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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
5
The leading features on today's Weekly Call include unsettled weather with possible showers and cooler conditions. Bun rises at 6 06 and sets at New Moon tonight with mixed forecasts across sections such as Illinois state news and telegraphic briefs.
The Madison County Board of Review completed a long canvass of assessors returns across 23 townships from July 8 to the following Saturday. Townships like Alton saw large increases, while St Jacob Alhambra Fosterburg Olive and More had returns allowed as filed. Board members John Keller James Tartt and John Braden led the effort. full official totals to follow in a later Edwardsville Intelligencer report.
Venice 398,355 and Telephone and Telegraph Cos 75,886 are listed among totals summing to 1 567 440 in the financial item. The figures denote company values and the overall aggregate.
Mrs. Thomas O'Neil of St. Jacob died after a Friday accident at home while tending kettles for apple butter and cider. Her clothing caught fire, she was aided by a son, suffered severe burns, and died Saturday afternoon. She was 41 years old, born Jeannie Giger in Marine, leaving a husband eight children and many relatives. Funeral Monday afternoon, Rev. C. S. McCollum presiding, interment at Keystone cemetery. Eastern Star, Rebekah and Court of Honor lodges attended.
A string of mishaps at Donk's No 3 mine on Wednesday ended with a mule struck by live wire and killed, Charles Voelker injuring a mashed foot, and Charles Rauch and John Clayton burned by a misfired shot. Rauch required medical attention but no lasting harm.
Regular Troy Iowa meeting October 7 1901 shows bills referred to Finance Committee with many payments approved or rejected including John Simpson Eph Young J B McIntosh W M Austin J W Garnet C F Stienhans Donk Bros Laufketter Bendit Missouri Electrical Supply Lieutwiler Bros A Kleist and Mac Peterman. Treasurer report urged. fire apparatus petition referred. steel cage cost and calaboose disposal discussed. J B McIntosh made regular marshal. meeting adjourned. Also an item notes a brutal kidney attack on C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa. Electric Bits praised as cure.
Social notes from Madison County record a quiet Sunday as Mrs. Mary A. Jarvis celebrated her 18th milestone with four generations present and visitors from Edwardsville. The column also lists numerous visits, surprises, travel to St Louis and Belleville meetings, and a local real estate listing near Collinsville.
Kinloch Long Distance Telephone Co. pushes lines through Madison and Bond counties seeking extensions from Troy to Highland and toward Pierron. Highland city council tied franchise petition to Ordinance Committee review while right of way through Helvetia, St Jacob and Jarvis townships was filed for record with 24 permits issued for $1 each. Community notices include Dr King’s New Discovery endorsements and local ads for household goods and a paper route sale by F C Gates.
Dialogue fragment shows Mia Brophy warned to avoid the jam cupboard. Bobbie deflects fault with playful denial. Ally loper part of a chaotic exchange.
Local notices span repairs at Hawley's and fresh oysters at Kuntzmann's while Heinecke's cigars, Edison lamps at Droll's hardware, and Rex cigars dominate street chatter. An optician visit, theater prizes, and a parade of fall ads sit beside weather and library notices.
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