Notable party honors Troy native invalid for years
Arthur E. Rump, a former Troy boy and St. Louis post office employee, has been bedridden for six years after a 12 year old injury. He received a two day birthday party at 6216 Columbia Ave with hundreds visiting, a Band concert, and well wishing from friends and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Rump
Troy
St. Louis
Rump
Columbia Avenue
Clifton Heights
Nowers
Mitchell and Preston Revival Opens Strongly in Tent Meetings
The union revival meetings began last Sunday evening in a large tent on the public school grounds and have drawn increasing crowds through the week. Evangelist Leroy J. Mitchell of Mt. Vernon preaches a forceful message without sugarcoating, using slang to reach listeners. George Preston and his wife provide well received solos, with Preston also taking a leadership role in a senior and junior component of the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eivangelist
Mitchell
Leroy J. Mitchell
Mt.Vernon
George Preston
Preston
Miners Vote On New IllinoisContract Referendum
Members of Local 691 United Mine Workers of America will vote next Monday at the miners hall from 1 to 6 pm to ratify or reject the Illinois operators contract. Statewide results must reach Springfield by May 25 for verification. The contract includes a 3 cent per ton raise for miners and a 5 cent rise for dead and day laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Springfield
Indianapolis
Tinois
Illinois to enforce auto license plates in 1916 campaign
State officials urge a Safety First campaign as motor traffic rises. Secretary Stevenson calls for renewal of licenses with June 15 deadline. After that, arrests for operating without a 1916 plate. Illinois sees 50,600 more registrations in first four months of 1916 versus 1915, with 2500 plates shipped daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
R Iing
Illinois
Entire Class Passes With Top Exam Averages
Professor Oliver reports every pupil in his eighteenth grade public school class passed the final examination with averages up to 97 percent. The achievement likely sets a school record as no prior instance of an entire class passing the exam is recalled. Graduating this year are Velma Joseph Vera Joseph Leona Gebauer Marie Dawson Hilda Riggin Libbie Edwards Mollie Pistone Fern Droll Beatrice Samuel Hazel Snodgraas Elsie Glammeyer May Sapp Eva Borst Agnes Chapman Wilbur Garnet George Naylor Fred Scott and August Shadwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
The
Glass
Velma Joseph
Vera Joseph
Leona Gebauer
Marie Dawson
Hilda Riggin
Libbie Edwards
Mollie Pistone
Fern Droll
Beatrice Samuel
Receiver Sought for Troy Press Brick Company In Edwardsville
Ferdinand Kueker of this city filed a circuit court suit in Edwardsville seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Troy Press Brick Company. Union Trust and Savings Bank of East St Louis and all company stockholders are named defendants. Rucker previously won a $1,000 judgment plus costs and interest. The plant has sat idle for years. sheds and machinery are deteriorating. The company organized in 1903 with $15,000 capital, increased to $50,000 in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Ferdinand Kueker
Troy Press Brick Company
Union Trust and Savings Bank of
Fast St. Louis
Rucker
School Board Social News Notes May 5 1916 Troy I
The Troy I school board met May 5 1916 with President Dawson presiding. Reports cover building needs under sanitation law, staff appointments for the next year, salary increases, and a tent permit for church revival meetings on campus. Also noted are financials, student enrollment, and several social notices including weddings and parties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy, I
