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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
2
A brief want ad notes that calling offers nearly certain results for any need. The item signals easy contact and prompt responses, suggesting broad usefulness for readers seeking quick solutions or purchases. No specific names, dates, or prices are provided in the readable text.
Brief local notes recount ill health of Gillham in his seventies, a man committed as mentally deranged after an Edwardsville examination, and a mail pouch wreck on the westbound train. Diphtheria cases prompt quarantine and the McCray Dewey academy closure. Social visits, New Year gatherings, and parties are listed, plus a description of a noisy New Year countdown and minor street mischief. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for skin injuries. The Call urges continued readership.
The Church and Society column notes the Presbyterian Church will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Miss Josie Hoenig presiding. An officer election will be held and all members are urged to attend. The Mite Society of Tray Cemetery meets at Mrs. Isabel Mize’s home Friday afternoon with good attendance desired for important business.
A compact year in Troy and Madison County lists injuries deaths weddings school openings and civic events. Notable items include Edmond Keck injured asleep in bed and Charles Callan hurt in a mine incident. Highland Fair opens. interurban for Troy revived. centennial celebration at Edwardsville begins. multiple deaths including Henry Suhr and Hubert Blume. train and wagon accidents. numerous weddings and local society notes. public schools opening and civic meetings. fire alarms and local infrastructure notes. and political mass meetings with voter registrations and party activity.
A series of brief items records anniversaries and obituaries including Mr. and Mrs. James Worsman golden wedding, John Burk dies in Ohio, several local deaths such as William Baird Jane Van Hooser Henry Samuel Nancy Renfro and Erwin Rubin, plus weddings, political notes, a fire, a government appointment, road inspections, and a church parsonage contract across Troy Collinaville Nokomis and nearby communities.
A condensed listing of holiday observances, local civic actions, and notable occurrences. Entries include the Thanksgiving day observance, interurban franchise actions in Greenville Highland and Troy, upcoming teachers meeting in Edwardsville, quail season closure, and public safety notes such as fires and rescues. Also noted are deaths, marriages, and various society events dated December through month end.
Excerpted listings show a 125 acre dairy and grain farm 4 miles southwest of Troy and 4 miles northeast of Collinsville with a new 9 room residence furnace four wells and cistern barn for horses a cow barn for 20 cows an 800 tree orchard and year round running water. Also offered are a 120 acre Missouri farm for sale or trade with 90 cultivated acres a house two barns a blacksmith shop an orchard of 600 apples and 210 peaches. Additional Troy properties include a six room frame residence on two lots with fruit trees, a good 40 acre farm within 3-12 miles of Troy, a two story six room brick house on Malin street, fruit and garden, a corner 100x140 foot residence lot in J F Jarvis Addition, two 6 room frame houses in West End renting $7 monthly, and inquiries for price and terms.
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