Boy Stabbed in Schoolyard Fight in Collinsville
John Slabi a 10 year old and Fred Grace a 9 year old quarreled Tuesday after noon while walking to school. Grace drawn knife stabbed Slabi under the fifth rib. Slabi removed to Harrison hospital and is expected to recover. A reported full grown man aided the fight, but his name is unknown and no prosecution is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slabi
Collinsville
Fred Grace
Slabi
Harrison Hospital
Grace
Local Notes Carry Busy Life in Collinsville Area
Happenings note reduced prices on hats at Miss Rose Wilkinson's and Ford touring purchase by Victor J. Traves. Local bakery offers cut flowers from Johann & Son of Collinsville. Sunday morning meat market hours set 5 30 to 8 30 for convenience. Egyptian Hustlers meet in Anna June 10 11 12. Mrs Fred S Edwards returns home recovering from hospital operation. Daniel Peterman reports successful eye operation in St Louis. Geraldine Matilda Clayton dies in Cairo buried at Collinsville. Clayton family attends. Cahokia Mound Association holds annual meeting in St Louis with mound visit. Prof H F Thurston in East St Louis salary raise to 1600. Indianapolis 500 race tomorrow. Troy sees only two visitors via Old National Road. Oil test plans near Pierron by Lawton Oil Co with options on 3000 acres. 90 day deadline looming. Willis notes oil optimism but no firm basis shared. Residents enthused about Pierron prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Fred S. Edwards
St.Louis
Daniel Peterman
St. Louis
Geraldine Matilda
Wm. Clayton
Collinsville
Cairo
John Clayton
Cahokia Mound Association of
H. M. Whelpley
Robert G. Terry
Slade School
East St. Louis
Troy
Indianapolis
National Road
S&i. Louis
BOB HENDERSON NAMED JAILER IN MADISON COUNTY
Bob Henderson, a well known local youth, was appointed turnkey at Madison County jail by Sheriff Jenkin Jenkins. He succeeds Vernon Coons, who previously held the post and has become deputy sheriff at Granite City. Dan Griffiths, who vanished from his home, reportedly went to England to join the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Henderson
Jenkin Jenkins
Madison County
Vernon PD
Coons
Troy
Henderson
Granite City
Dan Griffiths
Griffiths
England
Edwardsville
Elevator and Warehouse Construction by Valier & Spies Milling
Valier and Spies Milling Company, owner of flour mills in St Louis, Marine, and St Jacob, begins a new elevator and three story brick warehouse on East Marcus avenue in St Louis. The project costs about 100000 dollars, with the elevator rising 112 feet and the warehouse 60 by 90 feet. The fireproof brick and reinforced concrete warehouse will store flour milled at the adjoining plant.
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Valier & Spies Milling Company
St. Louis
Marine and
St. Jacob
Illinois
Troy
Marcus Avenue
County Aid List and High School Baseball Bake at Athletic Park
A 1916 county aid list from Jarvis township names recipients under supervisor orders including Mrs Anna Brendel and Mrs Pauline Callan among others. A baseball game between Mc Cray Dewey and Collinsville high schools is set for Monday at 2 30 p m at Athletic Park with 10 cent admission to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Frost
Cies
Louis Isenburg
Jackson Laut
Mary Ann Samuel
Hulda‘ Winter
Jarvis Township
Anna Brendel
Gus Amdess
Pauline Callan
Minnie Dobbs
Lizzie Grafe Oesse
Joseph
Jemima Cooper
Fannie’ Dawson
Hannah Hess
George Laut
John Rekolt
Cocci
Mary Thomas
McCray-Dewey
Collinsville High School
Athletic Park
I Am Ready As Ready Can Be to Supply Pot Plants
Local notice from Mrs. J. B. Ward, a home florist in Troy, inviting early visitors to purchase pot plants for yard beautification at small expense. Emphasizes call for patronage as a strong local advertising medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ward
Home Florist
Troy
News of Neighbors Personal and News Items
Local residents report a flurry of visits between St. Jacob Highland and St. Louis. Social ties include Baer and Baer family travels, Gaffner Appel Rhein and Buchmiller connections, and numerous Sunday and weekend visits. Memorial Day plans, church repairs, graduations, dances, and light formation highlight community activity.
Marine News Roundup From Local School Jobs and Obits
Marine notes list Jacob F. Noll visiting Highland and Abbie Dewey’s surprise thirteenth birthday party. Miss Dollie Middleton starts as Case school term teacher. K of P convention near Edwardsville. milk station work underway. St. Joseph guests, funerals in St. Louis and Hutchinson. local bankers elect Madison county president. Grafeman Dairy’s creamery sold to J. J. Hopson Edwardsville. Henry Holtgrieve dies at Forest City, age 63, on his second anniversary. survivor wife and no daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob F. Noll
Dollie Middleton
Case School
Edwardsville
Jacob Krucker
St. Joseph
Abbie Dewey
George Heim
L. C. Heim
The
Telegram
Hutchinson
Kan
Elsie Vollrath
Wm. Grainey
Fred Scheuer
Wm. Scheurer
F.W. Patterson
Grant Alcorn
Charles Alcorn
St. Louis
H. ‘Gehrs
Illinois State Bankers’ Association
Sparta
Madison
Grafeman Dairy Company
J. J. Hopson
Henry Holtgrieve
Marine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riebold’s
Indiana
Pierron
Lawton Oil Company
Independence
Casey
C. Willis
Oil Company
W. D. Coons
County Bastile
Valier & Spies
Wm. P. Baer
Otilla Gaffner
Oscar Appel
Ohio
Emil Schweikert
Harold Baer
Highland
Jacob Kerri
Robert Ricker
T. Louis
E. C. Simmons
Philip Baer
Henry Gansmann
Lulu Cox
Mulberry Grove
Florence Rhein
Bert Virgin
Louis
Wm. Buchmiller
Marissa
MM. “E
Alvin Pflugbeil
Hildebrandt
Hannibal, Mo
Turners’ Har
F. W. Braner
Wilbur Gebauer
Johnson
F. OG. B
Martin Seed Co
Lubbock
Texas
CITY
B. W. Jarvis
Troy, Sr
Andrew Klein
John Deimling
Central Michigan
Philip Lippert
Stanton, Mich
South Limite
Elizabeth Schultze
Aviston
Ill
Trenton
Gieseke Bros
River View
E. Munson
Salina ‘Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Elbersa
Baldwin County Colonization Co
Hartford Bldg
Chicago
Poultry and Eggs
J. M. Wilson
Jonesburg
Plymouth Rock
Peter Kellermann
Carlyle
Times Square Station
New York City
Fred H. Garnet
St. Louis Str
Edwardsville, Ill
Valier
Walier
sroUer
Wiley
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