Ice cream and newsy notes from Collinsville area
Brief items from the Collinsville region note Kuntzmann’s ice cream and cakes for parties, pay day at Donk Bros. Coal & Coke, local illnesses and appointments, a driveway from Main Street brick business houses, a driving club race meet with $220 purses, and a cautionary tale about tampering with wheat. Also reports Mrs. Healey ill, a hospital eye exam offer, and church decisions to retain Prof Kellermann. The page includes obituaries and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuntzmann
Barro
June Sallee
Optician
Baird
Kuntzmann’s
Collinaville
M. F. Auwarter
Frank Vanda
Glen Carbon
Dr. Sallee
Baird Hotel
Collinsville
President Roosevelt Hailed By Large Crowds on Western Swing
President Theodore Roosevelt drew vast crowds across New Jersey and Pennsylvania during a Lehigh Valley railroad route to Wilkes-Barre. Officials estimate upward of 200000 locals and visitors filled stations and streets from Jersey City to the Wyoming Valley, with stops at Easton and Bethlehem drawing particularly elaborate displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarrey Pas
United States
Thane
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
United Mine Workers of America
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Jersey City
Wyoming Valley
Shickshinny
Pittston
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Easton
Bethlehem
Rockefeller's Pet Scheme At Chicago University Endowment
World News reports at Forest Hill meetings John D Rockefeller and President William R Harper discuss a proposed major endowment to the University of Chicago. Plans reportedly involve about 50 million dollars to make Chicago the greatest seat of elearning, with steps to start upon Harper's return to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
Cleveland
the World- News
Forest Hill
John D. Rockefeller
William R. Harper
Rockefeller
Harper
University OF Chicago
Chicago
Harper quits presidency of University of Chicago
Dr William Rainey Harper will relinquish duties as University of Chicago president and has abandoned classes in the theological school. Kellogg advised him to devote all energy to battling cancer threatening his life, with the illness reportedly growing larger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
William Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
Electric Road Abandoned After Costly Condemnation Battle
Attorneys for opposing parties quoted totals of 3035 dollars as the basis for right of way values but warned that the remaining twenty acres would require about 10 685 dollars at 425 per acre. They cited witnesses and potential severance disputes as costly obstacles, leading to the abandonment of the Troy to Maryville connection for now. The speaker thanked Troy citizens for support and noted the opposition’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenkheira
Troy
East St. Louis & Suburban
Maryville
Troy Friends of Road
F. H. Thomas
Church And Society Notices And Events
The Merry Workers will meet Mrs. Isabella Mise next Wednesday at 3. A chicken supper is planned at Presbyterian basement on Tuesday evening September 12. The Epworth League plans a missionary program at M E church Sunday evening August 20. A Christmas fair is set for December 14 and 18. Ernest A. Main to preach in Collinsville Temperance Hall tomorrow for a new Baptist church. Infant Mabel Ednad Louise Kleist baptized at St Pauls Lutheran last Sunday. family visiting relatives.
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Collinsville
Riebold’s
Davy
Miss Bess
St. Louis
Jester
Troy
Merry Workers
Isabella Mise
Merry Workers’ Society
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
M. E
The
Ernest A. Main
Main
Mabel Ednad Louise
Theodore Kleist
Mt. Olive
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Petition to grant railway rights in Troy Illinois 1905
The St. Louis Vandalia & Eastern Traction Co seeks city council approval on August 21 1905 to construct and operate an electric railway along Thorp Street to the city limits and across intervening streets in Troy Illinois. William Feaver president signs the notice dated August 10 1905 with first insertion August 12 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womer
St. Louis, Vandalia & Eastern Traction Co
Troy
Illinois
City of
Throp
City of Joy
A. D
ST. Louis
Vandalia & Eastern Traction Company
William Feaver
Public sale notice and trade ad pasted in one item
Public sale to be held Thursday August 17 at 10 a.m. on Posey place northwest of Troy for livestock, farm implements and personal property. Also an unrelated notice urges mastering a trade with Morse telegraphy ads. Lost pin described as a six pointed star with pearls and a diamond. reward offered at Cats office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey Place
Troy
Cats Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamm & Co
Strauss Bros
ODD Fellows
Main Street
Wm. Healey
T. E
File
Sorento
Lawrence Benardin
Charles Goetz
Wm. Garnet
Tue Cat
Geetz
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. E. Kellermann
Toledo
Prof. Kellermann
Prof
Kellermann
Martin Schmidt
Teachers’ College of
Addison, Ill
Emily Reese
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Schmidt
J. E. Marley
O. D
Meiners’ Hotel
President Roosevelt
A. F. Seligman
Donk
H. A.canedy
Highland. Milling Co
Robert C. Morriss
Fred Gerfen
Henry C. Gerfen
Wm .Meinera
South Main Street
Catt
Manann
Church and Society
Publi Notice
Vandalia Railroad
Vandalia
Indianapolis
Loufa
Indianapolis Express
L. Elliott
J. M.chesbrough
G.P.A
Honey Kureen
Mentor Temple
Rathbone Sisters
Rieder
Opera House
Young People's Society of
German Evangelical Church
Wm. Dressel
Hickory Street
W. Mon- Tooth
Cart
Park Place
W. W. Jarvis
Davidson Store Co
A. R. Snodgrass
Mary H. Walters
St. Clair Ave
Columbus
S. Kingston
Old Reliable
Ieeeney
Lecter
John C. Gebauer
Cerirloe
Mra. E. A. Simpson
Craig St
Knoxville Tenn
Hot Springs
Ark
Ballard
Southern Express
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
U. S&sa
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