Qctogenarian Widow Barnsback Dies After Illness
Rebecca Barnsback aged 87 7 months 26 days widow of John J Barnsback dies at country home on St Louis road near Edwardsville following ten days pneumonia from lagrippe. Born May 11 1820 in Louisville Ky she lived here since 1845 and is survived by daughters Virginia and Margaret nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Oaklawn Cemetery. Also notes custody case and sensational kidnapping preceding a divorce suit.
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Rebecca Barnsback
John J. Barnsback
Jarvis
Taylor
St. Louis Road
Edwardsville
Peters Station
Bartisback
Madison County
Louisville
Holt
St. Louis
John J. Barnaback
John W. Barnsback
Frank Barnett
Virginia
Thomas Barnett
Margaret
D. G. Shaffer
Oaklawn Cemetery
Two Injured By Falls In Local Incidents
Mrs. John F. Jarvis fell in her yard last Saturday morning injuring her face nose and shoulders. She remains bedbound but is slowly recovering. August Dierking fell from a ladder at Deimling Bros ice house injuring his back and spine concerns. He is incapacitated but recovering slowly. his wife also remains partly recovering from a prior fall.
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John F. Jarvis
August Dierking
Deimling Bros
Dierking
Oberto Suit Withdrawn in Troy Divorce Case
Mrs Julia Oberto of Glen Carbon wife of Dominick Oberto who has salon interests in Troy withdrew her suit for divorce and an injunction against her husband from disposing of property. She claimed cruelty and sought alimony and restoration of her maiden name. The withdrawal settles matters temporarily.
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Julia Oberto
Glen Carbon
Dominick Oberto
Troy
Oberto
Thin City
B. R. Burroughs
Edwardsville
Maryville
Italy
Wm. Porter
May Porter
Collinsville
Church and Community Notices from Troy Local Paper
Mrs. E S Donoho hosts the W C T U at 2 30 p m Tuesday. English services at S J Baul Evangelical Lutheran church Sunday 7 30 p m Rev Martin Daib. Miss Laurie B Dawson attended ordination at Cherry Street Mission Baptist church Alton last week. Bible study class planned at M S church for Life of Christ. Lutheran services to be held at Congregational Highland on alternate Sundays starting tomorrow Rev Martin Daib. February 23 service by Rev A H Almatect Granite City. Baptist church annual meeting elected I W Cook G A Purviance Richard Foster deacons trustees and officers. Postmaster Millett urges rural patrons to prepay stamps and use coin cups in mailboxes to ease deliveries.
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E. S. Donoho
W.C.T. U
S J. Baul
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin Daib
Laurie B. Dawson
Troy Baptist Church
Cherry Street Mission Baptist Church
Alton
M. St
Highland
A. H. Almatect
Granite City
The
Baptist Church
I. W. Cook
G. A. Purviance
Richard Foster
Charles Mantle
M. FP. Anwarter
Jan, Foster
M. F. Anwarter
Clara Sapp
Dr King’s New Discovery Boosts Grimesland Man’s Recovery
George Moore of Grimesland New York credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a brief battle with consumption. He reports improvement after one bottle and full recovery after twelve. The remedy, priced 50 cents and 1.00, is sold at S Kingston druggist with trial bottles offered Free. Mrs E D Charlea of Harbor Maine praises Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite for relief from digestive and nervous ailments and general debility. Kingston’s drug store sells it 50 cents under guarantee.
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Dr. King
George Moore
Grimesland
N.Y
S. Kingston
E. D. Charlea
Harbor, Maine
Electric Bitters
Kingston
Soc
Pears Outdone in Soap Factory Shipping
The Troy Call notes twenty-one mules shipped to a soap factory with hints they may return later in fancy boxes. Meanwhile Liebler's advertises heavy goods like capes gloves and felt boots at greatly reduced prices.
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Troy
Marine Telegram
Liebler's
New City Hall Question Marks Council Meeting
City council in Troy Itt on February 3 1908 amid unsettled site for new hall. Treasurer's monthly report shows balances and payments including street work police salaries and coal hauling. Finance committee reports favorable. licenses for a drum shop band granted. Council adjourns to January 10.
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Troy
Itt
Braner
Squire Eckert
Electria
Marriages and social notes from Medora and beyond
The Medora Messenger reports Rev J W Britton, former local pastor, wed to Miss Mary Bailie in Freedonia Kansas. The couple plan to live in the M E parsonage after the ceremony. Herman Roe ben and Amanda Struckhoff married quietly at the bride’s mother’s home on Market Street. They reside on Clay Street. A pie social by the Merry Workers was postponed to February 21 amid novel admission pricing. Mrs Samuel Davis Sr marked her 66th birthday with family and friends at home.
