Local Briefs and Happenings At A Glance
Election next Tuesday and Thanksgiving two weeks away. city council meets Monday. Mound City Paints price rise noted. 17 Sandies stocks 60 rooms of wallpaper at $4.00 and up. Philip Wise family moved to Madison for work. Richardson’s stamps and Grecian goods at Miss Adella Braun’s. Quail season opens next Friday with a twelve-bird limit. Greenville post office cornerstone ceremony set for Wednesday Nov 16. Stoltz & Traves Lumber moves to Center Street with modern office. Nine toys on display. holiday orders welcome. Dunavant Co licensed to incorporate in Illinois with Edwardsville location. Marriage licenses issued in St Louis and Belleville. Grand entries for property improvements and oil boom rise in Bond county. Saloons see ownership changes after Monday. Death of Frederick Nordmeyer at 82. Roscoe Cook stars at Colgate after Yale win. St. Lawrence’s church fire causes $85,000 loss. Andrew Rawson injured by falling sheet iron. recovering.
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Mound City
S. Kingston
Sandies
Philip Wise
Madison
Richardson
Adella Braun
Greenville
Ernest Lolhreiner
St. Louis
Secretary of State
Illinois
Edwardsville
Harry Woolley
Anna Martems
Belleville
Otto Fruth
Summerfield
Emma Gross
St. Jacob
M. W. Powell
Brown's Mill
F.C. Raber
Funeral director oversees modern embalming methods
The new practice entrusting details of funerals to a competent director gains favor and includes embalming by licensed expert Mr RK Campbell. Campbell supervises the department applying the latest scientific techniques to preparation.
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RK. Campbell
Collinsville Man Killed In Roadside Accident
Collinsville resident Robert Jones was struck and killed by an East St. Louis and Suburban car near the Township High School. Motorman Henry Miller of Collinsville said he did not see Jones until a few feet away. The body was taken to the mortuary and then to the undertaker for burial. an inquest returned a verdict of accidental death. Jones, about 50, worked in Collinsville area mines. his son-in-law Samuel Clayton works for Donk Bros. Coil and Coke Co. at Maryville. He had recently returned from a trip to England and Scotland, and remains were sent to Clinton, Indiana for burial.
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Robert Jones
Collinsville
Mourtin Schroeppel
Jones
Samuel Clayton
Donk Bros. Coil and Coke Co
Maryville
Great Western stock scheme crowns profits with no dividends
Henderson testifies that the Great Western Mining Company diverted funds to officers and formed the Afterthought company, selling $1.25 million in stock with no paid-in capital and debt mounting to about $92,000. Circulars tout profits while promises failed, as authorities pursue investigations and possible government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Henderson
Arizona
Great Western
Henderson
California
Clifford F. Henderson
Eula Bivins
St. Louis
Miss Bivins
New York
Clifford FE. Henderson
Postoffice Department
Thwenderson
Troy
Public School Pencilings and Local Sports Update
Monthly essays in No. 8 are due November 7. Frank Maletz back from a ten day absence. Elizabeth Scott absent Thursday. Cold weather dampens basketball practice as players dislike thin garb. The Glee Club rehearses for November 24 entertainment and shows rapid progress. Teachers visited other schools. Prof. Black and Prof. Willis appreciated. The school received about 8 dollars for the plano fund. Local opposition to some efforts noted. Indoor basketball venue loss causes protest. Today’s game: Collinsville high vs our home team at 3:30 p.m. Admission 15 cents. Venice high matched Troy, but Troy triumphed 22–15 with Snodgrass scoring 13. Detailed lineups and scorers listed. A friend’s note from Harrodsburg praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung issues. 50 cents to $1.00, trial bottles guaranteed. Classifieds promote Call’s want ads and old papers for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Maletz
Elizabeth Scott
St. Louis
Glee Club
Black
Alton
Willis
Plano Fund
Collinsville High School
Venice High School
Waterloo
Snodgrass
Troy
Troy Vener
Crawford Bryant
Coleman Wilkinson
Bennett Snodgrass
Cavner Liebler
Brown
Wilkinson
Foster
Liebler
Cavner
Crawford
Bryant
Crawford Q
Kerr
Scott
Auwarter
Democratic Mass Meeting at Rieders Opera House
Democrats of Jarvis township held a mass meeting at Rieder's opera house with large attendance. Bruce A. Campbell of East St. Louis spoke as the congressional candidate, aided by C. W. Terry Edwardsville for state senator and R. L. Lowry Upper Akton for county superintendent. J. A. Lynn Alton spoke for probate judge as U. W. A. band provided music, ending the local campaign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis Township
Rieder
Opera House
Bruce A. Campbell
East St. Louis
Congress
C. W. Terry
Edwardsville
R. L. Lowry
Upper Akton
J. A. Lynn
Alton
U. W. A. Band
Aeantiselis
Electric Bitters Cures Persisting Liver Trouble
Robert Madsen of West Burlington Iowa was given up by four doctors after seven weeks in hospital. Eight months of liver trouble and yellow jaundice ended when five bottles of Electric Bitters restored his health. 50c at S Kingston’s. Also notes a baseball game at Athletic Park where the Bats defeated the Leans 19 to 5. An ad in The Call’s classifieds promises results for Troy residents.
