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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
7
Town items report heavy snow and widespread illness. Groundhog Day approaches. Local shops advertise lace shoes and Welping Hand cough lozenges while noting town gossip. Officials travel to St Louis for business. residents enjoy skating and small trips.
Local items report a watchmaker from Greenville planning to open here and a St Louis resident locating in town with plans for a broadside business. Letters note paper subscriptions for George Becker and B. Mor ria. ice house filling and horse trade news. A needy Arkansas family shelters with locals providing clothing and provisions amid a general appeal for support.
The article reports The Call office facing financial trouble and a possible shutdown if readers do not provide stronger backing. It urges the townspeople of Troy to back the paper to help the town prosper, noting the paper has strived to promote local improvement.
Marriage licenses issued last week at Edwardsville include Cheries Hermann of Bremen to Lissle Hellxung of Pin Oak, John L. Wood of Alton to Barab Wood, Jenine Douglas of Alton to Allan Heskett, Frances Hall of Alton to Frank Hamilton, Leake to Annie Bobmifshaber, and Louie to 28.
Lula Gertrude Smart daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Smart died last Sunday morning aged eight months. Funeral was held Wednesday January 26 at 1 o'clock from the family home three miles northeast of the city to Hagler graveyard. Rev Osborne officiated. The bereaved parents extend thanks for the sympathy shown.
Lucille Kennedy adopted daughter of Mrs Heater Kennedy died Sunday evening January 24 at 6 80 o clock. Funeral was Tuesday at 3 p m from the family home to M E church and then Troy cemetery. She was a bright child loved by all and leaves a mother two brothers and many friends.
A fragmented list of town officials includes Supervisor H C Kersey Town Clerk C E Ratcher Collector Geo Liebler Assessor Wm Sobultz a Commissioners of Highways W Cook W Mille B B Jacobs School Trustees William Lloyd C F Ba wards and Ignatius Riggio Justices of the Peace F J Hampton Philip Eckert Constables H O Kersey A B Sood Grasa.
Mrs Matilda Lang age 41 wife of Charles Lang deceased from consumption after a year long illness. Funeral this afternoon at 1 at Hagler cemetery. She managed the farm with help from her children after her husband’s death. Survived by five children, mother, five brothers and two sisters. Community offers heartfelt sympathy.
A list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy post office as of January 1 1897 includes Borea Mra Katie Carmack Mr Dan Roberto W F Care of Buchanan College Scales Mina Alice Troy Chair Co Warren Mra 8S S AVIS Postmaster and others. Also an advertisement offers cures for skin ailments piles and more with a guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded.
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