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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
5
Attorney General Stead issues a 1912 primary law booklet outlining mandatory primary timing notice ballots and voting hours. It names parties eligible to nominate at primaries and lists key filing dates for city state and county offices, conventions, and county and state committee actions.
Troy will hold voting primaries in three wards on March 12 to select one alderman per ward and a police magistrate to serve the late Jamon N. Jarvis’s term. Nominations follow bricrly local party lines, Citizens' and Independent parties, with filing open February 12 and due February 26. City Clerk Vetter has nomination blanks available.
Postmaster Thomas Millett to establish a postal savings depository in Troy with opening set for February 21. Washington designated the Troy office last week. an inspector will visit to explain operations, while supplies and forms are shipped separately. The town’s demand is uncertain, as other sites have varying success. Also notes medical ads and the ailing status of George M. McCormack in Troy.
The Madison County Teachers Institute quarterly session will be at Edwardsville High School starting 10 a.m. Attendance is expected large with sessions featuring addresses, music, and discussions led by noted educators from Edwardsville and nearby counties. The program includes Rev J W McNeill, Rev G L Clark, Miss Alicia Bolvier, and other local figures.
Richard Newsam of Peoria, head of the Illinois State Mining Board, warned that the wage fight harms Illinois coal's interstate role. He argued for uniform regional scales across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Iowa to reduce shipping costs, curb idle miners, and raise overall production toward a potential hundred million tons. He urged a wage and condition agreement limited to Illinois and neighboring states, noting broader talks would complicate the issue.
Last chapter in the Burton murder case closed when States Attorney Gilliam entered a nee prosequi against John Burton in Holywords ville. Burtons demise of Leo Wentz and Wipprecht were tied to a night fight in Marine. With no eyewitnesses and Burtons prior acquittal, the case was stricken from the docket. Also noted is a Troy birth announcement for Rev and Mrs Fu H Mittendorf of Pinckneyville and Mrs Carl Davis visiting Edwardsville.
William J. Krome of Edwardsville, a Madison County native, led the oversea project for the Flagler railroad from Miami to Key West. The 128 mile line, built across coral barriers, shortened routes to Cuba and the Panama Canal, and the first train ran last Saturday.
S A Stid of Brasden Michigan recounts a merciless storm that left him with a dreadful cold and chest pain. A neighbor supplied doses of Dr King’s New Discovery which brought relief. The doctor warned of possible pneumonia, yet the remedy helped and he was saved by quick action and access to the medicine.
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