74 Hour Service Brings 24 Hour Power to Marine and St Jacob
Marine Electric Service Company plans June 1 switch to 24 hour electricity for Marine and St Jacob after contracting with Southern Illinois Light and Power. Feed lines from Collinsville to St Jacob via Troy and from Marine to Pocahontas tie the plants, enabling supply from either plant. Troy seeks 24 hour service. the change is hailed as a map-making improvement for both towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
St. Jacob
Marine Electric Service Company
Southern Ilinois Light and Power Company
Marine Company
Southern Illinois Light and Power Company
Collinsville
Troy
Pocahontas
Hillsboro
St. Gacol
Ptranchion
Southern Illinois ‘Light and Power Company
St. Jacob and Marine
Township Election Tuesday Promises Vigorous Campaign
The annual township election features voters choosing supervisor town clerk assessor collector and school trustee. Candidates mount a strong campaign with interest centered on the collectorship. A two year special tax for hard roads will also be on the ballot. Specimen ballots for Jarvis and Pin Oak townships appear in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
Pin Oak
Among Church and Society at Mrs Home
A fragment from a church society column notes a gathering at the home of Mrs. in the afternoon. Mrs. i is mentioned in passing, with stray references to attendees and local social inline chatter.
Tax Returns From Several Tax Collectors This Week
Tax collectors Edwardsville Walter Stehman Collector charged 123486.65 collected 107322.34 delinquent 16164.24 commission 2146.44 Collingville David Killinger collec tor charged 111215.14 collected 101699.65 delinquent 9516.49 commission 2033.99 Woodriver Joseph Heines collec tor charged 70720.40 collected 66994.05 delinquent 4726.235 commission 1319.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Walter Stehman
Collingville
David Killinger
Woodriver
Joseph Heines
Lecture Next Thursday By Dr Fiegenbaum At St Pauls
Dr E W Fiegenbaum of Edwardsville appears at St Pauls auditorium next Thursday evening as the fifth in Troy Commercial Club entertainments. He will deliver The Social Evil, a plea for cleaner manhood and right living. Nonseason-ticket patrons pay 10 cents at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Fiegenbbaum
Edwardsville
St. Paul’s Auditorium
Troy Commercial Club
Fiegenbaum
For Your Child's Cough Pine Tar Honey
An old drug advertisement promotes Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey as a pleasant syrup to soothe children's coughs and colds. It notes quick relief from fretful sleep and treats the cough, priced at 25 cents. Asa J Sherburne Greenville aged 88 years 8 months 14 days died of uraemic poisoning at home. Frederick Riedlinger Sr Highland died at 66 years 17 days from Bright s disease and dropsy after a year illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Asa J. Sherburne
Greenville
Mr. Sherburne
Frederick Riedlinger, Sr
Highland
Bright
Peterman Agent Delivers Daily St. Louis Item
A fragment notes Daniel Peterman as agent responsible for prompt delivery of St. Louis daily or Sunday paper items. The readable text is sparse, but indicates a distribution role and scheduled delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Daniel ‘Peterman
Longtime Troy Resident Stephen Main Dies at 78
Stephen H Main a Troy resident for about 18 years died Tuesday at noon at his son Charles H Mains Maplewood Missouri home at age 78 1 1 19 He was born January 13 1835 in Delaware Ohio and lived in Illinois before settling in Troy He survived by six sons and two daughters and five grandchildren Interment was in Troy Cemetery with funeral services at the Baptist church led by Rev S E Ewing. Out of town attendees included relatives from Delaware Ohio Bloomington and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen H. Main
Troy
Charles H. Main
Maplewood
Delaware
Ohio
Jonas Main
Virginia
Mary E. Roe
Illinois
Mr. Main
Sarah A. Walker
Kinmundy
St. Louis
Main
Charles
James Porter
St. Jacob
Charles H
Frank R
Ernest A
Roy L
Everett H
Bloomington
Baptist Church
S. E. Ewing
Baptist Mission Board of
Wm. Meredith
Frank R. Main
Donk Bros Coal Pays Day and Local Notices
Thursday was pay day for Donk Bros Coal and Coke Company workers. A matron's gold medal contest in Granite City awarded Mrs John Edwards, a former Troy resident, the medal. J H Steinhans and family moved from Shenandoah Avenue to Waverly Place in St. Louis. Mr and Mrs H A Buhrmester moved from East St Louis to 610 North Thirty-sixth Street. R C Morriss Jr plans an April 8 personal property sale at the South Main Street residence. Troy may get an Airdome this summer between the Schott and Kiebold properties on Market. For auto license applications see B W Jarvis, notary. att
