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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1907
Page
4
Brown and Molden are physicians and surgeons located on Main Street opposite the Baptist church with telephone contact listed as 28.
The St Louis Times notes new openings including Wick Bros jewelry in Braner building with a Monday debut and Prof Rudolph Chartillot’s orchestra providing music. Frank C Raber Jr takes over the Depot saloon previously run by his father. A church supper and aprons sale are planned for Evangelical and Presbyterian groups. A Gasconade postmaster praises DeWitt’s remedies while a boy found wandering near Edwardsville receives care. Fire consumes straw on Feldmeier farm. Andreas Klein undergoes cancer surgery at home. L. W. Sandles returns from Coshocton after a trip.
Dr Joseph J Pogue of Edwardsville operated with assistants Dr Ferguson James Stallman and Dr D Schott of this city. Patient recovering as well as could be expected. The Davidson Store Company hosts a corn carnival with prizes for longest ear and other contests. Chris Gerling won 5 dollars for a 15 inch ear. An new electric rail line from near Edwardsville to near Staunton is planned by the St Louis and Staunton Railway Company with capital stock 2500 dollars. Incorporators include G M Mattis W H Carnahan C Zilly B E Bramble and R H Watson Jr. Most likely freight oriented.
The W C F U meets at Mrs. E S Donoho's Tuesday at 2. English services at St Pauls Lutheran on Sunday at 7 30 led by Rev Martin Daib. Ladies' Aid gathers next Thursday at Donoho's. Xmas Exhibit and Sale planned for December 11 at the Presbyterian basement. Old folks service at Niedringhaus Memorial M E on Sunday morning with Epworth League. YW C T U met at Mrs A I Seligman's. progressive birthday supper planned for December 27. Funeral of Frank C Raber Sr held last Sunday. large attendance with many relatives from out of town listed. Advertisements for Kodol and Foley's Honey and Tar included. Wedding invitations at THE CALL.
An ordinance setting precise datum plane elevations for many Troy streets including Dewey, Marine road, Highland, Mickory, Padon, Tassinger, Market, Clay, Hickory, and Border. It defines specific feet above datum for intersections and street points, references city directrix, and states enactment date November 4 1907 with mayoral approval and clerk attest.
Four-room frame house with good cellar well cistern and outbuildings. For sale on Jot 155 by 75 feet. Apply to Paul B Wirp.
The undersigned will sell at public auction on Saturday November 23 at 2 pm on the premises in North Sand Lot No 1 Meyer's addition a 5 room frame house with cellar well and out buildings and Lot No 2 adjoining. Terms one third cash balance in 6 and 12 months with interest secured by notes and mortgage a discount for cash in full on day of sale. Louis Butcher.
Ordinance No 81 names the street east west along the south side of Padons subdivision from Main to Victory streets as Padon Street. Effective after passage. Passed November 1907. approved by Mayor F W Branier and City Clerk Wid Vistaar.
Ordinance No 2 establishes additional street grades for Troy Illinois. It references a prior ordinance on bench mark datum plane and city directrix and sets exact grade points along Mills Avenue from the cemetery southward at specified distances and elevations.
An announce promotes Poley’s Kidney Remedy for elder men with enlarged prostate and kidney trouble. Rodney J. Burnett of Rockport Missouri claims relief after two bottles. age 91. A druggist named S Kingston vouches for the remedy’s efficacy.
J G Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina praises Buck Len's Arnica Snulve for quick pain relief of a felon and healing of sores burns and wounds. The product is offered at 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store.
An advert claims the product named Foley Urino Laxative cleanses and stimulates the bowels without irritation. Kingston druggist distributes this remedy in the context of a period newspaper ad.
Dan PeterMan will deliver the Post Dispatch daily and Sunday. See souvenir post cards of Troy at the catalog office.
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