News Notes From New Brookside and Nearby
Incoming payroll at New Brookside Coal Company. Friesland family moves into Peterman residence. January Women’s Magazine on sale at The Call for 5 cents per copy. The Call offers 852 inches of reading for under two cents weekly. Fred Biffert drawn as petit juror for Alton city court starting February 2. Spring and Fall Suit Patterns discounted up to 813.00 in sale. A son born to Mrs Anthony Wehberfritz. John M. Davis, Madison County native and veteran doctor, dies near Staunton at 4. Edward Roark injures three toes at drill. Carnation Day honors President McKinley. Articles of incorporation issued to St Louis & Illinois Coal Company. may take over Vietetta mine. Corpus Christi paper notes F C Hostetter’s hotel move. Jacob Wittmann suffers repeated horse losses. total now eleven horses and a mule dead plus two other losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside Coal Company
Co. M. Friesland
Peterman
Fred Biffert
Alton
Anthony Wehberfritz
Sarah Dunstan
John M. Davis
Madison County
Staunton
Roark
Wm. McKintey
Springfield
St. Louis & Illinois Coap Company
C. W. Terry
C. K. Gueltig
H. C. Gerke
Edwardsville
St. Louis
Envietta
J. S. Turley
Corpus Christi
Tex
Daily Herald
F.C. Hostetter
Trojan
George W. Baker
F. C. Hostetter
Southern
Tie
Jacob Wittmann
Blackjack
Wittmann
Charles Strueckhoff
C. F. Stienhans
Mr. Stienhans
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Grip
An old Call advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for grip and related respiratory illnesses. It touts a testimonial from A L Dunn of Pine Valley Mississippi who says one bottle cured him after three weeks laid up. The ad notes 50 cents and one dollar prices and that copies of the issue are sold for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
A. L. Dunn
Pine Valley
Miss
Kingston
Court house items and guardianship notices summarized
Court items show receipts and disbursements for Fritz Winkelmann James Warner and others with balances approved. Minor ward John Lesemann guardian discharged. Conservatorship hearing set February 11 for Michael Laur. Guardianship letters issued to Sophia Hamann bond set. Deceased administrators discharged in several estates including Vollbracht Hocher and Starkey. Adjustments due on first Monday in March. Kriege and Marcum estates show balances and distributions. claims against American Steel Foundries and W C Gordon noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Winkelmann
James Warner
John Lesemann
Michael Laur
Charles Hamann Et al
Sophia Hamann
Joseph Vollbracht
Reginia Hocher
Salatheil Starkey
E. R. Starkey
Frederick Kriege
Frank Jackson
Gl. C. Stullken
American Steel Foundries
W.C. Gordon
Virginia Marcum
Collinsville property transfers and notices listed
A record of numerous Collinsville and area real estate transfers and mortgage deeds, naming grantors, grantees, parcel descriptions, and prices including transitions in Fletcher Heights and Central Additions. Also an advertisement for Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy and related notices.
Model Pennsylvania road uses mixed materials near Harrisburg
A road near Harrisburg known as the Hummelstown pike is built from a blend including water gas tar cement liquid asphaltum road oil copper sulfate and wintergreen oil. The mixture sheds water remains non slippery in winter resists freezing and costs 50 cents per square yard to apply. It reportedly disinfects the area with no contagious diseases in the past year and stands up to heavy traffic with a smooth hard surface per Washington Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown Pike
Harrisburg
Washington Herald
False Doctrine At Delaware College Lectures On Quack Medicine
The late Dr. Theodore Wolf a Delaware College chemistry professor reduced his state chemist fees as they were deemed exorbitant. A Newark man recalls Dr. Wolf as a delightful lecturer noting a quack medicine tale about a patient who overdosed weekly. The wife quoted liturgy to curb the man but Dr. Wolf asked where the liturgy condemns quackery and she replied the line From all false doctoring Good Lord deliver us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Wolf
Delaware College
A Hand Me Down From an Advertising Expert
A well known ad expert replies to Sartorial Progress remarks at the Tailors National Association banquet. He notes that modern clothing ads improve fashion sense and reduce old father sized hand me downs. He recalls a past anecdote of a brother's reaction to his father's beard shaved and red whiskers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tailors’ National Association
Lippincott's
Preventics Candy Cold Cure Tablets Offer Quick Relief
There is no Quinine, nothing harsh in Preventics. These candy like tablets act as by magic to break the feverish cold in a few hours. Preventies please the children and they break the fever. A large box contains 48 Preventics for 25 cents. Ask your druggist. Sold by 8 Wingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingston
Local address paper the latest thing in stationery
The Call offers a new stationery item described as address paper, advertised through the paper's stationery department.
Time Card for St Louis Suburban Lines to Collinsville Maryville
Schedule details the East St Louis and Suburban lines with departure times from St Louis East St Louis Edwardsville Collinsville Maryville Matthews Crossing and Caseyville Edgemont O Fallon and Lebanon divisions. Key departures include 7 10 a m and hourly late night runs to 12 00 midnight and 12 45 am for Maryville southbound and northbound patterns from Collinsville and Maryville. Fr H Thomas and F Hewitt sign as General Supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Maryville
East St. Louis
3Rd
Broadway
Caseyville
Edgemont
O’fallon
Lebanon
Matthews’ Crossing
H. Thomas
F. Hewitt
Notice to Hunters Prohibits Trespass On Premises
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that hunting or trespassing is strictly forbidden on any part of their premises under penalty of the law. Names listed include Chris Diepholz Charles Schultze Frank Bauman Wm Langwise Joseph Arth Henry Niehaus and others. The Call promotes Want Ads with a light prompt to try one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Diepholz
Charles Schultze
Frank Bauman
Wm. Langewise
Joseph Arth
Henry Niehaus
Wm. Ackerman
Hampton Long
Fred FE. Hartman Moritz Wendler
Henry Taake
John Flath
Adam Flath
Wm. Weber
Edward J. Mille
Andrew Hoenig
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlotte Hoettmann
FE. E. Culk
Aed
BE. W. Collins
Add
J. H. Barnsback
Fred Trampe
G. P. McQuillan
Laura Rucker
Fletcher Heights
Union Trust & Savings Bank
William Boda
Wm. Jones
Central
Peers
G. P. Valliet
August Stocker
Louisa Hoffmann
Mary FE
Danudermann
Highland
Peter Oakes
G. P. McQuillam
Co. R
Troy Market
E. ST. Louis & Suburban
Illinois Traction Sytsem
Hdwardsville Station
North
E. W. Frederick, Awenh
Washington
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Women’s Magazine
W. W. Jarvis
F. O. Leidel
Moritz Wendler
Jarvis
A. Heddergott
John S. Jarvis
Troy Telephone CO
Chris. Busse
T. A. Riggin
A. N. Riggin
Fred Tegtmeier
Edwin Zenk
Tenatius Riggin
Benj. Schultze
John Dollinger
Henry Horstmann
John Howard
Queene Riggin
Chris. Buhrmester
Merman Schlaefer
George Flath
Hackmann Bros
Troy Exchange Bank
D. G. Jarvis
Columbia
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