Regular Council Meeting Minutes June 6 1904 Troy Alabama
The Journal of the Council records a regular meeting in Troy Alabama on June 6 1904. Roll call shows Mayor Miller and Aldermen present. Minutes of all meetings were read and approved. Treasurer and Electrician reports read and filed. Mayor's veto of an ordinance granting rights to Donk Bros Coal Co discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Dawnon
Cramer
Hale
Horsley
Peterman
Taylor
Worsman
Electrician
Donk Bros’. Coal Co
Troy City Council Debates Donk Bron' Ordinance and Veto
In a heated session Mayor Milner withholds signature on the Donk Bron' Coal and Coke Co pole line ordinance over cost concerns and contract enforcement. Council votes on veto reconsideration, suspends Rule 22, and approves passing the ordinance with finance committee bills listed for authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donk Bron’, Coal & Coke Co
Edwardaville Road
Clay Street
City of
Troy
City of Troy
Donk Bros., Coal and Coke Co
F. F. Milner
St Worsman and council notes with school picnic report
The council discussed reports from Worsman Taylor and Cramer on finance and wages. A school picnic at St Pauls Evan Lutheran parochial school was held with a basket dinner, flag drill by 24 girls, and band music. Mrs Newton credits Electric Bitters for relief from indigestion and pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Evan. Luth
Schultze Bros. Cornet Band
Jarvis’ Grove
C. E. Kellermann
U. S
First Race Meeting of 1904 by Cee Collinaville Driving Club
The club announces its season opener for July 4 at one pm with a strong program. Races follow American Trotting Rules. half mile distances, three in five. purses 50 25 15 10 percent. Five to enter, three to start. running events split 60 30 10 percent. Entry fees 50 percent plus 5 percent from winnings. Entries close by 10 am July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee Collinaville Driving Club
Ballard Horehound Syrup Endorsed For Colds
A reader from Hutchinson Kansas praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup for cold relief and coughs. The ad cites uses for whooping cough asthma consumption bronchitis and notes prices of 25 50 and 100 cents at S. Kingston's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McGrath
Hlat Street
Hutchinson Kan
S. Kingaton‘s
Vandalia Line Tickets to St Louis For World's Fair
Vandalia Line offers round trip tickets from Troy Illinois to St Louis for the Worlds Fair with several sale options. 60 day ticket at 41.05, 15 day ticket 95 cents, and each Tuesday and Thursday until June 30 1904 inclusive tickets in coaches only at 80 cents. Return limit seven days from sale date. Additional train service from all Vandalia Line points. For details contact G Li Exnort at Troy IL or D B Sarre T P Ay Terre Haute Tad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Troy
Ill
G. Li Exnort
D. B. Sarre
T. P
Terre Haute
Tad
The Essentials of a Happy Home
A humorous Caxton-era note published as a witty aside about domestic harmony. The piece reads as a playful guide to home life, with a nod to editorial collaboration and lighthearted domestic satire.
