Brief Bits From The Troy Area News
The brief items report daily events and local notes. The sun rise and set times, the first quarter moon, a birth, a marriage license issued to Jim Mino and Rose Farmus, quail season opening with plentiful game, local business repainting on Main street, a hunting trip by Helmich Whiteside Pratt and Wendler party, many hunting licenses issued, a school social by Miss Alala M Johnson on November 18, the death of 10 month old Frederick Bohland and funeral details, Richter Bros threshing wheat total 39 900 bushels, and the min awaiting whether record is surpassed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wandling
Edwardsville
Jim Mino
Rose Farmus
Julius Peter
Main Street
Charles Helmich
Lee
Frank Whiteside
John Pratt
Theodore
Moritz Wendler
Hurricane Creek
Troy &T
Frederick
Frederick Bohland
Martin Daib
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Richter Bros
Collinsville
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Cure All Ailments
A compact ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a perfect cure for dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation. It criticizes youth respect and promotes the 25 cent remedy sold at Kingston s drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Kingston
Island of Women in Greek Archipelago
A fragment describes a women’s religious colony on a Greek island that rejects men and imports no provisions, with matron as annual head and members tending soil and housekeeping. The note then shifts to anecdotes from 1904 including Philip Verrill Mighels and an old miner, plus a business letter from A J Lee in St Louis about a clothing order and a note on a traveling salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Verrill Mighels
Bruvver Jim
Jim
Yaas
Mr. Mighels
Denver Republican
St. Louis
No more ties with Briggins says Dustin Stax
Walling sunlight of gossip echoes through early 20th century columns. Quotes from Mr Dustin Stax deny association with Briggins while noting social pressures and wealth display. Minor snippets mention mayor Fred J Kern praising Garden Theatre stock company and a charity bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Stax
Briggins
Washington Star
Kern
Garden Theatre Stock Company
Fred J. Kern
Belleville, Ill
Notices and classifieds index including hunting ban and sales
CALL WANTS. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL The Business Men's Association requests settlement from indebted members and warns of ratings for delays. NOTICE TO HUNTERS Farmers forbid hunting and will prosecute violators. CARD OF THANKS We thank citizens for saving our home from fire. NOTICE Indebted persons should settle by December 1 or face collection. TAKEN UP A stray pig and hog offered to owner with proof and charges. TAKEN UP A stray hog available to owner with proof and charges. WANTED 50000 turkeys geese ducks and chickens for Thanksgiving trade. FOR SALE Three room frame house with outbuildings. FOR SALE Two No 18 Round Oak stoves nearly new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
Orgamatinn
Ana Ivan Am
A. Heddergott
Miss Pomade Paint Department Inquiry
A brief note shows a shopper asking where the paint department is, with a shopwalker replying about the face or house as a possible location. The exchange reads like a fragment from a store floor conversation in a historic issue.
Time table Excerpt for Indianapolis Trains and Agent Contacts
Readable fragment lists trains and times including Indianapolis Mail Vandalia Accommodation Indianapolis Express Local Freight and notes Daily and Daily except Sunday. Mentions agents G L Elliott and J M Chesbrough with Troy and G P A Sr Tours addresses for full time card, rates, through cars and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Mail
Vandalia
Indianapolis Express
G.L. Elliott
P Troy
Sun
J M.chesbrough
Aga
G.P.A . Sr. Tours
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy
Pia
Adame
New York
Bollman
Illinois
Melton Castor
IDEAL
Kinloch
Kinloch Paint Company
J. ©. Gebauer
Hunter School
Marine Prairie
Alala M. John
Philadelphia Press
Grati Jude
Mr. Skinalong
Mary Allen
S. Kingston
Henry Niehaus
Herman Beste
Chris. Rucker
Rhoda Hagler
Adam Schmitt
John Schwalm
Her. Wehrmeyer
Henry Taake
Chris. Diepholz
Charles Schultze
George Rawlings
August Schultze
Joseph Arth
Martin Keck
Michael Lovet
Stephen Gathard
Brunworth
Henry Hoge
Bollman Mercantile Co
S. F. Mendenall
L. J. Taylor
Park Place
W. W. Jarvis
J. N. Jargias
J. E. Hinp- March
Henry Kueker
Vandalia Line
Indianapolis
June Sallee
Optician
Litchfield
Ill
Baird Hotel
Dr. Sallee
Star Tailoring GO
Chicago, Ill
Black Cat
White Cat Underwear
M. F. Auwarter
Tae Leweler
Troy, Ill
TR Ue
Dittmann
LW Foyle
W.F. Peter
C. E. McKittrick
U. 8
I- Fee
Easity
Rade-Mari
George . Morriss
B. F. Bass
Chester
Thesore
Geo. Liebler
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