Board of Education
Dawson
McCrea
Booth
Goalby
Watts
Billiny
W. L. Oliver
Elfrieda Brede
Mamie BE
Bryant
Elsie Hoenig
Sarah Wilkinson
Agnes Gaskill
Maude Hamilton
Grace Davis
Adda Matthews
Louis Schultze
G. W. C. Gates
Elizabeth Chrystal
Librar
W. H. Goalby
Pouber
J.C. Gebauer
Troy Cali
A. Huddergott
W.s. Summit
Snodgrass
Lewis
Finance Committee
Oliver
C. A. Anderson
Efrieda Hrede
A. BR. Snodgrass
Daniel Casey
Naylor
Methodist Church
Wild
Visits and Relatives Fill Troy Week Occasions
A long docket of Troy residents and visitors is listed, noting travel from Collinsville East St Louis St Louis Detroit and Springfield Mo. Frequent guests include the Snodgrases Kimberlins Rawson Luecker and others. Several locals attended plays and meetings while business changes reflect a barber shop move to St Louis and fixtures sold to a new tenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Clare
St. Louis
James Rawson
Mary Rawlings
Marine
Edith Preston
Collinsville
Alice Mantle
Norma Jarvis
J. J. Brown
Missouri
Walter Wilkinson
Cheltenham
Home Folka
Wm. Porter
Oklahoma
Erwin Geiger
Highland
Willard Snodgrass
Troy
Emma Smith
Caseyville
Philip Stock
Terre Haute
Edward Burk
Louise Schon
Theresa Housam
East
J. W. Taylor
Philip Rarick, Jr
Little Son
Collinaville
Emily Stahl
Madison
D. Genevieve
Bessie Jarvis
Florence Holliger
John H. Voelker
Sarah Brown
James
Tilden
J. W. Smith
Bun Mitchell
Mary Riggin
Louise
Alma Gebaner
Martin Luecker
Isabelle Rawson
A. F. Seligman
Gus Roebke
Dan G. Liebler
C. B. Kimberlin
Charles Watt
Henry Kimberlin
Margaret
Mary, Davemrain
Springfield
Margaret Hughes
Elfrieda Brede
Agnes Gaskill
A. Walden
East St. Louis
Carlos Andrews
Ralph Dugger
Paul Best
Smith
Bert Dugger
Melvin Ostle
Morris Ludwig
Detroit
Mich
Pan Ge
L. G. Hart
Mary Wilkinson
Shrewsbury
John Collins
Verna Needham
R. L. Dawson
C. F. Rawson
Frank Guennewig
Wilbur Peter
Howard Helmich
Courthouse Item Transfers and Marriage Licenses
Friday was divorce default day in the circuit court with fifteen decrees granted and numerous cases dismissed or continued. Decrees list multiple desertions across Alton Granite City Edwardsville Troy Collinsville Aston and other locales plus drunk en ness findings. New circuit court cases include several divorce and assumpsit actions with appearances by numerous parties and entities. Probate proceedings note inventories and a widow’s selection with partnerships continued. Continued in page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bibb
Roswell Bibb
Alton
Anna Faust
Fred Faust
Granite City
Wm. Evans
Effie Evans
Pearl Johnson
Frank Johnson
Lozia Staebrawa
Frank Staebrawa
Jerry Denney
Nellie Denney
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A. E. Rump
Ow Fm Progress
the School Board
Las
United States Radiator Corporation
Peter Schmacker
Herman Schmacker
Bertha Ruhrmester
Walter Schlimme
Kieth Edwards
Schmacker
Academy
C. BE. Molden
Mesdames M. B. Coker
Mcleansboro
Mesdames Coker
Brand's Hall
Country Girls
Hampton
Clarence Edwards
Circuit and Probate Courte
New Circuit Court
People
Wit
Stronghonor
Pearl Frazier
Peter Laloff
Village of Madison
Anthony Bohm
Hunter Dalton
Radh Marinoff
Chris
Louis
T. J. Work
Vandalia R. R.co
Pete Tosheff
Agnes Tosheff
Arthur Nichols
Viola Nichols
W. ©. Huber
J. Lynch
Joseph Healey
Emma Healey
H. S. McKay
Peter Kurelaitis
Philip Bast
Hitnois
Ira F. Bowman
Wm. J. Miller
Illinois Terminal Ry. Co
Matthew Bast
Wm. Tullington
Florence Tultington
Arthur Edsall
Apacs
Jacob Widicus
A. Hoyer
Mary A. Hall
Thomas F. Johnson
Patrick O'Farrell
O'Farrell
Wilshire
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