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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
2
A primary election will be held in the City of Troy on Tuesday March 11 1913 to nominate candidates for city offices including Mayor City Treasurer City Clerk Police Magistrate and Alderman in each ward Nomination papers are available from February 12 to February 25 at the undersigned city clerk Wm J Vetter 10 24
City announces Fred H. Garnet as a candidate for City Clerk on the Citizens ticket, subject to the primary election on Tuesday March 11 1913.
Miss Mary Elison visits relatives in Alton while Charles May travels to Alhambra last Saturday. Mrs Louis Kolb guests in St Louis Sunday. Wiegand family moves into Messmer residence. Edith and Irma Reinhart visit Highland. Edward Brandt returns to Springfield after days here. Andrew Schmidt of St Jacob township visits Marine Sunday. Mrs Wm Geers spends day with her mother Mrs Johanna Stanger in Fruit. John Butler relocates from Trenton to Marine with mill position. St Louis visitors include Edward Gramann Henry Koch Leo Koehnemann Mrs Wm Gericke and Pauline Tobler. Mrs Wm Kennedy returns to New Baden after visit with St Jacob relatives. Miss Ottilia Gaffner returns from Mulberry Grove. A musical entertainment planned at Turners hall. Box social at Faires school on Friday February 21. Funeral of Mr Stubbs mother at Edwardsville.
Samuel Davis Sr. homebound with illness. Weddings rumored in Troy. Troy House Furnishing Co. markets for Highland Marble Works monuments. The Call subscription offered. Deimling Bros. harvests ice for next summer. Troy Exchange Bank reports a creditable financial. N L Ryder's Edwardsville home damaged by fire. St Valentine’s Day busy at the post office. Chris Kuennemann enters Granite City real estate with Goedecke. Feb 25 last day for nominating petitions in Troy city offices. Adelbert Graverhorst dies at 73. Milk producers hold a meeting at Rieder’s opera house. A thief steals from Harry Carp’s Troy store. Farmers’ Friends article extols soil fertility and fertilizer use with various experiment station quotes.
A Chicago based drug company promotes a free 506 pack of a remedy claimed to cure bed wetting and frequent urination in both children and adults. The notice urges readers to write for the free medicine and to share the information with afflicted family members.
Farmers and agronomists emphasize proper fertilizer use, barn manure management, suitable crop rotation, and quality seed as keys to farm prosperity and soil health. The guidance highlights cooperative practices and long term profitability for agricultural operations.
William W. Jarvis president of the Troy Exchange Bank swears the financial statement is true to the best of knowledge. The document lists capital stock, undivided profits, current interest expenses and taxes, and deposits including time certificates and demand accounts. Total liabilities show 198 505 38 and 243 458 00 with Madison county Illinois notarization dated February 7, 1913.
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