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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1904
Page
5
City officials announce a memorial event honoring a fallen hero, with the Troy Cemetery Mite Society organizing a May observance under mayoral auspices. The program features a dedicated exercise and community tribute in the city.
The mayor of Troy proclaims Monday May 30 1904 a memorial day for the soldier dead with services from 12 to 4 pm. Businesses urged to close, citizens invited to honor veterans, decorate homes and line the march to the Presbyterian church.
Arrangements have been completed for the observance of Memorial Day in this city Monday under the auspices of the Troy Cemetery authorities.
Troy Will Honor Her Hero Dead as weather notes show sun and moon times. Multiple local items include Troy Wins a Game and Charles Perry Burial. Page notices mention anniversaries and socials among other mixed content across sections.
In favorable weather a Memorial Day observance is planned with a 1 PM parade from the public school led by the U M W A band to the Presbyterian church. A program including songs, scripture, and tributes by Rev. Vandaveer Rev. Alger and others will follow, then a procession to the city cemetery for gravestone decorations. Donations of flowers are invited at the church basement Monday morning for distribution.
A six千 word dispatch notes a five thousand car parade from Boston to St Louis for the World’s Fair era. It may pass through Troy en route along the old national road, with autos streaming through day and night for days after the main procession. Electric Bitters and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised nearby.
A May 20 statement from the Illinois section of the U S Department of Agriculture and Climate and Crop Service condemns long-range weather forecasts for storms floods and droughts as fraudulent and harmful to agriculture and industry It argues these predictions mislead the public and damage meteorology’s credibility while noting the Weather Bureau can only forecast up to forty eight hours with future hopes for longer horizons.
Efforts to locate relatives of Charles D. Perry, a miner who died last Friday, led to his interment Sunday without news of his death reaching supposed relatives in Peoria, Illinois. A local miners union committee tried to contact two sisters of the deceased but faced communication hurdles.
The union arranged funeral rites for Sunday at Wm. H. Evans residence Doak's Row where miners gathered. U M W A band played and Rev. A Vandaveer conducted the service. Perry, a single man about 46, formerly owned a Peoria area farm, died of pneumonia and was buried in Troy cemetery. Efforts to locate former farm occupants aim to inform relatives.
The seventy sixth anniversary exercises of McKendree College for 1903 04 will be held with graduations in music class on June 2 and 3, Platonian Society on June 4, Charles R. Carlos delivering the baccalaureate on June 5, Philosophian and Clionian society exhibitions June 6 7, commencement June 19. The opening at 9 a.m. includes salutatory valedictory Bryan medal and degrees. Public invitation extended. Alumni reunion June 8 and Clionian Society banquet June 9. joint board of trustees meets June 7 8.
Troy defeats Ely- Walker Topsies of St. Louis 13 to 7 on Sunday afternoon at the local baseball grounds. A fair drew spectators as Troy seeks form after a streak of hard luck. The club plans to face Maryville tomorrow, following a 3 to 2 loss for Maryville to Collinaville. Pin Oak and Grantfork also set to play Troy Sunday at Henry Smith's pasture near the I C railroad.
The State Department of Agriculture and Weather Bureau notes a cool first half of the week with light frost in northern areas and deficient precipitation. Warmth and sunshine toward week’s end improved meadows, pastures, and fruit outlook, though apples look good while peaches and plums appear poor. Northern corn planting progressed. central and southern areas lagged due to wet soils. Strawberries ripened rapidly. gardens and potatoes grew slowly with replanting underway. Also promoted are tonics and products from local merchants, including Dr. King’s New Discovery for lung and throat troubles and various consumer goods and travel offers.
A St Jerome’s parochial school entertainment featured a cantata St Elizabeth with songs and speeches drawing a large audience. St Johns Catholic church Blackjack held Pentecost picnic with music by Blackjack Cornet Band, while St Johns German Evangelical picnic in the grove south of church featured the Lemen Settlement Band. Socials, dances, and visits by guests from nearby towns followed at multiple venues, including Rieder’s Opera House.
A column mixes comic dog savagery with weather notes and a plug for Ballard's Horehound Syrup. A cat narrator recalls a violent alley incident, laments dog abuse, and shifts to a weather forecast with a weathered testimonial from Mrs. A Barr of Houston, praising the syrup. Kingston's advertises 25c, 50c, and $1.00 bottles.
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