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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
7
Guardian reports and final settlements across multiple estates. Receipts, balances, and discharge actions for guardians and administrators listed, with properties and transfers in Alton Edwardsville Godfrey Leclaire and Madison County areas.
Wayne County presses praise Charley Johnson, eight years as County Clerk, for the Republican nomination to the Appellate Court clerkship. At 43, married with three children, he is described as honest, capable, and a proven vote getter, with strong church and Masonic ties.
A patchwork of deeds records shows numerous transfers of parcels in Madison County including Woodriver, Allen, Edwardsville, Granite City and Granite City areas with price totals such as 290, 129, 1250, and 1000 dollars. Marriage licenses are listed for residents in St Louis and Collinsville with ages and names including Sidney McNall Noah Bevitt and many others.
Fred H Tegtmeyer, a Pin Oak township farmer and longtime Republican, formally announces his candidacy for Madison County clerk on the Republican ticket. Urged by county Republicans, he seeks the office after years on the county board of supervisors and credit for shaping the county’s courthouse finances. He is described as a capable, courteous official and a familiar figure in county affairs. County Clerk H J Mackinaw, running for re nomination, broke his leg at Edwardsville from a misstep at the Wabash depot, affecting his campaign.
The Highlays Leader praises Hugh T. McGrea as systematic and thorough in his bid for county superintendent of schools. He is well known countywide, respected as an educator and gentleman, and, with broad experience in teaching duties, would serve effectively as adviser and leader. Republicans urged to vote in the September primary.
100 by 140 foot corner lot with street on three sides priced at 150. Desirable 64 by 125 foot lot with two room house, cellar, well and outbuildings priced at 1700. Two 62 by 132 foot lots on three sides of corner lot priced at 200 and 150. Four room house with two lots 80 by 120 feet at 650. Good four room house on 80 by 150 lot with cellar, well, cistern and outbuildings at 1500. Two story brick six room residence on 66 by 181 lot with garden and business location at 2400. Three room house with summer kitchen on large tract, front near 100, with granitoid sidewalk, at 750. For full particulars call or address.alluni
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