News Notes and Gossip From The Call Office
Brief items report a new year start with The Call, a birth to Mr and Mrs Matthias Wurtz, and January issue details. The piece notes a cemetery plat near the city, oil and gas activity stirring in Bond county, and forty one leases filed in Edwardsville. Dr Shoop Health Coffee is advertised as a fast coffee substitute, with M F Auwarter selling 25 cent cups. L A Spies plans a modern creamery and milk deliveries begin near the Vandalia depot, with local dairymen joining and prices at $1.75 per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Matthias Wurtz
Women’s
Bond County
Madison County
Helvetia
Saline
Marine Townships
Edwardsville
M. F. Auwarter
L. A. Spies
Vandalia
George Goetz
St. Jacob
Highland
Social visits fill weekend in St Louis and Troy area
Henry Meikamp visited St Louis on Sunday while Robert Bohnenstieh, Henry L Schmidt and family spent Sunday near St Jacob. Theodore Wendler returned to St Louis after a week with parents. Neighbors Giger Flath Helmich Wendler Dankenbring and others shared New Year visits. Sylvan Hall hosted a timely box social raising 18.50. Lump coal sold at 6 1 2 cents per bushel. Donk Broa Coal and Coke Co. Bt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meikamp
St. Louis
Robert Bohnenstieh
Henry L. Schmidt
St. Jacob
George Giger
Theodore Wendler
Wm. Bohm
Wm. Dankenbring
George Flat
Sylvan Hall
Doyle Visits Troy Friends After Giants Return
Doyle, famed New York Giants second baseman, spent Monday in Troy visiting Mrs. Sarah McGenchin, his former boarding place. He exits for Breese then Marlin Springs, Texas for winter training with the Giants. A New York dispatch lauds his hitting, noting 172 hits in 144 games and a .300 average, one of the league’s top batters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry” Doyle
New York Giants
Troy
Sarah McGenchin
Larry
Donk’s
Doyle
Dispatch
New York
St. Louis Republic
McGraw
Grant
Phillies
Mike Mitchell
Reds
Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy Promises Safe Kids Cure
The tender leaves of a harmless mountain shrub are claimed to give Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy marvelous curative properties. It soothes tight or distressing coughs and is advertised as safe for children with no opium or chloroform. Mothers are urged to demand it and reject other remedies as unsafe. Sold by 8 Kingston.
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St. Paul’s
St. John’s
Blackjack
Blackjack Mt. Zion
ClTta la Chae Ee
Davidson’s
John Edwards
A. I*. Seligman
Teamsters of Troy
Teamsters’ Union
Edwin S. Donoho
Father Weinecke
W. W. Jarvis
Dr. King
A. L. Dunn
Pine Valley
Miss
S. Kingston
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
June Sallee, D.D
Carleton
Barr's
6Th Street
Litchfield Office
Troy Exchange Bank
D. G. Jarvis
Riebold’s
Ptersely
PIN
Donk Broa. Coal & Coke /Co
Baseball
Troy Miner
Troy Market
Sir Knight
Beauty
TROVS
Corinth Woolen Mills
ST Louis
Garlee Pants
General Merchandise
Wick Bros
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