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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
5
Amos Hayes visited from Troy for business while Oscar Michael stayed with Collinsville relatives this week. The St Jacob Turnverein hosts a ball Saturday night. The Marine and Madison County medical events, school openings, and a new nest of Owls highlight local social and civic activity with numerous visits between families from St Jacob, Vandalia, Belleville and Mil waukee.
A vintage advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery as the faithful remedy for colds and coughs. It claims personal family use and effectiveness after exposure to illness, offering 50 cents and 1 dollar prices.
Hess Bros take charge of Central livery and feed stable. Mrs Hugh Garner from Iberia Missouri visiting relatives. Mrs John Orlet hosts quilting gathering. Walter May visits from Detroit. Miss Sadie Byron guest of L A Richardson. Helen Richardson returns from Alton Grafton and St Louis. Mrs A N Schaefer and children from Clinton guests of Vollrath family. Village Clerk Brandes issued 72 hunting licenses in August. bungalow on Duncan Street progressing for C M Ellison. Mrs R G Faes and son Earl from Waseca Minnesota guest of Faes family. platform dance at John Nemnioh home west of Marine. Mr and Mrs James Brown of Springfield guests of Deibert sisters. Hulda Elbring returns from two weeks at Danville. Mrs H H Gerke and daughter Ella of Hitchcock Oklahoma visiting Deibert family. Mrs JN Smith visiting parents Parker after Normal summer. German Evangelical church harvest festival on Sunday October 4 at Turner hall. Mrs Elizabeth Gass dies in Fallon township age 79. interment Blackjack German Evangelical cemetery. Charles May shows three Shetland ponies at Highland Fair.
Local society updates include visits by Mrs. Louis Reinhardt and Miss Lillian Gentry in Chicago and Mascoutah, with several residents hosting guests. The Lebanon Singing Society held a Labor Day ball. the German Evangelical church plans a fair and bazaar. McKendree College begins its eighty eighth year with new faculty. An obituary notes Julius Hill’s son, and health ads promote Dr. Kirk's New Life Pills.
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