Young Miner Dies in Donk Mine After Slate Collapse
Matthew McManus, a 26 year old Chicopee native, was killed when a seven by seven foot slate slab weighing about 1500 pounds crushed him in the Donk mine. He died twenty minutes after reaching home. Coroner ruled accidental death as relatives mourn. funeral set for 2:30 at Johnson residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew McManus
McManus
Alex. Ilerrin
Angd
Chicopee
Kansas
Anna McManus
Thosas Moran
Mose Johnson
Sims
Johnson
Troy
United Mine Workers
Mat’ McManus
Weir
Kan
Donk
Laura Johnson
John McMuanue
Kline
Mont
Thomas Moran
Frontenac
Thomas Heffernan
Breezy Hill
John Highins
Lizzie McManus
Wm. Baxter
Kline, Mont
Federal Aid Fast-Tracked Payment to Former Troy Boy
Congress approved a special appropriation of 2000 dollars for Arthur E. Rump, a former Troy resident now in St. Louis. The bill bypassed usual delays, moving quickly through engrossment, enrollment, and presidential signing, then to the Post Office Department for swift approval. Secretary Tumulty pressed for immediate action, urging the president to expedite the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Rump
Troy
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Tumulty
Rump
Jaim
Tale of a Gift Horse in Collinsville Frames a Local Mystery
Walter Bitzer, a Collinsville liveryman, identifies a missing horse as the Davidson Store delivery animal. The horse, after a wandering path through several owners, ends up back in use for deliveries, with Bitzer seeking compensation and initiating an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bitzer
Collinsville
Davidson Store Company
Bitzer
Silver Creek
Thomas Thompson
Thompson
Hopkin Morgan
Willie Jones
Jones
R. C. Morriss
Morrisa
P. M. Davidson
Legal tilt over joint mortgages sale at Braners Hall
A Tuesday trial at Braners hall featured F. B. Edwards versus Jacob Wittmann Samuel Schmidt and Fred Kuntz over a joint mortgagees sale on Wendel Schmidt's Edwards country place. Edwards attached a horse and colt before the sale to cover a claimed debt but the jury ruled for Wittmann and Schmidt. Edwards said he will appeal to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Jacob Wittemann
Samuel Schmidt
Braner’s Hall
Wendel Schmidt
Jacob Wittmann
W. Schmidt
Fred Kuntz
P. H. Biles
D. H. Mudge
Wittmann
Schmidt
German Relief Drive Proposed in Troy for War Wounded
A Troy movement seeks aid from Germans to fund relief for wounded and suffering in the German army. The Troy Hills Committee will circulate petitions soon, asking all citizens of German descent to contribute. Funds will go to the German consul in St. Louis for forwarding to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Troy Hills
Bt. Lewis
Germany
Gall
Highland Fair expected bigger and better this year
The seventeenth annual Highland Madison County Fair opens next Thursday in Highland and runs through Sunday with over 1300 in cash prizes for livestock poultry farm products and arts. Children under fourteen admitted free on Thursday. stock days Friday and Saturday. picnic day Sunday. Free acts include the Royal Yeddo Japanese troupe and a wild west show. Baseball games are featured on three days and candidates are expected to attend ahead of the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland
Madison County
Vwriday
Royal
Yeddo
Church Society and Local Notices in Troy and Edwardsville
The Merry Workers' Society of the Presbyterian church meets with Mrs. Percy Wilkinson next Wednesday afternoon. The German Evangelical congregation of Troy was invited to the St Paul's church diamond jubilee in Belleville next Sunday. An evening with Charlie Weeley and his Hymns is planned by the Epworth League for Tuesday evening. Rev. Faulk of Tennessee lectured at the Presbyterian church on Sunday and is considered a potential pastor. Madison county’s new courthouse at Edwardsville progresses with the first story up and second-story ironwork arriving. output remains steady at under 20 a week for The Call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Workers’ Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Percy Wilkinson
