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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
4
In the circuit court March term 1916 F W Braner Mary Evans Henry Dankenbring and Henry F Hoge sue Jean Pierre Theopile aged 55 a Frenchman found dead by suicide at Collinsville Monday due to despondency from ill health.
Master in Chancery will sell at public auction on June 24, 1916 at 10 a.m. in Troy Madison County Illinois the Lots 3 and 4 in Block 34 Wesley Jarvis First Addition to Troy except 44 feet on east side sold to Highland Brewing Co. Purchaser to receive deed after 15 months unless redemption law. Edwardsville May 19 1916 Hiles and Simpson Solicitors for Complainant.
Jesse L. Simpson of Edwardsville Illinois announces his candidacy for State’s Attorney of Madison County on the Republican ticket subject to the next September primary.
The Troy Commercial Club schedules its regular monthly meeting next Tuesday at the U M W A hall with invites to new members. Roads on Market and Clay streets have been graded improving appearance though oiling is still uncertain. The editor enjoyed new potatoes from Wm Ackermann, grown on ancestral soil. Prof F L Eversall will move to Troy to lead the Presbyterian church and direct the McCray Dewey academy starting next September. St Pauls Lutheran school held its annual picnic despite rain, with a program by students and choir, Crorkin’s orchestra, a large supper and receipts near last year’s. A monument to Peter Frutiger will be dedicated in Keystone cemetery under Woodmen of the World. An ordinance fixes the city electrician’s salary at 80 dollars per month, effective after passage. Ordinance No.108 is repealed.
Ordinance No 144 appropriates twenty two thousand seven hundred dollars for corporate city purposes in Troy Illinois for the fiscal year ending the first Tuesday in May 1917. Allocations cover bonded indebtedness police war street lighting contingent sidewalks crossings fire water salaries printing and streets and alleys. Authorized by city council June 5 1916 and approved June 6 1916.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills for clear skin and liver relief. In Edwardsville Madison County Light and Power Co worker Frank Whitson aged 24 was electrocuted at the plant after contacting a 2300 volt wire. Additional notices list bricklaying and auto license applications.
A mail and express vehicle operating through Colorado features a bandit proof cage in the rear to secure valuables during transit. The unit is described as a sturdy steel enclosure designed to deter robbery and protect shipments on remote routes.
It is estimated that insects and rodents destroy one billion dollars worth of U.S. agriculture each year, attacking crops and stored products across multiple sectors and regions.
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