Madison County News Notes and Local Updates
The Madison County Medical Society meets in Edwardsville today. A Nashville waterworks bond issue failed 376 to 58. George Becker reports for jury duty in Alton. Fred Hess and family move into the Kiesel property. The Wabash Railroad spends 400000 on Madison county improvements with a double track from Granite City north. The Illinois State Fair opens in Springfield and runs to the 12th. County births for June to August total 386 with 130 deaths. Ten Macoupin county poor farm inmates moved to Madison county farm after a fire. Isadore Hirsch of Collinsville files a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monumenta
Troy House Furnishing Co
Highland Marble Works
Madison County Medical Society
Edwardsville
Nashville
George Becker
Alton
Fred Hess
Kiesel
Amelia Rawlings
Wabash Railroad
Madison County
Granite City
Springfield
Mackinaw
Macoupin County
Isadore Hirsch
Collinsville
United States
Bids Wanted for Coal Hauling and Parsonage Erection
Sealed bids due by October 15 for hauling 1200 bushels of coal for Troy Public Schools with right to reject all bids. Secretary Wm. UH. Goalby. Also bids due by October 19 by the German Evangelical church for a new frame parsonage with plans at W. J. Gebauer barber shop. Trustees AA-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Public Schools
Wm. UH
Goalby
German Evangelical Church
W. J. Gebauer
West and Northwest trip notes and local incidents
Call reports return from a two months West Northwest trip. Andrew Erickson, 62, died from injuries after being struck by boards from an elevator in Madison. John S. Hoerner, longtime Highland publisher, plans to move to Chicago. A 1400 foot spur links Highland Brewery to Vandalia Line, first beer car to Troy. Thomas Patterson, 33, died at Mullanphy hospital after a fall or jump. Local marriage licenses issued to Madison county residents. Helvetia Milk Condensing announces six month milk price schedule. Livingston, county northeast, reports a fire destroying property valued at 10,000 including city hall and other buildings. origin unknown.
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Charles Ioer
Udl 'Mo
Andrew Erickson
Madison
Erickson
Clover Leaf Railroad
John S.hoerner
The
Highland Union
Chicago
Hoerner
Troy
Highland Brewery
Vandalia
Highland Journal
Thomas Patterson
Glen Carbon
Mullanphy Hospital
St. Louis
Madison County
Nelson Ernst
Otilla Remissegger
St. Jacob
C. H. Blumhan
Margaret Triska
Edwardaville
Edward Pritchard
Collinsville
Alice Mayfield
Carl L. Boyd
Venice
Freida B. Wilson
Helvetia Milk Condensing Company
Livingston
George Kitruch
Illinois State Fair promotes domestic science and boys school
The Illinois State Fair offers a domestic science program for girls over 18 with lodging in the Women’s building and fourteen day instruction at 8 for board. A separate boys’ school directed by Dr John Dill Robertson and F G Blair runs Oct 5 to Oct 12, admits two per county, with 16 to 21 age limit, requires rail fare and 5 for board.
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Ilinois
Laura A. Gonterman
Edwardsville
State Fair School
John Dill Robertson
Board of Agriculture
Superintendent of Public Instruction
F. G. Blair
Chas. F. Mille
Springfield
Illinois
Adj
Marine area social notes and local visits
A roundup of visitors and social events in Marine and nearby: St Louis guests include Miss Josephine Benner J.C. Bremermann Arnold Deibert Henry Wittmer and others. Local outings feature a picnic at St Jacob and a Turners park gathering. a Studebaker purchase and church catechism plans are noted. a fire destroyed a Spies barn with nearby property saved by citizens.
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Gus ° Hermann
Kaufmann
Marine
Arnold Deibert
St. Louis
Henry Wittmer
Clara Bisgen
Mont
Preston Fahnentock
Graettinger
Iowa
Louis Kolb
St. Jacob
German Evangelical Church
John Stuckwisch
Rév
P. Buchmueller
Studebaker
Fred Hentes
Elizabeth Voigt
Charles Maurer
Mt. Vernon
Ind
C. Heusser
Herman Hoelscher
Royal Neighbors
Pierron Yellow Jackets
Marine Pirates
G. Faes
Good Roads
Wm. Hess
Ed Thurnau
Edwardsville
Andrew Schmidt
Deaconess
Marine Court of Honor
Wm. Reinhart
D.A. Brooks
Nettie Middleton
F. E. Glauner
Walter Leidel
Samuel Olive
Guard
Joseph Motz
Sentinel
George Tabor
Chris, Schoeck
Edwardaville _ Frank
James Pike
Schoeck
Vandalia
Henry
Death of Prof R Charmi llot Highland musician and teacher
Prof. Rudolph Charmillot aged 52 a Highland musician and band leader died at his home after a lingering illness due to dropsy. Native of Switzerland he had lived in Highland since 1894 and was known in Troy for orchestral work and violin instruction. Survived by wife three sons two daughters brother in Spain and siblings in Switzerland. Funeral held in Highland with Charmillot band leading the cortege. interment in Highland cemetery yesterday.
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Rudolph Charmillot
Highland
Charmillot
Troy
Charmilot
Switzerland
Spain
Fragmentary Market Prices From FroY Page
Readable prices for wheat corn oats and hay are listed with per unit figures and descriptors, though many words are garbled. The fragment shows market terms like per bushel and per ton alongside assorted grain and by product names.
Classifieds and notices blend in early 1900s paper text
An assortment of ads and notices mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and rewards, beauty pills, and medical claims. It cites retailers, doctors, and local names like J Cheney Toledo, and includes notices about a mill schedule and newspaper subscriptions.
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J. N. Jarvis
Mia
Elmer Bergman
Eolis
Hanel ‘Morriss
Public Salae
Hia
J. H. Stienbans
James M. Bandy
Castile
Our
Herbert Rule
Maud Porter
Robert Walter
Louis Hill
Charles
Wm. Kircheis
L. W. Adler
BF. Ellis
Hilda Miller
J.J. Gaffner
Gley
Pnes
Prof
R. Charmillot
Michael Hessheimer
Lincoln
Neb
H. R. Huffendick
Jarvis Townabin
Daniel Péterman
Froy Markets
Willie
Iisa
Ind. P
YUEDE
Probst
Commission CO
Third ‘Street
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Dr. King
H.R. Huffendick’s
Peration
Berge
St. ‘Louis
Post-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Republig
Tin Star
Daniel Peterm
Sree
Edwardsvd Ie
Xepanere
Louis
Marth
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