Good Roads Day Proclaimed By Governor Dunne
Illinois Governor Edward Dunne proclaims Friday May 19 1916 as Good Roads Day urging statewide participation in grading dragging hauling and graveling to improve highways. He calls for local officials schools and clubs to organize practical constructive work and for a statewide reading of the proclamation plus a public address on good roads.
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Dunne
Gorernor
State of
Illinois
Tier Roads
Ulinois
Fatt
State Highway Commission
Edward ¥. Dunne
Ilinois
Commonwealth
Ili- Dols
County Committees Named by New Chairman
Fred Henke, newly elected county board chairman, announced on Monday the appointment of standing committees for the county. He named key appointees and outlined committee focus areas for the upcoming term.
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Fred “Henke
Thrilling Auto Accident Injures Four Children on Troy Road
County Treasurer George B E Little owned a six cylinder National that overturned on the Troy road near Edwardsville. Three Little children suffered broken arms along with Clem Traves aged 3 and another Traves child. Mr. and Mrs. Little and their infant were bruised. their car had minor damage and the engine kept sounding the horn as responders freed occupants.
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George BE. Little
Troy Road
Edwardsville
Troy Civic League Meets at M E Church Monday Evening
Among Church and Society notes the Troy Civic League will convene at the M. E. church Monday evening with all members urged to attend. Rev. J. W. Smith, pastor, attended the revival at Mulberry Grove this week. German Evangelical church members announce their annual Pentecost Sunday school picnic on Monday, June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Civic League
M. E. Church
J., W., Smith
M. E
Mulberry Grove
German Evangelicalhurch
City prepares for Monday rubbish collection rounds
The city will begin glean-up rounds Monday morning. All residents with rubbish should place it in boxes or barrels in a convenient hauling spot. City Clerk Fred H. Garnet.
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Fred H. Garnet
New Troy School Board Organized and Committees Named
The Troy school board in a special session elected R. L. Dawson president and John W. Watts and Wm. H. Goalby as members. Goalby was chosen clerk with a $25 yearly salary. Committees were formed: House and Grounds Naytor Snodgrass Wild. Teachers Snodgrass Watts Naytor. Finance Watts Goalby Wild. Library Wild Naylor Lewis. Regular meetings set for the first Friday each month. A teacher recruitment resolution was passed requiring recommendations and two years experience. A plan to reconsider the principal’s reappointment was rejected. Notices for staff, a janitor, truant officer, librarian, and census enumerator were posted. Preparations for school sanitation changes were authorized. Meeting adjourned.
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Troy
Board of Education
Dawson
R. L. Dawson
John W. Watts
Wm. H. Goalby
Watts
Lewis
Goalby
Naytor
Snodgrass
Wild
Naylor
Troy Public School
Oliver
McCrea
Clarification of highway commissioner annual statement
The Call clarifies items in the annual supervisors report regarding the highway commissioner. It notes three allowed items for Commissioner Charles Schultze totaling 836.00. One item of 292.00 was allowed last year but unpaid due to funds shortage. The remaining two items sum to 544.00 at 224.00 and 320.00.
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Tehis
Charles Schultze
Free Movie Show At Opera House By The Commercial Club
The Commercial Club offers a free moving picture evening at the opera house Monday. Five reels will be shown with two showings. Subjects include Making a Great Newspaper City Sanitation and Good Roads, promising to be the series best.
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Opera House
Social News Notes and Local Weddings
Social news from Troy covers Mothers Day gathering at Mrs. A F Seligman with papers on training the child and home, flute and singing, and refreshments. It also reports marriages including Alva Olinger to Edmond Tremmel in St. Louis, and Bertha Bunn to Louis Martin in Rock Island. Personal paragraphs list local visitors and trips to St. Louis, Collinsville, and Casey with several households mentioned.
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W. CG. T. UL
Wogt. Tv
A. F. Seligman
H. W. Marshall
J. W. Smith
Janes Foster
Wm. Collins
Silas Shadwick
James Porter
E. Molden
J. E. Hindmarch
Biz Fox
B. F. Cramer
W. J. Hicks
M. Dillingham
Bess G. Davy
Martin—Bunn
Troy
Bertha Bunn
Louis Martin
Rock Island
Townsfolk Visit Across the River Across Week
A long list of Tuesday to Sunday visits shows residents from St Louis, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Troy, Troy, and nearby towns visiting relatives and friends across the region. Guests include families of Garnet, Voelker, Goehl, Liermann, Schlichting, Rawlings, and others with numerous gatherings in Edwardsville, Troy, Collinsville, East St. Louis, and St Louis. The Commercial Club plans its regular monthly meeting Monday at the U M W A hall.
