Weekly Crop Report Highlights Mixed Weather and Bountiful Crops
The report covers cool early week with light frosts in the northern district, then warmer conditions and heavy rains on multiple days. Corn progress slow, wheat and grasses sown, pastures in excellent condition, potatoes and clover seed good, apple crop fair in north but poor elsewhere, grapes and pears plentiful. many local notes from Clinton to Worden detail sowing delays and crop status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Tr
Clinton
Bartelso
Hy Winkeler
Washington
DuBose
A. A. Hinkley
Jackson
Vergeanes
J. R. Crain
Marion
Iuka
J. J. Schoolfield
Growing Corn for Prizes in Illinois Farmers Institutes
Across Illinois 5,336 boys received 500 grains each of pure bred seed corn for a prize contest. Seed came from 96 counties, with two counties Lee and Ogie supplying the seed. Varieties include Boone County White Leaming Reid's Yellow Dent and Silver Mine. Mason Massac Calhoun and Menard run their own contests, making 102 counties involved. Boys receive encouragement from home county institutes and agricultural papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Hostetter
Farmers’ Institute
Lee
Ogie
Boone County
Leaming
Reid
Kansas
Mason
Massac
Calhoun
Menard
Arizona Limited traveler charms Troy with burro entourage
Michael G. Harmon, a Virginian walking from San Francisco to New York, stopped in Troy with his three burros Carrie Nation Teddy Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland and a baby burro E Epaminondas Alcibiades Pytts born on the trip. The caravan, posing as the Arizona Limited, travels 3800 miles to New York, aiming for December 20 arrival. Harmon and companion C A Heinnek in Troy stayed at the Central Hotel as his publicity tour for H N Martin tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael G. Harmon
San Francisco
New York City
Arizona
Carrie Nation
Teddy Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
E. Epaminondas Alcibiades Pytts
Burro
Young Harmon
A. W. Harmon, Jr
Virginia
H. N. Martin Tobacco Manufacturing
Louisville
Harmon
C. A. Heinnekin
Desert
Los Cerritas
N. Mex
St. Louis
Kiralfly
New York
Troy
Central Hotel
Quiet home wedding links Krantz and Schultze
Miss Bertha Krantz and Mr. Benjamin Schultze wed at the bride’s home with close relatives present Rev. Martin Daib officiating. The couple plan a east end cottage residence and were toasted at a wedding supper. A page of social notes follows with local visits, World’s Fair attendance, and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Krantz
Benjamin Schultze
Martin Daib
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
John Krantz
Elizabeth Schultze
Meredith
Rieder’s
Opera House
City Council Proceedings in Troy September 1904
City council met in Troy on September 9 1904 with Aldermen Cramer Horsley Peterman Taylor Worsman present. Peterman acted as mayor pro tem. Ordinance No 64 discussed suspended rule for action and later passed. Special session September 15 1904 addressed tax levy and mayoral approval process. adjourned after noting charter provisions and next meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Sev
Dawson
Cramer
Hale
Horsley
Peterman
Taylor
Worsman
Miller
A. R. Horsey
J. S. Peterman
Jas. Worsman
Cratmer
Ways
J.S. Peterman
Brom L. Dawson
Troy, Inc
Church and Society Updates and Clerical Moves
The Merry Workers' Society meets next Wednesday at 2 PM at Mrs. T H Bell's home. English services will be led tomorrow evening at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran by Rev Martin Dain. The Troy Cemetery Mite Society plans its annual meeting next Saturday at Mrs S Kingston's home. Rev C S McCollum has been transferred from Nilwood to Ludlow in Champaign county. Today marks Shemini Atzereth, the Seventh Day of Tabernacles, a feast tied to Shemitic language traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Workers’ Society
T. H. Bell
St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin Dain
Troy Cemetery Mite Society
