Memorial exercises and farm notes from June 6 1895 Troy
A Troy column notes memorial exercises first of their kind, growing respect for veterans, and discusses farming shifts with peanuts in the South and corn prospects in Madison county. It cites Michigan convict printing plans, a Cincinnati wager on husk versus unhusk, and defends federal authority after Debs habeas corpus ruling. It laments lack of a fire department and urges community organization and equipment to protect property.
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Che
Troy
Ohio
Cincinnati
Madison County
Carini saloon licenses rise to 1500 yearly fee
Neighborhood notes report saloonkeepers in Carini must pay 1500 annually in advance. Baseball season brings multiple clubs in cities large and small. Coffeen recently pledged new members boosting W C 738 to 141. Star Brewery at Belleville burned, amounting to about 55000 in losses and will be rebuilt. Mail service between Alton and Edwardsville remains swift. An insane patient Bridget Martin at the poor farm escaped, police alerted after a postal note requesting her removal arrived.
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Alton
Edwardsville
Bridget
Martin
Maan
Witness in chancery case impresses court with memory
A St. Louis man aged about 70 acted as a witness before Judge Burroughs on Tuesday. He answered questions promptly with memory reaching to 1809, drawing attentive crowds. Colonel Brenholt of Alton whispered that the old man seemed to know Christ. Edwardsville Democrat report.
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St. Louis
Burroughs
Tie
Brenholt
Alton
Christ
Edwardsville
Robbers Roost A Load of Swag Unearthed
In North Alton near Kortkamp woods a gang used blazed trees to mark a path to newly dug ground where officers unearthed a pile of clothing and sw ar g worth ten to twelve outfits, shirts and gear. No arrests yet, follow-up planned.
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Kortkamp
North Alton
Abraham Kortkamp
Batterton
North ‘Alton
Burton
Marshal
Kuhn
Alion Telegraph
She Had Two Husbands in Quincy Bigamy Verdict
A Circuit Court jury finds Mrs Andrew Grimmer guilty of bigamy and fixes her punishment at one year in the penitentiary. The German M E Church member and prominent local worker had previously married Dr Nago Bank who later left her. after his departure she remarried Andrew Grimmer, who now faces trial for marrying a bigamist. The verdict caused Mrs Grimmer to swoon as Clerk Brophy read it.
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Quincy, I
Andrew Grimmer
M. EB
Nago Bank
Adams County
Bank
Arizona
Sle
Brophy
Marvelous Results From Dr Kings New Discovery
A Dimondale minister weighs a wife’s pneumonia and La Grippe cure by Dr Kings New Discovery. The letter recalls severe coughing fits, rapid relief, and high satisfaction with the medicine after trial at Sam Kingston’s Drug Store.
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J Gundermap
Dimondale
Mich
Dr. King
Baptist Church
Rives Junction
la Grippe
Sam
Kingston
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Owards
Drela Publishers
F& A
Mnany
Michigan
Jackson
Supreme Court
United States
Carini
Coffeen
Don the
Whitney Alton
W. C
Star Brewery
Belleville
Awill
Robt. L. Dawson
Market Street
B. F. Knapp
Troy, al
A. G. Buscher’s Cigar Factory
S. Kingston
Main
Coods
P,l, Hampton
Harrows
Milwaukee
M. F. Allwarter
General Merchandise
Dodgers
George. Liebler
JES
Vandalia Line
The
Star Stable
N. M. Jarvis
Prop
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