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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
7
Opera house announces tonight's show with electric lights and local vendors promoting Helping Hand products. Snowy weather, sleighs in use, shop notices from A Klein's for shoes, and various social updates include visits from residents, travel notes, subscriptions, and upcoming events around St Jacob and neighboring towns.
Local column reports the McCray-Dewey Academy forming a football team and aiming to play Leclaire Academy soon. Rev Aug Forster makes a polite call offering support for keeping a Troy newspaper. Various small items note watchmaker G M Hawley moving here, a roof fire at Norbury, electric theater talk, and praise for Chamberlain's Croup Remedy with a testimonial from a Woodstock resident.
The city council meeting records show roll call, approvals of minutes, treasury report, and bills. Motions adopt grade and ordinance, discuss electric light bond vote, peddler license request tabled, and street crossing considerations. obituary and local notices follow, with health remedy advertisement and printer remark.
Mrs Asher Prentice is sick with grippe. Mr and Mrs H V Renfro spent Sunday in Troy G W Prentice went to East St Louis. Miss Gertie Teter spent days with her parents in Collinsville. Misses Ella McMahan and Sarah Eh oem visited Sunday. A skate at James Rentrols pond Monday evening. Wm Powell and wife of O Fallon spent Sunday with her parents Joseph Fix and wife.
Miss Clara Spies convalescent, Leonard Adler improving, many on sick list, lagrippe common. Miss Lilly Micksh back home from Altamont Marine visit. Weddings expected this week. Melba musical meets with Miss Lillie Stevens. Epworth League meetings at M E Church weekly. John Ensminger Jr departs for Eastern Florida. Prof Muller convalescent. death of Henry Keck’s wife and mother of four children. Skating fun at mill pond over weekend. Thief steals 8 macintoshes and cash from Pike and Heisel. suspect John Rube of St Louis. arrested by Constable Blume, likely to be hired in Edwardville.
Tom now prepared to receive all taxes for Jarvis Township at my place of business on South Main Street Grorae LIERLER.
Bucklen's Amnion salve touted as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers skin eruptions and rashes. It promises perfect satisfaction or money back with a price of 250 per box and is sold by 8 Kingston.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and lung issues. It claims safety reliability and a money back guarantee with trial bottles free at Kingston's drug store and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Directory listing names and titles of city officials including Mayor Elias Burk Aldermen from wards one to three City Clerk Treasurer Police Magistrate Supervisor Town Clerk Collector Assessor Commissioners of Highways School Trustees Justices of the Peace and Constables with multiple spellings and punctuation quirks.
Troy Lodge No 588 AF and AM meets at Masonic Hall on the first and fourth Wednesdays of each month. J Minumi listed as Wyt De, F W Zanpene as Secretary. Neilson Lodge No 26 IOOF meets at the Hall every Saturday evening. W A Genaues and Bon't Williamson serve as Secretaries. Madison Council No 356 ALOTH meets at Drool's Hall every first and third Tuesday of each month. H C Derman, C Avauér Drown, Secretaries.
A disjointed OCR fragment lists Otto Ocha Alhambra Maggie Leu Henry Unterbrink Moro Minnie Grate Prairietown C Myers 28 rec ogaes Pegg Maibeabrs Florent Demoulin Helvetia Seanie Maiee Rosa John H Wilks St Jacob Mary Sherwood and other scattered proper nouns. no coherent event or narrative.
In Edwardsville the past week marriages recorded include Sylvania G. Kimbertin and Adolph Meyer, and John F. Jarvis with Troy. W. E. Wood and wife transferred a deed to John B. Wood. parcel identifiers 4-8-7 and 16-5-7 noted.
A clipped notice lists names including Hall Charles Hall Dowsin Premtens George Prentice and George Miller as part of a brief social or legal notice with limited readable details in the OCR.
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