Happenings and Gossip Notes From Troy Area
Local notes report piano tuners at Troy House furnishing Co Richard Schiettinger. hats sold at reduced prices by Mrs Adella Hampton. farmer Chris Heuer suffered a stroke but recovered. Mrs Hyrum Ward ill with measles in Lebanon. city bans Sunday saloon doors and rescinded for the picture show. music class planned later. details on dental and farm incidents. Memorial Day plans by Veterans groups. multiple financial statements published in a single issue. weekly weather outlook. several local births. Mothers Day reminders. Troy Civic League meeting at M E Church on Monday evening.
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Troy House Furnishing Co
Richard Schiettinger
Adella Hampton
Chris. Heuer
Troy
Hyrum Ward
Lebanon
Ernest’ Hampton
Highland
A. Gebrer
John Bobland
Horace
Allen’s Department Store
Allen
Theo. Gebauer
Dew
Arigin
Department Cp
Mamie E. Bryant
Louis
Mins Idell
Misa Bryant
Aeagher
S T. Louis Achpolgi
St. Louis
Mise Alma Gebauer
Charles E., McKittrick
Stifel
Hansen Continuous Chemical Fire Apparatus Company
Crescent Marine Motor
South Broadway
Edwardsville
Road and Bridge Fund
Pin Oak Township
Keystone Building and Loan Association
Troy Exchange Bank
Old Council Winds Up Business in Troy Illinois
May 3 1915 Troy Illinois regular city council meeting led by Mayor Kinder with full roll call. Minutes street and treasurer reports approved, finance committee claims examined and ordered paid, numerous payrolls and contracts listed, and oaths of officers-elect accepted before adjournment.
Reading of coal company rubbish dumping and council actions
Reading of communication from Consolidated Coal Company about rubbish dumping place. Motion to instruct clerk to write company about the cameras and call all voting age. Proposition by R. C. Morriss for sale of washed coal on hand referred to the Light committee. Roll call all voting aye. City council adjourned. James H. Davis mayor. Fred H. Gornet city clerk.
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George Shaffer
Shaffer & Williams
Gerfen
Llewellyn
Bection
Goerfen
Llewellyn and Taylor
Cooper, Foster
Wild
Geffen
City Electrician
Taylor
Foster
James H. Davin
Fred H. Garnet
Fred Mossmann
Wm. Preston
James W. Taylor
Adolph Meyer
Cooper
Troy
Davis
Roll Call
Garnet
Meyer
Preston
Cooper and Foster
Board of Health
Foster and Taylor
Meyer, Wild and Taylor
James H. Davis
Til
Tester
Poster
Willnay
Vandalia Railroad Company
Vandalia
Elmer Belk
Joseph Scott
Joseph Spencer
C. P. Edwards
John M. Sapp
Mr. Sapp
Consolidated Coal Company
R. C. Morriss
Fred H. Gornet
Annual Statement of Troy Treasurer 1914 15
Annual financial record for the City of Troy shows receipts from licenses fines taxes and other sources, totaling 814,903.20 with expenditures across streets police salaries utilities bonds and interest, leaving a balance of 2,396.91 on April 30, 1915. Also includes Administrator's notice for the Estate of Robert Porter deceased with probate awaiting claims and required payments.
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City of
Troy
Robert Porter
Madison
Illinois
Madison County
Edwardsville
A. D
Deputy Sheriffs Arrest Foreigner in Attempted Murder Case
Deputy Blake and Deputy Coons responded to a jail call about a man at a house claiming an attempted murder. Blake arrested the man and lodged him. Coons was severely cut by a foreigner during the incident. All participants sustained bruises and cuts in the ensuing melee after an auto collided with a horse and buggy. The censor’s ruling on the fracas outcome was not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
Man
Coons
City Lighting Cost and Profit Statement Analysis
A 165 basis shows total monthly city power cost and billing breakdowns for street lighting. It lists electrician costs 754, monthly meter rent 226, total monthly cost 26260, and 24 hour service profit of 3842, with collection losses of 49.66 monthly.
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Sotede
Seymee
Man Takes His Own Medicine an Optimist
An optimistic ad copy extols Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for ailments especially colds. It promotes belief in relief from taking the remedy and urges readers to buy a bottle today. Also notes local ads about auto license applications and a notary for document services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Great Lakes
Stork
Nash Hall
Walter Maden
John Langenwalter, Jr
ATRS
J. KR. Ward
Troy Civic League
M. E
Council Journal
Ill
Kinder
Meyor
Pred Gerfen
Rees Llewellyn
RE. L. Daweon
John Sapp
Hiles & Simpson
NEVE
J.H. Samuel
George Goetz
A. A. Gornet
Western Electric Co
Donk Bros. Coal Co
J. C. Gebauer, & Son
Crane Co
Dan G. Liebler
F. Cramer
Wiei Had M. Dillingham
Emory Simpson
Henry Geffen
Don Peters
Wm. Osland
John Collins
Wu. Sudhoff
W. Duckett
Ed Schlimme
Fred Mosimenn
J. E. Hindmarch
Henry Rucker
P. M. Davidson
Avis
Fred Burk
Wm. Frangen
James Adams
August Droll
Roy Elliott
Troy Call
Printing Aid Publishing
Minnie Geffen
Eit
Nelson R. Kinder
Dalary Ag
Mayo Wa
Treass
Nyet Recy Sields
Atest
Harry Cooper
James Foster
Dames
W. Taylor
Troy Cemetery
John Reiss
Finance Committee
Fred. Gerfe
TSO
Sevsteenee
Paken
Dan G. Leebler
Monroe Porter
John B. Coppinger
Early Hiles & Simpson
Kase Wilkinson
Daniel Peterman
B. W. Jarvis
T Monn & Co
Scientific American
Nw York
Walter’ Enterprise
Tha
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