Edwardsville Sprinter Schedule Passes Through The Station
Train timetable indicates limited trains from Edwardsville Station effective May 19 1912 with North and South runs. Sleeper and parlor cars serve St Louis to Springfield and Peoria routes with several morning and evening departures. Local agents Sommer and Quackenbush oversee operations in Springfield Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsyvilgn
St. Louis
Springfield
Peoria
St. Lewis
Time Card for St Louis Suburban Routes and Parker Schedule
timetable listing departures from St Louis East St Louis Collinsville Edwardsville Maryville and Matthews Crossing with first cars at 6:04 to 7:10 a.m. and hourly or every few minutes until late evening. notes on north and southbound patterns and officials F B Thomas Hewitt Superintendent.
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St. Louis
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Maryville
East
Louis
3Rd
Broadway
Coblistaville
Caltinsville
Cnaryville
Edgemont
O'Fulton and Lebanon
Matthews' Crossing
Court house items and guardianship in chancery suit
Discharged guardians report balances due to George and Ewald and Pauly. guardian must file new bond of 4500 due to death of surety Katherine Look appointed to represent heirs in a chancery case. Real estate transfers list numerous property deeds and trusteeships in Granite City Edwardsville Alton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herman
Guardian
George
Ewald
Pauly
Katherine J. Look
A. H. Look
Real estate transfers and marriage licenses listed in Edwardsville area
A compiled notice lists numerous property transfers across Hamel, Granite City, Alton, Worden, Collinsville, and nearby townships plus several marriage license issuances. Names include Borgohs, Snyder, Morris, Beckwith, Kittinger, Lexon, Blair, Drew, Esterlein, and many others with tract descriptions and dollar values ranging from 10 to 5 663.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Busroughs
Hamel Township
August Borgoh, Jr
Nelgon ‘R. Kinder
W. Jarvis
Trey
Caroline Snyder
Louis ‘Degenhart
Brown Street
Hungter
N. L
Alton
R. A. Morris Et al
L. F. Freaen
Morrisa
Granite City
E. Waterodt
G. M. Matis
Edwardsville Township
J. TY. McGaughey
Lena Elmers
McGaughey
Worden
Chonteau Township
Grace A. Blair
Blanton Et al
Shelly's
A. L. Drew
Otto Straube
Sea Record
Jarvis Township
Esterlein
Herman
Reed's
Collinsville
Nera Esterlein Tod
Collingville
Wil Land
St. Chite County
Kea Atuatin
Mister Dt
Add
Hirbliad
Cecelia Sury
YU St. Jacob
Buoy Floated Six Years Story Of Mysterious Currents
A life buoy marked Passed by J Guthrie San Francisco June 1 1906 was found on a Scottish beach. Sent by John Gear from Lerwich Scotland via a clipped note in the Shetland Times, the buoy drifted from the Stanley Dollar wreck off Japan in August 1905 and traveled an unknown path across oceans. The tale highlights seafaring mystery and longest known drift.
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Stanley Dollar
John Gear
Lerwich
Scotland
Shetland Times
Lerwick
Cal- Vivoe
Papastour
J. Guthrie
San Francisco
Cal
Guthrie
Japan
Horn
Northwest Passage
Australisia
Cape of Good Hope
Atlantic
San Francisco Chronicle
Ants Cultivate Grass Like Ant Rice In Texas
Gardeners note ants in Texas tending a patch of grass called ant rice within their mound area. The circular claim measures about ten to twelve feet, with ants allowing no other plant to invade. They harvest the crop, though whether they plant or seed remains debated, and weeds are vigorously controlled. The Call subscription offer appears at page four.
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Manta
Texas
Wreck Kills Twenty One, Injures Thirty Near Ligonier
A heavy freight train collided with a passenger coach on the Wilden branch near Ligonier Valley. Twenty one people died and thirty were injured, most residents of the Witpen branch, as engines plowed through the coach near a curve by the Denny race track. The wreck left one engineer dead and several others with severe injuries.
