Brief News Notes and Gossip From August First
News notes terse and local details. August 1 mentions new moon tomorrow night and Whiting's Stulioscope at Riebold's bakery. Impressions prompt reader caution about imitations and a cigar ad. City council and board of education meet next Monday evening. Edward T Vetter is seriously ill. Charles Wandling and family move from Troy via Hobe Springs to Popular Bluff with Call order. August Droll new postmaster presiding with Miss Myrtie Lewis as assistant. Millett plans unsettled. Mike Fisher ran a saloon for months.
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New Moon
Whiting
Riehbold’s
Lewis
City Council
Board of Education
Edward T. Vetter
Wm. J. Vetter
Charles Wandling
Troy
Hobe Springs
Ark
Popular Bluff
August Droll
Myrtie Lewis
Millett
Mike Fisher
Local changes as city duties rotate and business shifts
The Central building near the square empties this week with Collinsville ties. Robert L. Dawson becomes city electrician after Elmer Sapp resigns. Louis Capelle returns from eight years in the U S Marine Corps to live with his parents. Paul Gerling leaves Walier Spies elevator for a new role at Superior Shoe Company in Chester. Oscar Sprick replaces him. Herman Niebruegge, injured in a fall near Collinsville, shows marked improvement and expects full recovery. Prof. W E Hollis and wife return to Delaware Okla to resume school duties. Dr Wm Norton of Los Angeles partners with Dr W F Leck in chiropody practice now in Tile Guarantee Building. Monuments by Troy House Furnishing Co. and Huffendick's Fly Chase add local ads.
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Collinsville
Robert L. Dawson
City Electrician
Elmer Sapp
Dawson
Louis Capelle
U. S. Marine Corps
Paul Capelle
Louis
Marine Corps
Paul Gerling
Walier & Spies Elevator
Superior Shoe Company
Chester
Gerling
Oscar Sprick
Herman Niebruegge
Troy
Collinsville Road
St. Louis
Niebruepege
W. E. Hollis
Tahlequah
Okla
Delaware
Hollis
Callis
Wm. E. Norton
Los Angeles
Cal
Wm. F. Leck
Broadway
Fifth Street
Norton
NEWS OF NEIGHBORS ST JACOB NOTES AND VISITS ACROSS TOWNS
Personal items from St Jacob detail trips to St Louis Pocahontas and Edwardsville arrivals and departures. Local events include a Turners park dance ice cream festival and ball games. Several residents move return or travel to Denver Taloga Sterling and Grafton with family updates and hospital news.
Baseball News From Troy and Surrounds
The Troy Sporting Club fell to Highlands Athletics 12 to 3 as Hightower struck out 16 for Highland. Snodgrass fanned 7 for Troy with 2 runs, while Deising hit a home run and Spengel Scott Wick doubled. Rain halted the Palace of Sweets game with Athletics. Pierron meets Trojans next Sunday. George Hostetter left for Lincoln for a tryout with a top Illinois Missouri League club.
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Troy Sporting Club
Highlands Athletics
Snodgrass
Troy
Buechlmann
St. Jacob
Hightower
Highland
Deising
Spengel
Scott
Wick
Palace of Sweets
Athletics
Pierron
Trojans
George Hostetter
Lincoln
Eczema Ointment Claim Cures Fifty Year Complaint
Mrs. D L Kenney praises Dr Hobson Eczema Ointment, saying it cured a persistent skin trouble after over fifty years. Ad notes ointment available from Pfeiffer Chemical Co, St Louis and Philadelphia for 50 cents. Assisted by index letters and files for sale at The Call office.
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Pfeiffer Chemical Co
St. Louis
Philadelphia
How Doyle Got Into Game
Doyle recalls his unlikely rise to professional baseball from Caseyville to Breese Mattoon and Charleston. He explains being asked to play second base by John McGraw at the Polo Grounds, a mishap costing a game, and his early struggles with salary disputes and league play before committing to a baseball career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Springfield
Dick Kinsella
St. Louis Browns
Detroit
McGraw
Dan Brouthers
New York
Giants
Polo Grounds
Eall
Caseyville
Cubs
Chance
Wiltie
Breese
Ill
Mattoon
Charleston
Kentucky
Ilinois
Tennessee
Bert’ Kinz
Paris
Terre Haute
Timely Hints on Oral Hygiene No 2
Drill into dental care with simple steps urging yearly exams, early cavity fillings, and child dental visits. Emphasizes mouth cleanliness links to overall health, urges parental guidance, and warns against delaying care before school starts.
Administratrix notices estate of Samuel Davis
Estate of Samuel Davis probate notice in Madison county Illinois calls all creditors and debtors to appear at the September term in Edwardsville to adjust claims. Date July 7 1913.
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Samuel Davis
Madison
Illinois
Madison County
Edwardsville
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Miss Gussie Miller
Geffen Building
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Troy House Furnishing Co
Agenta
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West Clay
John Beal
E. C. Pitt
Pocahontas
Bertha Frey
F. G. Goss
Emma Meyer
R. Meyer
Daniel Widicus
Carl Schmidt
Adam Petry
Duquoin
J. J. Gaffner
J. A. Collins
H. W. Marshall
Turners
Park
Effie Blume
Highland Hospital
Philip Baer
Denver
Cale
Jesse Reed
Prudential Insurance Co
Reed
Belleville
Altheas
Hulda
Edna Elbringz
Edward Gericke
Aratha Deibert
Anna Schafer
Taloga
O. Ziegler
Christian Church
Pin Oak Stars
Marine Pirates
Lottie Reinhardt
Elizabeth Voight
Viola Butler
Mary Wiegand
L. A. Richardson
Grafton
Gideon Demsey
Samuel Olive
Marine Milk Condensing Co
Kolb
Fred Smith
Otto Stager
Sterling
Colo
L. C. Heim
Royal J. Dye
Africa
Charles Schacht
Henry Koch
Sterling, Colo
W. H. Kreutzberg
Highland Athletics
Doyle
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Charlotte Davis
John B. Coppinger
Bate
Hiles & Simpson
Auguste
Brookside
David Sims
Dorothy Katherine
M. Dillingham
Fred H. Garnet
August Beutel, Sr
St. Jacob Road
Llewellyn
Ob Printing Outfit
Keystone Building and Loan
W. J. Gebauer
Wm. Kimberlin
Trenton Mich
Coops Free
YUEDE
Gensing
First National Bank
Edwardsville, Ill
A Henry Tranne
Go. W. Megan
J. F. Kusanzi
Guorax Kaeyunieen
Ass’t. Cashier
V’ Crossman
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