Interurban Plan to Terre Haute and St Louis Declared Dead
The latest notes from Terre Haute to St Louis show the long distance interurban electric line is effectively a dead issue. Promoters and surveys halted between Effingham and Vandalia, with official sources and rival papers contradicting progress and citing internal disputes. The Troy franchise and any westward rights were not finalized, leaving the prospect of improvement as a faded dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Effingham
Vandalia
Democrat
Greenville
Offinghame
Troy
Tue Catt
East St. Louis & Suburban
Practical joke in flour mill targets St Jacob youth
A St Jacob mill worker fell victim to a long running prank after placing a note in a flour sack asking a woman to write back. The ruse used the alias Eva Smith with letters and photos traded before a planned visit failed. The target suspects theft but cannot locate the jokers while friends continue to enjoy the fun.
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St. Jacob
Naume
Eva Smith
Eva
Iva
Iiso
Rejection Leads to Silence in Musical Exchange
A fragment describes Belle rejecting Mr. Flayme's plan to write a wordless song about her, leaving him speechless. The note reflects a personal dispute and the immediate social impact of the rejection as reported in a casual exchange.
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Fio
Mr. Flayme
Belleville Miner Dies in Mine Injury at 23
Louis Hartmann, a Belleville youth injured four weeks ago in the Nigger Hollow mine, died last Thursday after paralysis and spinal injury. Funeral held in Belleville last Saturday attended by Mrs Kuech and Mr and Mrs Theodore Epperson. He leaves a wife Augusta Kuech and a small child.
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Louis Hartmann
Belleville
Kuech
Theodore Epperson
Young Hartmann
Nigger Hollow
Hartmann
Augusta Kuech
Memorial Day Observances and Civil War Remembrances Planned
Memorial Day observances are planned in Troy on Wednesday May 30 under the Troy Cemetery Mite Society with a parade and church ceremonies at the Presbyterian Church featuring an address by J T King of Upper Allen a Civil War veteran and former Andersonville prisoner. Also announced are Fourth of July preparations by local Sunday schools and a St Pauls Lutheran parochial picnic planned for May 28 with rain date. Union memorial services are set for May 27 at the Presbyterian church, and a WCTU meeting is scheduled for May 24 at 2 pm at Mrs Margaret Rawson's home. The German Evangelical church and Sunday school picnic is set for June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Troy Cemetery
J. T. King
Upper Allen
Kinjr
Andersonville
King
M. E
Baptist
Presbyterian
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Parochial School
Union
Presbyterian Church
H.a.m
St. Paul's
Social and Personal News From the Week in Troy
A roundup of local social events features the McCray Dewey Dramatic Club program at St Jacob Turner Hall, with Grandpa's Birthday, The Nigger Storekeeper, Above the Clougs, and student performances by Miss Hulda Rhein Miss Bertha Searcy Miss Etla Handrich and Miss Olivia Smart. Proceeds benefited St Jacob school. Also reports Formosa school term ending with a picnic near John Wilhelm grove.
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McCray-Dewey Pramatic Club
St. Jacob
Turner Hall
Academy Chorus
St. Jacob Talent
Hulda Rhein
Salvator
Bertha Searcy
Etla Handrich
Everybody's Page
Olivia Smart
St. Jacob School
Formosa
Barbara Sapp
John Wilhelm
Ben Cartwright
Herman Niebruegge
Mary Mosimann
Alice Mosimann
Ethel Dunstan
Wlora Jackson
Sarah Frey
Troy
Wednesday City Visitors and St. Louis Trips
A long list of residents and visitors in Troy recounts trips to St. Louis and Collinsville, visits with relatives, and social calls. Names include M. Roberts P. M. Davidson Elias Burk Sr J. R. Ward Franz Welte Dr J. G. Schoeck W. W. Jarvis Toho F Deimling Emma Wallbrink R F Auwarter W J Blackett Henry Nix Dr and Mrs FP W Zanders Chester Harding Ray Metcalfe Etta Dunstan Homer Dunstan and many others across Troy Collinsville Marine Madison and Mulberry Grove.
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M. Roberts
St. Louis
P. M. Davidson
Elias Burk, Sr
J. R. Ward
Maryville
Franz Welte
J. G. Schoeck
J. W. Siedler
Highland
Julia Croft
W. W. Jarvis
Missouri
Toho F. Deimling
East St. Tatts
Emma Wallbrink
Troy
R.F. Auwarter
W. J. Blackett
William Halbert
Pocahontas
Sarah Dunstan
Etta
Homer
Collinsville
Don Peters
Louise Kleist
Henry Nix
Chicago
FP. W. Zanders
Chester
James Harding
East St. Louis
Ray Metcalfe
Amelia Rawlings
Marine
N. M. Winder
Henry H. Kuntzmann
Gussie Maass
Henry Becker
A. Kleist
FF. W. Seele
Wim, Seele
Emily Stahl
Madison
F. von Strohe
H Markworth
Pleasant Ridge
Martin
Taith
H. A. Rump
Walter Buck
Lula
August Droll
Mulberry Grove
Arugus
M. W. Powell
Proggist’s Memoir Praises Dr King’s New Discovery
T J Dwyer of Graysville Missouri writes from Livonia about three customers cured of consumption by Dr King’s New Discovery. One nearly sold property to move to Arizona but stayed after using the remedy. He calls it wonderful and guarantees availability at Kingston drugstore with trial bottles.
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Livonia
T. J. Dwyer
Graysville
Pr. King
Arizona
Dr. King
Kingston
Postmaster Robbed at River ton Iowa
River ton postmaster G W Fouts reports in a letter that a robbery nearly cost him his life. He cites a 20 year chronic liver complaint and jaundice, claims Electric Bitters cured him for eleven years. The ad touts Siliousness neuralgia and stomach liver kidney bladder remedies, Eagle Pencil Co pens, and eye services with glasses from 25c to $5.00 by The Rack stationers.
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G. W. Fouts
Riverton
S. Kingston
Local notes list events and business in Troy area
Reading list of reminders from Troy: eight more days of school, Memorial Day event in Troy, souvenir cards at the Capitol office, weekly ice cream at Kuntzmann's, harvest season ahead, Dan Peterman delivering Post-Dispatch, local carpenters and builders, hardware ads in The Racket. Birth in Goetter family, summer meat markets hours, rain needed, new residents Gebauer family, W C T U medal contest May 26 at St Jacob, miners hired at Donk mine, saloon reopens in Central building, changes at Green Tree hotel, funeral plans for Burk family, osteopath visit May 22, new hearse added, Diamond Mineral Springs opening June 3 with Highland band, health ads for DeWitt's Early Risers and Nodol by S Kingston.
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Troy
Caalt
Kuntzmann's
Dan Peterman
Post-Dispatch
Wm. Goetter
Elias Burk
Erhart Burk
Wapoknneta
Ohio
J. H. Stienhans & Son
St. Louis Cottin Co
Anton J. Kraft
Grantfork
Highland Band
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Interurban
Belle
S. Kingaton
Ani San
Hany
Innica
Cles
Willie Healey
George Ottwein
Sebastian Weber
Valentine Ottwein
Pearl Ward
East End
A. J. Sapo
Haat St. Louis
Eagle Pencil Co’s
Catra
Hera
Thera
W. J. Gebauer
Jacob Gebauer
North Main Street
W. C. T. U. of St. Jacob
Donk
Walter Wilkinson
Charles May
Fred May
J. L. Griffin
Green Tree
Kiesel
Market Street
James Boston
de Witt
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