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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
4
Court house items note jury verdict in condemnation against Herman Schunke and others. Collinsville and Troy Railroad case awarded $200 per acre damages. Abandonment of the reservoir will revert land to original owners.
Elizabeth L Donaldson vs James Duncan seeks partition of 115.13 acres in Woodriver township. Oscar Ward vs Albertie Ward files divorce with marriage May 31 1897 and desertion allegations. Murry McConnell vs Lulu McConnell divorce after marriage March 18 1896 lasting to July 1 1899 with desertion claim. Mrs M Regan guardian of Ellen and Richard Regan of Memphis files petition to sell wards property total five in block 10 Adams addition to Alton.
In Jupee Wu presiding, probate filings list Herman Bender and Lydia Williams among the deceased with adjustments and hearings. balances and bonds approved for several estates including Schumenberg and Huebner. Guardians appointed for Catherine Barrett minors. numerous executors and administrators discharged after final balances and receipts. insane and dependent cases noted with bonds and hearings set.
W. and Wm. T. Foster are named executors without bond in the estate proceeding, and letters testamentary are issued accordingly.
John E. Wood and wife transfer a wedge deed to Fred Steinmeyer for the west half and the west half of the southwest and southeast quarters except coal rights of way in section 16 township 3 range 7 for 12450 dollars.
A list of residents including Henry Tegtmeier, 24. Lulu Depner, 19. Daisy Keown, 23. and Thomas Delehanty, 29, among others from Collinsville, Edwardsville, Edwardaville, Carlinville, and surrounding towns appears in a local notice. Names include 40-year-old Joseph Pence of Marine and 56-year-old Barber of Cedar Rapids, with partial addresses and ages.
14k gold rings at Hawley's. Alton residents mourn multiple deaths including Mrs. Josephine Meyer aged 82 Caspar Betzold 66 Arnold Blumenstein 38. Alton mayor and St Louis official parade approval for jubilee. Miner incident at Edwardsville shaker machine rescue. Clover Leaf workers burn brush. $2000 damage. First Congregational church cornerstone laid at Alton. Shurtleff College plans multi-thousand dollar improvements. Granite City street franchise granted to Venice Madison & Granite City. Firemen’s Tournament at Dixon rewards Edwardsville team with $155 total. Antiseptic Bucklen’s salve advert and diarrhea remedy endorsements. Milk shake advertised at Kuntzman’s.
Eureka residents prize the Fort Humboldt barn as a historical link to Gen. U. S. Grant when he led a small company there in the 1850s. The wood structure served as fort and lookout with a cupola atop the roof. Grant’s memoirs reference the command, including his stubborn orange mule. Local lore lauds the site as a pivotal frontier landmark.
A recent English society paper analyzes the chemical impact of a high tide on 30,000 acres of Essex soil. Salt injury lasts five to twenty years, leaving two percent salt after runoff and causing earthworm destruction. Nine-tenths of the salt washed out by rain, but soil remains unsatisfactory. proposed fix includes plowing in green crops with lime and potash manuring.
A short humorous quip notes that a girl with a steady beau keeps the dressmaker busy, while a stable government frowns upon horse-play, contrasting manners between personal life and public order.
In a Punch snippet a character named Jones declares he is never at a loss in conversation. A fair hostess asks what he does when faced with subjects he cannot understand. He responds that he says nothing and looks intelligent.
The article discusses vortex motion in the atmosphere, noting ascending currents reveal themselves in leaves and hay and are detectable by aeronauts. It cites dust showers from Africa to Atlantic ships, pumice from Scotland, and fish or frogs falling from skies swept by whirlwinds, tracing Krakatana’s dust across the globe from 1883.
Vandalia line schedule shows No. 9 Vandalia Accommodation at 7 14 a m and 3 54 p m. Indianapolis Mail No 8 at 8 55 a m and 6 28 p m. Local Freight at 3 44 p m and 6 10 a m. IndpeIes Accom appears at 6 28 p m and 12 30 a m.
Public notice lists post office mail closings from August 1 1901 with names Hensley Clide Keys John Mahoney Mr Wm Metz Miss Cara Osgood Wm Ray and E M Ww Powell P M and states disclosures after that date until further notice at uncalled mail remaining at the office.
Editor S A Brown of Bennettaville South Carolina reports his wife suffered dyspepsia and extreme fatigue. After using four bottles of Electric Bitters she fully recovered, can eat anything, and the tonic also eased a torpid liver. A 50 cent bottle is offered at Kingston's.
Pan-American Buffalo Line will run daily from St. Louis via Indianapolis, Columbia Akron Route over Pennsylvania Vandalia and Erie Lines. No change for Buffalo Exposition visitors. Details free from Vandalia Line ticket agents or J M Chesbrough, Ass't Gen Pass'r Agent, St Louis Mo. In Deming Ind O P M Holliday reports baby teething with diarrhea but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy eased bowels after four drops in water. For sale by S Kingston.
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