Local notes and incidents from Collinsville area
News briefs report annexation outcomes, a Highland Farmers and Merchants Telephone Co exchange plan, a 10 year old hunter from Alton, a Men’s banquet at Droll's hall, a mysterious woman in black troubling Collinsville, Italian miner Andree Finian fined 7.10 for killing a protected bird, a new arch culvert over Nubbinsville river under way by Giese Construction Co., death of James Wrigley Sr. in Collinsville, an accident to former Troy boy Fred Voelker, sale of H C Geffen’s blacksmith tools to Franz J Welte, and Geffen leaving blacksmithing to become hoisting engineer at Brookside mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Telephone Co
Highland
Mossmann Building
Joseph Dailey
Alton
Madison County
Droll
Marine
Finian
Nubbinsville
Giese Construction Co
St. Louis
James Wrigley
Collinsville
Wrigley
Troy
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Fred Voelker
H. C. Geffen
Franz J J. Welte
East End
Geffen
Brookside
Qauty
Scranton Boys Civic Club Follows Moral Principles
The National Municipal League highlights the Boys' Civic club of Scranton Pennsylvania as a morally oriented boys organization aimed at uplifting town morals. Members pledge no tobacco liquor or profane language with initiation 15 cents. The group formed as the Boys Industrial association in an old glass factory office building. The Green Ridge boys quickly joined, paying dues, while events and incentives for new members occurred. Meetings follow parliamentary rules with the nightly motto Watch our words actions thoughts company and hearts repeated at each start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Municipal League
Scranton
Boys’ Industrial Association
Green Ridge
I. B. Sturges
Notte
Watertown Civic Association urged for city advancement
The Watertown Standard praises a newly organized local civic body led by Charles R. Skinner, urging residents to unite with the group. It argues for ambitious, shared aims to strengthen municipal life, stressing effort and adornment as valuable assets for the city and its children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
American Civic Association
Charles R. Skinner
Clean Up Town Club Forms in Kinsley Kansas
Women and children of Kinsley organize a clean up town club. The first meeting, led by Sellers Edwards, saw active participation from town’s best known women as they cleaned the area. The club’s motto is Make Kinsley a good place to live in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsley
Kan
Sellers Edwards
Kansas City
Dilatory Courting and Humorous Vignettes From the Paper
A comic slice mixes a slow courtship by Charlie Binger and his glow on Susan with a village spelling bee memory and a sleepy romance. It then shifts to jokes about death miscommunications, a corny life-insurance pun, marital squabbles, and light notes on money, luck, and everyday quirks in early 20th century life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Susan
Orgsby
Charlie Binger
Squeeville
Hiram Krause
Waltin
Love
Paradise
Cane Want Ad Inquiry Prompts Reader Question
A newspaper reader asks if someone has ever tried a Cane Want ad, prompting a brief inquiry into the effectiveness and appeal of that classified option. No further details are provided about results or responses.
Joyful gift ends with alarm clock wakeup
A wife is thrilled by a generous husband giving money to buy dresses and bonnets but the scene shifts to a comical alarm clock wakeup. The husband jokes about late work, while a stray double handful of gold pieces clatters on the floor. A medical ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve follows, then a note on a 24 horsepower motor car with over 7,000 parts.
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Lade
Ainderware
Menshunrs
Topsy Hozeri
Kanton Flanel
Tetee Ree
Opera House
H. Schmacker
A. B.C
Kinloch
Public Square
Wee Weeuu
Davidson Store Company
Maryville
Frank H. Davidson
C. Kinne & Co
East St. Louis & Suburban Electric Railway
Belleville
Edgemont
Elias Burk
John Petry
Boys’ Civic Club
Clean Up Town Club
Chicago Press Club
Texas
Far East
Eanhper Sele
Yarns
Granville
Chicago
Buck
Young
Berwick
N. D
Michigan
A. Josh Hatcher
Sam Kendall
Phillipsburg
Bucklen
S. Kingston
F. W. BrRaner
Mas. AF
Cart
Meyer
Moeffner Hotel
12Th & Clark Ave
John Langsenwalter
Hart
Decorator
St. Jacob, Ill
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