats Sorento In Rain Ridden Seven Inning Tilt
The B M Co's baseball team beat Sorento 9 to 7 in seven innings under heavy rainfall that made grounds unfit for play. Early in the game players nearly drowned as field conditions worsened and play was suspended pending better weather. The Pin Oak team also topped the 302 club of Martine 12 to 8 in a lively afternoon contest. Separately, a Du Pont, Ga., resident credited Dr. King’s New Discovery for curing a lung complaint after others had given up. A Labor Day celebration is planned by Local 691 UMWA for a September picnic supporting Colorado striking miners, with 50 000 expected attendees. land privilege applications due August 31.
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B. M. Co
Sorento
Blade
Pin Oak
Martine
J. F. Hughes
du Pont
Colorado
Troy
Madison
St. Clair
Aida
Henry C. DettMax
Comings and Goings of Relatives and Friends
Social notes list Mr and Mrs J G S Schoeck visiting St Louis, parishioners at Highland Journal patients and guests visiting Edwardsville and Greenville. Names include Misa Rhoda Bartlett, Bertha Hagier, Epworth Leaguers hay ride to Edwardsville, and many regional relatives attending dances, funerals, and fairs across Missouri and Illinois.
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Misa Rhoda Bartlett
Market Street
Mias Bertha
Hagier
Epworth
Edwardsville
Jessie Se
Boston
Susie 3
Hollis
Charity
Myrtle Archibald
Carolyn
Lena Neuenschwander
Bessie Davy
Bessie Renshaw
Fannie Cramer
Grace Kimball
Visitors from multiple states at Troy social week
Families and friends from Missouri, Colorado, Iowa and Pueblo gathered in Troy and Edwardsville area visiting Mrs. Enly Tilly, Mea dames Winston and Henderson, and Mrs. Mize. Henry Pollworth plans to settle near Troy after farming in Oklahoma. The Marine Telegram notes a local outing with Anna and Augusta Helmich and others at a Troy mine.
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Triplett
St. Louis
Enly Tilly
James Payne
Effie
Lamar
Colo
Alfred Blackford
Fairfield
Iowa
Belle Payne
Anna Sheppard
Ottumwa
Elizabeth Handlen
Minnie
Edwardsville
Meadames Winston and
Henderson
Henry Pollworth
Oklahoma
Troy
Pollworth
Southwest
N. J. Mize
Mins I
Edith B. Mize
Pueblo
Anna
Augusta Helmich
Maggie Pahlmann
H. Schultz
Emery Kimberlin
John Bohnenstieh
Arthur Taylor
Henry Schultze
Stahlbut
Sedalia
Clara
George J. Miller
Miller
Extension Not Yet Decided In Edwardsville Intelligencer report
The Intelligencer notes no new details on extending the electric road from Maryville to Troy St Jacob and Highland with Haynes and Bramlette surveying routes and gauging sentiment. Local residents welcome any viable line and anticipate a future connection linking eastern county to the present line. Public sale details and local notices appear, including Wm Rucker sale and an advertisement for Sanford's Writing Ink at THE CALL office.
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Maryville
Troy
St. Jacob and Highland
Edwardsville
Haynes
J. M. Bramlette
Wm. Rucker
Barnsback Farm
N. B
James G Miller of St Jacob Dies at 57
James G Miller longtime St Jacob resident died at his home Friday morning after a month long illness He was born August 4 1847 in Madison county married Minas Anna Schmidt in 1879 and had seven children Survived by a brother three sisters and seven offspring Funeral was held Sunday at 1 pm at the family residence with interment in Keystone Cemetery St Jacob
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James G. Miller
St. Jacob
Madison County
Theodore Miller
Grand Duchy of Baden
Germany
Minas Anna Schmidt
Marine
Blanche
Henry T
Anna
Walter J
Hilda
Clara
Orville Edmund
John E. Miller
Anna Wentz
St. Louis
Clarais
S. Faesh
Keystone
Seit Gs
Troy work at world’s fair exhibit from St Paul school
At the World’s Fair Educational Building the Evang elical Lutheran Synod exhibit showcases school work from St Paul parochial school of Troy. About 80 percent of pupils contributed under Prof. C E Kellermann, covering English and German grammar arithmetic physiology geography and U S history. The display sits to the right of the north entrance in a premier space.
