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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
7
W L Hill, once 90 pounds, now over 180, credits Dr Kingtons New Discovery for consumption cough and colds. He claims doctors gave up on him yet after twelve bottles he gained weight and was cured. Guaranteed by S Kingston druggist with 50c and 1.00 price, trial bottle free.
The October term adjourned for holidays with many cases postponed to February. Dispositions include foreclosures dismissed, ejectments continued, and damages verdicts or judgments for defense, with several appeals and probate actions listed among the day’s docket.
A compiled tally of marriage licenses includes B L Pavey and Josephine Funker from different towns alongside numerous others such as Bari Meyera Sophie Mitchell and Laura Gemme. The list spans ages from 2 to 39 with residents linked to Saint Louis Granite City Alton Troy Madison Prairietown and Collinaville among others.
Jefferson kept meticulous expense records showing about 12000 dollars spent on liquors during his eight years in the White House. He favored high priced wines and brandies, with dinners often for forty guests. The lack of finished rooms and drafty East Room tables added to a somber dining atmosphere.
The piece recalls a British army crisis over a hangman in the Crimea with a volunteer who later flogged the failed recruit, then reports J B Waterman of Watertown claiming his daughter was cured of epilepsy by Dr King’s New Life Pills. It closes with an ad for wedding invitations and calling cards from TRE CALL office.
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