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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1914
Page
4
Brief notes cover upcoming school and city elections, local grocery and plant offers, and health updates. A mine payroll and worker shifts are noted amid closures for scarlet fever and a livery lease move. A Grantfork resident, Tony Landolt, died by suicide at 55, leaving a large family. Telegraph operator Fred Clare relocates to Troy area. ads promote Dr King’s New Discovery for colds.
Visiting week at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran parochial school starts Monday. Parents patrons and friends are invited to tour the school and observe pupil and teacher work all year long. St Pauls Embroidery Guild under Mrs Kellermann will display many pieces of fancy work in Room No 4 throughout the week.
County Clerk H J Mackinaw calls the newly elected and holdover Madison County Board of Supervisors to meet in Edwardsville next Thursday to organize the new board. The key task is selecting a chairman with two candidates announced J G Kalbfleisch of Collinsville and Wm Fries of Alton seeking the post.
A young farmer Barney Daiber living two miles south of Alhambra was struck and killed by an Illinois Central train one night while walking home from Alhambra. His body was found the next morning by his brother Peter Daiber. His father was killed in the same manner within a mile of the same place two years ago.
Amos Hayes visited from Troy while Wilbur Blume of Pocahontas spent Sunday in St Jacob. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Giger. Harry Carp of Clighland and Jacob Spies from St Louis visited St Jacob. Miss Amelia Liebler from St Louis came for a visit. Mr and Mrs Wm Adler and daughter Bernice of St Louis were Sunday visitors. A violin recital by Prof F C Kreider’s pupils will be at Turners hall Saturday evening. Local talent stages Tony the Convict at Turners hall Saturday April 25. An Easter program by M E Sunday school was well attended. Misses Hochuli May Fehmer Meyer Adelhardt visited Highland last Friday. L Rogier hosted M E Sunday school classes at his home last Saturday. Walter Sackett of Marine, long a St Jacob resident, died Friday at nearly 32 after pneumonia and pleurisy. survived by wife Francis Meyer and two children, mother, two sisters, two brothers. Funeral Sunday, Keystone cemetery.
D V D Rule of St Jacob visits. Crump family attends Mrs Christopher funeral. Brown and Dickert guests. Ohren family visits Edwardsville. Hoclacher hospitalized in St Louis. Middleton Royal Neighbors party and rug gift. Julia Pahlmann and John Nemnich wedding at German Evangelical church parsonage with Rev Buchmueckler. Bessie Nemmnich and Wm Pahlmann attendants. Electric Bitters praised as spring tonic by Mrs Van De Lande. notices for Mentor Lodge meeting April 20. small mention of weekly ads and home deliveries.
City records show official action issued by the City Council with Fred H. Gornet noted as City Clerk in the order.
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