S. Kingston
C. S. McCollum
M. E. Church
Nilwood
Macoupin County
Springfield
Southern Illinois Conference
Ludlow
Champaign County
Champaign
Shemini Atzereth
Tabernacles
Shem
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Praised by Sufferer
Otto Dodd of Ponder Missouri writes that a year long sore was cured by Bucklen's Amica Salve. He calls it the best salve on earth and notes it costs 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Dodd
Ponder
Bucklen
S. Kingston
Extension Decided for Maryville to Troy Trolley Line
Officials visiting Edwardsville report the Maryville to Troy route extension of the Collinsville and Edwardsville line is practically decided and will be built. A party of 34 residents from St Louis area toured the county seat aboard The Bluffs to inspect grounds near Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Troy
Collinsville
Edwardsville
C. M. Clark
Philadelphia
East St
T. S. Fekete
H. D. Sexton
D. R. Haynes
E. B. Gareriott
J. J. Lichter
W. Jens
Perry Francis
E. W. Mudge
L. C. Haynes
J. M. Bramtette
T. W. Gregory
W. A. Bennett
Lee Massengale
C. E. Wilson
F. H. Thomas
Bert Sager
W.A. Flett
J. C. Dew
W. H. Guyton
F. A. Campbell
C. S.durrach
M. W. Schaefer
H. F. Paro
D. G. Haynes
Saved His Life With Snow Liniment Claim
J W Davenport of Wingo Kentucky writes June 14 1902 that Ballard's Snow Liniment saved his life after doctors said one lung was gone and another badly affected. He credits the liniment with relieving pain and curing him after two fifty cent bottles. Sold by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davenport
Wingo
Ballard
S. Kingston
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cures for Coughs and More
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century ad notes Mrs Haviland of Armonk NY praising Dr King's New Discovery for saving her child from a fatal bout of whooping cough and bronchitis. It claims the medicine is infallible for coughs and colds, with $1.00 bottles and free trial bottles, plus other testimonials and local sales details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Haviland
Armonk
N. Y
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Weekly Crop Report
State Department of Agriculture
And
Weather Bureau
Madison County
Alhambra
Fred C. Clausens
Louis Klaustermeir
Paul Brunworth
Bethalto
Eddie Brown
Reneke Deye
Carpenter
Allen Mitchell
East Alton
Warren L. Harrison
Gottlieb Renken
Archa Burger
Willie Bardermeier
T. H. Bettman
Wm. C. Hunt
J. K. Eaton
Willie Bartells
Louis Schlingman
August Milner
Foward J. Hunt
Granite City
Koonie Soechtig
Highland
Constant Lebegue
Kaufmann
Oscar Bibemken
Mitchell
Barney Hoeler
Charles Hoeler
Marine
Oliver Wilholt
Valentine Hers
Eugene Neudecker
Fred N. Dietz
Henry Made
Herman Metz
Joseph Flynn
Edwin Rieke
Eddie Fonke
Bred Beanke Gueeterentberg
Anton J. Kochman
J. HB. Dietz
Richard A. Jeutsch
Walter Leidel
Leo. Koehnemann
Eddie C. Junker
New Douglas
John Foster
Namcoki
Henry Closer
Worden
Ferdinand Meyer
Iminoig
Arizona Limited
Outfit
J. E. Gover
Main St
Ottawa
Kan
Tyre Cart
Capt
I. W. Cook
Texas
Scott Keown
Eagle Lake
Keown
Aerg
Lulu Stanhope
Hollister
A. R. Snodgrass
H. ©. Kersey
Alva Eckert
Kansas City
Fannie Morriss
Ada Friesland
Hillsboro
Charles Friesland
P. M. Davidson
Reese
Albia
Town
James Boston
Kingston
Phil
Zenk
Bennet
Baptist Church
Wm. Hampe
August Peters
Aug. Unterbrink
Laura Schneider
Moro
Wm. Rucker
Alice B. Lemmon
Akron
Ohio
James M. Bosomworth
W. C. Schwarz
Edwardaville
George Schwarz
E. C. Scheer
C. Scheer
J. A. Edmiton
Eddyville
Neb
Thomas McAdoo
Edmiton
Nettie McAdoo
F. W. Zanders
Dinover
C. F. Risser
W. Risser
Strasburg
G.G. Bock
Henry Gindler
Charles Gindler
N. B
M. E. Bryan
Buster Brown
Bollman Mercantile Co
W. F. Peter
City Council
F. F. Mitrer
R. L. Dawson
Anne
Church and Society
The
East St. Louis & Suburban Electric
G. W. Wrirt
Nicogodoches
Strauss Bros. Tailoring Co
Boeuman Morcanrice ‘Co
Sanford
Sales Stationery Department
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