Brief News Notes From The Call Newspaper
A hodgepodge of local items: Thanksgiving stationery and post cards at The Call, market notes on oysters at Ward’s, a note on squirrel shooting season ending next Monday, mine pay days, and local incidents. Also reports of deaths, marriages, bankruptcies, a fire at Beall Bros tool plant, and various business ads. Includes mentions of Ward’s restaurant, Wild’s Grocery, and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call’s
Edwardsville
John W
Fritts Bros
Nmas
Wild’s
Jacob Wittmann
Sabin
Market Street
Sauer Bros
Collinsville
St. Louis
Vincent Stasiton
Alton
Elsa Rohrmoser
Arthur Mattis
Granite City
Minnie Griceer
Edward Thurnau
Park View
Marine
Corpus Christi
Tex
F. C. Hostetter
Troy
Southern
G. Schrumpf
Pocahontas
Alton Fire Department
Sunday visits across households in Marshall County region
Louis Solter and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Engeling Sunday. Charles Helmich and sons spent Sunday with friends in Marine. Nellie Giger visited Miss Mabel Struckhoff at Troy. George Flath and family visited August Brunworth at Troy Sunday. Bohm and Dankenbring families plus others were entertained at Mrs. Louis Dankenbring’s Edwardsville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Solter
Fred Engeling
Charles Helmich
Marine
Nellie Giger
Mabel Struckhoff
Troy
George Flath
August Brunworth
Win. Bohm
Henry Dankenbring
Fred Brewe
Harry Dankenbring
Win. Freidhoff
Win. Dankenbring
Louis Dankenbring
Edwardsville
Dr King's New Discovery touted for lung cure
Upchurch of Glen Oak Oklahoma sought mountain air to heal a two year chronic lung condition. After six months he returned worse until five bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured him. The ad extols the medicine's broad proof against coughs colds and chest ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win
Upchurch
Glen Oak
Okla
Dr. King
B. Kineston
Social and Personal Notes From East of Town
Miss Jane Hughes visiting from California spent time with St. Louis friends. Her brother George plans to stay in a tent this winter to regain his health. R C Morriss returned from New Orleans after attending the deep waterway convention with the Taft river flotilla. Mrs H F Thurston and son Kenneth came home from a week with Roadhouse relatives. Sister Mrs M Smith, county superintendent, joined them after Topeka teachers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Schlaefer
Jane Hughes
California
St. Louis
George
R.C. Morriss
New Orleans
Memphis
Morriss
Troy
H. F. Thurston
Kenneth
Roadhouse
Thurston
M. Smith
Logan County
Kansas
V Marry Wassell and list of residents tone
A long OCR style roster lists residents with ages and hometowns across multiple Illinois towns and nearby cities including Fort Smith Arkansas and St. Louis Missouri. Names appear with ages from 18 to 41 and origins from Alton to Collinsville Madison and Worden, with repeated entries and unclear formatting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry Wassell
Ft. Smith
Ark
Hattie Leon
Dr. Garner
St. Louis
Luella Goller
Leon Smith
Hamburg
Elizabeth Lammers
Chester Wm. Guthrie
East St. Louis
Altheda Mitchell
John Schutte
Collinsville
Victoria Phil
J. FH. Sisson
Bethalto
Emma Westerhold
Alton
Wm. Tesar
Ciisecceereee
Maryville
Barbara Vanek
Edwardsville
W.G. Darvell
Grafield
Wash
Nona Barnett
Albert Bisto
Eee
Venice
Mariana Mazur
Madison
T. J. Maher
Brooklyn
Julia Conway
Albert Eisele
Gertrude Sehink
Roy Hunter
Alton Edith S. Young
Alton Frederick Teason
Alton Alton
Alton Helen M. White
John Michael
Hilda Rosenberger
Alton Lewis Barbey
Ebbie Cunningham
Ralph Adams
Kansas City
Mary Iqvans
Granite City
Albert Risto
Sarre Ie
Ripe NA
Marianna Mazur
John Mulvey
Springfield
Grace Herb
Mathew Beker
Mary Filarski
St. Louis Co
Dr Shoop Restorative Aimed at Weak Nerves
A vintage health ad touts Dr Shoop Restorative for stomach heart and kidney weakness. It claims inside nerves control organs and urges a few days test. Pink Pain Tablets are promoted for head and "womanly" pains with a 20 for 25c offer.