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Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Parochial School
Troy School
C. E. Kellermann
United States
Death of Chas Gindler Sr at Blackjack at 74
Charlen Gindler Sr prominent Blackjack resident died at his home last Sunday at 9pm after a long illness. He was 74 years, 10 months and 19 days old. Funeral held Tuesday at 2pm from the family home to the German Evangelical church, with many relatives and friends present. Interment followed in nearby Evangelical cemetery. Obituary notice deferred to next week.
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Charlen Gindler, Sr
Blackjack
Prevented death by own action tonic ad notice
A fragmented advertisement proclaims a preventive against self harm, praising Electric Bitters as a nervine tonic and regulator for stomach liver and kidneys. It promises relief from despondency and urges readers at first thought of self destruction to use the product. Also offers wedding invitations and programs at Tar Caur office with samples.
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S. Kingaton
Tar Caur
City Council Proceedings Troy August 1 1904
Regular council meeting with roll call and readings. Minutes amended to leave petition for street and alley committee. Treasurer and electrician reports read. reports placed on file. Numerous bills referred to Finance committee for payment. Seberg and American Contractor claims referred back. Finance committee favorable except Seberg and American Contractor. Clerk instructed to notify parties to cut weeds. council adjourned to August 5. Mayor F F Miller and City Clerk R L Dawson sign.
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Troy, Inc
Miller
Cawnon
Cramer
Hale
Horsley
Peterman
Taylor
Worsman
J. W. Garnet
Street and Alley Committee
Electrician
Hate
Finance Committee
Guons
el Tsner Sapp
Aug Dierking
MD Merry
Phil Schultze
Relas & Krueger
E.H. Hale
J. B. Duckett
Louis Figge
W. W. Nelson
Jacob Wick
Fred Campbell
Chas. Cox
Adam Voelker
R. L. Dawson
Commercial Electric Co
Jas. Cooper
Chas Cox
G. L. Elliott
Con Coal Co
Dcoons
Sam Richards
McKittrick
Eb, McKittrick
Troy Telephone Co
Leonard Peters
H.C. Geffen
Chas Seiberg
H. Heinrich
Charles Seberg
Council
James Worgm4n
B. F. Cramer
Pate an End to it All by Dr Kings New Life Pills
A grim notice extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a way to end unbearable pain from taxed organs including dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. It claims gentle thorough relief at 25 cents with a guarantee by S Kingston a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Druggiat
Fragmentary medical dialogue from a strange exchange
A garbled dialog fragment shows a doctor telling a mother about a busy period and a girl who began to eat less, with numbers and misheard phrases suggesting a diagnosis or instructions. The readable content is sparse and unclear.
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Weekly Crop Report
State Department of Agriculture and Weather Bureau
the Farmers’ Institute
Robert Henderson
Herbert Hudgon
Home Folka
Moro
Wm. Porter
Missouri
G. W. C. Gatea
Pension Examining Board
George B. Henderson
Fred
Mendon
Peter Bernhardt
H. A. Canedy
Elmer Sapp
Ida Mossman
F. E. Linder
A. H. Krause
F. W. Zanders
Maude Nix
Tuesaday
Highland Journal
Nellie Giger
Mis
Z. H. Tibbetta
Louis Hartung, Jr
Harry Berlemano
Lulu Montag
Quincy, Ill
Frank Kinder
Glen Carbon
Franke -Elliott
M. K
T. Scotah
Ind
Weound
Weil
Ingston
Sanford
James &. Miller
Jacob
Faul’s School
Chas. Gindler, SR
Binsek
Jack
Ineas
Howe
Tad
City Council
F. F. Miller
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