Troy & Eastern Rates Challenge Before ICC
W Ropiquet counsel for St fwortis Coal Operators Traffic Bureau said before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington that the St Louis Troy & Eastern St Louis & Q FaNon and Litchfield & Madison railroads lack lawful right to pool rates with Terminal Railroad Association for coal moves across the Mississippi. He argued the three short lines violate the commodities clause by moving mine products controlled by their own owners. Hayes for Troy & Eastern urged the hearing show no evidence of violation and defended the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ropiquet
St. Fwortis Coal Operators
Traffic Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Troy & Eastern
St. Louis & Q
Commission
Coal and Oil Investigation and Industrial Railways
Op Hayes
St. Troy & Eastern
de. Hayes
Ae i
Graduating Class to Hold Big Exercises at Edwardsville High
The county prepares for a large graduating class with two hundred and forty two students completing. Graduation exercises will be at the Edwardsville high school auditorium on June 10. top scholars from townships receive free scholarships to the state normal school. list includes Jarvis Oisie S. Glammeyer and many others across multiple townships. Evangelist Mitchell to preach and lecture across services with music by George Preston and Clinton Fisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekiin
Edwardsville
Staur- Fiowine
Jarvis—Oisie S. Glammeyer
Marine
Edna Brooks
Edwardaville
George Dolite
New Douglas
Albert ‘Traver- Dicht
Fosterburg
Edward Droster
Helvetia
Mary O. Geiger
St. Jacob
Edith Townsend
Chouteau
Margaret Sager
Saline
al Bruenenfelder
Lees
Earl Rockwell
Pin Oak
Ella Naumann
Namcokl
Elmer Branding
Moro
Lucille Smith
Olive
Robert Irwin
Venice
Edna Winkelman
Alhambra
Lucy Ann Faank
Fort Russell
Estella Sanders
Hamel—Leone M. Schwalb
Belist Mitchell
George Preaton
Singer
Mra
Preston
Clinton Fisk
Cornettiat
Evangelist
Mitchell
Engalé
Revival Meetings Continue at Tabernacle with Mitchell
Evangelist LeRoy J. Mitchell leads nightly revival at the public school tabernacle. Attendance and interest rise with more than forty conversions reported so far. Visitors from Mulberry Grove and St. Jacob join the week’s meetings. Tomorrow includes a free magic show for children. all ages welcome, and Sunday promises a big day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle
LeRoy J. Mitchell
Mulberry Grove
St. Jacob
Evangelist Mitchell
Memorial Day Observed In Troy With Half Holiday
Memorial Day will be observed in Troy next Tuesday under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans and will be a half holiday. A program starts at 1 30 PM on the public school grounds, followed by a parade to the city cemetery for graves decoration. Veterans, sons of veterans, lodges, students and citizens are invited to join the procession and program including music by Crorkin Orchestra, addresses by Hon Frank Warrington and Jesse L Simpson, and a roll call of fallen heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Sons of Veterans
America
Schools Close Next Week With Graduating Exercises
