News of Neighbors Brims With Holiday Visits and Weddings
Miss Dora Oswald visits home at Poca hontas while August Heisd of Pinckneyville calls on relatives. Jefferson City guests Mr and Mrs Wm Hester visit St Jacob. Numerous relatives travel for Christmas with Edwardsville St Jacob Mulberry Grove and Danville connections. Jesse Bone marries Florence Smith at Mulberry Grove. Lena Hill weds Frank Pike at their St Jacob home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Oswald
Pocahontas
August Heisd
Pinckneyville
Wm. Hester
Jefferson City
Henry Kayne
James Gillespie
Danville
Anna Good
L Edwardsville
St. Jacob
Oscar Hug
Detroit Mich
Joe
Remisegger
St. Louis
Rufus Pike
Edward Miller
Lawton
Okla
Mulberry Grove
Taben Verein
C. A. Hildebrand
Josephine Gates
Ada
Ruth Habbegger
James
Doctor F K Liebmann Office Hours and Contact
Dr F K Liebmann lists office hours on business days and Sundays by appointment. Hours are 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Phone number provided as 64.
Highland News in Brief Local deaths and community notes
Mr and Mrs F B Nicodemus arrived from Japan and stay with relatives. Mr and Mrs Wm Yann of New Glarus Wis visit relatives with their twin daughters. John Droesch of Denver joined family here for about two weeks. Joseph C Ammann of St Louis, a Highland cousin, died in St Louis Tuesday leaving a wife a son and a daughter. Modern Woodmen camp officers elected for the year. Julius Spindler and Miss Emily Hocfert wed Christmas day at Congregational parsonage and honeymooning in Indianapolis. Highland Store Co buys Highland Poultry House site at ice house property. August Humpler and O E Barditt in charge after improvements. Louis Lehmann, Highland resident 50 years, dies at 77. Swiss-born, came in 1865. wife Magdalena Anrig died 1909. funeral held Wednesday. John Pfister, longtime Highland resident, dies at 79 from kidney and bladder trouble. survived by wife four sons two daughters two brothers and three sisters. funeral held. SALE Tuesday.
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F. B. Nicodemus
Japan
Wm. Yann
New Glarus
Wis
John Droesch
Denver
Colo
Joseph C. Ammann
St. Louis
J. C. Ammann
Highland
Woodmen
Louis Blattner
V. C
Michael Matter
W. A
J. G. Bardill
JF. Bu
A. G. Koch
Thomas Morstan
George Geiger
A. Spellerberg
Julius Spindler
Emily Hocfert
Congregational Church
TD. G. Davis
Indianapolis
Highland Store Company
Highland Poultry House
Highland Brewing Company
August Humpler
O. E. Barditt
Louis Lehmann
St. Joseph's Hospital
Switzerland
Magdalena Anrig
John Pfister
America
Jamestown
Clinton County
Wilhelmina Stocker
Funerates
Christmas Happenings and Visitors in Marine
Joseph Bisgen Marini spent Christmas from Detroit with relatives while Louis Noll moved to the L. F. Schmidt farm after a purchase. A two year old, child of Mr. and Mrs. John Daiber, is seriously ill with pneumonia. Otto Liedel and sister Lillie visit brother August Liedel in Wright City. A Christmas program drew a large crowd at the German Evangelical church. Glen Gilcrest travels to Enfield to install machinery for SEMI Power. John Hartmann returns home from Chicago hospital for the holidays. The Marine Commercial Club plans a home coming festival next fall. The German Evangelical choir will present its annual song service Friday evening. H. T. East of the Illinois Public Utilities Commission inspected local electric light and telephone systems. Prof. O A Kircheis and Miss Emily Grotefendt gave a musical at the Turners’ hall, with another entertainment at Alhambra. Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church elected officers: Mrs GC Williamson president, Mrs D A Brooks vice president, Mrs L C Heim secretary, Mrs L A Richardson treasurer.
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Joseph Bisgen
Detroit
Louis Noll
L. F. Schmidt
John Daiber
Otto Liedel
Miss Lillie
August Liedel
Wright City
German Evangelical Church
Glen Gilcrest
Enfield
Southern Sinois Electric Light & Power Company
John Hartmann
Chicago
Marine Commercial Club
H. T. East
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Marine
O. A. Kircheis
Emily Grotefendt
Concordia
Turners’ Hall
Alhambra
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
GC. C. Williamson
D. A. Brooks
L. C. Heim
L. A. Richardson
School Board Meeting in Troy Reg Regular Session
The Troy school board met December 1, 1916 with President Dawson presiding. Minutes approved. Finance committee reported on salaries and expenses. several teachers and staff listed with partial salaries and totals. Reports on school enrollments and attendance were reviewed. truant officer to prosecute violations. A serious student injury prompted safety measures for play time. Meeting adjourned with duties assigned to the principal and janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Fil
Board of Education
Dawson
Goalby
Lewis and Watts
Regear
McCray- Dewey
Champaign
F. L. Eversall
Wifrieda Brede
Velma Greer
C. A. Anderson
Mamie E. Bryant
Elsie Hoenig
Sarah Wilkinson
Gomener
Agnes Gaskill
Maude Hamilton
Ora Edwards
Adda Matthews
F. L. Eversull
A. A. Garnet
Lewis
Gates
Carl Davis
Watts
R L. Dawson
W. H. Goalby
Friend of Lincoln Dies in Fayette County at 99
Benjamin F. Lee, Fayette County's oldest resident, died Friday at his Vandalia-area home. Born in New York, he moved to Illinois at two months old and witnessed Vandalia as a state capital. He hosted Lincoln when he visited Vandalia as a legislator. At 17 he drove hogs to Racine, Wisconsin, pausing in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Benjamin F. Lee
Fayette County
Vandalia
New York
Illinois
Ilinois
Racine
Wis
Chicago
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad Claim
An advertisement claims constipation causes dull skin and sluggish liver. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild bedtime laxative to produce a full morning movement and remove fatigue, urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
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Walter Plidy
Morence Arthur
Snaise
Lawrence Arthur
Carbondale
D. W. Arthur
Jesse Miller
Marissa
John Miller
Karl Schmidt
U. S. Army
Fort du Pont
Del
Abs. ¢. G. Schmidt
Ernest Main
Robert Leroy
L. R. Main
Maude Porter
Edwardsville
James Porter
Jesse Bone
Florence Smith
Fred Spies
Arthur Gruenenfelder
Gordon Olive
New Douglas
Louis Spies
Trenton
Roy Gillan
Harry Bealk
L. 2
McNaughton
W. P. Sweeny
Fred Thurnau
Gansmann
Lena Hill
Frank Pike
Douglas Street
Pearl Hill
Charles Hill
Philip Gross
Jonu Aebischer
Wm. Frey
H. P. Schnider
Otto Fruth
Otto Gross
John Becker
Summerfield
Valley Gross
Leota Dausmann
Peter Dausmann
Jacob Weil
O'Fallon
Eden Evangelical Church
H. Rahn
Anna Widicusang
Wilbur Widicus
Dr, F. K. Liebmann
George T. Eckert
Superior
Best Graham
Market ST
Barber Shop
Ed J. Heimrich
Weems Laundry
Postoffice
Give
J. R. Ward
Florist
City Meat Market
E. R. Deimling
Prop
A. A. Gornet
Marini
the School Board
Seeeoall
Booth
McCrea
Louis Bour
Goelby
TROVS
G. Liebler
Troy Exchange Bank
Will S. Schmitt
Hack and Drag Line
Vandalia Station
Philip Schultze
Edward Feutz
Mgr
H. CG. Kueker
E. L. Hampton
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