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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
8
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as fast relief for colds and persistent coughs. It claims to soothe inflamed airways, stop coughing, and heal irritation with an antiseptic formula. A 50 cent bottle is urged for household use, with a testimonial from W C Jesseman. Also notes various 1915 economic figures and new plants in different states.
Wm Bussong spent Friday with relatives at Webster Grove Missouri. Charles Weber visited from Teutopolis. Anna Good guests Ed wardsville relatives. Mrs Fred Thalmann of Rantoul visited the Collinses. Mrs Wm Schoeck and son Russell visited St Louis. Mrs Eugene Morrow of Mulberry Grove visits St Jacob relatives. John Ritter of Hiwatha Kansas visited St Jacob. Mr and Mrs Charles Althoff and children visited St Louis. Mrs John J Galfner spends week with Schwenkes at Godfrey. Mrs Leo Schoeck visits Marine with her parents. Ida Giger of Highland visits her parents. L A Spies of St Louis visits St Jacob. John Gindel from Mt Olive visits Kuhlmanns. Mrs Anna Wentz and Edward Kitchenis of St Louis visit. Mr and Mrs August Kitcheis take guests to St Louis. Charles Beal and Grover Kilby attend Esther Martin funeral at Mulberry Grove. Sam Hurst Jr of Pocahontas visits. Mrs John H Miller Sr called to Collinsville for illness of daughter Mrs Walter Bitzer.
Miss Lelia Thurnau visits from Carbondale with her parents Mr and Mrs Otto Thurnau. Mesdames Collins and Thalmann spend Tuesday at Collinsville with the ill Jesse Smith. The Blue Bells beat the Indians 3793 to 3716 in bowling at Turners hall. Bertha Hochuli hosts the Bachelor Girls. Mrs John Sehweikert’s 72nd birthday is celebrated with a family reunion. L W Adler returns from California via Houston and Paso, recalling 3000 troops at the Mexican border.
Public notices outline annual town meetings and elections in Jarvis and Pin Oak townships Madison County Illinois for April 4 1916. Voters will elect supervisors clerks assessors collectors and school trustees and approve tax levies for macadam roads. Meetings begin 7 am to 6 pm in designated halls with town meetings at 2 pm to hear reports and approve expenses.
Highland residents report visitors and new appointments as Ed Schnurr is replaced by Albert Federer at C P Baumann's. Milto n Hoefle travels to St Louis for a Coast Products Company job. Palm Sunday confirmation set for the German Evangelical Church. Marine township reports births illnesses, legal and school club plans amid an epidemic of whooping cough.
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