Truck Driver Kidnapped In Shoes Heist Near Troy
Five or six masked bandits stopped a Ben Gutman Truck Service truck near Troy and kidnapped the driver. They seized 200 pairs of shoes valued at 1200 to 1600 dollars and fled, leaving the driver to walk home at dawn. The truck’s Missouri license was 34-633 and the heist disrupted shipment from a Charleston factory bound for St. Louis.
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Ben Gutman Truck Service
Beventeeth Street
St. Louis
Troy
Shelf O. H. Hormann
nicawer
Hermann
Missouri
Charleston
St. Louisy
King George reports restful night at Windsor Castle
Official bulletin from Windsor Castle states King George had a good night and that the chest abscess is progressing normally. The June 1 bulletin confirms steady condition and continued monitoring by royal physicians.
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Windsor
Kneeland
Windsor Castle
George
Election Judges to Be Chosen in June Meeting
Madison County Board of Supervisors schedules a June 10 meeting for appointing judges of elections for the coming year and potential precinct redistricting. Committees meet earlier: Printing June 7 at 2 p.m., Sanitarium June 8 at 10 p.m., State Charities June 4 at 2 p.m., County Home June 6 at 2 p.m., Court House June 7 at 2 p.m., County Jail June 6 at 2 p.m., Fee and Salary June 6 at 2 p.m., and Vauper June 3 at 10 a.m.
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Madison County Board of Supervisor
Burht
Vauper
Steinmeyer Place subdivision sale in Edwardsville auction
D C Clarke president of Louisville Real Estate and Development Co announces a 10 o'clock Monday auction for Steinmeyer Place on St Louis Street Edwardsville. The entire plat will be sold under an iron clad no reserve rule with prizes including a new Word car. Located in a prime residential area close to modern conveniences, the sale targets home builders seeking an attractive near city property.
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D. C. Clarke
Louisville Real Estate & Development Co
Steinmeyer
St. Louis Street
Hdwardsville
Clarke
Edwardsville
East Alton Baseball Game Headlines Tomorrow Clash
East Alton Business Men's team travels to face the Regulars at American Legion Park in the fourth Southwestern Illinois League game. Managers name starters Bennie Womack or Eddie Williams and Socks Parker catching for East Alton, while Edwardsville fields Hartman on the mound with Jones behind the plate. Lineups and field positions noted. game begins at three with bus service from Cowl Square.
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East Alton
American Legion Park
Kelly
Bennie Womack
Eddie Williams
Parker
Edwardsville
Hartman
Jones
Harshany
Edwardsyville
Belleville
Duke” Parker
Pohlo
wightield
Western Military Cadet Review Tomorrow Parade at Alton
Army navy and Marine officers in regular reserve and National Guard will attend a parade and review of the Western Military Academy student battalion at Alton Illinois tomorrow afternoon. Col Ralph Jackson superintendent will host the event followed by a cadet drill featuring a lengthy silent display of the manual of arms and marches.
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Army
navy
Marine
National Guard
Western Military Academy
Alton
Ralph Jackson
Dead man found in slough near Horseshoe Lake
Two Madison county fishermen were missing this week. Tony Schalus, 40, was found dead in a slough at Horseshoe Lake after a two day search. Joseph Ogar, 33, of St. Louis, is still missing and believed to be in Long Lake. An inquest ruled Schalus death accidental. Special policeman Pete Dreseh will guard new brick paving for one week.
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Joseph Ogar
St. Louis
Long Lake
Madison county
Horseshoe Lake
eaich
Tony Schalus
Blair avenue
Schalus
Alton and Southern railroad
George M. Schroeppel
Collinavilla
Jos. Colone
Schroeppel
Oav
Frank Dunham
Shaft Robert Suyons
Oger
Ogar
Oxyle
Sehroeppal
dean
Spor
Pete Dreseh
Minoly Ie Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Indianapolis Speedway
Ray Keech
All Dog Licenses Must Be Paid City June 15 This Year
City authorities in Edwardaville demand payment of dog taxes now. Many owners have already settled the annual fee due May 1 while numerous others remain unpaid. The police will begin killing of all dogs with unpaid amounts after June 16.
