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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
4
A fragmented timetable lists multiple departure times to the north and south routes, with notes on local runs to Hillsboro and various times in the morning and evening. G W Quackenbush is named as local agent and traffic manager in Springfield.
Two-story brick house in good repair on Main street Troy with fruit trees garden and good business location. Also two 3-room frame houses in West End Troy rented at 7 dollars monthly, option to buy one with half the lot. New five and seven room frame residences on central lots with granitoid walks. Inquiries to B. W. Jarvis Troy Ul.
A garbled court house terms list details transfers and deeds across multiple townships, naming buyers sellers and amounts. Notable items include Blinn Alton and Namcoki township parcels with bids around 500 dollars, and various master by to to other parties. The excerpt also notes marriage licenses for J A Tripp and Steiner with ages and locations in Alton.
A fragmented roster-like list shows numerous individuals with ages and city affiliations such as Granite City St Louis Detroit Madison Collinsville and Lawrence. The text strings include varying punctuation and some clearly garbled entries, presenting a mosaic of people and places without a single cohesive event or narrative.
Advice to prevent soil washing urges forming ditches with upstream brush and straw to trap sediment, plus woven wire dams and stakes. Recommends layering material as gullies fill and adding more wire. Emphasizes humus and moisture retention and maintaining grasses and legumes in rotations to reduce erosion.
Old fashioned shaving horse, a handy farm tool, is rarely seen today yet remains easily built and unmatched for its task. Reports from Guadalajara describe widespread earthquake damage and aftershocks leaving thousands homeless as a major tremor hits the city.
Bright pink chickens with red yolks and pink whites were shown at the Oregon Agricultural College poultry exhibit at the state fair. The birds, a novelty, came from feeding coal tar dyna to the birds, with eggs changing color a day after feeding. The piece notes the food quality affects flesh feathers and even toenails, illustrating a vivid reaction to the diet.
The article argues deafness cannot be cured by legal or topical means and credits a constitutional remedy. It explains that deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining, with catarrh as a common cause, and promotes Hiatl's Cure as a remedy, offering circulars from Toledo Ohio and Well's Pills for constipation.
Former Senator William Lorimer was injured when his car collided with a telegraph pole to avoid a bogey on a Washington to Chicago trip. His secretary and chauffeur were scratched, all three transferred to a train to Chicago. Lorimer later collapsed after a frightened horse spooked the vehicle, revived, and joked about his life.
A formal plan showing how the National Packing Company assets were distributed after dissolution was presented in Chicago to U S District Attorney James H Wilkerson The plan splits assets among Swift Co Armour interests and others covering plant holdings in Omaha Chicago St Louis New York and additional branch houses and agencies A division of the National Car Line refrigerator car system was also noted with cars apportioned to stockholders and details to follow
Kingsville reports a locomotive boiler explosion on the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad near Bay City results in the death of conductor J. W. Shires and fireman T. R. Shaw. Engineer H. R. Baker injured. incident noted in Philadelphia and Chicago summaries.
In San Antonio a deputy sheriff Ora Burd was shot and killed by Deputy Feliciano Flores after a political argument in a Main plaza saloon. Flores died from wounds. bystander Manuel Ochoa of Monte Rey, Mexico was shot in the left arm. A drowning incident in a pond near here is noted with a boy’s cramp leading to his death.
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