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Ligonier
Ligonier Valley
Wilden
Denny Race Track
McConbroughty
Freman
George Byers
Magister Smith P. Beaty
Imegghiremian
John Ankney
Tel Bene
Dunlap
Wreck kills 35 as express crashes into stalled passenger train
A train wreck near Cornings, New York, leaves 35 dead and about 50 injured when an express train bound from New York to Buffalo plows into a stationary Lackawanna coach train No 9. Dense fog obscured the stalled rear, and passengers from Scranton and Newark were among the dead.
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Cornits-N
Lackawanha
Oly
New York
Buffalo
Corning
William Shaver
Scranton
Newark
N. J
Heppner and Hening Freed on Bond at Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago report says Arlein Heppner with Mrs Jose phine Hening entered a room at the Grand Pacific hotel where Clarence Funk general manager of the International War vester company was present, under a $5,000 bond.
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Chicago
Arlein Heppner
Clarence 3. Funk
International Warvester Company
Grand Pacific Hotel
Josephine Hening
Liberty
Woodrow Wilson Backed By Sacramento Union Editorial
The Sacramento Union, long a staunch Republican paper, on its front page endorses Woodrow Wilson for the presidency. Meanwhile Michigan Governor Osborn quits as he opposes a third party and urges Col. Roosevelt to drop his presidential bid.
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Oyster Hay
N. Y
Col Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento Union
Gov. Osborn
Lansing
Mich
Col. Roosevelt
Battleship Arkansas Plans Move Up the River
An invitation has been sent to the navy department requesting the battleship Arkansas be sent up the river in July to receive the silver service purchased by residents of the state. A reminder of home follows a street fight note involving a Kan sas City visitor and a home invasion. Gen. R F Hoke, reportedly Gen Lee’s choice as successor, dies at his Liquola ton home in North Carolina.
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Velena
Ark
Navy Department
Arkansas
Lee
Charlotte
N. C
R. F. Hoke
Liquolaton
N.C
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Ction
North
Staunton
Litchfield
P.R. Sommer
Ins.teave
South
Run
Hillsboro
IAD
Quackenbush
Louie & Suburban
Henry Spengel
Robt
Spenzel
Miller Et
Rusters
McAnarney
Ae W. Niedringhaus
Elsie Weber
Otto Weber
Highland
I. Geo
Clenswood Cemetery
Collins’ Reservation
Collinsville i
Green Parker
Armour
Mack
Smith's
Allen
Ft . Gov
Niedeinghans
Marku Seifert
Istadd
Hajdrileh
Hocker
Kineevhe
Love
Bkc
Prairie City RC
Engelmann
Jaho Seth
Blk
Madison Amt
Annie J. Hinds
Mary Bk. Wrikonant
Madison
Eliza Brown
F. Wayne
J. W. Terry
Edwardaville
John Talbot
Helen B. Messenger
Benbow City
Henry Gronemeyer
Uinin
A. Heddergott
Free City Delivery
Hay
KM. Barnett
Edwardsvilly
Elizabeth Burton
Edwardaville Robt
L. Rice
Cartinvilli
Della A. Ghinder
Carlinville
Walter RK. King
Worden Louilta Firley
Wordyn
Rudolph Mairer
St. Laanis
Madeleine Steiff
Newark Peenday
Ollinggi Lhe
Lizzie Greglive
Lloyd Brown
East St. Louis
Nellie Hines
Hulfendick’s
Jatore
Luke Lea
Tennessee
United States Senate
Democratic
Ligonier, PA
Salisbury
England
Bo Loraine
Aar
Harriet Quimby
W. A. P. Willard
Boston
Benito Koenig
Altona
Prussia
Melvin Vaniman
Calvin Vaniman
George Boutillion
Fred Elmer
Walter Geat
Vaniman
Tom Moore
Belleville
Lient
Caranda
Roumania Army
Bucharest
Hartford
Conn
William Castlehaven
Lackawanna
Elmira
Expresa
Republican
Wilson
Hame
Troy
Kad
Hazel Hill
Kansas City
Arch Hedrick
AGL
M.F. Allwarter
Givig
Auwarter’s
Eagle
Riebold’s Bakery and Confectionery
Wick Bros. Jewelry Company
Troy Exchange Bank
W. W. Jarvis
John Feldmeier
D. G. Jarvis
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