List of Candidates for State and District Offices
Lewis G. Stevenson announces the final ballot list after withdrawals. The roster includes Democratic and Republican nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, congress, and state assembly. Notable entries include William B. Brinton, James Traynor, Frank Q. Lowden, and J. Howard Jayne among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis G. Stevenson
Lst
Madison County
William B. Brinton
Everett St
Dixon
Edward F. Dunne
Beacon St
Chicago
James Traynor
Michigan
Morton D. Hull
Woodlawn
Frank Q. Lowden
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Seymour Stedman
Everett Ave
William J. Butler
S. 4Th
Springfield
Frank Hall Childs
Calumet
Albert W. Cohn
Seeley
Frederick C. de Larg
Longwood
Albert Goodman
Weat Worth
Sam W. Latham
Eldorado
Joan G. Oglesby
Elkhart
Karl F. M. Sandberg
Logan Blvd
Barth P. Collins
19Th St
Anthony C. Coorlim
Jackson Blvd
John J. Fitzgerald
James O. Monroe
6Th Ave
Maywood
E. Washington St
Bloomington
Louis L. Emmerson
Jordan St
Mt. Vernon
Albert Erickson
Greenview Ave
J. Howard Jayne
West Broadway
Monmouth
Emil Neuman
Oakdale Ave
John A. Peterson
Rush St
Walter R. Weston
W. Monroe St
Charles F. White
Lakewood Ave
John M. Feigh
James J. Brady
Washington Blvd
John P. Callahan
W.van Buren St
David J. Carroll
Wenonah Ave
Oak Park
Emmett Cavanaugh
Indiana Ave
M. W. Collett
Prairieva
Albert J. Flyon
West North Ave
Thomas W. Collier
Wilson Ave
Wiliam H. Crum
W. S. Grand Ave
Harry L. Heer
N. Main St
Rockford
Julius Johnson
10Th Ave
Moline
Gerald D. Lane
Emerald Ave
William C. Ludwig
Benton
William F. Peters
Andrew Russell
Mound Ave
Jacksonville
George A. Smith
Willis Ave
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Frank ©. Anderson
Rhodes ‘Ave
Arthur’ W. Charles
Carmi
John Downey
South Hermitage
George E. Keys
7Th St
Enters Military Camp and Local News Bits
John C Williams leaves for Plattsburg Military Training Camp accompanied by his father. Worden plans an eight room brick school with 13000 bonds, ready by September 1 1917. Madison County Horseshoers picnic tomorrow in Collinsville. Kingstons drug store offers Saturday eye tests. Mrs P J Craney welcomes a baby daughter Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Williams
J. C. Williams
Bond County Bank
Plattsburg
N. Y
St. Louis
John
Chicago
Worden
Four Year High School Plans Move Toward Recognition
Illinois state bulletin endorses recognized four year high schools to qualify for teacher certificates and tuition benefits under the high school privileges law. It notes minimum faculty of three teachers and sufficient equipment, plus tuition eligibility for eighth grade graduates to study at recognized districts. Blair approves Troy’s plan to place local school on the recognized list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Illinois
Ilinois
Troy High School
MacCray- Dewey
Troy Board of Education
Troy
Blair
F. L. Eversullan
F. G. Blair
Comings and Goings of Relatives and Friends
A local column lists numerous visits and greetings among residents. John F. Deimling and John Leibler visited St. Jacob and Edwardsville respectively, with many others from Troy Collinsville St. Jacob and Belleville noted visiting relatives and friends across Illinois communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Deimling
St. Jacob
John Leibler
W.B. Thomas
Edwardsville
Troy
Rose Wilkinson
James Scott
St. Louis
Etreta Brede
Collinsville
James Shea
Chilren
Family returns to Charleston after four weeks visit
The party turned home to Charleston, 8 C, yesterday following a four weeks stay with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Arth. They were accompanied by Miss Frieda Arth who will spend several months in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Mabey
Company
Jefferson Barracks
Nellie McKenna
St. Louis
J. R. Ward
Joseph Stephenson
Belleville
Ephriam Young
Alice Bosomworth
John B. Bosomworth
Troy
August Ritcher
Urbana
Prof. Ritcher
The
State University
Paul ¥. Vollmer
Charleston
8. C
J. P. Arth
Frieda Arth
Souch
Court House Items Circuit and Probate Court
Probate proceedings list numerous estates guardianships and conservatorships with approvals hearings and letters issued. Several wills admitted final reports approved and administrators discharged while new cases and real estate transfers are noted with partner courts and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Metzger
Cora
B. Watt
Harry J. Mackinaw
Cornelius T. Watt
George Early
Otto Mills
Co. T. Watt
Roy Atkins
Albert Wentz
Lizzie Roth
Susie Bojkovski
Annie Puskar
Anton Shimovski
Charles Schiber
Anna Schiber
Ernest Schomberg
Lena Schomberg
Irwin
Massive Railroad Merger Ties Vandalia Panhandle Lines
