Severe St Jacob storm wrecks church and injures residents
A Sunday tornado swept St Jacob and surrounding areas, leveling the German Evangelical church during a congregational meeting and causing multiple injuries. Barns, homes, and outbuildings were destroyed across St Jacob and nearby townships, with livestock killed and several structures carried away. no lives were lost.
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St. Jacob
Vastern Anu
Daniel Wirthus
The
Lusardsville Intelligencer
Fred Spies
Henry Feey
Philip Wasem
Tableauux Scraps Reveal Silent Family Tea Tableaux
Fragmentary notes show a scene where Papa and Tommy debate a tableau while a mother asks for a check. The exchange hints at a domestic tableau with playful miscommunication and a child’s interpretation of an art form.
Marked Horror Tale and Cough Remedies Ad
An old advertisement recounts a horror tale of human blood stains at J W Williams's home in Backy and promotes Dr King's New Discovery for hemorrhages and lung issues. It also touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar for coughs and digestion aids like Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, all sold by S Kingston.
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Muman Ilood Marks
J. W. Williams
Backy
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Kingston
Edwardsville couple wed in secret ceremony at St Charles
The marriage of Mia Handlan and George Barnett, a prominent Edwardsville pair, occurred quietly Monday at St Charles Mo at the M F E church parsonage. They registered at the Leland hotel as Mr and Mrs George Barnett and plan to reside in the county seat.
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Mia
Lou Handlan
George Skarnett
Edwardsville
St. Charles
M. FE
Thomas Taylor
Leland Hotel
George WB. Barnett
Joseph J. Brown
Chris
Busse
Pranklin County
Charles Ho Slain
St. Louis
Wis
Mise Pearl
St. Bugis
F. J. Slider
WH. Sehichers
Mannedsville
James We. ‘Paylor and Sons
Arthur Wo ‘Thomas
John W. Taylor
J. E. Meaker
East St. Louis
Aund
J. L. Hagler
Charles Heck
Glen Carbon
C. E. Dixon
Wm. J. Ruff
Jean Alice
Jacksonville
Chiccago
KK. FH. Schwarz
Dorothy
I. S. Donoho
Cecelia Boulanger
Sophia Rinderer
Louisa Schwartz
Highland
Adalla Braun
Lillie Miller
James Porter
Lillavelle
Near St. Jacob
B. H. Main
In. Dacy
Terre Haute
Ind
David B. Gore
Cartinville
Mra
T. H. Bell
Alton Presbytery
G. W. Travis
Hast St. Louis
East
Unsettled April Weather Slows Springfield Work
Springfield weekly weather bulletin notes four shower days and precipitation above average. Heavy rainfall ended the week with thunder showers, soil remains sodden delaying spring tasks by three to four weeks versus last year. Temperatures ran about five degrees above normal, frost occurred in the north on the 2nd, and highs reached 78 at Cairo and Equality on the 3rd and 4th.
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Springfield
Cairo
Circuit Court Calendar and Jury Draws for April Term
Proceedings in the Circuit and Probate Courts cover real estate transfers and marriage licenses. Jurors for the fifth and sixth weeks begin April 19 with a long list of names. A new trial was granted for Louis Noveres in the Donk Bros. case. he had won $2900 earlier. Circuit court dispositions include multiple indictments, guilty verdicts, and sentences, with pirates and larceny cases among those noted.
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Joseph Sutter
Frank Hickey
George Heinemann
Amil Bircher
Page Keown
George Miller
Joseph Travis
Whittmann
H. Ji. Fart
John Schauster
John Meee
Harry Kindar
Louis Novere +s
Donk Bros. Coal& Coke Co
Novere
Euicupaed
Joseph Cooper
Louis Weimer
People
Clarence Uptegrove
Iary
Pontiac
Probate Proceedings Before Judge Hillskatter
Edith Hetzel a minor receives letters issued to Sophia Demuth. Louis Merwin deceased, finds re notes of probate actions.
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Provate Prochemdings
John E. Hillskatter
Edith Hetzel
Sophia Demuth
Louis Merwin
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