Commencement and Picnic Mark Troy Public Schools Close
The Troy City Public Schools ended a successful term with Tuesday dismissal and Wednesday ceremonies. Class of 05 graduates received praise and flowers at Rieder's opera house. A large Wednesday picnic at Jarvis' grave featured an 8 pm parade led by the U. M. W. A. band, banners, and prize games amid ideal weather and festive crowds.
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Troy City
Rieder
Opera House
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Jarvis
Graduation Program At Opera House Delights Crowd
Reserved seats sold out as community crowds packed the opera house for a school graduation program led by the Board of Education. A sequence of declamations, solos, duets, and a diploma presentation showcased students such as Anna Bohland Emma Wittmann John Supp Marjorie Weir and Julius Collins with Rev A Vandaveer delivering the invocation and benediction. The event earned praise for the students teachers and the schools’ reputation.
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Opera
Mesdames F. E. Linder
A. F. Seligman
Board of Education
Corpa
A. Vandaveer
F. E. Linder
Anna E. Bohland
Edward Schotemeyer
Claudius
Cynthia
Emma C. Wittmann
Southland
Canfield
A. F.seligman
Nathan Hale
Mary W. Rawlings
John M. Supp
Frances_E. Renfro
Misses Hollis
Anna £. Bohland
Horace B. Cook
Bartlett
Mra. M. F. Auwarter
Anna E. Hollis
Lookout Mountain
Julius F. Collins
Nocal
Sobieski
Marjorie F. Weir
Emma C
Wittmann
P. M. Davidson
Old Black Joe
Menora
Mossman
Cook
Snodgrasa
Dawson
Fieed
Re opening McCray-Dewey academy petition circulated
A petition to reopen the McCray-Dewey academy is being circulated asking parents to state how many pupils they will send. Trustees are divided on reopening this fall, some favor delaying until estate funds grow. others hope for non resident attendance and possible earlier reopening. The academy closed five years ago due to exhausted funds and required estate improvements to sustain it. An outside endowment could stabilize financing, with Carnegie cited as a potential donor. Also mentions a Mrs Hellater’s Rocky Mountain Tea ad and subscription rate notes for The Weekly Cal.
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McCray-Dewey Academy
Ttia
Academy
Carnegie
City Grants Electric Road Franchise To Troy & Suburban
The city council in a special session granted a 20 year electric rail franchise to the Troy and Suburban Railway Company for building maintaining and operating a street line in Troy. Ordinance 65 is officially published. Officials expect rapid right of way coordination and construction to begin soon with plans to start work shortly.
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Troy & Suburban Railway Company
City of
Troy
Thomas
F.G. Zenk
Maryville
Memorial and Wedding News From Troy and Vicinity
Memorial day celebrations bring visitors and relatives to Troy with weddings in nearby Collinsville and St Louis. Samuel R. Davis and Fannie Morriss wed in Greenville after Memorial events. Effie Riggin marries Victor Dillman in Troy with a St Louis future. Friends and family attend dinners, congratulations, and social gatherings across Troy, Collinsville, and nearby towns.
Memorial Day Visitors and Local Guests Highlight Collinsville Area
Collie Memorial day visitors and guests of F. W. Cook and family fill the town. Edna Gillaspy of Nevada Missouri visits Miss Eunice Powell.-Lindenwood college classmates attend events. Attendees travel to Collinsville for an Eagles meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Harper N. Allen visit relatives from St Louis. Memorial day observations include visits by Renfro Parker Bertram and Evans. Dr L C Tiffany from Springfield assists as state veterinarian. Evans, an Aetna inspector, inspects the Brookside mine, detailing his southern Illinois remit.
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F. W. Cook
Edna Gillaspy
Nevada
Lindenwood College
Eunice Powell
Wv. D. Coons
Martin O'Connor
James Bone
James Hubbel
Collinsville
Order of Eagles
Harper N. Allen
Little Daughter
St. Louis
H. V. Renfro
Louise Bertram
Della Parker
James J. Purviance
Bertram
Parker
J. O. Evans
Litchfield
Evans
Aetna Insurance Co
Brookside
Illinois
Church and Society Notes from Troy Social News
The Merry Workers meet at Mrs. Jane Henderson's next Wednesday. The Troy cemetery Mite Society gathers with Mrs. T. H. Bell on June 10 at 2 PM. Infant Gerald Jerome, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Droli, was christened at St. Jerome's. The German Evangelical church previews a June 12 Sunday school picnic at Jarvis grove. Ascension day services were at St. Pauls Lutheran at 9:30 with large turnout. The Ladies' Aid ice cream festival is set for June 10 on the church lawn. Epworth League of Mt Zion M B church plans a moonlight picnic for June 14 with program. An illustrated feature by Lt Col Stephen Marshall of the Salvation Army was canceled due to his Chicago assignment. Prep services at St Pauls Lutheran Sunday at 8:30, Pentecostal service at 9:30 with communion, then 2:30 PM and Monday 9:30 AM services. Salvation Army reps leave for Collinsville after a monthlong revival with many conversions. Ensign Isaacs and team were popular. Also a note warns of a bad scare from bowel pain, promoting Dr King’s New Life Pills at S. Kingston’s for 25c. Cart ads claim affordability and efficacy.
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Fannie Morriss
Troy
Collinsville
Greenville
Presbyterian Church Parsonage
W. P. Minton
J. M. Hawley
Joseph Davidson
C. E. Davidson
Robert.c. Morriss
Samuel Davis
Misa Effie Riggin
Victor Dillman
St. Louis
James C. Riggin
Marine Road
A. Vandaveer
M. E
Dillman
V.C. Dillman
Meadamen Wm. Zelmere
Robert Bowers
Emma Wollbrink
J. W. Roseberry
Eat St. Louis
Wm. Bonds
Staumton
George Giger
Highland
F. W. Zanders
Wm. Holden
C.F. Risser
G. G. Bock
Missea Etta
Rowena
Lof Smithton
Herman- Metz
Collinarilie
Merry Workers
Jane Henderson
Troy Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Stephen Marshall
Salvation Army
Chicago
St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ensign Isaacs
Memorial Day Parade and Services in Troy
A large Troy Memorial Day celebration under the Troy Cemetery Mite Society observed a half holiday for business and residents. The parade formed at the public school and moved to the Presbyterian church for ceremonies led by Rev. H. T. Bahnsen and Rev. A. Vandaveer, with music by the U M W A band and a Memorial address by Rev. Stephen Catt of Jerseyville. Graves were later decorated at the cemetery, where visitors from out of town joined locals for socializing and flowers, including delegation from Collinsville Fire Company honoring fallen comrade Henry Terry.
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Canedy
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Cook
Mesara
Dawson
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Mostmaan
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Terseyville
Roll Call
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Angels
Graves
Benediction
Jerseyville
Catt
George Ambrosinn
Moritz Wilhelm
David Newman
J. H. Siegel
Collinsville
Old Settlers Reunion Meet Date Confusion in Madison County
An old Madison County settlers association announces a reunion at Edwardsville with repeated date errors. The group, noting their flat Wednesday tradition in June, initially set and then corrected the meeting date to June 7, amid continued confusion about the intended day.
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Edwardsville
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Settlers’ Association
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