Electric Road Sure Petition Drives Troy Franchise Move
Electric road plans move forward as property owners sign a Market Street and Edwardsville Road petition for a Troy franchise. Mayor Stolte secured nearly all signatures. council set May 16 for a special session to grant the franchise, signaling imminent construction toward Maryville and Troy endpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis& Suburban Railway Company
Maryville
Troy
St. Louis, Troy & Eastern Railroad
Troy & Eastern
Edwardsville Road
Market Street
Market
Main Street
F. H. Thomas
Stolte
Thomas
Tax.Cad
F. G. Zenk
Agslatanta
Stoke
Zeuk
Stalte
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper fragment hints at a local public sale action. Readable details name a principal official and potential buyer, but the full scope remains unclear.
Fire rips through Coons saloon in Troy morning blaze
At about 3 am a fire at W. D. Coons saloon near the Green Tree hotel torched interior fixtures. Firefighters and a bucket brigade fought flames as Engine No 1 failed to pump. Loss estimated near 9000 cigars and substantial damage. building owned by Highland Brewing Co. Insurance partly covers $1200. Saloon to reopen with new fixtures next week.
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Troy
Watkine
Green Tree Hotel
W. D. Coons
T. FY. D
Coons
Highland Brewing Company
Frontier Attie
Terrific Rave With Death And Cures Advertised
A Tampa reader Ralph F Fernandez describes a near fatal liver and heart illness and credits Electric Bitters with rapid recovery in three days. Also promotes Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for fretful babies and calls for local drug store guarantees. The CALL Office offers wedding invitations and subscription rates for The Waste Water Wagon Cart at 1.00 per year.
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Ralph F. Fernandez
Tampa
Pla
S. Kingston
Weather and farming report from May in Springfield
Conditions throughout the state show favorable germination and growth. Weather featured seasonable to warm temperatures, bright sun, and frequent showers, with a damaging wind and hail storm affecting Clinton, Effingham, and Richland counties on the 28th. Plowable soil remained wet but ground is ready for planting. oats, corn, wheat, rye, and potatoes show good progress. fruit yields expected average to favorable, except some southern frost damage and strawberry losses noted. Also reports of travels as Mr and Mrs Herman Beate plan a June trip to Germany, and several local marriages in Troy and Blackjack with community attendance.
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Springfield II
Clinton
Effingham
Richland
Moonstone Chapter members visit St Jacob in rain soaked trip
Thirteen Moonstone Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star traveled to St Jacob for initiatory work amid rain and high water. The outing ended safely with guests stating it was an exciting trip.
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Moonstone Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
St. Jacob
St. Jacob Order
Memorial Day Observance Planned in Troy
Memorial Day activities are planned for Troy on Tuesday May 30 with Rev Stephen Catt of Carlinville chosen as orator. An old Civil War veteran, Catt spoke highly of last year’s Alton address. The program includes a parade of veterans and students and services at the Presbyterian church followed by grave decorations in the city cemetery.
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Troy
Stephen Catt
Carlinville
Catt
Alton
Presbyterian Church
Grand Jury Adjourns as 42 Indictments Return in March Term
Circuit and Probate Court reports adjournment of the grand jury for the March term. Indictments total 42 with counts against Wm Ashlock and others for election irregularities, James Lemon for assault to kill and murder, Buras for larceny and burglary, plus several felony charges. Numerous trials and divorces noted. several cases continued or dismissed. Several guilty pleas result in penitentiary or reformatory sentences.
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Wm. Ashlock
Wm. Harvey
James Houston
James Lemon
Philip Buraas
Wm. Callahan
Michael Cannon
Emmet Jefferson
Philip Burns
Dunlap
People
William Dunlap
People Va
Ira Nixon
Pontiac
Philip Burne
Chester
New Circuit Court Cases Include Foreclosures And Divorces
Fred Hoffmeier Jr appeals A J Maze. Meehan v Hickey et al forecloses. Fred Miller Brewery Co v Burns jaquampsit. Watsger v C A Ry $5,000 injuries. Stelowa Chicago & Alton Railway. Brewe v Toledo St Louis Western Railroad treapans. Home Building and Loan Edwardsville v Summere forecloses. Mary O Brien v John O'Brien divorce drag charges drunkenness cruelty. Mary Kuotzmann v Fred Kuemann divorce drunkenness absence since May 12 1901. Emily DeGrand Graff v Joseph F continued on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hoffmeier, Jr
A. J. Maze
John C. Meehan
Mary C. Hickey
Fred Miller Brewery Company
R. C. Burns
Joseph Watsger
Calvin F. Stelowa
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
William Brewe
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad.Company
Treapans , Home Building and Loan Association of
Edwardsville
T. DB
Summere
Mary O.brien
John O’brien
Oratrix
Mary Kuotzmann
Fred Kutemann
Emily DeGrand Graff
Joseph F
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Iellat
Chicago
Amert
Joan of W. D. Coons
Public Square
Peevieh
Cross
Hollister
Taz Waegey Cart
Times
St. Paul Globe
B. B
State Department
Off Agriculture and Weather Bureau
Trojan
Europe
Herman Beate
Germany
Joseph Hotz
Lloyd
New York
Bremen
Beate
Kingston
Cleda Liew Hagler
Thomas E. Ward
East Palestine
Ohio
John L. Hagler
Hagler
Blackjack
Conrad Eisenberg
Anna Steiner
Mascoutah
D. Kurz
Louis Butcher
C. F. Stienbans
J. J. Brown
Herman Webrimeyer, Jr
Thiaity
Misa Louise Hobein
Fallon
Martin Daib
Martin Keck
Eaat
Thia City
Wm. Willie
Hannah Wehrmeyer
M Aaster
Hassinger Place
Charles
McKittrick
Aaron Smith
St. Louis
J. W. Garnet
Nellie Dunstan
Collinsville
Henry Stolte
Wesley Roper
Stubblefield
E. H. Klein
Missouri
Metropolis
A. F. Seligman
J. Allen
Miguel Sadie
Esther
Myrtle Archibald
Freeburg
C. G. Roper
Wm. Preston
Sarah Horsley
Caseyville
Waverly
Wm. Healey
A. Heddergott
Lena Seligman
A. R. Snodgrass
Joseph Howard
Margaret Hughes
Misa Jane
Fred Borach
C. S. Turner
Canton
Troy No. 68
F. E. Linder
Greenville
Miss Ray
Wm. S. Llewellyn
Breese
Ill
John Claytor
Troy Cametery Mite Society
Couht
Circuit and Probate Court
Heal Estate
Treota Bushnell
C. E. Bushmell
N. H. Todd
Ophelia A. Todd
Emma Snyder
C. A. Snyder
Ferdinand Kurges
Barbara Kunges
J. H. Williams
Inoia Terminal Railroad Company
William Vice, Sr
Charles Wolf
J. F. Gillham
G. L. Ablers
Wabaah Railroad Company
Cas
Jesse Long
Ralph Comba
William Clayton
Lydia A. Lemen
The
Globe Printing Co
E. C. Haagen
J. W. E. Marsh
Max Rubenstein
Illinois Terminal Railroad Co
Costa
Tobias Oetken
Bernard Getken
Charles Rodemeyer
Emma Rodemeyer
Samuel Corner
James Curley
Andrew S. Cook
American Car and Foundry Co
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