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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1897
Page
7
A collage of community notices from Troy includes Easter and Good Friday reminders, local sales on wall paper and parlor matches, upcoming drama by home talent on the 23rd, Easter bonnet chatter, and a civic candidate for city treasurer John C. Gebauer. Also noted are ball scores, a neighborhood wall-paper debut, and a promotional appeal for ad placements.
A compact miscellany notes insect strength, beetles lifting hundreds of times their weight and bed bugs moving objects millions of times their weight. It also mentions local ads for shoes, shades, and a mix of notices about sports, medicines, and a camphor ice anecdote.
Local notes list residents and visitors with travel and social ties. Postmaster Avis visited East St Louis last Monday while Henry Ensminger of St Jacob spent Saturday in town. Multiple trips to St Louis and Edwardsville, with funerals and family visits noted among residents and guests.
Confirmation exercises were held at the Lutheran church last Sunday with fifteen boys and girls receiving church privileges. The beautifully decorated church drew a large attendance for the ceremony, and those confirmed include Edwin Streckhof Willie Bohland Freddie Steinbans Julia Pollwart Charlie Rauch John Muhlenburg Willie Kleist Minta Seligman Annie Neubruggé Lidtie Stolte Louisa Annie Kenker Fredericka Dressel Laura Laugwisch and Leni Lauge.
Report from Troy Public Schools for March 1897 lists 252 pupils enrolled and 224 average daily attendance. It provides long lists of pupils by room, with teachers named, led by Principal J. Huxts. It also notes marriage licenses issued since the last report and local business ads such as shoe prices.
An analysis traces curious shifts in word origins from ancient gods and temples to everyday terms. It covers curious cases like panic from a gold man fright, spinster from spinner, and excruciating once meaning crucifixion level pain.
The list shows letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy post office as of April 1 1897. Names include E Hosking Meyer Lewis S. Avis and other patrons. Postmaster Louis S. AVIS notes these unclaimed items in the official communication.
Directory listing mayor, aldermen, city clerk, proserter, superintendent, marshal, police magistrate, supervisor, town clerk, collector, assessor, highway commissioners, school trustees, justices, constables with names and wards or offices. Includes Wm Norbury Qua Voelker W.J. Gabauer Wred Gerfeon J Strenhans Daniel G. Joven W. W. Jarvis Chas. Smith Wim. Healy James N. Jarvis H. O Kerney C. E. Ritcher Geo Lietler Wm. Scholtze I. W. Cook W. Mills B. H. Jacoba William Lloyd C. F. Edwards Ignatius Riggin H. C. Kersey A. BR Snodgman.
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