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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
4
A corny curiosity from Godfrey reports a bottle of shelled corn sealed in a brick schoolhouse foundation for over 75 years. Finder H G Kellenger will plant the corn in spring to test germ life. Monument ads note Troy House Furnishing Co. as Highland Marble Works agents.
Miss Laura Schoeck visited Highland on Saturday and Emil Schweickert came to Highland Sunday. L A Spies of St Louis visited St Jacob Sunday. Wesley Dugger and Ben Long with John Oldenkamp were Highland visitors Sunday. Mr and Mrs Valentine Liebler visited St Louis Monday. N Michael, a county seat business visitor last Saturday. Chester Cook arrived from Belleville to visit Jacob Burkhardt. Harold Baer from Highland visited home folks Sunday. A Schweickert of St Louis guests of uncle Emil Schweickert. Wm Bones returned after travels. L J Wick and family were Sunday guests of Frank Schwartz. Mrs John J Gaffner recently visited Mr and Mrs Herbert Stocker at Highland. Mrs Robert Moser visited her mother Mrs Branger from Highland Sunday. Sidney Sweeney visited his parents W P and Mrs Sweeney in Troy Sunday. Louis Ernst visited his son Nelson and wife in Highland Sunday.
Mesdames Oscar Appel A R Baer and Miss Esther Ofdenkamp were visitors to Highland. Highland residents John Aebischer Oscar Ofdenkamp Bert Sweeney and Emil Burkhardt visited last Friday. Mrs Payne returned to Pocahontas after a stay with daughter Mrs Charles Kilby. Misses Bessie Schoeck Ella Handrizh and Alvina Tittel visited relatives from Highland Sunday. D P Wasser and family moved to the old Win Meyer farm. Harry Giger moved into the Wasser home. Henry Dressel of East St Louis visited Sunday with Adam Slaase and recently lost three fingers while with B and O wrecking crew. The marriage of Edna Pager to Wim Keck of O’Fallon occurred Wednesday at the Pager home Rev Schmidt officiating Attendants Lizzie Keck and Frank Keck of O’Fallon. The couple will live on a farm north of O’Fallon with friends’ best wishes.
Miss Agatha Deibert and Dora Macdoe visit relatives in St. Louis while Edward Dewey and George Reding visit on business. Prof W M Valentine and Miss Edith Shepard visit Marine and Edwardsville respectively. Local social events include Royal Neighbors officers installed, new Reo cars purchased, and a piano recital. The electric light plant construction begins in Marine, with a March 1 operation target, and the Marine Singing Society plans to disband due to age. An obituary-related funeral in St. Jacob is noted, along with residence moves and community notices. Kickapoo Worm Killer advertised for child health. Illinois State Undertakers Association meeting covered with local attendees.
Local notes report Philip Rarick Jr smiling at a newborn, Johnnie Déimling’s Shetland pony, and Frank Schulze’s death at the county farm from alcoholism. Also: Ed wardsville poor farm resident Miriza Flora at 91 teeth, Edith Pierce’s death from paralysis, Erna Kuhn’s perfect attendance at Belleville High, Paul Geffen’s mine injury at Breese, doctor Liermann’s visit, Peter Stifel’s farm sale and move to Minnesota, front license plate rule correction, Madison County Medical Society meeting in Edwardsville with Dr Mather Pfeiffenberger, and East Collinsville incorporation defeat with 166 votes.
In a continuation from earlier pages, the author recounts a night attack, returning with a dead soldier and two cannibal prisoners. Burial honors are described, a French prayer by a lieutenant, English by the narrator, and a hope for a larger detachment to quell the palaver. The narrative notes white safety amid tribal feuds, and mentions hippo, crocodile, elephant, and buffalo sightings along with a leopard stealing goats.
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