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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
5
Edward Jarvis a Pittsburgh Steel Company foreman and Troy native, drowned while guiding a barge on the Mississippi River near St Louis. A worker saw the fall, a search followed, and recovery efforts continued without success. He left a wife and two sons, with a sister and half-brothers in St Louis.
Four Cranford men Louia, Peter and John Marsouin and Goris Cousin travel by army wagon toward Frisco for a $2500 wager. They left Cranford on April 4 and must finish by January 14 next year. Allo, an uncle to the Marsau brothers, started with them but was separated while crossing the Alleghenies and has not been heard from since.
David B Gore, grandson of Mr and Mrs T A Beil, passed the Oklahoma bar exam with four others in Law. He is a graduate of the Chicago law school and recently moved to Tulsa to practice. His mother and sister reside in Carboville and friends expect his future success.
The week opened with very dry air and sultry conditions. Rainfall was light elsewhere with heavy rains in the southern counties. The mean temperature ran 3 degrees above normal, with highs near 90 and lows around 44. Four men, WLW Jarvis Henry Wo Ike and others, depart Tuesday for a western trip through Mobile Thompson Falls Denver Utah and Yellowstone Park, expected to last about a month. Kingston mentions Foley’s Kidney Kennedy as a medicine for kidney or bladder trouble.
Adjourned and special meetings discuss employing a city attorney for the current fiscal year. motions name Thomas Williamson of Edwardsville, with council and mayoral figures in attendance, and directives define appointment terms and compensation limits. The record also notes social notices and local gatherings surrounding Troy officials and residents in May 1908.
Henry Kneeht and sister Wiew Min sue and Miss Edna Steinhaes were Sunday guests of Fred Kruekher at Worden. Mrs Hester Davy and daughters Miss Huvsie and Mrs Wa Wikdoalse with Mrs Fannie Dawson and son Robert attended the funeral of A. Host tick at Collinsville. Leonard Smith of Lincoln spent a week with Mr and Mrs Fred Eiffert. He departed Monday for Coffeen for a visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs Ernest Sehroni and Mr and Mrs Fred Purdet and Mrs J A Quintey of St Louis, also Doc Landeau of Collinsville, were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Voarlker. Mr and Mrs TH Harding’s daughter Miss Amy, former of Troy, accompanied by her father, left East St Louis for England and France for the summer. Miss Maud Cook, who has been attending Winds Female College at Jacksonville, is home for vacation. Horace and Roscoe Cook, attending Shurt ef, at Upper Albon, are also home. Wm Yonaho, who recently graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign, visited. He has accepted a position with Gooblman & Co. in Chicago and will leave for Chicago next week.
A fragment from a Troy newspaper lists Trinity Sunday services and related church activities. It mentions prayers at various churches, Sunday school sessions, and a speaker session by Mr Frank Colina of New York, along with notices on postal letters and local medical advertisements.
Court notices report the highest mortgage filed by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad to Central Trust Company of New York for 300 million dollars secured by 91 pieces of track, plus a long list of probate and civil cases. Married woman Martha Bingham, 77, was declared insane and committed to Jacksonville asylum after a head injury. various judgments and appeals across county and supreme courts are noted, with numerous case names and damages awarded or denied.
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