03 Aug 1901
Page 5
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1901
Page
5
A long astro weather note predicts unsettled August with chance of warm spells, heavy storms along the gulf, possible hail, and a shift to cooler conditions after mid August. Moon phases and Vulcan storm periods are cited as triggers for intense local storms and later cooling across the interior and coastal regions.
Isaac Newton Alderson died at Edwardsville county hospital at noon Tuesday from heart failure. He was 51 and leaves a brother a daughter and two sons with one son in the navy. Born in Zanesville Illinois he moved to Madison county as a youth and later to Steeleville Mo. He married Emma Umphrey of Cuba Mo. Remains were taken to Wm Bohnen’s home then to the Baptist church for funeral services conducted by Rev C S McCollum. Interment was in Troy cemetery.
A fragment describes a mirror showing a wretch with sallow complexion and blotches, blaming liver trouble. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate, purify blood, clear skin and give a rosy complexion. Only 25c at S Kingston’s drug store. Also promotes The New Light cigar.
Comings and goings fill a Highland Journal page with weddings baptisms and gatherings. A wedding at St Jerome's Catholic parsonage united John Norbury to Mamie Clark witnessed by relatives. The couple resides on Center street and will start housekeeping in Erhardt Deimling's home. A christening at St Paul’s Lutheran blessed infant son of Mr and Mrs Stienhans with guests from St Louis and East St Louis. Numerous picnics dances and church events gather residents at Junad Place Rieder's Park Blackjack and country homes. Visitors from St Louis East St Louis Collinsville and Edwardsville are noted along with local civic and church activities.
Local items report August preparations, farm updates, and town events. Notes include council and township meetings, weather and water concerns, mine work progress, optician visits, cemetery society gathering, new residents moving in, a youth’s death from typhoid, and upcoming baseball games plus market adns and small ads from Troy and surrounding communities. Public notices touch on lighting, water scarcity, and postal/merchandise updates.
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