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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1904
Page
5
The Troy public schools began the 1904 05 term with a Tuesday afternoon meeting at 2 o clock in the principal's room where teachers were assigned duties and term matters discussed. The week opened Thursday morning with students returning and eight o'clock saw most arriving, amid the usual excitement as class organization and preliminary work dominated the first day.
The Troy City public schools report an 261 pupil enrollment, down 21 from last year, with 102 males and 159 females. The system lists room by room allocations, recent improvements including seating, repainting, and a relocated heating plant, and new texts in upper grades. Local parochial and nearby schools also resume, while Malcolm Muir of this city dies at 78 and Jam es Prim n of Brookland, D.C. dies at three and a half.
Prof H F Thurston begins fifth year as principal at Troy school after prior work in Godfrey Oak Grove and Clinton county. New and returning teachers include Myrtle Gayman from Champaign Emily Stahl from Monticello Seminary and Miss Rhoda Bartlett in primary with 22nd year.
Residents in Troy Western district unite to protest nuisance caused by two saloons run by Mrs James Tarro and Matt Contratto. They plan to present a stirring petition to the city council urging enforcement of ordinances on disorderly conduct, licensing rules, and penalties, citing riots and nuisance in the night hours. The notice includes references to bond conditions and fines, urging action to protect the quiet neighborhood and local taxpayers. Also brief notices: medical testimonial for Ballard's Snow Liniment and a death in Kingston with funeral details.
Social and personal notes recall William Hughes of Marine visiting Monday. Lizzie McCarroll leaves for Wilburton, S. T. Louis Hill of St. Jacob visits Wednesday. Will Kreist visits from St. Louis. Lena and Minta Seligman part of World’s Mail visitors. Numerous relatives and friends host and attend World’s Fair events and local gatherings across Edwardsville, Collinsville, and nearby towns.
Mrs Wilhelmina Heck widow of Louis Heck died at home last Sunday at age 66 8 18. Born in Germany December 10 1840 she came to America in 1869. Surviving children Conrad Louis Caroline Emilie Bertha total six with five living in this city. Funeral held Wednesday at St Johns Lutheran with out-of-town relatives attending. A second notice notes infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Isenberg also buried. Night school announcement and stationery ad follow.
State agriculture and weather officials report a cool week with below normal temperatures and scattered showers. Ground remains in good condition for plowing after heavy rainfall. threshing resumes and corn shows improvement though some root weakness raises injury risk. Wheat and oats near harvest. oats yield well while wheat quality and output lag. Strong pasture recovery, second clover crop ripening, buckwheat millet broomcorn cowpeas promising, cowpea harvest begun, Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes promising. Grapes ripening in the south with expected heavy, high quality yield and few mold complaints. Apples very poor with widespread drop. Reports from Madison Alhambra Sparta Richland Olney note mixed threshing progress, corn improves after rain, grapes ripe, pastures fair, chinch bug fears reducing wheat ground plowed, ground ready for work.
Rev H T Baknsen resigns from German Evangelical Church of Jerseyville to accept a call at the Evangelical church in another city. Delegates from Jerseyville to the Alton Baptist Association included Mrs I W Cook and Misses Rosa Wilkinson Alice Mossman Alpha Hogan Laura B Anderson. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran to dedicate a new pipe organ tomorrow with Rev Martin Daib delivering the sermon. English services to follow in the evening. Also notes on neglected colds and advertisements for Ballard's Horehound Syrup and Holsters Rocky Mountain Tea with customer testimonials.
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