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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
4
Permanently located in Troy the office on Market Street in the Rieder Building opposite the Postoffice opens 8 30 to noon and 130 to 500 with office phone 54 and residence 4.
Those with stomach trouble should support digestion by using products with natural digestive properties. Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia contains vegetable acids and the same juices as a healthy stomach, aiding digestion of food. Sold by S. Kingston.
Mrs H A Canedy ill at home. J Allen family moved into A Klein house on Center street. A blind singer entertained on the square drawing several coins. R L Dawson night engineer at the electric plant in Sapp's absence. Trojans attended Turner’s picnic at St Jacob and enjoyed themselves. Linemen strung copper wires on the long distance line. Mrs Edw Heinecke moved to St Jacob to join her husband in a cigar factory. Joseph Hess Jr tormented by a boil, using crutches. Gasoline engine sold to The Modern News at Harrisburg and shipped. City council meeting Monday, adjourned to Tuesday for Labor Day. Post office closed Labor Day Monday. Eugene J Wick moved from Highland. to run jewelry store in Braner building. A daughter born to Rev and Mrs H T Bahnsen of Collinsville. Rural mail carriers to hold convention at Edwardsville. Highland may host next. John Feldmeier bought a Maxwell auto in St Louis. Henry Wittmer of Marine dies. he is uncle to Edward May and the Mays attend Marine funeral. Collinsville zinc works to resume October first with about 200 workers. Meister Bros of St Louis own plant. New grain elevator being built by Walier Spies Milling Co at Kuhn’s Station north of the city on the Illinois Central. Call’s baseball team to play Glen Carbon Cards tomorrow and Monday at Rieder’s park. lineup listed.
A list notes several local residents by position including Rarick at third base W Rawson at short Scott left field Beutel center and Sprick right. A canary owned by Dr Braner escaped its cage and remains at large with a reward offered for its return. Dr Linder to lease and build a two story shop and office between Kingston and Troy Exchange Bank. Dr Neville of St Louis traveled 2000 miles by auto from Jamestown Exposition via Culver School to Norfolk. St Pauls Lutheran school opened with 118 pupils in Troy. Population growth sees twelve new families this week plus many miners from Salem Mo arriving. vacant houses remain scarce.
The Board of Education at Troy Illinois met in special session on August 19 1907 to decide the school term book list. They adopted Overtous Physiologies McMasters histories Baldwin Readers Smiths Arithmetic and Hall Primary Arithmetic plus a cloth blackboard for Room 7. Minor entries list local residents and ages. A promotional note for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and wedding invitations appears at the end.
Local notices detail upcoming meetings at homes and churches with dates and times. Rev J W Britton preaches at M E and Mt Zion, Prof C W Walton to speak on Education, YWCAUWU meeting at Mrs Friesland, a farewell sermon by Rev H B Boyd before moving to Kentucky, Rev B L Stuart to begin duties, and various Ladies Aid and church events scheduled.
The notes cite Scientific American and Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson to warn that beer drinking reduces life and fosters crime. It links abstinence to longer life and describes drink as weakening and destructive, highlighting the dangers of alcoholism and social harm.
Mr and Mrs Wm Weber and daughter Bertha visited Val Ottwein and Wm Dankenbrink near Marine last Sunday. Ernest A Main pastor of Bethany Baptist Peoria returns Saturday to resume duties and campus work at Upper Alton for BA. Out of town mourners at Thomas Hostetter funeral include Elizabeth Handlon Minnie Handlon George Handlon H E Wolf Handlon James Matthews and children Harry Deering John Handlon and James Reed. See Troy souvenir post cards at The Cat office.
Lights 2 Police Salaries Fire and Water Streets and Alleys Contingent SOO 200 100 SO 160 total each eater seen SEA00 the amount to be raised by taxation after cash on hand and revenue from other sources City Clerk to file certified copy with Clerk of the County Court of Madison County Illinois so the tax may be extended This ordinance takes effect from passage and approval Passed August 27 1407 Mayor B W Braner City Clerk W J Vetter
An old time ad proclaims daily routine as regular as sunrise and links bowel health to Dr King’s New Life Pills. The guaranteed 25 cent remedy by S Kingston, druggist urges readers to try Want Ads for more.
The article recalls Thomas Jefferson's rule about eating little in heat, noting digestion is harder when blood runs high. It urges sparing meals and suggests using a digestant, Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia, to aid the stomach, sold by S Kingston.
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