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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
5
No 19 for Louis Daily Eastward chronicles a concise daily update noting rail or shipping listings with terse identifiers and place names. The fragment hints at scheduling or cataloging items under the Eastward edition, reflecting page-rail line notation common in periodicals.
City official list includes Mayor Eline Hark Aldermen for First Ward William Norbury and J Br Jones Second Ward Gus Voelker and Wd Gebaner Third Ward Fred Gerfen and J H Slitenhals City Clerk Pantel G Joven Treasurer W W Jarvin Superintendent of Streets Chas Statth Marshal William Healy Police Magistrate James N Jarvis.
Supervisor H C Kersey and Town Clerk C K Ritcher are listed along with a roster of officials including George Liebler and Wm Schultze. Troy Lodge 588 A F and A M announces monthly communications at Masonic Hall with Bunx Bunn Jr as secretary. meeting dates are the indaniteh Wednesdays of each month.
Wheat to day seventy five? 65 cons Hickory nutting parties are all the go. The Worth of Woman on inside page. China Buese lent a valuable contact Saturday morning. Tree entertainment at the M E church tomorrow night. The poll register this year shows 560 names in Jarvis Township. The October term of court will be one of the most important for years with 161 new cases. Democratic night at the Opera House drew a crowded, orderly audience with Alex Flannigan speaking.
The Troy Driving Club staged its Wednesday racing program despite recent rain, drawing a good crowd. Events included 2 year old trot or pace races, 2 in 3 and 4 mile heats, free for all, and a running dash with purses from 15 to 50 dollars. Organizers McKittrick and Wood earned praise for managing the day and aiding local sport and business in Troy and Madison County.
Fragmentary text argues that better care and humane treatment for animals will foster "a more humane feeling" and breed heroes, presenting the claim as a boon for future generations.
A Canton Illinois jail inmate John R Wyatt hanged himself after a Fulton County Circuit Court sentence for grand larceny. Before death he confessed to Chicago contact and a fellow prisoner to the murder of ex State Senator Daniel B Gillham at Upper Alton on March 17 1890. The case links Starkey and Brown with earlier arrests and varying sentences, while Wyatt’s confession excludes them from direct participation.
The item lists residents and visitors from St. Louis and nearby towns. Individuals such as Arthur Risser, Herman Lump Jr, James Purviance, Mrs. W. W. Carson, Chas Heck and son, Theo Kleist, Mr. and Mrs. Amery, and several others are noted visiting or traveling. Several plan moves or departures are mentioned, including Mrs. Nix heading to Florida and George Riebold contemplating moving back to Texas County.
A fragmentary recruitment note advertises work for young men and women with promises of daily pay and sample opportunities. The illegible text mentions Bernauer & Co, a 223 Indiana address, and a weekly $6 wage claim, typical of 19th century employment scams.
A list of landowners declares they will prosecute anyone found hunting on their lands including August Schultze Chas Schultes Martin Arth Joseph Arth Mike Loyet Henry Teake Christ Diephetts John Fisher R E Jacobs Herman Webmeyer John Schwalm Mrs Hagler Adam Smith George Keaker Carls Keaker John Smith Adem Keek and others and warns legal action by the undersigned.
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