National Road Day Urged Across Counties
Judge J M Lowe of the National Old Trails Association urges a Fourth of July celebration in 1915 in every county the Old National Road traverses from Atlantic to Pacific. The call asks schools civic groups and churches to join in a nationwide memorial marking the road’s role in uniting the states and preserving the Union.
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J.M. Lowe
National Old Trails Association
United States
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Aulentic
Pacific
American Union
Troy Public School Graduation and Mee Gray Dewey Academy Commencement
The Troy public school graduates hold exercises at Rieder's Opera House with fourteen students receiving diplomas. A school picnic marks the end of the 1914 15 term. Mee Gray Dewey Academy begins four days of commencement week with opening exercises tomorrow evening featuring a musical program.
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Troy
Rieder
Opera House
Mee- Gray-Dewey Academy
Weather Log Notes From A Noisy Week
Weather diary records a rainy stretch with days of showers and damp conditions. The fragment mentions Troy and a new electric light entrant, hinting at local civic changes amid unsettled weather.
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Troy
Memorial Day Observance Planned at Presbyterian Church
Memorial Day events organized by Veterans and Sons of Veterans shift indoors due to Sabbath. Parade from Public School Grounds to church, with fife and drum, prayers, choral singing, Lincoln's Farewell Address, poems, and addresses by Rev. Marion Jackson and Prof. M. B. Coker. Reverend Harlan Tuttle to give benediction.
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Presbyterian Church
Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Barade
Presbytérian Church
Fife and Drum Corps
Samane
America
Martin Holt
McCray-Dewey Choral Society
Reading
Lincoln
Gettysburg
M. B. Coker
Bodesveseeseres
Spitmnster
Perry H
Hiles
McCray-Dewey Chora! Society
Marion Jackson
Academy
Fadlen
W.'L. Oliver
Harlan Tuttle
Husband and Wife Bernardin Die Within Week
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bernardin longtime Troy residents died in Livingston within days of each other leaving three young children. He died after a weeklong illness and was buried in Livingston. she had been ill and funeral held yesterday. Survivors include three brothers in Livingston and Mason Michigan, with ties to Collinsville and Troy.
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Lawrence Bernardin
Troy
Livingston
Bernardin
Zalletones
Collinsville
Wm. Herrin
Eliza Wild
The Booster's Creed for Troy Progress
A historical statement asserts belief in progress through churches schools and lodges and argues public servants should pay taxes and vote for the people. It emphasizes civic unity and responsibility and notes Troy’s potential hinges on its citizens. (Continued next week.)
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United States
Troy
Brothers discover they are not citizens after voting for years
Joseph P Arth of Troy and Raphael L Arth of Collinsville learned in Edwardsville that they and their father were not naturalized citizens. Both men had voted and participated in community life for decades under the belief their father's naturalization made them citizens. They took steps toward naturalization and will gain full citizenship after meeting requirements in two years.
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Joseph. P. Arth
Troy
Raphael L. Arth
Collinaville
United States
Madison County
Edwardsville
Ludwig Arth
Germany
Raphael Ludwig Arth
Collinsville
Anth Brothers
Simon Kellermann, Jr
Marriage announcement of Rev Clark R Yost and Miss Madeline Foulk
Social notes report the coming marriage of Rev Clark R Yost former Troy M E pastor to Miss Madeline Foulk daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Jefferson Foulk of McLeansboro set for Tuesday June 8 at 8 30 PM at the bride’s home in McLeansboro. Yost will reside in Virgenes Jackson county after marriage.
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Troy
Clark R. Yost
Troy M. E
Madeline Foulk
Andrew Jefferson Foulk
McLeanshoro
McLeanstoro
McLeansboro High School
Yost
Tray
Virgennes
Jackson County
St Louis visits and local figures noted Sunday
James Rawson spent Sunday with relatives in St Louis. George Brendel was a St Louis visitor. Jacob Weil came from St Jacob on business Wednesday. Mayor James H. Davis was an O'Fallon visitor last Saturday.
