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Happenings and Gossip Briefs From Local Notes
Primary election nears with next Tuesday on the horizon. Juries, licenses, market specials and community updates fill a column: Gebauer's Market offers fish during Lent. B W Jarvis handles auto license applications. P Edwards serves jury duty in Granite City court. several residents relocate between St Jacob Collinsville and Troy. Notable incidents include a fire at C E McKittrick’s residence, Mrs. August Dierking’s illness in St Louis, and the Isenberg infant death. Local bids set state aid road costs. Buhrmester relocates to East St Louis as painter and paper hanger. Mrs. Sarah Baird faces illness and prior paralysis. Herman A. Rump’s Webster Groves house burns, with losses and ties to Troy.
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B. W. Jarvis
Gebauer's
C. P. Edwards
Granite City City
Herman Metz
St. Jacob
Collinsville
Metz
Maggie Risser
J. W. Rea
August Dierking
Troy
H. A. Buhrmester
East St. Louis
North Twelfth Street
Buhrmester
Amos Hayes
Sarah Baird
August Droll
Baird
Herman A. Rump
Webster, Groves
Rump
Seele Bros. Grain Company
St. Louis