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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
7
Local notes list Eugene Schott James Gillespie Eva Maurer and many relatives visiting over Christmas with families in St Jacob. Reports of birthdays reunions and a basketball game slated New Year’s Day.
Marine residents gather for church Christmas exercises as Miss Leoba Hettel and others visit home for holidays. Local meetings, kinship visits, a Woodmen officers’ slate, and a death by suicide at Warsaw are reported along with funeral attendance and holiday travels.
A. L. Dennison left Monday for Nebraska while Dr. P. J. Pecan heads to Amarillo for a three month visit. L. H. Pfeffer returns from the University of Iowa on holiday leave as Miss Margie Pfeffer visits from Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bitzer plan a prospecting trip to Shawnee Oklahoma. Mrs. H. H. Pfeifer has returned home to St. Louis after illness at Ed Campe’s home. James S. Gedney received a wild turkey from his son J. M. Gedney for Christmas. McKendree Philosophical Society marks its 78th anniversary with a banquet on January 15. Fred Gansnit buys Schroeder property at public sale. home place sells for 550 and East End for 400. Fast St. Louis Suburban Railway trims Lebanon to St. Louis trip to 65 minutes. A cooling vat with forty barrels of beer fell at the Lebanon brewery, damaging machinery and equipment worth about 1000. Migs Wdna Laura Brown, former McKendree student, wins 25 dollar Moris & Company prize for best packing plant impressions article.
A collection of unusual notes from Bellevue to New York recounts accidental deaths, mistaken identifications, odd recoveries, missing jewelry, peculiar medical tales, and a hog that starved for months. Names and places include Matt McAllister, Arthur Lytle, Lewis Runner, Florence Lindsley, C. O. Hudgleson, James Sargent, P. L. Johnson, Henry Troller, and Miss Sarah Wilson.
Lord Dundas quipped that happiness was scarce in the past year and must improve. Wilberfore declared the previous year the happiest of his life. Romaine wished for a year famed for belief for his people as the new year began.
Uncle Eben remarks that words may not count to some, yet the simple act of saying Happy New Year to someone can help uplift them, reflecting communal warmth and neighborly care in a small town exchange.
A playful urge to board a high seat ride as the year ends. The verse warns against late-night rushes and a chaotic farewell as the old year says goodbye.
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