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James Rawson
St. Louis
George Brendel
Jacob Weil
St. Jacob
James H. Davis
O'Failon
M. ¥. Auwarter
Bt. Louis
Dee Elliott
Ruth Cramer
Collinsville
J. C. MecLanahan
L. F. Rissi
Little Son
Edward R. Deimling
Neil
S St. Louis
John F. Jarvis
Edwardsville
Earl Paul
Troy
W. J. Gebauer
Wilbur
Alma
Henry Nieman
Marine
Frank Snodgrass
Harold Peter
Herman Schmacker
Phoebe
Peter
Clara Gornet
Augusta Gornet
Wesley Sandles
East St. Louis
H. T. Sims
J. Hackmann
Hackmann
August Stein
P. J. Craney
John Edwards
Granite City
August Beutel
John Schuchting
Frank
Carlinville
Katie Bohland
Minnie Bohland
Fred ‘Spies
George Dressel
John T. Wilkinson
Stanley
Norman Wilkinson
Caseyville
Bellaville
Bertha Krantz
Bertha Gerling
John Krantz
Wm. Riggin
J. T. Bohnenstieh
J. G. Schoeck
Melville
Ruth
Women's church groups set meetings and services next Thursday
The Frauenverain of the German Evangelienl church will meet at the church next Thursday afternoon. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church will meet next Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Kingston's home. Special services will be held at the M. E. church Sunday by Rev. Marion Jackson. The service will include reading and explanation of the General Rules.
Madison county May term court opens with light docket
The May term of the Madison county circuit court convened Monday with Judge W E Hadley presiding for the last time. Foreman E C Willi of St Jacob led the grand jury, two jurors were reported not found and replaced. Sessions covered chancery and criminal matters including a receiver appointment for Pilot Printing Co and name change decree for Harry W Fuechtermann et al. In criminal cases Frank Lilly faced assault with intent to murder, John Elwood Aubuohon rape verdicts contested, and John Hickerson murder verdicts denied on motions for new trial.
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Madison County
W. E. Hadley
E. C. Willi
St. Jacob
H. M. Schweppe
Alton
Frank Casner
Woodriver
Charles Wood
Harvey Barnhard
George R. Giger
Jarvis Township
Chancery
J. R. Miller
Pilot Printing Co
Harry W. Fuechtermann
Frank Lilly
John Elwood Aubuohon
New
John Hickerson
Probate proceedings list for multiple decedents and guardianships
Inventory, final reports, and conservatorships approved or set for hearings in numerous estate matters. Names include Emma Hillmer, George Dick, Nellie Jackson, Martha Seifert, Louis Baer, Christian Wuerker, Margaretha Landolt, Beatrice Gschwend, Susie Campbell, Barney Daiber, Elizabeth Merrimann, Peter Seifert, Friedolin Baumgartner, Philip Baer, Anna Thielker, Adolphus Yackel, Matilda Yackel, Peter Oakes, J Sweitzer, Herman Hartmann, Pius Linenfelser, Julia Finkenkeller, George Finkenkeller, Jane Reynolds, Hesie E Heeren, Landolin Schneider. Estates show bond amounts, guardian and appraiser appointments, and inventories totaling about several thousand dollars with receipts and payments noted.
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Emma Hillmer
George Dick
Jane
Nellie Jackson
Martha Seifert
Louis Baer
Christian Wuerker
Margaretha Landolt
Friedolin Baumgartner
Beatrice Gschwend Ett al
Leo Gschwend
Susie Campbell
Minor
Guardian
Barney Daiber
F. J. Overt
Elizabeth Merrimann
P. Bingearies
Sam Btrankovic
Peter Seifert
Philip Baer
Herman Thielker
Anna Thielker
Adolphus Yackel Et al
Matilda Yackel
Peter Oakes
J. Sweitzer
Herman Johann
Albert J. Hartman
Herman Hartmann
Charles FL Stattgast
Pius Linenfelser
Julia Finkenkeller
George’ Finkerkeller
Jane Reynolds
Hesie E. Heeren
Landolin Schneider
Max ‘Kuhl
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Baptist Church
St. Paul's Auditorium
G. M. Potter
Shurtleff College
Upper Alton
McCray-Dewey Academy
Samnes
Lawrence Barnardine
Highland Journal
Emil Hug
Arth Bros
Ada
Social
Vistors
Josephus Porter
Georgia R. Giger
Nellye
Riley
Lela
Jenness Brooks
Louisville
Dorothy Lewis
G. W. C. Gates
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
United States Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Circuit Court
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