Labor Day notes and town briefs across Granite City
Briefs from Granite City and surrounding towns recap Labor Day schedules, post office hours, business ads, and local happenings. Highlights include THE CALL store events, free mail delivery rollout, Typhoid fears in Alton, a horse raffle win, new construction, fair plans, road work, and multiple community notices. Police and school openings noted among ongoing debates, with human interest items on local residents and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Roberts
Kiesel
Granite City
Alton
John Massa
Riebold
Anna Schwalm
Collinsville Road
Troy
Greenville
Home Capital
Emil Hermann
Highland
Bright
L. O. Krause
Phil. Zenk
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
S. Kingston
Starving to Death Ends After Electric Bitters Cure
Mrs Mary H Walters of St Clair St Columbus ailing from weak stomach and nerves says drugging left her unable to eat or sleep until Electric Bitters was tried. She reports immediate improvement and a complete cure, praising the tonic as the best health remedy. 50c guaranteed by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Walters
St. Clair St
Columbus
Kingston
Bucklen arnica salve touted as cure all
A Phillipsburg Kansas man quotes Sam Kendall urging Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a quick fix for burns boils sores and wounds. An ad claims the salve cures burns boils sores scalds piles eczema salt rheum chapped hands sore feet and sore eyes available at S Kingston’s drug store. A sales line urges readers to try a Want Ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kendall
Phillipsburg
Kan
S. Kingston
Guarge Ceed
Illinois topographic surveys map state for tourists and industry
Federal and state teams map Illinois counties Jo Daviess Lake Sangamon and others with 225 square mile quadrangles. Projects under Bain Grant and Su Sadler extend precise level lines from Gulf of Mexico to Olney and from Duquoin to Shawnee town. Data will aid highways, railways, mining regions, water supply studies, and local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States “Geological Survey
Wake” & Cooperative Topographic Survey
State Geological Survey
H. Foster Bain
United States Geological Survey
Federal Survey
Bain
State University
Urbana
Jo Daviess
Lake
Page
Sangamon
Menard
Madison
Clinton
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
W. J. Lloyd
Messrs
J. W. Lowell, Jr
F. C. Higley
L. L. Dines
H. Bucher
Talula
C. Su. Sadler
Messrs. W. S. Thomson
J. W. Cunningham
Breese
J. G. Staack
Wheaton
Waukegan
Galatia
Thompsonville
Herrin
Murphysboro
Edwardsville
Alton
Apple River
L. E. Tucker
G. E. Hardenbrook
Reiss, Roedel
Beckley
A. Greene
J.D. Hicks
Paddock
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Gulf of Mexico
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Olney
Oil
Duquoin
Shawneetown
Franklin
Gallatin
Perry
Wabash River
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Springfield
Galena
Illinois
U. S. Grant
Perdue
For Sale Electric belt dressing announcement
For sale belt dressing for all belts. Prevents slipping and runs noiselessly. Offers 100 percent more power and cooler journals. Available in lots to suit at THE CALL office. 35-If.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Troy, Ill
Lindendale Park
Highland, Ill
Belleville
Opera House
H. Schmacker
A. B.C
Kinloch
Public Bquare
John Bugger
Troy Tabor
Catholic Federation
St. Elmo
Vandalia
B. & O. Road
Jane Schafer
Henry Schufer
Kansas City
Madison County
F. W. Braner
Cacr
Staunton Road
Hazelwood Place
W.s.neuvenschwander
An. An
John Langenwalter
Fire Company
Board of Directors
J. G. Jarvis
Elizabeth Appel
Elias Burk
John Petry
PHONE
Oppenheimer, Seasongood, Gutterman & Co
Custom Tailors
Cincinnati
UNION
Allen
Main
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