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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
7
A Chicago based drug company claims a harmless remedy for bedwetting and frequent urination will be sent free in a prepaid 500 package to any reader of The Gall. The D H Rowan Drug Co describes it as effective for adults and children and urges readers to share the cure with neighbors and friends.
A sequence of real estate transfers recorded in various towns including Alton Granite City Collinsville Woodriver and Edwardsville. Transactions list multiple parcels lot and block references with purchasers like Morriss McClure Overbeck Viel and others and amounts from 60 to 2 100 dollars. Also includes an advertisement for Kickapoo Worm Killer targeting children with symptoms suggesting intestinal worms.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo promote Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. Endorsements from National Bank of Commerce and others affirm the firm. Also advertised Dr King's New Life Pills praised for constipation and dyspepsia with testimonials from Paul Mathulka and H R Huffendick. Price details included.
Mrs. Newrich blushes as Mrs. Gushington teases about a court visit abroad. She stammers that she was “only at court once” and was released for lack of guilt, amid gossip.
A late 19th or early 20th century price list shows Troy market quotes for grains and farm products. Wheat at 78 cents per bushel, corn 58, oats 53, flour two types ranging 2.90 to 3.10 per hundredweight, and assorted animal and produce prices including cattle hogs calves sheep spring lambs turkeys geese ducks chickens butter and eggs with wide per unit ranges.
David Benget Harned, nearly 83, longtime Bend county resident who died near Reno, born near Troy in 1830, led a life of risk and adventure. He witnessed Lovejoy’s fatal shot, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, rode the Yankee Blade home, and served as Reno postmaster during the Civil War era. He married Mary C. Davis in 1854 and had six children. his last days were quiet at his son Charles W.’s home as his devoted wife near Reno suffered at home.
Troy Illinois July 18 1913 council held a special meeting called by Mayor Kinder to transact all business. Reading of specifications for a proposed concrete culvert on Collinsville road. motion to accept plans and advertise for bids in The Troy Call and Edwardsville Intelligencer. Bids to be opened August 4 at the next regular meeting.
Cure claims for Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment promise relief from itching burning and scaly skin erup tions. A Littletown Pennsylvania resident testifies it cleared eczema in two weeks while doctors reportedly use it. Guaranteed to relieve or money refunded. 50 cents. Pfeiffer Chemical Co. Philadelphia and St Louis.
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