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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
4
The sane Fourth of July committee in Cleveland Ohio plans a big parade at the public square with schoolchildren singing patriotic songs and pageants. Four to five bands will perform under one director while uniformed national groups join the procession. A flag will be raised at gunrise and a thirteen-gun salute fires at the lake front.
The Call's fashion department encourages readers to explore current pattern trends. It highlights available patterns and emphasizes timely updates for sewing and design projects.
Weather warms as day length runs fourteen hours fifty three minutes. Wheat prices ease yet linger high for farmer returns. Deimling Bros. ship porkens to East St. Louis. City brick hospital project advances toward occupancy. Dr F J Bartel opens dental office at St Jacob with limited weekly hours. Highland electric plant to offer day service July first through summer. Fred Kunkel, 55, dies in Niger Hollow mine No 1. Pocahontas votes 74 to 5 to issue 12000 for new public school. Granite City News and Staunton News suspend. I M W A band engaged for Pocahontas Fourth of July by Red Men. Ten Madison county townships pay all taxes.
Obituary notes: Theodore R. Wobf, Edwardsville native and Delaware state chemist, died in Newark at 51 from a paralytic stroke. J Nick Perrin of Belleville remains critical after a stroke in St Louis. Local business: Lannae and Worden acquire Home Trade coal mine for 7500 dollars. Edwardsville school bond issue of 50,000 awarded to Bank of Edwardsville at par. Rev John F Harmon reappointed president of McKendree College. resignations of F C Cady and Howardine accepted. Local events include a milling trip by S K Wagmer to Collinsville and Peters, plus a typhoid death in St Jacob.
Nrow Bert R Lean of Cheny Wash credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing a severe lung condition after costly visits to Spokane and California. He endorses it for bronchitis coughs asthma and croup. 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free guaranteed by 5S.
Those attractive women are envied by many, weak health leads to trouble. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood and brighten eyes. Charming women owe health to them. 50c at S Kingston's. Also note lower paper price under two cents weekly.
An early Call office advertisement highlights assorted local view post cards. The brief trade note signals the office as a hub for postcard designs and promotional material.
Court House items show distributions from estates of Gottlieb Stalhut and Jacob W. Dornseif. Stalhut estate receipts total 2624.15 expenditures 451.50 balance 2172.63 with administrator authorized to distribute 1200 to heirs. Dornseif estate inventory presented and approved receipts 3380.75 expenditures 2388.47 balance 992.28 and Annie M Dornseif claim of 1061.22 allowed.
Records list multiple dated deeds and transfers: Knebel to Ambuehl. Wolf to Wolf. Smith to Smith. Kennedy to Berkey. Mindrup to Mindrup. Springer to Evans. Chandler to Berkey. Appel to Kaiser. Sweitzer to Lemen. McNeilly to Kesel. Blumer to Highland Brewing Co.. Higginbotham to Jansen. Fitch to Foerichs. Berkey to Illinois State Trust Co.. Berkey to Chandler. May to Schwartz. Zolk to Streif. Buchta to Sweitzer. Wetzel to Wetzel. Rhein to Lena Rhein. Dumbeck to Spengel. Dumbeck to Spengel. Dumbeck to Mettler. Daumbeck to Mettler. Amounts range from 200 to 4,000 dollars for parcels in Collinsville, Edwardsville, St. Jacob, and Highland areas.
A fragmented OCR list presents names ages and home towns from Alton and nearby cities such as Springfield Collinsville Granite City Belleville East St. Louis and Madison. Many entries include ages ranging from mid teens to late fifties with scattered notes and odd punctuation.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous names with ages and cities such as Granite City St. Louis Upper Alton Edwardsville Collinsville Danville and Collinsville. The text includes ages ranging from 18 to 44 and scattered initials and stray characters across multiple locales. No cohesive event is defined.
Reading applications for stand privileges at a picnic, the board approves Mrs. Mary Reibold's proposition and assigns Mose Johnson and Friesland and Davis to confer with the band to arrange the picnic. The board adjourns with AR Morriss as president and R L Dawson as clerk.
Advert announces Bucklen Arnica Salve as unmatched for cuts burns bruises sores and more with 25 cent price at S Kingston's and agent Daniel Peterman delivering St Louis papers.
A sufferer with stomach trouble finds relief as dyspepsia and indigestion vanish and appetite, nerves, and overall vigor improve because stomach liver and kidneys function well. 25 cents at S. Kingston's.
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