Happenings and Gossip Briefs from Local Notes
Fresh fish every Friday at Gebauer's Market. Edward Bour suffers rheumatism. Mrs. F. S. Edwards ill at home. Rubber goods and shoes sale advertised. Walter W. Meiners and Elizabeth Oehnli noted. Highland to vote Feb 13 on highway commissioner system. Edward Best appointed engineer at Collinsville waterworks. Don Dugger earns a book for perfect Sunday school attendance in 1914. Madison County Horseshoers meet with 17 members in Highland. Fred Geffen and Elias Burk, Sr. attend from Troy. Peter Fitzgerald of Alton receives state appointment as sheriff aide. salary $1060/mo plus expenses. Charles B. Cotter near death in St. Louis hospital. Ford Bible claim joke circulated about Ford being the only car in the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gebauer’s
Edward Bour
F. S. Edwards
Walter W. Meiners
Elizabeth Oehnli
Highland
Helvetia
Edward Best
Troy
Collinsville
Don Dugger
Bert Dugger
M. E
Madison County Horseshoers' Association
Fred Geffen
Elias Burk
Peter Fitzgerald
Alton
Madison County
Dunne
Charles
Cotter
Progressive
St. Louis
Automobile License for 1915 Ear marked at Jarvis Notary
The notice states that automobile license for 1915 is to be issued or verified by B. W. Jarvis, a notary, at his Call office. Further details are not provided in the accessible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Jarvis
Collinsville Panel Eyes Main Street White Way Plan
Collinsville city council advances an ordinance to buy fifty five ornamental lamp posts for main street lighting. J G McMakin, former Trojan in Chicago, subscribes to The Call expressing continued interest in hometown news. Gus Holzweg appointed conservator for Joseph Kleisner after Kleisner deemed feeble minded and unable to manage property. bond set at $1,000.
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Collinsville
Call
J. G. McMakin
Trojan
Chicago
Old Troy
Gus Holzweg
Strueber
Joseph Kleisner
Kleisner
Rich land trade makes Gil lespie man from coal rights
Peter Gross of Gil lespie traded a horse for 200 acres in Virginia and has paid taxes awaiting profit. Coal on the land attracts offers of 2000 dollars per acre, totaling about 400000 dollars for the coal rights while he retains ownership of the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Gross
Gillespie
Gross
Virginia
Egg on eye ends romance in brief note
A light verse from the Washington Herald recounts Meg writing her name on an egg on a farm to invite correspondence. Two years later a letter arrives, but a misfired joke leads to a shockingly painful result when the egg lands in an actor's eye, ending the courtship with a comical twist.
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Meg
Washington Herald
Evidently Not: Critics Debate Best Comics Yet
A terse debate unfolds as an artist defends a comic work while critics challenge its merit. The critic retorts that law, not friendship, governs judgment, underscoring tension between art and legal opinion in a clipped exchange.
Neighbors News From St Jacob and Nearby
LT Jacob Kilby spent Sunday in St Louis. Edward Kunz rode to Highland on business. Mrs Charles Sury visited the county seat Monday. Charles Kilby of Mulberry Grove visited Monday. E C Tenneyson of Mulberry Grove visited here Monday. Rev and Mrs C Schmitt left for Texas. J J Gaiffner and son Trevor visited St Louis Saturday. Daniel Widicus and Albert Schoeck were Highland visitors Tuesday. Frank Chandler of Indianapolis visits John Beall family. Jesse Bone of Terre Haute staying with St Jacob relatives. Laura Spies from St Louis visiting grandmother. B G S social hop planned for Saturday at Turners hall. George Thalmann from Greenville visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Louis Frey and Mr and Mrs John Weidner visited Highland Sunday. Mayor Wm Bernard and Fred Scheuer of Marine were here last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Willard Moser and Mrs Robert Moser of Highland spent Sunday with St Jacob relatives. A number from here went to Edwardsville last week as witnesses in Suzy Schmitt trial. Jacob Noll, Henry Buchmiller and Fremont and Oscar Michael were Highland visitors Sunday. Edward Hanselmann, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Hanselmann Jr, underwent appendicitis operation Tuesday in a St Louis hospital.
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Jacob
G. C. Kilby
St. Louis
Edward Kunz
Highland
Charles Sury
Charles Kilby
Mulberry Grove
E. C. Tenneyson
C. Schmitt
Texas
J. J. Gaiffffner and
Trevor
Greenville
Louis Frey
John Weidner
Wm. Bernard
Fred Scheuer
Marine
Willard Moser
Robert Moser
St. Jacob
Edwardsville
Suzy-Schmitt
Jacob Noll
Henry Buchmiller
Fremont
Oscar Michael
Edward Hanselmann
Louis Hanselmann
Jyr
Local notes from the village and surrounding visitors
Charles May appears on the sick list. Sam McAllister visited St. Louis with friends. Dr E J Giger visited Alhambra from St. Louis on business. Daniel Deibert of Sebastopol visited family there last Saturday. Misses Catheryn Grotefendt and Leoba Hettel attended an opera in St. Louis. Village authorities bought fire extinguishers to guard against small dives. Mrs James Clifford of Monmouth and Miss Rose Faes of St. Louis visited G Faes family Sunday. Pauline Wentz recovers slowly after a St Louis hospital operation. Marine Commercial Club met at Turners hall to discuss electric light plant transfer. Copper shop at Walier Spies mill resumes after month shutdown due to barrel oversupply. Frauenverein of German Evangelical elected officers for the year and voted to paint the church building. The Call remains the best local advertising medium for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles May
Sam McAllister
St. Louis
E. C. Kruse
E. J. Giger
Alhambra
Daniel Deibert
Sebastopol
Catheryn Grotefendt
Leoba Hettel
James Clifford
Monmouth
Rose Faes
G. Faes
Pauline Wentz
Marine Commercial Club
Turners' Hall
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Prop
Herman Roeben
Heyes
Center St. & Coll
Phone
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Union Shop
George Wittmann
Theo, Gebauer
Roy Peters
Ile
Knecht
Wes Renfro
Zeaders Ars
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Isenberg
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Persona
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