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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
5
Van dalia Line officials plan to replace the telegraph with telephones for dispatching trains on the St Louis division from Terre Haute to Biffingham around April 1. Installation began February 28 and telephones are expected to replace telegraph across the Indianapolis to St Louis corridor.
Mrs. Jordan and children of Collinsville with Mrs. Mary Evans visited last Saturday. Miss Clara, visiting with her father in David Olive, and Dr. Arthur J. Peters wed in Chicago last week. The Peters will reside in Lynn Center. Mrs. Idell Bryant, teaching in St. Louis, spent Sunday with her mother Mamie Bryant.
A home remedy combines Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the shade reaches the desired tone. Drug stores can supply the mix or it can be prepared at home at low cost. The formula also claims to reduce dandruff, soften hair, and not stain the scalp or rub off.
County Superintendent H. T. McCrea directs a county wide push to form corn growing pig raising and canning clubs forStudents with Prof. James H. Greene to tour the area this month to promote the program. The Madison County Farmers Institute officers join the effort visiting Troy on March 21 inviting teachers school officers and patrons to assist in organizing clubs. Last year 6032 youths worked on projects with 487 clubs producing 31063383 in value and Troy schools are expected to lead in participation and competition.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. J W Smith next Thursday afternoon at the church parsonage. Communion services will be held at the M B E church Sunday evening. Rev C C Hall, superintendent of the East St Louis district, will deliver the sermon. Miss Rachael Carr, a returned missionary from India, spoke at the M E church last Friday evening under the Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
Notice directs applicants to B W Jarvis notary for auto license applications. The contact appears alongside the document number 42-4 indicating a filing or reference code. The item lacks additional context or location but preserves the action directed to individuals seeking licenses.
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