State Highway Commission and Post Office seek road data
The Illinois State Highway Commission will collect road condition information through Rural Free Delivery carriers. A list of 2800 carriers will be used to send surveys on road conditions, aiming to assess and improve roads across two thirds of the state’s mileage with input from rural routes. This collaboration with the Post Office Department is described as thorough, practical, and inexpensive.
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Springfield
Ill
State Highway Commission
Post Office Department
A. W. Johnson
Illinois
Belt Road Plan Proposed for Madison County Belt Line
The Highland Leader reports a proposal to build an electric road through Madison county. A delegation from Trenton including Carl and Louis C. Riemann M. Ginzel John Wittig Frank Adolph Leonard John Teutwiler H Mallrich Dr Vogt and Charles Stahl visited Sunday to drum up local business and citizen support for a belt line from Edwardsville toward an unexplored direction.
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Tuesaday
Madigan County
Carl and
Louis C. Riemann
M. Ginzel
Joh Wittig
Frank
Adolph Leonard
John Teutwiler
H. Mallrich
Dr. Vogt
Charles Stahl
Trenton
Edwardsville
Belt line proposed linking Highland Trenton Mascoutah and Belleville
The plan aims to arouse interest and hold a joint Trenton meeting with the McKinley syndicate to form committees for securing franchises. If the project materializes, Promotora intends to develop coal mines near St. Morgan and ship product by electric freight cars, cheaper than steam. The belt line could offer greater benefit than a eastern and western road.
Reopening of Smithboro Coal Mine by Gillespie Plan
The Greenville Sun reports the Smithboro coal mine, idle six years, will be reopened within weeks under Mississippi Valley Coal Company control. S. G. Gillespie, owner for five years, says operations will resume as soon as possible, benefiting Smithboro and its citizens.
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Greenville Sun
Smithboro
the Sun
S. G. Gillespie
Sun
Gillespie
Mississippi Valley Coal Company
Comings and Golnogs of Relatives and Friends
Social notes from Maypenning society detail a large audience at Rieder’s opera house for McCray Dewey academy dramatic club’s home talent show with operetta Grandpa’s Birthday and a later matinee for children. Plus numerous weddings, visits, and local errands across Blackjack and Highland, with travel to St Louis and Collinsville.
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Jack and
Gill
Academy Chorus
Maud Cook
Maud Anderson
Des Deux Anges
Ata Hollla
Clibis
Tor
Missouri
Metropolis
A. F. Seligman
St. Louisa
Highland
F. F. Miller
Thomas Millett
E. R. Deimling
Banquet closes third degree at Columbia Hotel
Mrs G M Farnsworth returned from Jacksonville where she served as representative to the great council of the Degree of Pocahontas. Dr F E Linder will attend a meeting of the Illinois State Dental Association in Springfield May 8 to 11. Several Edwardsville and Troy residents visited relatives, attended trustee sales, and joined funeral services for Mrs E M Goodwin of Bunker Hill.
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Columbia Hotel
G. M. Farnsworth
Jacksonville
Great Council
Carrie Wendel
A. R. Snodgraas
E. H. Schwarz
Dorothy
Elizabeth Barnaback
Edwardsville
E. S. Donoho
E. A Keller
E. ¥ Jarvis
St. Louis
Henry W. Earle
East St. Louis
Jacob Gebauer
E. F. Tilley
Mary
William
E. M. Goodwin
Bunker Hill
Church And Society Events In Local Notice
Tomorrow morning a new member installation will follow the German Evangelical church service. The young people’s society meets at 2 PM. Rev. H T Bahnsen departs for Millstadt for the May 16 to 19 Southern Illinois district conference, then to St Louis and Sandusky for weeks with relatives. Eden College student chaplain preaches May 20, no service May 27. Noon mail to be restored. Troy mail service resumes on No. 25 fast train at 12:15 PM. Reports praise Kingman’s King's New Discovery as a cure for consumption, a safe cough and throat healer. Saloon changes include transfer of Mrs Mary Peters’ saloon to Frank Bour. two other saloons close. Card display of souvenir Troy views at The Cacy office.
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Troy
Te Cac
Main Street
Market Street
Vandalia Depot
Troy City Mills
Troy City Public
Powell's Addition
Brookside Hotel
Troy Exchange Bank
John Norbury
Cacu
German Evangelical Church
Young People’s Society
H. T. Bahnsen
Millstadt
Ilinois
Ith
Bahnsen
St. Louis
Sandusky, O
Eden College
Myplett
Tutt
Livonia
T. J. Dwyer
Graysville
Kingaton
Local Bits and Notices From Troy and Nearby
Brief items from Troy and surrounding towns include sales at the Cad office and Tam RacKET, seeds at Drolls, and Saturday ice cream at Kuntzmann's. Local officials discuss a Fourth of July celebration, porch additions on Main street, and changes in barber and surveyor services. Civil war veterans and others die in Highland. a large egg contest awards Mrs. James Riggin a cash prize after a 2685-egg haul.
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A. R. Snodgrass
Albert Rieder
Main Street
Herman Schmacker
P. M. Davidson
Maryville
George Solter
Greenwich
Kan
Frank Mersinger
Henry Cook
St. Tacob
John Strattmann
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Bollewills
Mascoutah
Joseph
Arthur
The
Tatler
Henry Schultze
E. A. Keller
Marine Road
W. D. Renfro
Highland Leader
Kinne & Co
de Witt
DeWitt's
KE. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Kingston
Tena sAur
Olis Wal
S.senate
Tillman
Senate
Hannah Maanz
Blackjack
Henry Heckling
Lebanon
B. H. Heithaus
Anna Schisidknecht
John Maanz
Andd
Blackjeck
Maud Renfro
Misa Alice. Burk
Arnim-Beste
A. Kleist
W. B Mayfield
Mayfield ' Sanitarium
F. W. Braner
W. J. Ruff
Emil Droll
Gertrude
John W. Taylor
Theo. Epperson
Belleville
Louis Hartmann
James Rawson
Fred Campbell
H. A. Canady
August Droll
Ed J. Miller
Church and Society
Ente and
News of Regions
Mary Petera
Wm. Witke
Frank Bour
Walter Wilkinson
Mersinger
Public Square
Joseph Rieder
Norbury
South End
Tae Cacy
Lulu Dressel
George Dressel
Sheppard & Morgan
F. W. Branef
Edward R. Deimling
John Feldmeier
Peter F. Schwartz
Joseph Holfgang
Abraham Fricker
John Blattner
Pocarhontas
Highland Brewing Co
Greenville
John A. Leu
Louis J. Appel
W. W. Lewis
Advocate
A. L. Hord
Frances
Taylor
Lucy J. Taylor
San Francisco
Oakland
Davidson Store Co
James Riggin
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