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Local Briefs Spark With Odds and Ends From Troy Area
A mix of small notices from Troy and nearby towns covers retirements, sales, repairs, and events. James Purviance sold his interest in the roller rink to James Peter man. The Sodeman Radiator Works will rebuild after a fire at Edwardsville with local funding help. A pie social is planned at Sylvan Hall School on November 24. The village phone system expanded with two new lines. The Peters oil well aims deeper for potential oil. A child, Timothy Coffey, died from spinal meningitis. Free mail delivery for Edwardsville is set to begin February 1 with several carriers and boxes planned. A church vandalism incident at St Boniface’s is under investigation.
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Riebold’s
Post-Dispatch
Dan Peterman
M. Roberts
Kiese
James Purviance
James Peterman
Troy Press Brick Cos
BLM
Wylie
Avia
Sylvan Hall School
Pin Oak Township
DeWitt
S. Kingaton
Sodeman
Edwardsville
M. F. Auwarter
Troy Exchange Bank
Mary E. Barnett
Hamel Township
Wm. H Seivers
Olive Township
Peters
Trenton
Timothy
Timothy J. Coffey
Pierron
St. Joseph's Hospital
Highland
St. Boniface’s Catholic Church
CaLy
Mentor Temple No
Rathbone Sisters
Germania Lodge No
U O
T. B
Henry Hawke
Pocahontas