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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
3
A broad display of seasonal merchandise features dress goods, handbags, gloves, aviator caps, silk hosiery, ribbons, hats, coats, toys, china, lamps, and fur caps. Shoppers can expect a wide selection of boys suits, overcoats, sweaters, dolls, wagons, and games as the holiday assortment.
Christmas tree orders at Riebold & Co. and gift ideas include a year’s Cab subscription from Edmund Bardeley. Adela Hampton trims hats and ribbons. Tray Exchange Bank offers gold pieces in any denomination. Birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Siebel. new address for the Schafer family. J H Ezell of East St. Louis reorgains the Woodmen’s local order. Donahue’s hall to host mammoth class adoption January 25. Subscriptions to The Oath due in December with tariff changes. A horse and buggy stolen in Mt. Vernon and recovered in Troy with suspect jailed in Bond County. J A Thomason offers photography and optical work at Hayes Studio in Troy. A smooth thief sells stationery with claimed hospital kickback. beware if seen in Troy. Emory Edwards grows 540 bushels from 5.5 acres, near 100 bu/acre, with pastured ground and fertilization. Get St Louis papers via Daniel Peterman. see Troy House Furnishing Co. for monuments. Try a Call Want Ad. results near certain.
Fragmentary OCR shows a mean man dialogue with an implied marital dispute. It hints at questioning whether a wife would reveal private failures or betray trust, suggesting themes of loyalty and social reputation in relationships. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or sourcing.
Mrs Ida Elbring and son Orvil visited at Alhambra last Friday. August Talleur returned from Chicago to see his son Leo. Miss Elsie Simmons of Medora stayed with Miss Florence Heim several days. Miss Cleda Buchsmann of St Jacob visited Miss Julia Weber. Mrs Wm Bernard hosted a card party. Reinhart family moved to former W Baum home. An entertainment and box social announced for December 18 at Loos school. Rev Paul Buchmueller attended a German Evangelical ministers conference at East St Louis last week. Mrs J J Jantzen of St Louis and Mrs Edward Neudecker of Edwardsville recent guests of Peter Neudecker and family. Mr and Mrs Walter Pratt and Mr and Mrs Charles Wiegand welcomed baby girls. Dc T Kurz and family of Highland visited by Mrs August Jehle and Miss Rosa Harnist. Drama Twixt Love and Money at Marine Dramatic Club was well attended and a success. Another play Down in Maine planned for December 21. Wm Kiroheis was married yesterday at the bride’s parents home Go L Faires. St Jacobites traveling to Arcadian lands in Florida for prospecting. recent departures include Samuel North Joseph Liebler Hugo Meyer John Frey Jr Frank Somerfeldt Eugene Barton. Hall of Ohio oath shows Frank J Cheney as senior partner of I J Cheney Co Toledo promising $100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witness. Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills advertised.
Ed Grimm's departure from St Louis on Sunday was marked by a visit. Arthur Gruenfelder joined Highland Sunday mingling with friends, and Mrs Otto Thuran and daughter Lela were visitors from St Louis. Lena Mingea and Peart Hill Stevens Bertha Hochuli were among other guests.
The Call reports Troy area news and promotes New Life Pills by Dr Ixing claiming to restore stomach and liver health. It urges readers to send items or call to contribute news, advertising a weekly cost under two cents and urging action against abuse of the system.
A man badly battered with a bruised face and slinged arm ignores a detective’s attempt to learn the getaway path and instead greets a senator with a simple good morning. The scene suggests a botched assault near a political figure, details unclear.
A brief exchange shows Jimmy proposing while the woman candidly admits time spent together yesterday. The dialogue hints at mixed feelings and a cautious path forward.
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