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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
8
A lengthy social roundup lists visits and guests from Collinsville St Louis and nearby towns. Families such as Dressel Watt Snodgrass Hamble Bunn and Meier are noted with travels to Mascoutah Marine O Fallon and Tomah. People enjoy visits fishing and driving to local communities with multiple Sunday gatherings.
Brief items report car prices and a mobile hearse setup by Roy A Lowe in the county seat. Garnet Bros Mercantile lists fruit pricing and an automatic gasoline meter. A newborn son arrives at the Leitz home. Miners receive wages as Dank mine payroll remains large. New residence for the Taylors on Braner properties. Poultry show dates set for Mt Olive Alton O Fallon. Helvetia Milk Condensing plans a ninth branch in Wayland Michigan. Dr W W Jarvis returns home after hospital stay. Mrs John J Woodbury dies at Blue Canon California. Wick Pipe Organ Co considers a Highland move due to labor and space. Cities of Collinsville Belleville Champaign Quincy show overtures. Dr Kings New Discovery advertised for colds. Mrs Hamm and children visiting Granite City relatives. Mission feast attended by Troy residents. Garnet Bros. advertises carload apples and reasonable prices. ABBE
Readable scraps show a chaotic exchange with stray phrases about threats and moving plans. Names and clear events are scarce, but the tone hints at a personal dispute or agitation framed in fragmented dialogue.
Mrs Quear Appel travels to Marysville Ohio for a visit with relatives. Mrs Effie Blume returns from Independence Kansas. Miss Oitilla Gaffner and Helen Mueller were Highlands visitors. J J Gaffner and Otto Thurauu were in St. Louis on business. Mr and Mrs L Juda of Joliet visit. Frank Schwarz with Theo Schwarz at Highland. Louis Rogier visits from Sebastopol. The Hoffmans move to a newly purchased home. Samuel Michael and family visit from Highland. Wm Weindel of Pierron visits Albert Vogel. Mrs Otto Remissegger and children visit her mother in Jamestown. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Hoennie from Milwaukee summoned by illness of his mother. George Schmitt dies at 58. Funeral by Rev Carl Schmidt. Keystone cemetery burial. Miss Fanny Bernard of Marine marries Leo Sehneck of St. Jacob in East St. Louis. Bride is daughter of Marine’s mayor. groom known as tensorialist and amateur ball player. They plan to move into Hoffman’s old house.
In Marine, Mamie and Nora Neudecker attended the Riehold Hilly wedding at St Jacob last week. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Pratt and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Erret Brooks. Miss Gladys Pahlmann celebrated her seventeenth birthday with friends and refreshments. John Meier and daughters Amanda and Augusta reside in Edwardsville. Pred Meier will farm northwest of Marine. Carl Herbst, 92, attended the State Fair, one of the oldest attendees. A man named George Allen forged Millard Brooks’ signature to cash a $5 check at Kolb Mercantile. Silex was later captured at Mt Olive and jailed in Edwardsville. The German Evangelical church Mission Festival is planned for Sunday with Rev Theo Jungk presiding. Rev Rahn and Rev Warber will speak. The Ladies' Aid Society will provide dinner and supper. Miss Astella Vozel bach er married Frank Motz of Oran at St Elizabeth's, with a 6:30 train departure for St Louis and then Oran. Motz works in a local grocery store.
An international committee titled Mercy organizes fund campaigns to aid soldiers' non combatants. Headquarters are in New York at 346 Fifth Ave Building with Hon. Elihu Root as president and 56 August Belmont as treasurer, endorsed by President Wilson. Notable supporters include Katherine Davis, John PurroyMitchel, Norman Hapgood, Ida Tarbell, Vincent Astor, Gertrude Atherton, and many others.
Advertisement reports hopeless lung troubles cured by Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. A Gates, N. DC user testimonial claims a complete cure in a case deemed hopeless. Also notes a 250 price and dry cough relief. Brief sports note: Troy Advertisers lost 7 to 3 at Athletic Park to Kaisers of St. Louis and travel to Edwardsville to face Leolaire Athletics.
Notice urging shoppers to compare prices before buying apples for winter from Garnet Bros Mercantile Co. at 432 Wedding Invitations at The Call, promising reasonable rates for early stock.
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