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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
4
A week after East St. Louis & Suburban electric railway cars were seen with altered monograms a likely sale to the McKinley System was floated by the Edwardsville Republican. A witness overheard talks of McKinley acquiring Suburban early this year and resuming suburban traffic.
Madison county highway supervisor W E Howden unveils a novel road grader offered for free use to improve counties roads. The dual eighteen foot steel beams span up to thirty feet, with a rear dragging beam to spread dirt and a nine foot blade to trim shrubs and break clods.
Partly cloudy with snow flurries and rising temperatures appear amid a collage of stray phrases. The text also includes a proverb about hell and a backward interlude about material on vehicle streets and a New Year reference.
Enthusiasts predict the innovation will enter general use in road building, anticipating broad adoption as engineers assess its performance and cost advantages for pavement projects.
Epworth League plans Promise of a Redeemer topic led by Mrs Mamie Coons. Frauenverein of the German Evangelical church to meet at the church. Presbyterian Sunday school children enjoyed their annual Christmas treat with songs and recitations. Troy Civic League elected officers M B Coker president J H Tavis vice president Miss Beas G Davy secretary Prof W L Oliver treasurer. Merry Workers Society to hold annual meeting at Mrs August Droll’s home with officer elections. St Pauls Lutheran and German Evangelical churches held Sylvester services. New Year services scheduled at 10 o clock. Congregation meeting of St Pauls church this afternoon. Ladies Aid Society of the M E church elected officers Mrs Mary Evans president Mrs S Kingston vice president Mrs Wm H Wild secretary Mrs Adda Matthews assistant secretary Mrs B F Cramer treasurer.
County clerk's office advances tax rate setting for 1914. Troy city and school district No. 63 total to 3.77 per $10 value. Other districts listed with combined rates for state, town, road, and local levies. Districts 14, 43, 66, 62, 64, 65, 67, 84 cited with specific per $10 rates.
George H. Schmacker, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schmacker, arrived home from Great Lakes where he served in the marine band. He surprised his parents by quitting the navy and then announced his marriage to Miss Cecelia Sarnovsky in Chicago last Saturday. The couple will reside in Troy after the New Year visit.
Madison county's new court house work resumed Monday after an eight day weather pause. Concrete roof pouring is expected to finish by the center of the week and interior work may proceed through winter. Mrs Sarah Ridgeway.
Happenings note fresh fish at Gebauer's Market each Saturday after January 1. Automobile licenses renewals due January 1 with blanks on hand via B W Jarvis Notary. Collin sville firm Linder & Huffendick sold 287 pairs ice creepers first day of ice season. Walter Meiners received an artificial hand from a Kansas City firm and uses it with satisfaction. Donk Bros Coal & Coke employees paid, but light. Julius Smith burned by water heater explosion at T A Taylor saloon. Mrs Ed Hawke of Vandalia mails subscription with warm words about The Call. Mrs Enly Tilley holidaying with daughter fractured collar bone after a porch fall. Mulberry Grove reports smallpox scare. Vern Hampton quarantined after disease detected. Congressman Rodenberg found dead in East St Louis home on Christmas Eve. funeral held Monday. body to be moved to Washington DC in spring. Scarlet fever claims three children of Arthur and Mrs Hagemann near Lebanon. two deaths same day, third four days later. First Madison County court house wedding between John Daech Edwardsville and Daisy Hendricks East Alton performed by Justice Daech. Daech worked on building, transferred to Peking. County hospital superintendent selection planned for Jan 18 with six applicants. Purcell up for reelection. other candidates listed. Madison County Medical Society to meet in Edwardsville Commercial Club rooms Monday afternoon. nerve-blocking by Hoocaine to be presented. Berum Therapy lecture. Edwardsville Republican notes cows and calves sale at Herman Rohrkasten Pin Oak township. total receipts around 650 with bids up to 100. offer withdrawn after price rise.
Local notes from Troy record Mr and Mrs James D Morgan celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with four generations present. Several couples from Troy wed in St Louis and planned farming in Guthrie Oklahoma. The column lists numerous holiday visits, dinners, and gatherings with family from East St Louis, Collinsville, Carlinville, Cairo, and beyond, plus a New Year masquerade and other social events. An Esquimaux dog from Nulato Alaska accompanies Dr S J Brown’s family visit.
Local notes list numerous visits and holidays. George Deck spent Sunday with relatives in Collinsville. Ralph Boston celebrated Christmas with home folks in Gillespie. L. W. Sandles visited from Collinsville on Tuesday. Miss Katie Fehmel and Miss Myrtle Eckert are guesting in Collinsville and St. Louis respectively. Mrs. Thomas Duckett and Mrs. Huffendick spent Christmas with relatives. Several others, including Miss Mary Kelly and the Frangen sisters, also holiday guests in Troy, Collinsville, and nearby towns. Prof and Mrs. Oliver are at Collinsville and East Alton for the season. Local families, including Ferguson of Reng and Hols family, kept Christmas with relatives in the area.
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