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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
5
Local notices announce the McCray Dewey Academy opening on September 9 1893. The piece lists officials including a secretary supervisor town clerk collectors and justices of the peace and references to transportation and public events in the community.
Classified snippet lists a cushion tire safety bicycle for sale at the office, a horses or cows pasture request at 3. H. Main for $1.50 per month, and two Holstein yearling heifers plus a Chester White boar for sale with contact Joun DEImMaine.
A brick house with rooms, a good well, cretern and barn with out-buildings arranged for a saloon. Includes an ice-box, counter and shelving in a good location near Troy City Mills. Terms are easy. For particulars write or apply to the address provided.
Marriage licenses issued in Edwardsville during the past week include Mary Landolt and Thomas M Fernie of Louisville Kentucky, Emme Golsget and James Donovan of Peters, Annie Wicaman and Eines P Cry Highland, Theodore Lehmkuhl and Alice Widmer of Helvetia, along with other listed couples.
Captain Frank Charleen and his brother prepare eight small vessels for a pioneering ocean crossing aboard the Sozodont boat. The craft, 20 feet long, will sail from New York via the Northern Passage to European ports, arriving in summer 1697. The Battery will host a public ceremony June 21 before departure.
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