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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
5
A local article argues for establishing a township high school legalized in 1867 and revised later to enable districts to organize for broader education. It stresses the system as essential for vocational training and overall mass education, urging every resident to consider and back the plan.
The column notes several students exempt from exams and anticipates more in the next term. It invites new enrollments for Monday morning, with room available. English classes begin word study next week as Freshmen read The Lady of the Lake and Sophomores Julius Caesar. First six weeks end this week with midweek report cards to follow and parent review.
The Marine Electric Service Company installed a Campbell time switch at the plant to control street lights. Lights now turn on at 6 50 as days shorten they will be set earlier. At noon the lights shut off. The switch will be moved to a pole at the south village limits and a switch will be added at St Jacob once the instrument arrives.
After the Southern Illinois M. E. conference in Robinson Rev. J. W. Smith is returned to the Troy church for his second year, with satisfaction among members and others. The report lists other county appointments and notes a sale of the Alhambra general store to Bechtold and Klick of Granite City.
An old advertisement notes that constipation dulls the brain and promotes Dr. Wing's New Life Pills for relief, claiming a mild bowel movement clears complexion and tones the system. The item also lists local events and notices, including church activities, dentist appointments, and a social hosted by the Rebekah Lodge, with dates in October and a note about Gebauer's Market produce.
Social notes recap diverse town life with births appointments bets and parties. A nine pound son born to Mr and Mrs Charles Struckhoff accompanies a Ford touring car purchase by Prof C A Anderson. A reunion for the One Hundred Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry is planned at Lebanon October 19 with a camp fire the night prior.
A list of guests from Granite City to St. Jacob area families visits over the weekend. Various relatives and friends including Mrs. Myrtle Hoskins, the Forbes McCain family, Mr. and Mrs. James Miller and children Irene Virgil and Herschel, and many others traveled between Granite City Salem Cassville Zanesville and Logansport with stops at Troy and St. Jacob. Conversations mention Relatives Lettie Rood Melville Schoeck and Doshia Brockman among others. Cabbage for Kraut advertised at Gebauer s for 3 50 per 100 pounds.
Collinsville and East St Louis residents and guests figure in a long list of social visits. Augusta Zenk, Henrietta Allen, Emma Hampe, and many others travel to St Louis, Belleville, Marine, and Greenville to visit relatives and friends. Several families, including the Wehmeyers, Kurths, and Pfahls, host or travel for the weekend, while local tradesmen and shoppers are noted. Gehauer's Market promotes apples with contact number 116.
Circuit and Probate Courts list transfers and marriage licenses. Petit jurors for the first two weeks of the October term are drawn from Madison County circuits across towns like Marine, Jarvis, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Nameoki, Chouteau, Woodriver, Foster, Venice, Wood River, Alton, Tudfrey and Tudfrey area. Names include Orville Deforrest, Andrew Hohnenstiecl, Riley Giger, Henry Haker, Albert Ward, Leo McNeilly, Wm. Senn, Christ Greenbusch, Marcus Vogel, Stephen Crawford, Jno. Fries, and others.
A record 224 new cases were filed for Madison county circuit court’s October term under Judge J F Gilham. Major actions include assumpsit suits by First National Bank against Bowman and Holsts, foreclosure actions against Range, Berger, and others, and several injunctions and guardianship matters.
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