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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
5
The notice lists Troy Station and Eastward trains to St Louis Indianapolis Effingham Vandalia with daily times and a request to contact the treasury for complete time card and rates. The council discusses costs against J N Jarvin for city costs, the hedge on the Bigelow place, and adjournment actions with D G Jongs and Wm Norsuesy presiding.
Community notes report a busy slate with registration reminders for next Tuesday and a Board of Registry meeting at the Town Clerk’s office. Local events include a Troy Driving Club race, lodge installation, births, deaths, and social gatherings with various sales, notices, and calls to vote.
At a regular Board of Education meeting held Monday evening October 5 the roll call showed Donoho and Avis absent. Minutes of the prior meeting approved. Several staff and janitorial payments totaled 296.65. Attendance averaged 221 with few tardies but over 20 for the month. Parents urged to visit the school.
The eighty third birthday of Mrs Mary A Jarvis was celebrated at her city home on Tuesday October 6. Relatives and friends from St Louis and Edwardsville joined a noon gathering and evening reception with music, speeches, and a toast to many happy returns. The family includes siblings N B Kinder and Geo W Kinder, and 22 grandchildren with 10 great grandchildren.
Resolutions of sympathy note the passing of Brother James Wateon on September 26 1896. The lodge mourns a worthy Knight and pledges heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved family in their hour of sorrow.
The lodge adopts a thirty day mourning period and directs that the resolutions be entered on the minutes and sent to the deceased brother’s family. A copy is to be given to The Weekly Call for publication.
The Republicans filled the Opera House last Saturday with speaker R J Brown of Vennice igniting the crowd for ninety minutes. The event featured the Troy Glee Club and promises more addresses, including Hon. J A Meyer of Chicago and James Boston of DuQuoin speaking in German next Friday.
Miss Britta Purviance daughter of Geo A Purviance and Harry Renfro a farmer near Collinsville wed at the bride’s home Wednesday at noon. Rev Jas Osborn officiated the private ceremony followed by a sumptuous repast and a grand reception with about thirty guests. The couple will farm near Collinsville with a ready house. Congratulations from Troy friends.
The city council met Monday evening with the mayor absent and Norbury named mayor pro tem. Aldermen Gebauer Geffen Jones Norbury Stienhana and Voelker attended as the roll was called and minutes approved. A motion to retain the mayor's hired marshal at eighty five dollars monthly carried, a crossing request for Jon Reider was referred to the street commissioner, and the treasurer's report was placed on file. Bills from John Jarvis Wm Healy Maraball Glebe Licht and Heat Joe Wilkinson Ker Kroeger and others were approved by the finance committee after amendment, with Globe Light and Heat Co. singled out for payment adjustments.
Names of visitors and residents seen in Edwardville and nearby towns last Sunday and midweek. Included are A E Rump in Edwardville, Wm Kimberlin and wife, Ed Deimling, Wa Bennet and Jon Blake, Minta Purviance, Jane Mills, Grace Kingston, Mayor Elias Burk Sr on a trip to Chicago, Peter Bernhardt and wife, F W Seele and wife, Cora Kinder, Annie Henderson, George Nemulich, Mrs J H Primm and children, Misses Mashdick and Morriss, and Mrs J Evans with children.
A concise record lists remaining uncalled letters at the Troy post office dated October 1 1896. Names include Draper Frank Elmer Lend Willi McCarthy Nora Nasey al f B Schranm Joseph Burrell Addie creat Elisa Greene.
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