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Company
Granite City
East St., Louis
North Thirty-sixth Street
R. C. Morriss, Jr
South Main Street
Troy
Schott
Kiebold
Market Street
Birthday and shower social notes from local residents
Henry F Liles hosts birthday party with Mr and Mrs Foster Mrs Mac Foster and others present at his home. Mrs L B Carter entertains young ladies with games and refreshments. Miss Mary Evans receives a miscellaneous shower with gifts and music. Personal notes mention Mrs M Liske visiting St Louis Frank Maletz East St Louis trip Jay Thalman Jackson Mich and family visits Wm Porter St Jacob Mary Kolb visits and Wm Bernard Moore in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Hamilton
Marshal Dillingham
James Foster
R. M. Foster
M. F. Auwarter
August Droll
G. L. Eliott
Jane Wilkinson
Tilden Manley
Peter Frangen
Evelyn
Chris. Gerling
Paul
Chris, Gerling
Paul Gerling
B. ¥. Cramer
Newton
Valentine Ottwein
Bertha Buhrmester
Henry F. Liles
Mac Foster
Wm. Preston
Margaret Hughes
Margie
Esther Deck
Paul B. Wild
Carter
Missie Lillie
Irene Jones
Mabel
Ruth Cramer
Minnie Schlichting
Rowena Korth
Lauretta Wild
Alice Rucker
Lena Wisenberg
Mabel Struckhoff
Lillian Walker
Mary Evans
Dozens of St Louis Visitors Seen in Troy This Week
A long list of Troy residents and relatives hosted and visited by St Louis guests includes Rev. Martin Holz Jacob Weil and many others. The report notes frequent trips to Missouri metropolis and family gatherings across Troy Collinsville Edwardsville Belleville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Holz
St. Louis
Jacob Weil
St. Jacob
Troy
Carter
Missouri
Mary Evans
Mary
Missea Goldie
Rebecca Alsen
Maude Nuesell
Irma Hagler
J. G. Schoeck
Melville
Ollie Parker
Edw. R. Deimling
Harry Mossmann
East St. Louis
James Shea
French Village
Kate Cramer
Mattoon
Kate Parker
Dimner Duckett
Arnold
Ahring
Marine
Julius Peter
Will Schlichting
St. Luke's Hospital
Fred Cline
Elizabeth Ernst
Sebastian Weber
Fred Spies, Jr
George Dressel
John Mersinger
Collinsville
Philip Rarick, Jr
Horace Cox
Edwardsville
E. K. Joseph
Henry Kleimeier
Sophia Peter
Fred Butiger
Little Son
John Wilhelm
Troys
Maggie
Lou Kueker
Ferdinand Kueker
Myrtle Blake
Mildred Voelker
Chillicothe
A. Voelker
Jacob Schafer
Granite City
Schafer
Estella Knoblaugh
A. R. Snodgrass
Robert Holliday
Court House Items March circuit indictments listed
The March term grand jury reported indictments including Effie Fairfield perjury bail 1000 Dave Compton burglary larceny bail 500 Wesley Collins burglary larceny bail 3500 Walter Elmore assault with intent to commit rape bail 500 Julian Monaghan alias James Monagan alias Jim Monahan larceny bail 300 Louis Petis assault with intent to commit murder two indictments bail 500 The May term ok tre Madison county circuit court reconvened with Judge George A Crow of Belleville Hearing naturalization cases postponed to April 5 due to elections Henry 9 18 serving as court bailiff in place of Thomas Millett gy resigned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Fairfield
Dave Compton
Wesley Collins
Walter Elmore
Julian Monaghan
James Monagan
Jim Monahan
Louis Petis
Joseph Russell
Frank Crawford
John C. Brady
Madison ‘County Circuit
Georgew A
Crow
Belleville
Henry
Thomas Millett
Probate actions list approves inventories and final reports
Probate proceedings show inventories approved for Arnold Gibson minor Wm Marcella deceased Belle Ellsworth deceased and others. Final reports set for hearing April 4 for Mike Banat and continued amended final report for B F Grove to March 31. Executors and guardians named with bonds and notices of probating wills, distributing estates, and appraisers appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Gibson
Wm. Marcella
Belle Ellsworth
J. L. R. Wadsworth
Alice Margaret Logan
Mike Banat
E. G. Gerding
Wm. Witt
Emme Schulte
Byron Moore
B. F. Grove
Maude Watson
Joseph Merkle
Clarence Swanson
Eva Ginsler
Mary H. Buckley
Executrix
Hermine Theis
Henry Theis
Martin Grosze
Grosze Bros. & Co
Percy Everts Et al
Erhard Latowsky
Susanna von Graffenreich
Celestine Schmeidlein
Mary B. Bulkley
Mary Templin
C. F. Stahlhut
George
C. Stullken
Eugene Schumacher
Edward Bayer
Richard Fredericks
John Bell
Admini Tattye
Dudley Rintow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marine and
Hillaboro
Ladies’ Aid Society
M.B
J. W. Smith
Frauenverein
German Evangelical Church
M. E
J. F. Githam
Fredone Deibert
Deibert
Joseph Kuhns
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Margaret Gottenstrater
Gottenstratter
Maplewood, MO
Bell—Cramer
Benton, Bell
Rocky Ford
Colo
J. W. Gaskill
J. G. Dee
Lebanon
Eleanor Joly
Marie Gaskill
Jolly Dee
Alabama
Bliss Dee
B. F. Cramer
B. W. Jarvis
Miss Rose
Wilkingon's
Os Rott
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