Troy Market Prices From Friday’s Corrected Report
Wheat and corn prices listed per bushel with oats and straw per ton. Livestock values include cattle, hogs, spring lambs, calves per hundredweight and various fowl, butter and eggs per unit.
Youthful Troy prodigy paints Opera House scenery
Edwin Meiners a 15 year old Troy boy and son of Mr and Mrs William Meiners creates new stage scenery for the opera house. Two complete sets a wood and a kitchen scene showcase his talent, with a parlor scene in progress. The wood scene debuted at a Clark lecture and drew praise for color and realism. Meiners has long shown artistic ability, his home filled with crayon and canvas works. His work at the opera house is a notable home production by a young artist. Dr Shoops Cough Remedy is praised for safe, non harsh ingredients and suitability for children, sold by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trojans
New express rate in Illinois boosts minimum parcel charge
A new Illinois express rate last week sets 50 cents as the minimum charge for any package, up from 40 cents. The change affects nearly every office statewide, with suggestive guidance to try a call for advertising results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Found A Place To Make Your Wants Known Cheaply
A terse notice invites readers to contact or write The Call to advertise wants and needs at low cost.
Notice to Hunters Bans Trespass on Premises In List
Notice to hunters and trespassers to refrain from entering the listed properties under penalty of the law. The undersigned names include Chris Diepholz T A Riggin Charles Schultze A N Riggin Frank Bauman Fred Tegtmeier Wm Langewisch Edwin Zenk Joseph Arth Tenatius Riggin Ienry Niehaus Benj Schultze Wm Ackermann John Dollinger Hampton Long Henry Horstmann Fred Fe Hartman John Howard Moritz Wendler Eugene Riggin Ienry Taake Chris Buhrmester John Flath Herman Schlaefer Adam Flath Jr George Flath. New names will be added to this list to run during hunting season for 15 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris. Diepholz
T. A. Riggin
Charles Schultze
A. N. Riggin
Frank Bauman
Fred Tegtmeier
Wm. Langewisch
Edwin Zenk
Joseph Arth
Tenatius Riggin
Ienry Niehaus
Benj. Schultze
Wm. Ackermann
John Dollinger
Hampton Long
Henry Horstmann
Fred FE. Hartman
John Howard
Moritz Wendler
Eugene Riggin
Ienry Taake
Chris Buhrmester
John Flath
Herman Schlaefer
Adam Flath, Jr
George Flath
Heredity Quip From Chicago Post Remark
A Chicago Post item quotes a party two people discussing Gladys Miggles. They describe her as pretty but foolish, alleging her behavior stems from a mother who was a dress reformer and a father described as a rock the boat idiot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Miggles
Chicago Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist
St. Paul’s
Fellows
Main Street
Ward’s
Don Peters
Donk
Wy Rliri Uy Richard & Co
W. A. Rodenberg
Jacob Hubler
Highland
Vandalia
Erhardt Deimling
George P. Barton
James R. Fritts
Ward
Pin
Social and Personal
Troy Market
Progidy
Opera House
Dr. Shoop
Jacob Nobbs
Jolstein
Louis Sndhbolf
Wm. Meiners
James N. Jarvis
Aneif
J. F. Jarvis
A. F.seligman
Charles Wandling
Fritts’ Meat Market
J. R. Fritts
Prop
Corinth
ST Louis
Garlee Pants
M. F. Auwarter
General Merchandise
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