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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
5
The Troy Commercial Club promotes a national clean up campaign with plans for May 7 through 13. A committee distributes 1000 campaign buttons and a large banner hangs in the public square while slides play at the cinema. Mayor elect Vetter will back the effort and city wagons will collect rubbish. residents are urged to prepare their premises for pickup.
Announcement for five days starting Tuesday May 2 offers noon and night Ringling Bros performances in St Louis. The all new program features the fairyland spectacle Cinderella with 300 dancing girls in the Ballet of the Fairies and more than 1000 performers. The main tent includes 400 arena artists after Cinderella, plus a trained animal show with 1009 wild animals and 41 elephants led by Big Bingo, along with nearly 800 horses. A three mile street parade closes the day.
John R. Wise a longtime St. Jacob resident and veteran passenger conductor for the Vandalia Line died at 3963 Delmar Ave St Louis last Sunday evening after a two day pneumonia illness He observed his 82nd birthday the previous Saturday Funeral services were held at his St Louis home and his body shipped to Cincinnati for burial at Spring Grove Cemetery beside his wife Wise began on the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton road before joining Vandalia amassing a 60 year railway career with 48 years on Vandalia He surpassed the retirement age of 70 by two years at his own request
Retired on a pension, he resided in St Louis after long service with the Vandalia. While with the company he lived most of his life in St Jacob and owned a prominent farm at the town’s west edge now occupied by Frank Virgin. He bred fine horses and cattle and kept his own race track. three daughters survive: Mrs Lottie W McCoy, Mrs Fannie W Humphrey, and Miss Alice Wise.
The Madison County School Association schedules its quarterly meeting in Alton on Saturday May 6 with a full program. Morning sessions feature songs dances violin and piano performances plus a lecture on songs for children and rhythm via action. Afternoon includes pupil music, a paper on Play and Playgrounds, an address on value of games in education, and a Chicago Kindergarten Institute note. Adjournment at 3 45 led by Dr John W Withers.
Frauenverein of the German Evangelical church will meet at the church next Thursday afternoon. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Smith at the parsonage. Anderson Bros. of Pin Oak township conduct revival meetings nightly at the Oak Grove school house and the meetings are well attended. Former Trojan sends check to The Call to cover subscription cost and jokes about high explosives.
Relatives in Troy announce the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George B Botsford of Sunrise Wyoming. The baby is named Helen Virginia. Mrs Botsford was formerly Miss Alpha Hogan of Troy and a public school teacher.
A Troy Commercial Club committee outlines a city wide Clean-Up Week plan with daily themes from Sunday sermons on cleanliness to Saturday front yard work. Activities include fire prevention, cleaning basements and yards, fixing fences, removing weeds, painting, planting, and tidying business window displays.
The Twenty-Second Congressional District officials met at the Ilmo hotel in East St Louis and chose St Jacob as the site for the next Madison County Farmers Institute session in late October. About thirty five leaders attended from across the district. Committee work began on securing expenses and arranging exhibits with prizes planned to attract large participation. Local officials estimate around $200 needed and the St Jacob Commercial Club plans to promote a record turnout.
Wedding and social happenings from Troy area including a private ceremony for Wendler and Giesaking relatives, a Easter bedspread gift to Mrs Edward Giesaking, a 14th birthday party for Melville Schoeck, Knapp and Himmer marriage in Troy, Ruth Garnet’s 11th birthday, Minnie Bangert shower for Miss Bangert, and birthday events for Naomi Buhrmester and Carl Deck. Also personal notices of visits and travels among St Louis, Troy, and nearby towns.
Circuit and probate court items list divorces, estates, guardianships, and hearings. Names include Catherine Wolf, Nelson, Stelly Perry Clark, Christina Bell, Edward Nelson, Mary Young, George A. Scotts, Isabella Ziegentivin, Andrew, Granite City Trust, Edward Wagner, Clover Leaf Building, Flora Watson, Hermann, Sebastian Martin, Hugh McGeever, Henrietta Arens, Edward Mueller, Peter Oakes, Richard W. Stevens, Peter Seltert, John Kaiser, George Finkenkeller, Edmund Fruit, Julius Fritsche, Frank Kortkamp, George A. Eyster, George Loewenguth, Julia Stuckwisch, Anna Maria Noth, John H. Meier, Frederick Rabbermann, Sophia Halthaus, Isabella Mills, Bilen Harrison, and others. Proceedings cover hearings, inventories, bonds, and administrator actions with dates to May and April.
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