Brief News Notes From A Vanished Era
Smokers favor Lewis Single Binder cigars for rich mellow taste. See Whiting's Staltescope at Rie bold's bakery. 32-tf Firestone tires and tubes for Ford cars available through Duthiel Braner. 38-tf monumenta options at Troy House Furnishing Co for Highland Marble Works. Wesley Sandles drawn as petit juror from Jarvis township for Alton city court term. Peter Streiff, longtime Highland citizen, died at his home. Edwardsville Masons plan a new temple. Marissa suffered a $15,000 fire destroying Hamilton hotel and Boyle Bros. automobile garage. origin unknown. Keoufkuk dam power line to Alton carries 60,000 volts. A total lunar eclipse is slated for next Monday evening and should be visible in this section. astronomers call it a century sight. The sider will rip in year.
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Lewis
Whiting
Riebold’s
Ford
Duthiel Braner
Monumenta
Troy House Furnishing Co
Agenta
Highland Marble Works
Wesley Sandles
Jarvis Township
Keoufkuk
Alton
Belleville Fair Opens as Steel Plant Shuts Down
The St Clair county fair began in Belleville and will run through Saturday with horse race purses totaling about 3,000. Granite Citys Commonwealth Steel Foundry halted operations due to a strike, leaving about 2,500 out of work and no near settlement. Richard Clemens, 55, paralyzed and helpless for months, died at Madison County Hospital after wasting away on liquids. A potential city finances suit to recover over 5,000 from former officials may be filed in Venice soon, amid a ten year audit. Mrs. Elizabeth Frangen, longtime Troy resident, underwent appendicitis and gall stones surgery in a St Louis hospital. her condition worsened, with family summoned from Troy.
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St. Clair County
Belleville
Belleville Fair
Commonwealth Steel Foundry
Granite Cuy
Richard Clemens
Elizabeth Frangen
Troy
St.Louis
Board of Education Minutes Troy Sept 1 1929
The Board of Education at Troy meets and approves minutes. The finance committee reports claims for janitor supplies repairs and furnishing. warrants issued. The Teachers committee outlines work for the coming term. The school will open Monday September 8th. President L W Sondles and Clerk W H Goalby preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Til
Goalby
Naylor
Snodgrass
Wilding
House and Grounds Co
Finance Committee
Louis Schultze
A. R. Snodgrass
J. C. Gebauer
Herman Roeben
Bert Dugger
M. F. Auwarter
Troy House Furnishing Co
Dsee
Foster
Wild
Snqdtrass
L. W. Sondles
W. H. Goalby
Neighbors News From Marine and Surrounding Areas
Otto Elbring and family visited relatives at Olinette Missouri. Brizius Jr from St Louis spent the day home. Wm Gericke now runs the saloon formerly held by Hess. Families from Marine attended the Mission Festival at Alhambra. Several local residents visited Edwardsville. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs George Mick was christened. St Elizabeths Catholic school opened with 29 pupils taught by Sister Bertha. Rev Fr Maurer will succeeed as pastor. Highland Fair visitors credited. Aurelia Liebler to St Louis convent. St Jacob Cubs beat Highland Athletics 1 to 0 in an exciting game.
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Otto.Elbring
Olinette
John Brizius, Jr
St. Louis
Wm Gericke
Wm, Hess
Edward Neudecker
Leo Wittmer
Edwardsville
Marine
German Evangelical Church
Alhambra
Porter Parker
Fred Parker
Ethel Fredericka
George Mick
Paul Buchmueller
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic
Bertha
John Bode
Staunton
Conrad Heuser
Albert Wieschmeyer
Kathryn Grotefendt
St. Joseph
Concordia
Great Lakes
Fr. Maurer
Lillyville
Egegenstein
Marine Catholic Church
Aurelia Liebler
St. Elizabeth's Convent
J. J. Gaffner
Robert Moser
Highland
Henry Schmidt
John Wiehner
E. B. Hug
Bert Ellis
M. FE
St. Jacob Cubs
Highland Athletics
County Press Club Meets at Highland Meeting
The Madison County Press Club held its quarterly meeting at Highland last Saturday. President Eugene Mc Knight of Madison presided and Secretary L. C. Heim read the minutes, which were approved. A special committee report on uniform rates for legal publications was heard and adopted, with a uniform rate set. The club accepted Madison village’s invitation to meet next at Madison on Saturday December 6. Members also visited the Highland fair in the afternoon.
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Madison County Press Club
Highland
Eugene McKnight
Madison
L. C. Heim
Local residents return to Illinois with updated addresses
Charles Wandling and family, formerly of Troy, now reside at 335 Sherman Street Litchfield Illinois and request mail to be sent there in the future. Mr and Mrs R B Luttrell now live in Sherwood Oregon and have their mail directed there. Mrs Luttrell formerly Laura Anderson of Troy and a former Troy teacher. W W Evans, Troy native and U S Army medical corps veteran, now at Collinsville Illinois, requests mail to 522 North Oomba Avenue.
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Charles’ Wandling
Troy
Missouri
Tillinois
Sherman Street
Litchfield
R. 8. Luttrell
Rolla
Sherwood
Oregon
Duttrell
Laura Anderson
Evans
Medical Corps
U. S.” Army
Fort Robinson
Neb
Collinsville
Oomba Avenue
Local residents attend events and celebrations near Bethel and Belleville
Rev Mrs H Stedding and J J Hocher family spent Wednesday near Bethel. Wilbur O Edwards buys vitrified brick site and begins construction. Mr Mrs Joseph P Schwartz with J J Schmitt family visit Belleville and attend the fair. Local youths join Belleville fair outing chaperoned by Wilbur Gerstenecker on Route 2. Mr and Mrs George Brendel plan their fifth wedding anniversary celebration at home Saturday evening expected to be enjoyable.
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H. Stedding
J. J. Hocher
Bethel
Wilbur O. Edwards
Joseph P. Schwartz
J. J. Schmitt
Belleville
Wilbur Gerstenecker Carlier
George Brendel
Troy Athletics Edge East St. Louis Nine In Ten Inning Tilt
East St. Louis Sunsets defeated the Troy Athletics 4 to 2 in ten innings at Athletic Park after a late wild throw allowed two runs. Beutel struck out 16 for Troy against Roberts’ 10. Small hits and strong defense highlighted the pitchers duel before the decisive extra frame. The Trojans prepare to face Belleville’s Englaves while East St. Louis meets the Giants and the St. Louis Bloomer Girls later in September.
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Troy Athletics
East
Young
Joe Scott
Bryant
Beutel
East St. Louis
AB Rho Ae! Healy
C. Wynn
I Theiss
Thomas
Maminer
Bennett
Stephens
Roberts
Troy
Bakers
Hess
Rober
Healy
Englaves
Beleville
Trojans
A Big Letter From Home The Call to Distant Relatives
A nostalgic feature urges readers to send letters to friends and family far away. It highlights the value of keeping connections alive through mail and personal notes.
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Board OF Education
County Press Club
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Riebold’s Bakery and Conf
Geffen Building
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Pirates
H. R. Huffendick
Charlotte Davis
Jersey
Theo. Gebauer
Herman Schlaefer
Llewellyn
B. W. Jarvis
F. W. Braner
Keystone Building and Loan
W. J. Geebauer
Mary Veenberg
August Beutel
Augusta Zenk
Amos Hayes
John Kirech
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