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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1914
Page
5
The ticket lists candidates for local offices including Supervisor A F Seltzman Agneseor Town Clerk Henry C Dettmar Collector B W Jarvis Highway Commissioner Chaz Schultze Justice of the Peace to Fill Vacancy W J Gebauer and School Trustee William Weber.
The ticket lists candidates for Supervisor and other offices including Edwards for Supervisor, Geo C Morrisa for Assessor, A 5 Meg for Town Clerk, John A Voelker for Collector, Jacob Kiraoh for Highway Commissioner, A BR Snodgraas for Justice of the Peace to fill the vacancy, and Henry Bernobardi for School Trustee.
Democratic and Republican township conventions in Troy drew record crowds with over 500 voters and more than 75 women participating for the first time. Democratic officers were chosen and ballots held for supervisor, assessor, and collector amid spirited contests, while Republicans nominated several officials by acclamation and conducted one multi-candidate ballot for collector.
An independent candidate for supervisor created a vacancy for assessor and the party committee seeks a substitute candidate. Liebler gathered the required petition signatures and filed with the town clerk on Monday. With three tickets in the race, interest centers on the supervisor office and about 1000 to 1200 votes are expected this election.
Interest grows in the annual senior election set for Saturday April 11 with a president and two Board of Education members to be chosen. A new law requires petitions signed by at least ten percent or fifty voters, filed ten days before the election. All candidates’ names appear on one ticket with a square for voting. The district bears ticket costs under the new law, except in districts under 1000 inhabitants. High school boards in districts under the general school law face the same limits.
Tax collection in Jarvis township shows a slight shortfall from last year with only 65.05 more charged. Collector Leidel filed returns showing total charges of 24,956.60. 29,840.21 collected. delinquency 1,005.45. commission 478.81. The breakdown lists road and bridge, city of Troy implications, pension, courthouse, and school district allocations with 6,760.68 in school taxes distributed to districts including No. 41 and No. 43.
Martin Arth's home, once the Henderson property near the city cemetery, burned last Saturday. Firefighters faced equipment failures as water supply dwindled. most household goods were saved from lower rooms while the second story was lost. Loss estimated around 4000 dollars with insurance, origin blamed on a defective flue.
A union convention in Pin Oak township named candidates for township offices held last Saturday afternoon at the town hall. Slated for town clerk were Kucker and W Splize. For solicitor C F Dankenbring and others were listed. Highway commissioner candidates included Charles Helmioh and Gouge Heltmann. School trustee vacancy noted with Fret Talleur among those named. Constable candidate Edward Behon also mentioned.
Mrs Elizabeth Spohr celebrated her 65th birthday with a surprise at home hosted by the Frauengervin of the German Evangelical church. The event featured social chatter, a dainty supper, and guests including Bangert Bernhardt Beste Deimling Feldmeier Fehmel Wilhelm Goetz and Shadwick. An Easter ball is planned for April 13 at Graner's hall with the Trey orchestra. A flurry of visitors and locals from St Louis Collinsville East St Louis Highland and Danville are noted, with many short visits and telltale mentions of relatives and friends in Troy community life.
Collinsville visitors joined Troy residents for weekend gatherings. Residents from St Louis and Collinsville traveled to Troy to visit relatives and attend family events, with several plans to return home after time spent with local families.
The funeral for William Stolte Jr. was held Sunday at Trinity Church following his sudden death in Edwardsville last week. An autopsy by five physicians found acute gastritis as the cause. Stolte, 26, had suffered headaches and health issues since earlier in the year and leaves a widow Esther Niemeier, his father, and three sisters. New arrivals include a son born to Paul Gerling’s family and a daughter to John Qulliem and Barbara Sapp. a glove factory meeting in Semzal-Troy seeks support.
Circuit and probate court items report dispositions including multiple foreclosures with master’s reports approved, divorces granted or continued, and several verdicts. Notable cases include Schaller v. Petcsault foreclosure, Smith v. Smith divorce, Ostermeier v. Long foreclosure, and several assumpsit and appeal actions with various outcomes.
Josephine Slaby sues Wim Slaby for divorce. J B Herris sues Kaloost Aiazian for furnishing. George H Denton and others sue Fred Speeth and others for partition. Amos Walker and others sue Martin J Arth and others to set aside a deed.
Probate records list multiple deceased individuals with inventories and allowed claims including Amna Pagan Mary Bloemicke Lucien Mellera and others. Several hearings on final reports are set for April 17 March 0 March 21 March 30 and March 20 with names such as Henry Samuel Louisa Nicolai J Wall Albert Billeter Barak Murphy and Raymond Determan among those involved.
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