Newsy Notes and Gossip From Local Briefs
Election next Tuesday. church repairs. council meets Monday. Dan Peterman to deliver Post-Dispatch. Grantfork creamery to open 8007. Mamie Lewis to sell at J. Allens. Rodgers residence destroyed by fire Monday. Mrs Amelia Miller ill. Mrs J W Garnet convalescing. Republicans rally in Highland. Edwardsville opera house under construction. A son born to Mr and Mrs Henry H Wood of Pocahontas. Mrs Wood formerly Blanch Snodgrass. East End Bank opens next Monday. capital stock $25,000. Dr F W Braner motors Maryville in twelve minutes. Fred Geffen to replace frame building with brick. Praeger of Collinsville jailed for fine. Beee Laxative Cough Syrup marketed for coughs and bronchial troubles. Kingston notes Red Men confer degrees. big meeting next Saturday with banquet. Pineules for the kidneys advertised with $1 trial. Josh Lyons in Troy on Republican work. Seligman and Wittmann home from hunting near Cairo. Robt Bethmann among party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Peterman
Post-Dispatch
Grantfork
Mamie Lewis
J. Allen
St. Louis
James P. Rodgers
St. Jacob
Amelia Miller
J. W. Garnet
Highland
Edwardsville
Opera House
Henry H. Wood
Pocahontas
Wood
Blanch Snodgrass
East End Bank
F. W. Braner
Maryville
Fred Geffen
Highland Brewing Co
Market Street
Kingston
Kaskaskia
S. Kingston
Wm. Lyons
Shelbyville
Josh
Troy
Charles Seligman
Wm. Wittmann
Cairo
Robt. Bethmann
Local Democratic Candidate for Circuit Clerk
Local Democratic candidate for circuit clerk noted amid a fishing party tale and civic notices. The report also mentions illness of Miss Josie Liebler and a Delaware candidate Benjamin Donoho, along with school closures in Highland due to diphtheria and scarlet fever precautions.
Fanciful Finance and the Eight Day Clocks
A dialogue on money and banks features a wise person and Mr Sirius Barker debating speculative finance. The suggestion arises that some banks might prefer eight day clocks to clearing house certificates, highlighting whimsy in financial notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirius Barker
Laxative claims saved three year old’s life
A Casimer father asserts Foley's Orino Laxative saved his three year old son's life after severe constipation and high fever. He says two doses brought the fever down by morning and the child recovered. The testimonial credits the remedy and names A Wolkush of Casimer and S Kingston as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Dr King’s New Life Pills Boost Family Health
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine reports three years of good health after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product cleanses and tones the system gently and is sold for 25 at Kingston's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. A. Bartlet
Guilford
Maine
Kingston
Call's Stationery Ad Highlights New Post Cards
A brief classified item notes new stock of post cards available in The Call's stationery department and also advertises King's Little Liver Pills for biliousness and sick headache. The ad emphasizes health and stationery offerings with S. Kingston listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s
S. Kingston
Call’s
Court house items list estate actions and guardianships
Court records show estate matters and guardianship actions. Approvals include decedents T W McCune F W Vogel claims and inventory filings for J E Patterson and Philip Fairchild. Conservators report for George Reitz and appointment of C A Bartlett for Ernest Kriege and Oswald Knapp with adjustment day set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. McCune
F. W. Vogel
Circuit Court
J. E. Patterson
DPD
C. Balsters
Philip Fairchild
Annie Fairchild
C. A. Bartlett
George Reitz
Fredericka Kriege
Ernest Kriege
Oswald Knapp
C. A
Real estate transfers in Edwardsville and Collinsville area
Multiple 1880s to 1900s deeds recorded with transfers of lots, tracts, and parcels in Edwardsville Collinsville Troy and Highland totaling various sums from 450 to 6300 dollars. Names include Coventry Reed Ogle Dellamano Burgers Dugger Sanders Spiller Ochs Wheeler Jackson Williamson Bryant Collins Fisher Leffter Rauscher Leffter Siegel Koop Skwirba and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Coventry
W. R. Kearney
Coventry Place
Edwardsville
Garret Reed
Cicero Ogle
Montoue
Collinsville
Antonio Dellamano
David Jones
Darrow
John Burgers
Richard Froedrich
J. W. Dugger
C. W. Johnson
Park Place
Chas. Sanders
Elizabeth Spiller
M. F. Scott
Stolze
Belmont Heights
Mary A. Williamson
Mamie E. Bryant
Clay St
Troy
Alice V. Collins
George Fisher
J. H. Kluge
Look
Suppiger
J. L. R. Wadsworth
E. H. Jones
Central
EK. E. Leffter
Stella Siegel
Combs
Dirk Koop
John Miller
George Skwirba
George Tenikaiti
Local directory of residents and ages across towns
A compiled list shows residents and ages in multiple towns including St Louis, New Douglas, Worden, pierron, New Baden, Highland, Collinsville, Centerville, Alton, Upper Alton, Edwardsville, detailing names such as Mary Creane, Emma Opel, Lulu Mills, Grace Acres, Edith Shaw, Joseph McLean, Frances Lehnert, Bessie Jennings, and H S Gregory with ages ranging from 18 to 37. The entry reads as a miscellaneous society roster likely from a local directory or notice page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Pauly
St. Louis
Louisa Kombrink
Patrick Parrel
Cees Lees
Mary A. Creane
New Douglas
Aug
New Baden
Ella Beickel
Highland
Zenus Lockhart
Collinsville
Lulu L. Mills
August Roustin
Centerville
Ida Johns
C.K. Long
Alton
Grace M. Acres
W. W. McKee
Edith Shaw
Frank Chaffee
Jessie Abel
Thomas Marshall
Upper Alton
Nellie Young
F. C. Joesting
Escelesees
Emma V. Chittenden
Joseph McLean
Edwardsville
Frances E. Lehnert
Ceccscesscseen
Enice Bessie Jennings
Gregory
Occas
Mabel Roast
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vaansebsors
Apollo
Braner
Charles Hall
W. C. McDowell
C. L. Gates Hancock
Minn
Cattler
Anne
East St. Louis
Josie Liebler
George Liebler
Rishell
Dover
Del
Benjamin Donoho
Levy Court
Donoho
Board of Health
Journal
Robert Holliday
G. A. G. A. Purviance & Son
Hack and Gray Line
Vandalia Station
Orphoee Ia Chbein
Washington
United States
BD. C
Alies
Auer
A. Heddergott
Star Tailorine Company
Chicago
Star Tartarina Company
Star Tailoring Company
M. F. Allwarter
Wick Bros. Jewelry Store
Wick Bros. Jewelry CO
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