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Medora Messenger
J. W. Britton
M. E. Church
Freedonia
Kansas
Mary Bailie
J. H. Bailie
R. E. McPadden
Freedonia Methodist Church
Mr. Britton
Miss Bailie
Bailie
Troy
Herman Roeben
Misa Amanda Struckhoff
Market Street
Mary Struckhoff
Henry Geffen
Clay Street
Presbyterian Church
Samuel Davis, Sr
West End
Local Social Notes and Family Visits Yield News
Edwardsville city society updates from a Saturday meeting of the Madison County Peachers Association plus numerous relatives and friends visiting from Greenup, St Jacob, Collinsville, and Troy. Residents travel to Missouri, Kenton, and St Louis for family gatherings, funerals, and visits as weathered routines blend with ads and health notes.
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Madison County “Peachers’ Association
Edwardsville
Werer
J. R. Renfro
Adda Matthews
Barbara C Sapp
Emma Wittmann
Bessie Renshaw
Alice Collins
Mamie BE. Bryant
Esther Strain
W. F. Stratton
Myrtle Harris
Alpha Hogan
Ethel Morriss
H .F. Thurston
J. Pearl Courtney
I. J. Mills
St. Jacob
W. P. Baer
Ernst
H. C. Barnsback
John F. Jarvis
J.J. Brown
Dr. Collins
Thomas Millett
Mildred
St. Louis
Allan Roeper
Collinsville
Wm. Preston
Stephen Schumacher
O'Fallon
Louisa Eickmann
John Schafer
Marine
Troy
Louis Hill
C. E. Jarvis
R.C. Morrisas
Mamie
P. M. Davidson
Missouri
Metropolis
John Edwards
Chris. Busse
Bruce H. Brown
August Droli
Wim. Martin
Court House Items Circuit and Probate Court
Circuit and Probate Court notices list petit jurors for two weeks beginning Monday February UWith include jurors from multiple towns. Circuit Court dispositions cover several law chancery and criminal actions including divorces, foreclosures, and prison terms. probate claims and adjustments noted with dates and amounts.
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B.A. Weok
W. Harris
C.J. Jacoby
Wm. Gerhardt, Jr
Gilbert Swain
Fred Browning
John Wuelner
J. N. Phillips
Charles Joestidg
Alton
Geo. Satterly
Louis Overt
James Mack
Dave Morehouse
Wm. Kaiser
D.C
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John J. Baurnsback
August
Win
Porter
Appellate Court
Thomas Millett, Jr
Post Office Department
Journal OF Council
Seligman
Frank Ssoporaga
A. R. Honsney
Elmer Sapp
John M
W. B. Coons
Kimbertin
Wm. Kucker
Herman Schmidt
James Cooper
Strong & Voelker
Herman Wehmeyer
Brookside Coal Co
Purviance & Son
Louis Figge
J. D. Street & Co
Sheppard & Morgan
Deimling
Horsley
Cooper
Snodgrass
Elliott
Horeley
Purc
James Taare
Eliott
W. Braner
Wa. J. Verrer
Britton
Roeben-Struckhof
Foley
Epw. H. Kuern
S. Kingaton
Catt
Cact
Circuit Court
George Argenson
Carl Smith
Etta S. Smith
Devorce
Emma Clark
David Ryan
August Kleiber
J. A. McKee
H. A. Grammar
Daisy O. Grammar
Jessie M. Johnson
H. A. Jeterson
Agnes Elvis
Charles Elvis
Rachael Martin
August Martis
Nancy KE. Reynolds
Joseph Reynolds
Illinois Central Railroad
Clover Leaf Railway
Home Building and Loan Association
Fred Lasker Et al
Costa
Simon Epstein
Abraham Scheumacher
Tobias Long
John L. Huddleston
Frank Novak
Wesley Hudson
Frank Dees
Ernest Campbell
Ernest Panzer
J.J. Maehl
Anne Christy
J. E. Bradford
American Steel Foundries
John Ladd
Mary A. Ladd
Daisy Hendricks
Edward F.hendricks
Lucy
John B. Hillskotter
Lena Collins
J. W. Parke
Frederick Suhrenbrock
Sarah Wells
D. G. Bermreuther
Latal
Dominik Sterva
Edwin Lima
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