Philadelphia dispatch reports a gigantic consolidation plan by the Pennsylvania Railroad into a holding company named Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis. The deal includes Vandalia Panhandle and related lines totaling about 2450 miles with an authorized capital stock of 250 million and stock swaps valued around 86 to 87 million dollars. Panhandle and Wheeling and Kentucky shareholders receive offers of 110 and 160 dollars per share respectively as Pennsylvania Company holdings largely own the other entities. Announcement followed the share purchase offer to Pittsburgh Wheeling and Kentucky stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Vandalia
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Southwestern
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chitazo
St. Louis
Wheeling and Kentucky
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky
Special meeting on sale of city electric light plant
Troy Illinois August 16 1916 special city council meeting called by Mayor Vetter to read consider and pass an ordinance for the sale of the city electric light plant and its ground. Present were Mayor Vetter Clerk Garnet and Aldermen Bentel Meyer Preston Roehen Taylor and Trost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Vetter
Reading
Rool Call
Garnet
Bentel
Meyer
Preston
Roehen
Taylor and
Trost
Beutel
Taylor
Sectio
Roeben
Local Auto Purchases and Community Notices
Two more autos added to local stock with James Gerstenecker buying a six cylinder Hudson and Leonard Herbst purchasing a seven passenger Oakland. Wm Buhrmester of Troy earned 320 acres in a Washington land draw at Colville, drawing cheers from Troy friends. An unsigned letter to the editor about local matters and baseball was received but not published without a named source. Hugh Clare of Fred Clare died in St Louis after a brief illness from stomach hemorrhage at age 40, survived by wife, three children, mother, two sisters and four brothers. burial was in Greenville with Fred Clare and wife attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gerstenecker
Leonard Herbst
Oakland
Wm. Buhrmester
Henry Buhrmester
Troy
Prosser
Wash
Collville
Hugh Clare
Fred Clare
St. Louis
Susan Clare
Greenville
Church groups plan meetings and events for Labor Day
The Ladies Aid Society of the M BE church will meet with Mrs. B F Cramer next Thursday evening. The Ladies Society and Pleasant Hour Club of St Pauls Lutheran church announce a Labor Day picnic and chicken supper for September 4. The Merry Workers Society of the Presbyterian church held a Tuesday chicken fry that was well attended and financially successful. Carpenter's Delicious Ice Cream advertised by G N Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
M.be, Church
B. F. Cramer
Ladies’ Society
Pleasant Hour Club
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Merry Workers’ Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Republican Party
Kaskee
John J. Stowe
Girard
Wm. Grant Webster
N. Spaulding Ave
Bert W. Newton
16Th St
Rock Island
Patrick J. Lucey
Independence Bivd
Thomas G. McElligott
Francis J. McKeown
Winger Ave
William Eliza Williams
Pittsfield
Burnett M. Chiperfield
N. 3d
Canton
W. G. Cochran
Sullivan
Stephen H. Cummings
J. Louis Engdahl
N. Kedzie Ave
Walter Huggins
W. van Buren St
A. Wieck
Farmers Bank
Congress
D. A
Mudge
St. Andrews Ave
William A. Rodenberg
N. 9Th St
East St. Louis
E. G. Galloway
Stallings
State Board OF Equalization
Fred W. Kraft
Brighton Place
John F. Baily
Highland Ave
Alton
Walter W. Schmeter
Edwardaville
Edward W
Dan H. Sunger
Glen Carbon
Madison ‘County Horseshoers Association
John J. Gaffner
Kingtson’s Drug Store
P. J. Craney
Fora High School
Ella Noelner
Edna Faitz
Trixy Porter
Goldie Foster
Augusta Strong
John Collins
Marry Berkey
Charles Osland
Sarah Duckett
Charles Duckett
Albert Rieder
Minnie Rieder
Adda Matthews
Frank
Ella Hollis
Janesville
Wis
Henrietta Allen
Gertrude Siegel
Hast
Henry Schotemeyer
Minnie Krueger
Indianapolis
Ind
Adele Ackermann
Circuit and Probate Courta
Tranefera
Marriage Licenzep
George H. Davis
Annie
Davis
Belle Mather
John Lenkmann
Guardian
Same
Guardiani
Catherine Love
Wm. T. Noblitt
Joseph Budde
Reinhold Gossrau
Henry Wendler
Elizabeth Wendler
Oscar T. Garnet
George T. Bekert
F. Plath
New
Thomas Stallings
City of
Granite City
Crandall Hardware Co
Albert Cherrier
Joseph Otschko
Bernhardt Otschko
John BE. Brandmeyer
John Gross
Heider Et al
Commissioners
Anton Nor
the Fidelity Mutual
Insurance Company of Philadelphia
Assumpsit
Fredrick Penning
A. H. Beiser
Wood River
C. Loarts
Mary Mulligan
H. S. Turner
W. L. Waters
Josephine Fitzgerald
Godfry
Jas. H. Chessen
Ben Robinson
Caldwell & Chessen
Mary E. Burns
Frank R. Morris
Leehy & Lowe
Woodriver
Ella Wildt
Chas. S. Martin
Penning
Mary Papa
George Karat
Madison
Virginia J. Bowman
John A. Smith
Niagara
Wort River Township
Henry Hamm
Pear
Iasi
Journal OF City Council
Carpenter
Robinson
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