Public schools plan to close their 1915 16 term on Monday and hold a large picnic midweek on the grounds. Graduation exercises will be held Thursday evening at Rieders Opera House for a class of twenty fifteen girls and five boys who will receive diplomas. The McCrayt Dewey academy also closes next week with a campus picnic on Thursday though no graduating class this year. G N Robinson of Granite City bought the Baughman jewelry store and ice cream parlor and moved into the upper rooms with his wife while Mrs Baughman and children relocated to Wood River for a new telegraph operator position. Funeral attendees from Troy included many local families. For a good job of paperhanging, call Arthur Meiners, Phone 111.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rieder’s
Opera House
Elsie Glammeyer
Eva Borst
May Sapp
Hilda Riggin
Marie Dawson
Agnes Chapman
Fern Droll
Hazel Snodgrass
Beatrice Samuel
Vera
Joseph
Velma Joseph
Libbiedwards
Morie Pistone
Nellye Thompson
Leona Gebauer
George Naylor
Augus Shadwick
Arthur McCain
Wilbur Garnet
Fred Scott
McCrayt Dewey Academy
Academy
G. N. Robinson
Granite City
W. J. Baughman
Mr. Robinson
Baughmans
Pin Oak Beaten by Lutherans In Close Sunday Game
The Lutherans defeated the Pin Oak ball team 15 to 12 at Engeling's field in Pin Oak. It was a closely contested contest with both sides exchanging leads, and the result reflected a hard fought afternoon of baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engeling’s
Pin Oak
E. Kueker
Tb Otte
Taake
Eeteenee Schlimme
Ackermann
P Polwort
Peters
Kueker
Is Et Kueker
Meier
H. Busse
Spitze
W. Engeling
F. Engeling
Friedhoff
Peree
Kucker
Prt
A. Busse
Teeey
Hd Kueker
Baile
Engeling
Friedhof
Tegtmeier
Vohswinkel
Milkmen Picnic Brings Dairymen Together in Bernhardt Graveyard
Local No. 17 of the Southern Illinois Milk Producers Association held a Sunday picnic and fish fry at Bernhardt's grave. President D. A. Brooks of Marine and Vice President Wm. Fahrenkrog of Bunker Hill spoke. About 250 pounds of fresh fish were served by ladies on the grounds, and the gathering was a successful social event aimed at advancing dairymen's interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernhardt’s Grave
Southern Illinois Milk Producers’ Association
D. A. Brooks
Marine
Wm. Fahrenkrog
Bunker Hill
German Frauenverein Plans Meeting and Sunday School Notes
The Frauenverein of the German Evangelical church will meet with Mrs. D G Liebler next Thursday afternoon June 1st. Sunday school at 9 15 in the tent on the school grounds with Rev J W Tucker leading, as Mulberry Grove visitors attended the revival meeting Wednesday. Afterward the visitors enjoyed ice cream and cake. Mrs. R L Dawson was a St Louis visitor yesterday. Otto Pfeldmeier visited from St Louis on Sunday. Mrs. Philip Stock and Miss Bass G Davy drove to Collinsville yesterday to see relatives. Miss Clara Gornet came from St Louis Sunday to spend the day with her mother and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Garnet
Augusta Gornet
Maude Gornet
Birdie Heddergott
Frieda Peters
Norma Stolte
Guasie Bohland
Gussie Schlimme
Lydia Fullriede
Pheabe Schma
Troy
Lela Nickerson
J. EB. Nickerson
Robert Hill
East St.Louis
State Street M. E
East St. Louis
H. F P. Miller
Collinsville
Mary Kolb
St. Louis
W. A. Oliver
Alton
Fred Schuler
John C. Gebauer
Henry Stokte
Rebecca
Henrietta Allen
Salem
Elizabeth Scott
Mary Droy
John Sechwalm
Edwardsville
Peter Frangen
Misa Lauretta Wild
St. Jacob
Frank Snodgrass
Vera Bullock
Frances Scendles
Grace
Anna Brendel
Mary Davis
Charles L. Edwards
Granite City
Frauenverein
German Evangelical Church
Mra
D. G. Liebler
M. E
J. W. Tucker
Mulberry Grove
R L. Dawson
Otto Pfeldmeier
St. Leuis
Philip Stock
Bass G. Davy
Clara Gornet
Local social notes and visitors across Troy area