Troy
St. Paul's Church
Belleville
Charlie Weeley
Epworth League
Margaret Lewin
BR. W. Faulk
Tennessee
Presbyterian
A. R. Snodgrass
Isabelle Mize
Henry H. Wood
Ams
George Wells
Daniel
East St. Louis
Daniel Porter
Henry Hoge
Pocahontas
Adolph Meyer
H. E. Moore
Enly
Johnson City
Enly Tilley
Ton Wil
Carolyne Ritcher
St. Louis
August Ritcher
Adda Matthews
Juanita Bazere
Della Hackman
August Stein
Silas Shadwick, Jr
Sian Shadwick
George C. Flartenz
Dorothy
H Edwardsville
James Peterman
Vorhees Conley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Raymond Matthews
Batavia
H. A. Ritcher
Florence Hartung
Hilda Tanke
Edwardsville
Louise
Alma Gebaner
H. L. Brunson
Kirkwood
Magdaline Adamson
Olney
Libbie Avis
Mary Jones
Thomas Morgan
Wm. Druessel
St. Jacob
Valentine Ottwein
George Ottwein
Weber
Sebastian Weber
Brewe
Pin Oak
Edward Hunseche
Elfreda Brede
Collinsville
McCray-Dewey Academy
M. B. Coker
Patti Campbell
Tower
Mina
Emaline Campbell
Seth Henkle
Sidel
Emporia
Kan
Henkle
Napoleon Anderon
A. , Moush
J. J. Brown
Housh
Fred Neiman
Oklahoma
Buxton & Skinner
Social notes of Troy visitors and lingering friends
Miss Elizabeth Scott entertained friends for Miss Mabel Snow of St. Louis and Miss Alice Mantle of Troy. Personal paragraphs list numerous visits and callers from Troy, East St. Louis, Collinsville, Belleville, St. Louis, and surrounding towns, with relatives and travels noted across Missouri and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Scott
Mabel Snow
St. Louis
Alice Mantle
Town Auditors Meeting Notice in Jarvis Town Clerk Office
Auditors of the Town of Jarvis will meet at the town clerk's office in Troy on Tuesday September 1 1914 at 2 PM to audit town accounts. All interested persons should govern themselves accordingly. Dated August 1914 Henry Dettmans Town Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of “Auditors of
Town of
Jarvis
Troy
Henry
Dettmas
Courthouse Actions Patch Courts and Probate Proceedings
Circuit and Probate courts list transfers and marriage licenses with new cases and ongoing matters. Includes multiple divorces assumpsit receiverships and probate entries with details on estates bonds guardianships and final reports. Real estate transfers noted plus executors and heirs actions and upcoming filings continued on next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit and Probate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Matt McManus
White House
Bump
Columbua Avenue
Teutons
Social
Ben Schlichting
Carlinville
F. W. Braner
Missouri
George Deck
Stillwater
Mary Evans
Carlos Andrews
Hayes Pierpont
Edgemont
Sarah O'Connor
Lucy Kincaid
St Louis
Minerva Kincaid
J. L. Ammermann
Edwardsville Oil Company
James Weils
Lebanon
Louis Capelle
Edgar Garnet
Virus Mo
John Potisch
Norma Jarvis
Barnsback
Henry Fehmer
Katie Fehmer
Fred Spies
George Dressel
F. K. Liermann
Bt. Lonig Lddt Weak
Charles F. Bender
Eva Rawlings
Bt.Louis
A. E. Rawlings
James Easton
Thomas Jones
Jane Kilduff
Kane
John Kilduff
Ella Rea
Greenville
J. W. Rea
Arthur Garnet
Phoebe Achmacker
George C. Ritcher
Alton
Leslie Dare
Harry Cooper
James Cooper
Anna Sokoloski
M. Rosenfeld
E. Stull
Ben Goldfarb
Sarah T. Goldfarb
Edith Calloway
Wm. L. Calloway
Henary Cohn
B. Pryor
Wabash
Et al
Mary Bosz
Belinda E. Miler
Catherine D. Mees
Rosa Lemich
Mary Lemich
Mike German
Joseph Yakutis
Katie Roler
Otto Roller
Rosa Cremer
Alberline Charmillott
Wilhelmina Brenning
F. Staben
Leonard Huebner
Guardian
Zeph Silver
American Granite Co
Steve Lovas
Ila Lovas
James Morriss
John Morrish
Johann HU
Watgler
Margaret Walter
Josephine Zajicek
Joseph Zajicek
Sarah J. Cole Clark
Joseph Martin
Annie Martin
Fred Placher
Mary F. Bosz
Hiska Krieg
Thomas B. Krieg
Barbara Becker
Margaret Becker
Joseph Becker
Oscar Meier
Ito
John JH. Meier
Vata
Dorothea C. Mees
Samuel Evans
E. C
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