Local Bits and Notices From Edwardsville and Nearby
Fresh oysters and fish at Kunnmanns daily. Dawn Peterman to deliver the Post-Dispatch. Leland Hotel Edwardsville changes hands to Mr and Mrs H Lanham. Peter Bernhardt, ex-Troy resident, moves blacksmith shop to Park Street Edwardsville. Eye exams Jan 15 at St James Edwardsville and Jan 17 at Western Hotel Highland. Venice suffered a $460,000 fire destroying the plaster reduction plant of Pittsburg Plate Glass and Werner & Son saloon. AR Lowe, famed horseman of Upper Alton, dies. Highland builds strong in 1905 with 34 houses costing 800 to 8000 and total improvements 35155. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve sold by S Kingston. Tommie Jenkins, eight, shot in hand by a blank pistol in Collinsville. wound peril receded. investigation ongoing.
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Kuntzmann
Dawn Peterman
Post-Dispatch
Leland
Edwardsville
Mra &. H. Lanham
Peter Bernhardt
Troy
Park Street
June Sallee
Optician
St. James
Western Hotel
Highland
Venice
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Werner & Son
AR. E. Lowe
Upper Alton
Mr. Lowe
Troy Driving Club
DeWitt
S. Kingston
Tommie
Main Street
Missouri seeks to bar Standard Oil firms under anti trust
New York January 6 Herbert Hadley Missouri attorney general arrived to press two suits against Standard Oil Co Indiana Waters-Pierce Oil Co and Republic Oil Co. The state seeks to bar them from Missouri business and to stop a pooling agreement aimed at crushing competitors. Penalties include forfeiture of charter or license.
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New York
Herbert
Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Co
Henry Wollman
Broadway
Indiana
Chia River
Waters-Pierce Oil Co
Republic Oil Co
Unseasonable Weather Skews Trade Patterns in January
New York January reports show unseasonable conditions dampening retail sales and wholesale reorders while boosting leading industrials and outdoor activity. Spring trade appears livelier with prompt shipment requests, heavy wearing apparel weak, and bank clearings at record holiday levels amid end-of-year disbursements and stock speculation.
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New York
Bradstreet
Supreme Court Hears Paper Trust Witness Cases
Argument began Friday in the Supreme Court on the Paper Trust witness cases. The disputes involve compelling witnesses to answer questions in anti trust proceedings, closely paralleling the Tobacco Trust cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Dismissed From the Force in St Louis Board Action
On January 6 in St Louis Officer George Dennison Al Kuehner James Rovane and William J Cohan pleaded guilty before the police board to receiving presents from immoral women and were dismissed from the force. Officer John A Barret resigned under charge of intoxication.
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St.Louis
George Dennison
al Kuehner
James Rovane
Wiliam J. Cohan
Police Board
Force
John A. Barret
Daily and Sunday Post-Dispatch ads by Dax Peterman
Classified agency entry listing Dax Peterman as agent for daily and Sunday Post-Dispatch advertisements. No further details on dates, rates, or services provided.
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Post-Dispatch
Dax Peterman
Agt
Massive downtown fire burns three Kansas City buildings
A Friday night blaze in Kansas City, Missouri, destroyed the Columbus Buggy Co. building and the adjoining Kimball Piano Co. and Hettinger Brothers' Manufacturing Co. structures, badly damaged the National Bank of Commerce, and threatened the entire downtown retail district. Total loss is estimated around 380000 with uninsured bank vaults. fire crews fought for hours to stop spread before midnight. A separate Atkinson Wisconsin fire later reported $85000 in damages to Northwestern Manufacturing Co. facilities.
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Columbus Buggy Co
the Kimball Piano Co
Hettinger Bros
Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Walnut Street
Tenth
Kimball Piano Co
Hettinger Brothers’ Manufacturing Co
National Bank of Commerce
Commerce
Kimball
W. S. Woods
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Atkinson
Northwestern Manufacturing , Co
Moran Confesses Killing Companion on Railroad Track
Chicago reports William J Moran aged 19 confessed on Friday to killing Robert Collier aged 17 during a quarrel. Moran says he placed the body on a railroad track hoping a passing train would hide evidence. A pistol bullet killed Collier. fifteen companions were rounded up, including Moran whose clothes were blood stained.
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Chicago
William J. Moran
Robert Collier
Moran
Collier
Missouri Nanogenarian Dies at Otterville Home
Jabez H Potter aged 91 a wealthiest Cooper county resident died at his Otterville home after living on the farm for over thirty years He owned a Otterville general store and held hundreds of acres of land He was a Mason and native of Missouri He passed away January 6 in Sedalia Missouri.
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Sedalia
Jabez H. ‘Potter
Cooper County
Otterville
Missouri
Sweden Plans New National Defense Scheme
Stockholm January 6 The council of state instructed the general staff to devise a new scheme of national defense in view of Sweden s altered position.
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Stockholm
Council of State
Sweden
Chicago & Alton Chief Engineer Resigns
Bloomington Ind Jan 6 Announcement is made of the resignation of H P Kimball chief engineer of the Chicago and Alton railroad A successor has not been named.
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Bloomington
H. P. Kimball
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Police Board Dismisses Charge Against Captain Pickel
In St. Louis on Friday after a lengthy hearing the police board dismissed without prejudice the neglect of duty charge against Captain John N. Pickel filed by Chief of Police Kiely.
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St. Louis
John N. Pickel
Kiely
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