Special Crop Bulletin Highlights Mixed Crop Prospects
Special to The WEEKLY CALL from Springfield Illinois reports continued drought with regional rains at week end improving soil for plowing and threshing. corn prospects vary with late corn favored by rains while early corn shows little benefit. forage crops, stock peas, rye and clover show uneven results, pastures dry but some revival after rain, gardens and potatoes remain poor, fruit prospects mixed with scarce apples, peaches plentiful but small, grapes and plums promising in places. A drug ad for Dr King s New Life Pills follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Trl
Troy Ed wardeville clash sparks betting amid rain
Rain halted a Sunday baseball game between Troy and Edwardsville. With a 2 2 score in the seventh under a 1901 rule, Troy was favored to win before the exchange of bets for a rematch at Collinsville. Fred Kleint starred for Edwardsville, supported by Stoltz Hess and McTreaty. Tomorrow Troy faces East St. Louis’ Oeters at Troy as bets loom.
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Troy
Edwardeville
Edwardsville Boys
Trojans
Collinsville
Fred Kleint
Edwardsville
Stoltz
Hess
McTreaty
Oeters
East St. Louis
City Council Proceedings Aug 5 1901 Troy Ill
Minutes from the August 5 1901 Troy Illinois city council meeting outline roll call and approvals. Actions include bills referred to finance, reports accepted, ordinance referrals, bid advertisements for coal, sidewalk and street work, a light plant improvement, and adjournment to Aug 12 with notes from the adjourned session including adoption of Ordinance No 50 levying a tax and further light plant work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Inr
S. W. Rawson
F. C. Gates
Mendenall
Gohl
Hampe
Kimberlin Hoge
Geffen
Hoge
Finance Committee
Kimberlin
Lafayette Walker
Chris. Buase
Committee On Fire and Water
Gerfen
Goehl
Scully’s
Gohi
Goehi
Ill
Rawson
Gates
Geehl
Light Committee
Laufketter & Bendit
Comings and goings mark busy Troy civic day
Troy hosted a large Inter national Farmers Union picnic with six area locals parading through the streets led by the Schultze Band and Grand Marshal R C Morriss. Local No 25 carried two floats and 25 riders, other locals featured a dairy herd, primitive housing scenes, and a miners display, ending with park amusements and a successful ice cream festival benefiting the church fund.
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Troy
International Farmers’ Union
Glen Carbon
Floata
Schultze
R. C. Morriss
Spring Valley Local No. 25
Jersey
Pin Oak Local No. 26
Lanham
Collinaville
Sylvan Hall
Elm Grove
Albert Rieder
Local Paragraphs and Reading Notes From Troy
A scattered page of notes reports weather, new goods, and local notices. It mentions a full moon next Thursday, a rain-soaked spell, openings for Hawley’s watch repair, Deimling’s lard, and Heinecke’s New Light cigars. Several events are slated for August and September, including doctor visits, church picnics, school openings, and a Catholic school start.
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Hawley’s
Deimling's
Heinecke
Frauenverein
Ballard
S. Kingston
St. Jerome’s Catholic School
Kingston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Special Crop Bulletin
Report of
Illinois
Lemmon
Detralt Free Press
Baseball
Donk
Kimberlin Bros
Shire Eckert
Petr Fischer
St. Jacob
Albert Schaffer
Marine
Costa
N. Jarvis
C. W. Terry
Labor Day
Club
Rieder’s Park
B. Collinsville
Board of Education
Delmling’s
Buntsmann
Tae Ch
Bizjeot
Diepenend
Kluntzmann’s
Hawley's
Merry Workers’ Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Thomas McAdoo
John Reeffer
Noah Jones
John
Mack Murry
Madison
Herman Beste
W. W. Jarvis
Wm. Martin
St. Louis
Laula Hach
John Bernhardt
John Porter
Dan O'Neil
Wm. Meiners
Peter White and Sons
Joseph Schwarz
Highland Journal
J. H. Stienhaus
Misa Lulu Hoppe
Horace and
Roscoe Cook
R. L. Price
Frank Buettner
Highland
John Ganninger
Ben Witholdt
Emil Droll
Charles Tegtmeyer
Truman K. Gore
Carlinville
T. H. Bell
R. F. Auwarter
Upper Alton
Alton Street
William Kuebler
Marie
M. Granger
Lucretia Jones
Roger F. Creasy
Jacksonville
G. G. Bock
Miss Pearl
Smithton
H. A. Risser
J. Paul Edwards
Call
Auow
Simmons Hardware Company
W. Rawson
Minneapolis
Philip Volk
Albert Eickmann
Aug. Talleur
Tony Schaefer
Albert Thurnau
Fincher-Schaefer
Fr. Weinecke
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
Quincy
J.C. Hollis
Mina
Annie
W. E. Hollis
Albam
Bra
Kunteman's
A. Klein
Kuntsmann's
George Gardiner
Sallee
Hawiley'’s
Optician
Everett
H. Wohnwinkel
S. Kington
Young Men’s Society of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
John’ Bohland
Fred.” Bohland
Sil Creek
Atacka
Dalla Railroad
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