Subscriptions Note at Troy Post Office
Teems of subscription entered at the Troy Illinois post office for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
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Troy
Illinois
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
2
Light woes and local news from a early 20th century town
The item notes Troy and Lebanon without electric lights and hints at hope from Bradstreet. It mentions a Harrisburg blaze causing a 1 million dollar loss, a local council debate on electric lights, a Missouri case denial, tax timing changes, and a revived marriage tale. Also reports a New Baden factory and a humor line about bottle demand.
Hashery dinner plans and a proposed marriage aid
A fragment describes a group discussing a hashery named event while consulting Webster's Dictionary about eggs for Sunday dinner. William Baird arrives with gifts from his wife Mia Sallie Baird. The note mentions marriage as a preventive measure and references men who destroy themselves.
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Wm. Baird
Mia
Sallie Baird
Oeder
Ki Kimball
Winter picnic and county politics in early 1900s notes
A lighthearted piece describes a winter picnic with green baize rooms, flowers, and a Maypole style crowd. It also covers a Dunkard land purchase in Brown County, Illinois, a local senator from Iowa with ties to Van Buren county, and urges salary cuts for Troy officials. Printer's ink as advertising is praised through Jerseyville merchants.
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Troy
Dunkarde
McLean County
Brown County
Ind
Court House
Billy Mason
Illinois
Iowa
van Buren County
Geo. F. Smith
Keosauqua
George
Chicago
Washington
Senate
Jerseyville
Medora Messenger
Arta
Electric Light Talks Stir Local News Across Towns
Chenoa Gazette notes the city is well lighted at night while Edwardaville Intelligencer reports Troy residents rallying to electric light plans. Wurdack proposes a plant in Troy after success in another city, promising a cheap, reliable modern improvement. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad copy ends the snippet.
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Chenoa
Edwardaville Intelligencer
Troy
Wardack
Mascoutah Herald
Lebanon
Herald
Mascoutah
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Wm. Wurdack
Alton Bridge plan eyed as a transcontinental link
The Sentinel-Democrat argues for routing Vandalia traffic via the Alton bridge connecting to the East via Pennsylvania and Burlington routes. It hints at a future trans continental line from New York to San Francisco carrying Atlantic to Pacific passengers, with the Alton bridge as the pass through. The piece suggests a public reveal after legal barriers clear.
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Sentinel-Democrat
Alton
Highland
Greenville
St. Louis
New York
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Alton Bridge
Father of Waters
Electric Bitters touted as remedy for female complaints
An 19th century ad claims Electric Bitters relieves female ailments and boosts strength, listing symptoms like loss of appetite, constipation, headaches, nervousness, and sleeplessness. It promises health and vigor with guaranteed results, priced fifty cents and one dollar at Kingston's drug store. An old settler recounts hauling calves 70 miles to St Louis for $3 a head and selling dressed bags as well, blaming hard times and low produce prices.
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Kingston
Montgomery County
St.Louie
Louis
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Gallatin County
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Sarah Clark
Mise Clark
George J. Monken
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Virginia
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City Guardians of
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Gebauer Bros
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Croce Be
Elats
A. Heddergott
EOD, Co
J. W. Cornet
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