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Edwardaville
William Williamson Named Official Reader at Royal Neighbor Conclave
Thomas Williamson of Edwardaville Illinois served as the official reader at the Royal Neighbor convention in Minneapolis at Garrick theater. The article notes his long service since 1894 with Modern Woodmen of America, his role as the convention reader, and comparisons to the supreme oracle, Mrs. Mary E. Arnholt. A photo in the Minneapolis Journal highlighted him as the “Loud Speaker” amid the crowd.
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Thomas Williamson
Minneapolis
Garrick theatre
Williamson
Royal Neighbors
Mr. Williamson
Minneapolis Journal
Edwardaville, II
Mary E. Arnholt
Rock Island
Willamson
United
Iaois
Woodmen of America
supreme camp
United States
ari
Slaying of Ble Wa Dietrich Investigated by Jury
A coroner's jury found Dietrich was killed by gunshot wounds from an unknown shooter at his Long Lake home on May 23. Four witnesses including neighbor Philip Sipple and St. Louis officer John Bogowicz plus his wife and step daughter offered similar accounts, leaving investigators with no identify of the assailant or revolver handler.
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Ble Wa” Dietrich
Long Lake
C. N. Streeper
Dietrich
Philip Sipple
John Bogowicz
St. Louia
Plowman Finds Century-Old Silver Hoard on Farm
Highland resident Henry Moyer visiting his son Arthur on a farm uncovered a canvas sack containing 19.76 in silver coins while plowing. The pieces ranged from 1864 to 1881 with about forty years in the ground, found in a long cultivated field.
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Henry Moyer
Highland
Arthur
Meyer
May rainfall sets new record in St Louis weather notes
The St Louis Weather Bureau records May rainfall of 9.80 inches by 7 am, largest for any May. Snow fell on May 2 reaching 4 inches, with 32 degrees temperature tying a May record from 1876. Rain fell mainly May 1 2 12 13 and 18, leaving 2 inches for the rest.
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St.Louie
St. Louis
Mooney Branch Trapped Valley Floods Traffic
Big Mooney Branch rammed through after heavy rains, flooding the valley today. Water covered the ravine, delaying traffic on both sides as cars waited for levels to drop.
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Big Mooney
Collinsville Alderman Herman Juda Appointed to Board of Review
Herman Juda of Collinsville, longtime alderman and noted fancy poultry breeder, was formally named to the County Board of Review for a two year term by Judge Wilbur A. Traves. The appointment ends days of speculation and marks Collinsville’s return to representation on the board.
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Herman Juda
Col Mesville
Board of Review
Wilbur A. Traves
Judas
Collingeville
Juda
Wilbur C. Gerke
Edwardsville
Collinsville
Mathew Juda
Four youths drown in Central Illinois mishap
Springfield June 1 four youths aged 12 to 18 drowned yesterday while celebrating the school year end. Lloyd Jones 17 of Elwin was drowned when his canoe capsized in Lake Decatur and Lawrence Williams 13 of Leardstown drowned in Zerk's pond near Beardstown after cramps slowed his swimming.
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Springfield
Central
Ilinois
Lloyd Jones
Elwin
Lawrence Willams
Leardstown
Jones
Lake Decatur
Williaana
Zerk's pond
Beardstown
Former resident Ralph Silcott chosen as Boy Scout delegate
Friends of Ralph Silcott of Gary Indiana celebrate his selection by the Boy Scout Council of Gary as one of two delegates to the International Boy Scout Jamboree in Wirkenhead England this summer. Silcott, an Eagle Scout since October 1921, holds fifty one merit badges and wears two years of palma. He has been assistant scoutmaster under Harry Matson of Troop 24 Gary and heads Gary Central Baptist Church troop 24 along with a training troop recently completing twelve weeks of leadership courses. He also serves as Gary council authority on scout handicraft and has earned praise from national scout officials.
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Ralph Silcott
Boy Scout Council
Gary
Ind
Wirkenhead
England
Ralph
Edwardavilla Council
Harry Matson
Gary Connell
Ba onal acoute
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Ben Gutman
D. Cc. CLARKE
ast Alton
WESTERN MILITARY CADET REVIEW
Alton & Southern Freight
JAMES TUNNELL
EUROPE
Party of Denverites
Atterid Summer Seminary
Durington
Denver
Colorado
near east
Italy
France
Great Britain
Greece
Spain
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
League of Nations
Geneva
Alfred Zimmern
university channcllor
Denvenitles
BIG MOONEY COVERED
Joseph Kellermann
ILLINOIS
Birkenhead
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