Local Briefs Highlight Farm, Jobs, and Community News
Roy Peters builds a silo on the St Jacob road east of town. Wick Pipe Organ plants in Highland run day and night to meet orders. Paul Geffen joins Prudential in Belleville. A Belleville marriage license issued to Joseph M Rapp and Hazel D Ballart. Schmacker & Schultze shift showings to Wednesday Saturday and Sunday. Sebastopol resident John Paul Malan dies at 80 in Greenville after a hip fall. Infant twin of Dr and Mrs W A Stewart dies at one month in Salem. L S Carter travels to Alton to dismantle Trey eieve plant for shipment to Iray. McKinley Tractor to aid Beeteville plant. Ten acres donated, $25k stock raised. Anna Catharine Suppiger dies at 82 in Highland, Swiss-born resident since 1843. Joseph M Brown campaigns in Greenville. Dr F K Liermann learns of relatives joining German colors. Birth of a cow at George B Botsford’s in Sunric Wyoming. George Wayne Botsford named. Mrs Botsford formerly Miss Alpha Hogan.
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Roy Peters
St Jacob
Just
Rose Wilkinson
Wick Pipe Organ Company
Highland
Paul Geffen
Prudential Insurance Company
Belleville
Joseph M. Rapp
Hazel D. Ballart
Bold
Collinsville
Schmacker & Schultze
John Paul Malan
Sebastopol
Greenville
Malan
Wi. A. Stewart
Salem
Iowa
Stewart
Maude Osborn
M. F. Auwarter
L. 8. Carter
Trey Eieve
Alton
Iray
McKinley Tractor Company 18
Beetleville
Brlleville Commercial Club
Switzerland
Joseph M. Brown
Troy
Brown
Bond County
der. F. K. Liermann
Germany
George B. Botsford
Sun
Mining Instruction class planned by university official
Prof W A Morgan a former mine inspector now with the State University mining department visited Troy to organize a two week lecture course on mining methods offered free to interested locals. Prof Morgan delegated organization to Prof M B Coker of McCray Dewey academy who will provide further information on request. Road Hog Gets His A Nashville liveryman A B Miller was fined 25 dollars plus costs over 50 dollars for road law violation after blocking an auto by zig zagging across the road and drawing the other driver into an arrest.
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W. A. Morgan
Mining Department
The
State University
Troy
Morgan
M. B. Coker
McCray- Dewey Academy
A. B. Miller
Nashville
Miller
News of Neighbors Personal and News Items Noted by Qur Corps of Correspondents
St Jacob residents share visiting from Hagarstown and East St Louis. Grover Kilby and Bob Richter drop by. Local social events include a chicken fry for the M I church and a Madison county Sunday school outing. Cubs beat Greenville 4 to 3. Cuddy returns from Oklahoma. Miss Cora Searcy hosted friends with games and refreshments.
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Emil Lebegoe
Wricker School
Otto Kuhner
Ella Meyer
Irighlind
Fred Neumann
LB. F. Ellis
M. I. Church
Jacob Hug
Miss Ottile
John Weidner
Fred Tug
Famy
Lizhland
Gaffner
Grace Smith
Della Ellis
Madison County
Godfrey
Joseph Cuddy
Taxon
Okla
Jutin Cuddy
St. Jacob
J. Sybert
Wighland
Cora Searcy
A Frugal Tour of America From New York to Gettysburg
A young correspondent describes a nine day journey across the United States on a $160 budget. He traveled via trolley and train from New York to Connecticut, Massachusetts, Chicago, Kansas, and New Orleans then to Savannah, Washington, Gettysburg, and Pennsylvania coal regions. He worked on a farm, earned money as a steamship freight clerk, and returned home with $78, saying the trip broadened his view of diverse people and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
New York City
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Masachusetts
Boston
Chicago
Canada
Kansas
Prairies
Middle West
Mississippi
New Orleans
Savannah
Washington
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Tor
Final Observation on Beecher Midnight Services
A Brooklyn Hagia recounts Henry Ward Beecher allowing women to speak in his midnight services after a lengthy discussion. An unusually talkative female member once spoke fifteen minutes each week, growing longer until the issue prompted calls to limit speakers to men. Beecher ultimately affirmed that women could participate in their meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Paul
Mr. Beecher
Brooklyn Hagia
Automobiles In Detroit Show Manufacturing Growth
Detroit leads world in car production with rapid industry growth. Before 1909 there were twelve Detroit auto makers valued at 7.865 million dollars. In 1909 twenty one new firms formed, adding about 4 million in capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
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Wfauwarted
Eagle
Anna Catharine Suppiger
Aichland
McCray-Delwey Academy
McCoray Dewey Academy
Wentworth
Codar
Daniel
Meyers
Montessor
Berger
Linville and Kelley
Milliken and Gale
Ory
Hari
Eaventala
Illinois University
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Republic
Times of Star
Peterman
Arent
B. W. Jarvis
Europe
Qur Corps
Gertain
C. E. Jarvis
Garden City
Marlin Keck
Mary Isenberg
Wm. Langewisch
W. J. Gebauer
Fairview
E J. Mills
Andrew Klein
BW Jarvis
Edwardsville
Coukty
Fred H. Tegtmeyer
Miss Gussie Miller
Troy Exchange Bank
Prix Fens
C. Kueker, Manag
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