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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
5
Daily columns give club meeting details city hall names and a flood of small ads. It reports church picnics July 4th races Vandalia Line timetable changes driving associations baseball and personal mentions of residents visiting St Louis Edwardsville Marine and Grail locations alongside brief notes on drowned girls and local improvements.
The Vandalia Line introduces a through Pullman buffet sleeping car service from St Louis to Mackinaw Michigan beginning June 22. Through cars connect St Louis with Mackinaw and Bay View via St Joseph and Grand Rapids. Passengers to Charlevoix change sleepers at St Joseph. service runs into late September with final car leaving Mackinaw Sunday night September 27, 1896. For details contact a Picket Agent or E A Ford, General Passenger Agent, St Louis.
Assessment summary of Jarvis Township for 1896 prepared with assistance from J N Jarvie and Assessor Schultze. Includes remarks that small items such as steam engines safes gold and silver plate and jewelry are included in the grand total. Mentions two Holstein yearling heifers weighing about 500 pounds each and one full blooded Chester White boar.
A community festival on the school campus featured students presenting a set of Ten Commandments style moral admonitions and humorous quips about local trade. The event, noted as pleasant despite bad weather, included musical recitations and dialogues, with attendees enjoying the performances amid decorated grounds. Also listed is an item for sale: a good cushion tire safety bicycle in one condition, available at the office.
List of uncalled letters at the Troy post office dated July 1 1896 includes Bloom Ernet Buchanan J A Cuthberson Hatthe Green Clarrie B Keirwin Quackenbush E Lat White Sonephine f Jan O Connor Teke. Also warnings about no fishing or loitering on premises. Notices offer 80 acres of blue grass pasture with water, pilch house eight rooms with well, saloon setup, barn and outbuildings, for sale near Troy City Mille with easy terms. Auction-like sale details to apply Benny W Smart.
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