Brookside Coal Company to Lease Abandoned Mine
A local firm reaches a two year lease with Consolidated Coal Company for the Brookside mine near Troy. The mine will resume under local management and a new Brookside Coal Company is formed with Fred Campbell as president and Peter Grieves as general manager. Officials plan operations to restart by July 20 and anticipate the Troy route expansion by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Coal Company
St. Louis
Consolidated
Brookside
Tur Cau
Tue Cat
Peter Grieves
Fred Campbell
Collinsville
E. Wiesenborn
Wiezenborn
Busch
Wm. G. Baglin
Thos, Naylor
R. C. Morrins
G L. Elliott
Brookside Coal Company
Mail Carrier Examination Postmaster Millett Receives
Postmaster Millett has received official notification regarding the mail carrier examination. Details indicate a rural route assessment is forthcoming and expected to be scheduled locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millett
Penn bonds in France loan placed by Kuhn, Loeb
A New York dispatch to the St. Louis Republic dated June 18 reports Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad 250,000,000 francs of a 12-15 year Pennsylvania Company loan guaranteed by the railroad. The loan is placed with a French group led by Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas and Credit Lyonnais, at about par. Payments will be in equal installments later this year or earlier at bank option. The closing is cited as the first direct American loan in Paris and the first officially sanctioned American loan there, bringing roughly 50,000,000 in French currency to the United States. The issue price will be near 99 to par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
New York
Credit Lyonnais
Kuhn, Doeb & Co
Paris
Weather Bulletin Reports Week of Cool, Wet Conditions
Springfield weekly weather bulletin notes a mean temperature deficiency of about 8 in central and northern districts and 4 in the south due to northerly winds and high Ontario pressure. A low 60s max was recorded, showers occurred on the 13th to 15th, rainfall was generally beneficial, with the heaviest falls in central and northern districts and scattered reports from Montgomery to Mt. Carmel detailing cool conditions and varied precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Ontario
Montgomery
Hillaboro
A. Caldwell
W. EB. Co
Wabash
Mt. Carmel
Happenings of Relatives Friends and Strangers Gather
Mr and Mrs Edw H Klein celebrated the sixth anniversary of their marriage last Sunday at home with many relatives and friends. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Vierrether and family and Mrs J Miller and Miss Hannah Dorn peif of St Louis, among others. The article lists numerous local visitors and social visits, along with church notices and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vierrether
Stroeher
Emma
H. Febb
J. Miller
Hannah Dorn_peif
St. Louis
Jacob Dornseif
Worden
A. P. Tribout
Pierrou
Martha Albrecht
Collinsville
Esther Vetter
Joseph Allen
John Broker
John F. Deimling
East St. Louis
Arnim Beste
Valpariso
Ind
Fred Voelker
Edwardsville
Troy
Ann Hall
Avery
Belleville
Eliza Wild
Charles Stahl
Trenton
Robert Rieche
Erhardt Deimling
Frank Davidson
Greenville
Charles E. Davidson
Alpha Hogan
Dallas County
Henry Geffen, Sr
Madison
Wis
J. W. Gaskill
M. F. Sprick
Ernest A. Albrecht
Carrie Braner
Paducah
FL. W. ‘Braner
J. Jenkins
Tommie
Thomas Millett
Charles Kileimeier
Wm. Rubin
Kleimeier
Harry Whittaker
Hast St. Louis
George Neudecker
George C. ‘Hartung
George
Louis
Dorothea
Katherine Bour
Elmburat
Chicago
Schulz
Otto Schulz
Womac
Tex
Fred Buhrmester
Thompson Falls
Mont
Shamrock
James H. Moss
Moss
Greenville College
Rural Route Signals Implemented by Post Office
Rural delivery division issues a 1906 order requiring patrons on rural routes to display signals on their mail boxes to indicate mail for carriers. Carriers will skip boxes without signals and must lower signals after collections. Simple devices acceptable. Carriers must promptly inform patrons of the new rule to ensure full compliance by July 1, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manon County
Troy
Rural Delivery Division
Post Office Department
Cali
