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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
5
Easter week sales fill Hawleys with watch repairs and new ties and shirts while Gates offers ham and egg cheese sandwiches daily and St. Louis ice cream for Easter. Town meeting notices, ballots, and upcoming Good Friday planting tips appear amid varied ads and community updates.
Central Committeeman S S Avis led the Jarvis township Democrats in a conven tion at the Odd Fellows Building to nominate candidates for township offices to be filled on Tuesday April 1. White was named chairman and John F Deimling secretary. Most offices faced contests. collector drew four candidates. Nominees named: Supervisor George Liebler. Town Clerk B W Jarvis. Assessor William Schultze. Collector R F Auwarter. Highway Commissioner Charles Schultze. School Trustee T A Riggin.
North Side land between Border and Hickory streets to be opened by M W Powell with a new plat ready soon five residence and business lots to be offered. Surveyors from Edwardsville, W H Morgan of Shep ard Morgan, handled the project aiding the town's growth and a boom along Main and Washington streets is expected to begin this summer. Prof J N Dewell White Hall Ill reported Illinois Childrens Home and Aid Society cares for over five thousand children and seeks good homes for about sixty-five children now. He notes three hundred children placed in seven years and invites inquiries to J N Dowell White Hall Greene Co St. The winter of 1898 1899 La Grippe case by F L Hewett Winfield Ill cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective. It is sold by S Kingston. Belleville Colorado Special Separator repairs offered by Jolly A Smith. New line of All Wool Charlie suits for ladies waists at Heddergott’s.
A Worden home event honored Chas Voelker on his twentieth birthday with games music and refreshments. Pride of the West Rebekah Lodge initiated five new members and approved a contingent fund. Local residents and visitors from St Louis Edwardsville St Jacob Collinsville Highland and Troy circulated in social and business threads with several relatives and friends noted. Disease prevention item notes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a safe cold flu and pneumonia preventive with testimonials.
Collector John F. Deimling filed tax returns with County Treasurer Tetherington showing $13,327.29 total levy, $12,771.57 collected and $555.72 delinquent. Commission earned $255.43. Distribution split among State, County, Town, Road and Bridge, Corporation, and School District No. 1. Delinquent day tax totaled $156.80.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer notes spring began at 7 16 am with a light drizzle marking the season. Details include bluebirds returning and Easter hats appearing in shops while Rev GC S McCollum reports a missionary journey by Rev J F Peat aboard a ship in rough seas. Miss Laura Schneider advertises a public sale near Troy on March 26 with a rain date if needed, and Mrs Kieset offers hats and caps for women and children.
Citizens of Durvis Madison County Illinois are notified the annual town meeting will be held on the first Tuesday of March from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at New City Hall for selecting a moderator and officers including Supervisor Clerk Assessor Collector Highway Commissioner and School Trustee. Polling places are New City Hall and Town Clerk's Office. Dated March 20 4902 Troy Illinois. B W Jarvis Town Clerk.
Board of Education met in regular session in Troy Illinois on March 7 1902. I W Cook was chosen president pro tem and roll call showed Hollis Cook Shadwick Harding Mantle present with Hagler and Donoho absent. Finance Committee reported favorable on lists of payments including principals teachers and staff and supplies from Consolidated Coal Co Kingston and American School Furniture. Monthly principal Thurston report read and placed on file before adjournment.
Principal's monthly school report for January 1902 lists enrollment by gender, total days taught and attendance, plus tardy and corporal punishment counts. It names pupils who were neither absent nor tardy across rooms 7 to 1, with teachers and students, and ends with equipment and sale notices for farm machinery and fabrics.
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