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Robert Madsen
West Burlington
Iowa
S. Kingston'ly
Athletic Park
Fats
Gleans
Hird
Troy
Troy Market Prices Corrected Weekly
Corrected Friday market listing for Troy with prices per bushel and per hundredweight for wheat hay flour straw bran middlings and livestock including cattle hogs lambs calves chickens ducks geese butter eggs and other commodities with ranges and unit measures across grains feed and farm produce.
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Orien
Ib Co
Notable Names in a Historical Record Unclear List
A fragmented OCR provides a string of personal names including Charles Helm George Giger George Flinth Henry Wendl Edward Prott Louis Prott John Clark Henry Bohm August Mimier Hackman Bros Stanley Smith A. J. Whitesie John Horn David Martin John Howard Edward Mille Ignatius Rigg, but no clear event, date, or place is discernible for a concise summary.
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Charles ‘Helm
George Giger
George Flinth
Henry Wendl
Edward Prott
Louis Prott
John Clark
Henry Bohm August Mimier Hackman Bros
Stanley Smith
A. J. Whitesie
John Horn David Martin John Howard
Edward Mille
Ignatius Rigg
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George
John Norbury
Thomas
South End
Frederick Nordmeyer
Pleasant Ridge
Here
Mr. Nordmeyer
Germany
Roscoe Cook
I. W. Cook
Roscoe
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
Yale University
St. Lawrence's Catholic
Andrew Rawson
Rawson
Penny & Gentles
Baptist Hospital
Spring Valley
Joseph S. Watt
Tie Troy
Mississippi
Daniel Peterman
Herman Roeben
Geffen Building
Phone Kinloch
Indianapolis
Hen‘edderson
Henderso
Grating
Attorney Smith
Strang
Sid Smith
Grafing
Great Western Company
Cireniirs
Uncle Sam
TD. T. Sanders
Harrodsburg
Dr. King
Sam
S$ Kingston
Democratic Mass Meeting
Troy Market
Troy Exchange Bank
Troy, Illinois
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Jonn Feldmeier
Isaac W. Cook
John W. Gornet
Round Oak
Davidson Store Co
Jersey
L. J. Taybor
W. Buhrmester
Jos. Watt
Young Cow
Neil Collins
Inquire
P.M. Davidson
Marine
George Isaac
Dewey
BR. CG
Morriss
United Farmers
Chris Burk
John Cline Wesley Smith
Fred Hampe
James H. Smith
Fred Boda Clem Talleur, Jr
George Anderson
Henry L. Schmidt
Wm. Bohm
Charles Struckhoff
Edward Hunsche
Adam Flath, Jr
Wm. F. May James Giger
Charles Kneoht
Dwelling House Mutual
Reliable Home Company
Tibinous
Helvetia 1 Firs Insurance Co
Y. M. W. Powell
Warner
Main
Allen’s Department Store
Kinloch
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