A long list of visits and guests from East St. Louis, Collinsville, St. Louis, and nearby towns. Families and individuals like Miss Mary Capelle, Miss Laura Dawson, Mrs. Lulu Rickert, Roy Peters, Miss Jane Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Hillary Heck, and many others are noted with relatives, host towns, and brief travel mentions. Also mentions Miss Grace Davis taking a teaching post in Johnson City and local church gathering attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Baughman
Mary Capelle
Hallie Davis
East St. Louis
Louise Voderhage
Norma Stolte
Hdwardsville
Laura B. Dawson
Quincy
Thomas W. Dawson
Lulu Rickert
St. Louis
Jacob Kirsch
Reedsville Morriss
Roy Peters
M. Dillingham
M. Rodgers
Collinsville
John Ganninger
Wim. Garnet
Philip Stock
Terre Haute
Troy
Herman Grontemeyer
Blaas
Maryville
A. E. Rawlings
Paul R. Auwarter
Shurtleff College
Upper Afton
Philip Rarick
John Mersinger
Jane Hughes
Caseyville
Hillary Heck
Glen Carbon Crossing
Myrtle Eckert
Frieda Siegrist
Margaret Joseph
E. D. Joseph
Lulu Hindmarch
Chicago
C. 8. Smith
LaVategin
Mamie Sapp
St. Jacob
Sapp
Charles Smith
Grace Davis
Johnson City
Charles E. Jarvin
Claudina
Louis Hill
Theodore Cates
Jennie
J. W. Smith
Wm. Dressel
Aon Leon
Near St. Jacob
Valentine Ottwein
Ed Schotemeyer
Mabel Harrison
Eleanor Jolly
Ruth Gaskill
St. Paul's Auditorium
Michael Andrews
Wm. Evans
Edwardsville
Harry Ryans
Mary Mossmann
Elmer Sapp
Jackson, Mich
James Peterman
Wm. Fries
California
Salt Lake City
Utah
Adolph Meyer
Henry Hoge
Pocahontas
Jorge P. Simpson
Granite City
C. P. Edwards
R. Ellis
Della
James Porter
Miss Maude
Wm. Frangen
Mary Jones
Elizabeth Frangen
F. W. Seele
W. C. Seete
W. W. Jarvis
Daugthers
Louis Otte
Loretta
David Miner
Herman Wehmeier
Louis Wittenfeld
Louis Waggoner
Belleville
John Fischer
Court House Items Transfers and Marriages Licenses
Circut and Probate Courts list numerous estate actions and hearings. Deceased estates show final reports, balances, and executors discharged. Guardianships, conservators, and minor ward matters include appointments, bonds, and notes sales. Continued on page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Look
Wm. Blume
Martha Smith Brown
Herman Hartman
Ernest Hatze
L. B. Schmidt
Richard W. Stevens
John F. Klick
Robert Dobbins
Caroline P. Crane
Deaith
Minnie Frienz
T. P. Yerkes
Hubert Wetstein
Joseph Wetstein
Rhoda M. Snell
Sarah Thomphkon
Anna Maria Linsig
Wilbert B. Harmann
Wm. B. Harmann
Eugene L. Hollard
John Kremer
Wm. H. Louallen
Donk Bros. Coal Co
J. G. Carlyle Roth
Helen Roth
Hannah F. Kroeger
August Kroeger
Catherine Starr
Nellie B. Lambert
Exacutrix
George H. Vesper
Guardian
Ward
Pius Linenfelser
Executrix
Ethel Hamilton
Also Mentioned on This Page
R.W. Ropiquet
Crorkin Orchestra
McCray Dewey
Frank Warrington
Springfield
McCray-Dewey
Jesse L. Simpson
Roll Cail
Prof
W. L. Oliver
Martin Holz
Adam Petry
John Wilhelm
Valentine , Ottwein
George Ottwein
Robert Bolmenstiehl
Sebastian Weber
Charles Mersinger
Katherine Becker
Jacob Ottwein
Fred Blumberg
Arthur Meiners
Socirl News
New Oj Company
Community Oil & Development Company
Madison County
Charles E. Gueltig
M. D. Powell
Adam Thornton
Gueltig
Miss Miller
St. Paul’s Auditorium
Gussie Miller
Kroeger School of Music
Edna Sharpe Bradford
The
Seasons and
Hastern Star
M. B. Coker
Hast Alton
McLeansboro
Philip Schultze
Bernard Harman
Wmn. Wessel
Tila Wessel
Louis W. Kriege
Henry Bardelmedier
Mike Kootz
Joseph Schuingel