Brief News Notes and Gossip From Local Items
Readable notes cover local happenings from Lincoln's birthday to Valentine events. Items mention illness of G A Purviance, a groundhog event at Gilead school, and deaths of Kenneth Gordon and GC P Ripley. Also notes on funerals, hospitalizations, and community concerns plus business ads from J R Ward and Troy House Furnishing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Ward
G. A. Purviance
Troy House Firnishing Co
Elmer Sapp
Elizabeth Bohnenstich
Wm. Cotton
Deaconcas Hospital
St. Louis Tuessalay
J.C. Etrasen
St. Paul’s “Evangelical” Lutheran Church
Gilead
Chris. Busse
Abankruptcy
Robinson
Springfield
John . Bohnenatichl
Mayfield Sanitarium
St. Louis
Nnrlatives
Troy
Kenneth Gordon
DeWitt Hill
South Dakota
Quincy
James Osborn
Upper Alton
Hill
GC. P. Ripley
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Trabue
Madigan County
Terre Haute
Ind
Ripley
How They Stand in Schmacker's Moving Picture Contest
Tuesday evening standings show three candidates Miss Laura Johnson Miss Elizabeth Scott and Miss Grace Davin in a popular vote contest. Publications from the St Louis papers list Peterman as agent for the showing event with local interest in the Misses’ appearance and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmacker
Laura Johnson
Elizabeth Scott
Grace Davin
Hillside Poultry Farm: Local Industry in Troy
Article portrays Hillside Poultry Farm run by A. F. Seligman on Troy outskirts with James Rawson as manager. It claims scientific Kel lerstrass mating and egg records showing 89 dozen eggs in January from 51 pullets and a top pullet with 94 eggs in December. Also notes ads in journals and nationwide egg shipments as proof of prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
A. F. Seligman
Seligman
James Rawson
Rbute Asia
Slillsidey
Kellerstrass
Notes From Public School Amid After School Delay
Notes indicate student arrivals and attire at a public school on Wednesday. Mentions include Misa Mabel Cramer visiting, Gladys Bryant in a new shirtwaist, and plans for after school work. Teachers and board members discussed township high school prospects and potential graduation decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa
Mabel “Cramer
Earl Foster
Gladys Bryant
Alice Mantle
Norma Jarvis
Madigan County Amateur Athletic Association
Board of Education
Troy
Australian Kangaroo Joke Spreads To Traveling Zoo Tale
A traveling zoo scene in an English town features a Native of Australia and a countryman who asks about a fierce kangaroo in a cage. The exchange ends with a pun about the animal’s origin and a bemused reaction from the bystanders. A later ad promotes a salve promising to heal sores, burns, and piles with quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Notice to Taxpayers and Collector Candidates in Jarvis Township
The notice announces February 5 as start of tax collection for 1911 due by March 10, 1912 at A Hedder gott’s store with collector C E Seligman. It bans hunting on premises, lists violators to be prosecuted, and names multiple candidate declarations for the Collector of Jarvis Township from Republican and Democratic parties with various nominees and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis Township
A. Heddergott
C. E. Seligman
Henry J. Faitz
Henry Horstmann
Ed Miller
Julius Taake
Adam Schmitts
Hamj
Zenk
Charles Schultze
F. C. Leidel
A. RH. Snodgrass
WM. H. Wild
Harry Cooper
Percy Wilkingon
George P. Simpson
J Allen Named Alderman Candidate in Troy Ward One
The city announces J Allen as a candidate for Alderman of the First Ward in Troy subject to the primary election on Tuesday March 12 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Allen
City of
Troy
Tudadey
Also Mentioned on This Page
FTER
Dusvidson's
The
Test-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Republic
Times’ Or
Daniel Peterman
Mound City
Kingatgo
Wick’ Bros. Jewelry. Co. Daw
Hillside Poultry Farm
S. ‘Kingston
Tom Moore
Cochran
Wendel Schmidt
Jacob Wittmann
Philo Cyclo
Maggie
Harris
Formosa
Kev
N. LD
Sweeny
Arthur J. Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Rex Publican Townahey
Jarvis, Township
Oratia
JaRvi
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