Greenup wedding ties two more hearts for life
Special to The Call from Greenup Illinois reports the June wedding at the Peters residence. Reverend Caldwell united Benjamin Weasley Jarvis and Lena Peters in a Cupid court ceremony. A wedding dinner followed as the couple plan a Niagara Falls honeymoon and a return to their native hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cac
Greenup
Ill
Edward Peters
W. J. Caldwell
Presbyterian Church
Benjamin Weasley Jarvis
Misa Lena Petera
Biles
Niagara Falls
Toledo
Lake Erie
Neck O' the Woods
SPECIAL CROP BULLETIN ON STATE WEATHER AND CROPS
State weather report notes showery conditions on the 15th and later in the week statewide with many areas needing rain especially in the north. Southern areas had more general rainfall, temperatures about four degrees below normal, and cool nights slowing growth. Growth is thrifty but slow, with corn cleaning ongoing, wheat near ripening in the south, and harvesting starting there. Grapes, blackberries, and raspberries promise with moisture needed. strawberries damaged in the north. apples and pears drop, potatoes marketed in the south, gardens yielding well overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Rsin
Snow Liniment Cures Supposed Cancer on Chin
A Westmoreland Pennsylvania reader reports a stubborn chin sore described as a cancer was cured by Ballard Snow Liniment Co. The missive asks for a 50 cent bottle for the sister in Allenaville and notes the product is sold at S. Kingston's on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland
Kana
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
Sophia J. Careon
Allenaville
Miffin Co
S. Kingston’s
Death of J A Gillham at home near Princeton
Obituary notes Julius A Gillham dies at his Princeton residence. He was the last of three Gillham brothers to die within three years following Judge George J. and Oscar, sons of Shadrich B. Gillham Sr., pioneer of Madison County. Thomas Gillham was the county’s first sheriff. Also includes vintage health ads from Edwardsville Intelligencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius A. Gillham
Princeton
George J
Memphia
Oscar
North Dakota
Shadrich B. Gillham
Madison County
Thomas Gillham
Edwardsville
Tan Shoes for sale and local notices in brief
Local brief page notes Tan Shoes at Kurra and Klein and a June 24 sale by L Rosenkranz. Typhoid illness of Charles Krieger, baseball games at Troy Park, elevator construction by Zenk Brothers near Donk Bros mine 3, and house moves on Clay street. School teachers registered for Edwardsville summer normal. joint county graduation exercises completed. Community notices include eye care at Baird Hotel, a World’s Fair position for J Paul Edwards, jury excuse for John Lioydt to marry, Madison county election judges, Baptist Union convention at Mattoon, and a remark on Dr F Tolley’s coroner candidacy. Advertising for The Catt noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Montgomery
Rich Hill
C. B. McKittrick
Ferd. Bertram
Troy
Collinaville
Wm. Metz
Chas, Wi
Bauer Liquor Co
St. Louis
Carrie Braner
Paducah
F. W. Braner
Kentucky
Kurra’s
Dr. Rodgers
al Kinda
Bottman Mearcantive Co
Charles Krieger
Pin Oak Va
B. M. Co
Klein’s
Petera
L. Rosenkranz
Edwardsville
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Journal OF
the Council
Billa
Finance Committee
Troy, al
Woraman
Hornley
Elmer Sapp
D. Coons
John Watt
L. H. Figge
Jake Duckett
Figen
J. Conroy
G. A. Voelker
John Deimling
A. Heddergott
John B. Meyers Co
L. Billott
J.P. Jarvis
John Liebler
John Brounda
Jas. Cooper
Frank Sefton
James Worsman
W. H. Hate
B. F. Cramer
Billy
Naya
Rollcall
Ayes
Nays
F. F. Micxier
R. L. Dawson
Com
H. Newton
Decatur
Ala
S. Kingston
Social Economic Club
Chicago
Caxt Force
Citade ArCorpwens
Husband
Social and Personal
H. M. Willa
Rieder Opera House
Haafew Equala
Misaes Shui
A. F. Seligman
Mise
Frances Taylor
Mises Besele
Mabel Jarvin
Essewy
Olive Jones
Jacksonville
W. J. Gebauer
Adolph Ruegger
The
Highland Milling Co
Robert Blume
St. Jacob
Adolph Buscher
Trenton
W. F. Peter and
Wmy Vetter
William
Ester
Joseph J. Brown
Sjr
St. Louia
H. C. Grawe
Hackmano
Special Crop Bulletin
State Department of Agriculence and Weather Bureas
J. A. Gillham
J. J. Hubbard
Temple
Texas
S. Kingaton’s
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Kingston’n
Zenk Brothers
Donk Bro
M. W. Powell
Eckert
Robert Williamson
John Brendel
Blackjack
Philip Stahl
Julius Barth
St. Clair County
George Giger
George Esterling
Wm. Heck
Geo. Petera Heira
Gonrad Heck, Sr
John Lioydt
Petit Jury
B. R. Burroughs
Board of Supervisors
Jarvia
Jas. E. Hindmarch
E. D. Joseph, Sr
Stanley Ritcher
George Liebler
F. JF. Miller
William Schroeder
J. W. Cook
Illinois Baptist Union
Mattoon
H. P. Host
Taylorville
H. R. Taylor
F. W.B. Jacobs
Treasury
Axtell
F. E. Tolley
Granite City
Thin City
Tulley
Owell
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