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Harry Shock
Lillie Jones
Highland
Troy
Will Evans
Harry
Edwardsville
Joseph Stephenson
Belleville
Goldie
Henrietta
Rebecca
Esther Allen
O'Fallon
Anna Ramshaw
St. Louis
Clara Bosche
Augusta Garnet
Charles Bender
F. K. Liermann
Riley Giger
James Wilkinson
East St. Louis
August Beutel, Jr
John F. ,Deimling
National Stock Yardé
Will
Ben Schlichting
Carlinville
Philip Rarick, Jr
Ursula Rarick
Collinsville
Grace Davis
Willard Rawson
Mary Rawlings
W. P. Sweeny
St. Jacob
Otto Feldmeier
John Feldmeier
Ida Mersinger
Vera
Velma Joseph
Free Voelker
Edna
Hudwardsville
John T. Wilkinson
Shreveport
June Wilkinson
John Bruso
H. A. Ocanedy
Theodore Neusell
Maude Neusell
J. L. Hagler
Hallie Coker
McLeansboro
M. B. Coker
John W. Taylor
Hazel
Mae Taylor
James W. Taylor
R. I. Foster
Misses Foster
Vera Dillingham
Foster
M. Dillingham
Court House Items Circuit and Probate Court Notices
Court notices list new circuit court cases including Joseph N Klopfer v Mary E Klopfer divorce and foreclosures. Probate inventories and final reports are approved for deceased individuals such as Mary Bulkey Sophia Mueller Hermine Theis Mary Elizabeth Field and others with hearings in May and July. Letters probate and conservatorships are noted for several estates, with executors and bonds named. Continued details appear on page 5.
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New Circuit Court
Joseph N. Klopfer
Mary EB. Klopfer
William Vesper
Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co
Lena Link
O. Hoevel
Mary B. Bulkey
Sophia Mueller
Hermine Theis
Mary Elizabeth Field
Herman Hartman
Ae Wm. F. Henke
Fred Gruschke
Robert Porter
Rho
John Leverett
Henry McDade
Lawnin
Louis F. Schmidt
Wm. McNally
Martin Jones
Reuben Jones
Bond
Ambrose Leitner
Frances “Ustiner
P. Nl
Holtermann
Ed Dippold
Herbert Wetstein
Katherine Trushausen
Deceas
Threde
Harry J. Mackinaw
Emma B. Mackinaw
Johanna Wetstein
Thomas Goodrich
Wm. Roth
Nicholas Mollett
Christian
Lehr
Martha R.lehr
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A. F P. Seligman
Jarvis Township
Zeph B. Owens
Fred 2. Zoelker
Peter Radcliffe
William H. Bohm
Gus Hailer
F. Seligman
J. ©. Russell
William J. Fre- Ben
Ee H. Buhrmann
Fred M. Mueller
Nixon
T. B. Neumann
Charles Lexow
John F. Bailey
E A. Albrecht
George ‘H. Phelan
Charles E. Doty
Frank C. Bailey
George W. Prack
Pearl Smith
George Z. Miller
J. FE. Russell
Henry BE. Ebbeler
John Rutledge
Patrick Farrill
J. G. Kalbfleisch
William Tur
Jd. A. Gruenenfelder
J. H. Ruhrmann
George Darling
U.S. Nixon
J. A . Gruenenfelder
Noah L. Hinds
William Turk
Clarence Liie
Wm. H. Schwartz
Clarence Lile
H. J. Albrecht
Fred Berry
Wm. F. Spitze
Charles Mayning
Frank P. Scheurer Herman
Sohnis
W. H. Holtgrove
Gus Haller
E. C. Neuenschwander
Fred Henke
E. N. Michael
Henke
the School Board
Sogial News Notes
Presbyterian Church
Mary Kelly
John Kelly
Formosa
Alma Gebauer
Elmer Duckett
G. M. Farnsworth
A. A. Garland
Fred Burk
Emma Norbury
Wm. J. Vetter
Mary Riebold
St.Louis
Henry Thompson
Roedivile Morriss
Easton
James Scott
Jane Hughes
Casey
Commercial Club
U. M. W. A. Hell
Circuit and Probate
L. J. Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Uroy
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