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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
4
An advertisement for Dr Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey touts its pine based cough remedy for children. It claims pine loosens throat mucus soothes lungs and opens air passages with honey as a pleasant carrier. Priced at 25 cents a bottle and touted as a growing family essential.
Probate notes list numerous deceased estates with letters of administration or probate actions. Appointments include Ida Gerdes, Helen Aswege, Anna Bischoff, Louisa Hilmer, Ida Gerdes again, R. Guy Kneedler, Ida Gerdes named executrix, and others. Appraisers and balances, bonds, and orders for public sale or distribution are recorded, plus guardianship and stock dispositions across multiple townships and properties.
Marriage licenses issued to Henry C Bean and Anna M Sauer of Ellis Grove, John M Bibko and Maryville resident Edna E Dude, Edna B E Dude of Alton, Marguerite Huber of Alton, Wilbur H Lohr of Dorsey, Wilhelmine Rust of Bunker Hill, Roy Young and Nigel N Flynn of Edwardsville, Louis A Santens of St Louis, Marie Crowe of St Louis, Walter Dewall of Glen Carbon, Priscilla Evans of Glen Carbon, and other couples from Collinsville, Edwardsville, and Glen Carbon are recorded in a regional licenses list.
A vintage advertisement urges relief from cold by Dr King’s New Discovery, warning neglect can lead to dangerous bronchial or lung issues. It claims the remedy aids body fight germs and promises 50 cents or one dollar bottles. Printed by W. W. Meiners with a profit sharing certificate note.
Happenings and gossip items cover Miss Rose Wilkinson selling hats, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerling welcoming a son, paint updates at Powell and Peters homes, and coal hauling ads by August Bramworth. Also details on a St Jerome's fair, German Evangelical flower show, Highland civic death Christian Koch, and basketball game between McCray Dewey and Highland high. And prizes won in a subscription contest by Birdie Heddergott and Fred Edwards.
Mr and Mrs Sebastian Weber and others visit near St Jacob while Francis Lewis and Charles Smith come from Maryville and St Louis to see relatives. Edwin Padgett joins his wife here from Canada to live with her mother Mrs Emaline Campbell. Leo Moronko and John Mason from Collinsville attend Christian Brothers College and visit P W Rarick family. Several others drive from Mascoutah to spend Sunday with local households. Bertha Bunn travels to Springfield for a civil service exam and is awaiting appointment. Rev David Davies and Irene Kinne elope to Greenville and honeymoon in Chicago. Davies has served Highland for three years and Kinne is daughter of Col Louis B Kinne.
Fragmentary text mentions digestion aid and “wonder billons” with unclear context and place name Highland. No coherent events, dates, or organizations readable to form a complete news item.
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