Committees Named for Troy Fourth of July
The Sunday Schools under Troy’s Fourth of July celebration appoints executive and activity committees. Executive Committee includes M. F. Auwarter I. W. Cook and George Ritcher. Petition for Band and Fireworks panel lists M. F. Auwarter George Ritcher Mrs. Samuel Hughes I. W. Cook Wm. Lewis and Thomas Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
M. F. Auwarter
I. W. Cook
George Ritcher
Samuel Hughes
Wm. Lewis
Thomas Scott
James
Local committees organize July 4 activities in Troy
Hindmarch and Thurston lead committees on speakers program ground and band. Fireworks ice cream candy stands supervised by a slate of volunteers. Food donations to the school house July 4 from 9 to 11 am. Parade starts at 10 am from the school. A photo car from Collinsville draws crowds amid cheers and street car nostalgia in Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindmarch
H. F. Thurston
A. F. Seligman
Robert Mantle
Sen v. Wwuuw
Cook
H F. Thurston
D. Genevieve Jarvis
M. F. Auwarter
B. F. Cramer
R. L. Dawson
Morriss
Fred Mosimann
E. S. Donoho
Peter Grieves
John Vidamour
Lucretia Boston
Alice Collins
Candy
Adda Matthews
S. W. Rawson
Bertha Osborn
Wm. Lewis
Henry Wood
Thomas Scott
Sohn Norbury
Collinsville
Troy
Charles Wendler
Collinsville Road
New Discovery Promises Health For Coughs Colds
Willia T. Morgan, a retired U S A commissar sergeant from Rural Route 1 Concord WN H, testifies after two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines that Dr King s New Discovery keeps him in perfect health during cold seasons. In New Hampshire it is hailed as the best remedy for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases. Guaranteed at S Kingston s drug store. Price 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Philippines
Willia T. Morgan
Concord
WN. H
S. Kingston
Maiden Blush branch bears 84 perfect apples record
Charles Wendler brings a three-twig branch from a Maiden Blush tree to THE office claiming it holds a fruit bearing record with 84 perfect apples. He notes the tree strains under load and suggests shaking off fruit to save the tree. Also promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and local ads for land sales and stationery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wendler
Caut
May term circuit court ends with indictments and adjournment
The May term grand jury completed work, adjourned sine die after inspecting public buildings. Indictments include burglary, larceny, murder, manslaughter, forgery, selling liquor, and crime against children. Several true bills noted. many cases disposed in circuit and chancery courts with continuances, guilty findings, and divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Walter Bezona
Norris Comer
J. W. Sanders
Charles Moses
Tony Jerbie
Julian E. Lantermann
Charles Tisuis
J. H. Hollander
Annie Lohr
Maggie Stillwell
Charles Smith
Patrick O’lery
E. B. Purvis
Joseph Nolan
Philip Fretz
W. W Nichols
Walter C. Anderson
Mace Walsh
H. W. Siegel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consolidated Company
PENN
BONDS
France
Climatological Service of Weather Bureau
Rieder’s Opera House
Net
Tupaday
Oyet
Epworth League
Lauder Services
Bessie Renshaw
Lat
Ritchie Jones
Bessie Davy
Ard Ard
Eva Renfro
Ath
Ruth Davis
Clara Boston
Lizzie Walker
German Evangelical Church
Young People’s Society
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin Daib
J. W. Britton
M. B
Mt. Zion
Tomomorrow
Nellie Henderson
Monte
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Fred Krause
Hunter
Garfield County
Okla
Oklahoma
CALL
Post-Dispatch
Peterman
Agt
Lee
Thre
Robert Creamer
Lathy Logan
John H. Hollander
Law
People
Green Parker Et al
James Haagen
Charles A. Schlueter
Matthew Medley
American Steel Foundries
Joseph Masko
American Car & Foundry Co
Carlo Canziani
Federal Lead Co
Harry Retzloff
Friend
Donk Bros, Coal & Coke Co
Mary L. Fugerva
Joseph Fager
Freed Cremer
Voila Cremer
Etta Rhodes
Arley Rhodes
Emma Dellaman
Antony Dellaman
Annie Petkus
Mike Drngann
Margaret Matthews
T. J. Matthews
Mary EB. Duncan
Perry
Dineen
Charles Schmidt
Margaret
Beeste
Bertie
Bensie
Rochester
Caronie
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