Rural Free Delivery Reaches Troy With New Route No.1
Official notification confirms establishment of Rural Route No.1 from Troy, linking 21 square miles and 128 homes serving 576 people. Martin Herbst of Black Jack spearheaded the campaign with Postmaster Powell. route covers 2434 miles with a single carrier earning 600 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Powell
Ston
Postoffice Department
Martin Herbst
Blackjack
Herbst
Maddox
Herbat
Cook Corner
Edwarda Corner
Kirsch Corner
Flath ‘Corner
Harris
Yarvis Corner
Boh Eh
Kirach Corner
Loyer Corner
Arth
Snodgreas Corner
Faitz Corner
Dollinger Corner
Renfro’ Corder
Poat
Avery
Highland Fair Set for September at Lindendale Park
The Highland Madison County Fair Association announces the seventh annual Highland fair at Lindendale Park on September 3, 4, 5 and 6. Vendors, farm products, and livestock displays are planned along with Einhaus Family performances and Edwardsville Band music. A Saturday matinee racing event offers $300 purses, with notable local teams playing nearby. Catalogs and information available from secretary J. N. Stokes, Highland HK.
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Highland
Madison County Fair Association
Lindendale Park
Einhaus
Edwardsville
Driving Association
J. N. Stokes
Weekly Crop Report From State Agriculture Weather Bureau
Rainfall was ample across nearly all sections with soil in good condition and substantial fall plowing done. Wheat acreage may decrease while corn progress lags due to cool nights, frost risk, and uneven yields. Pastures improved. clover second crop growing. potatoes below potential. apples dropping and crop outlook reduced. Opinions from local growers Mr Smith Dorsey Moro Madison and N P Crocker Carlyle Clinton note rain, plowing, pastures, seed clover, corn and fruit conditions with varying yields.
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Springfield
N. P. Crocker
Carlyle
Clinton County
John Parkapile
Waggoner
Montgomery County
Church and Society Notes and Ev League Program
Rev J C Sefton will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church tomorrow morning and evening. The Epworth League plans a literary program next Tuesday evening. All are invited. St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran holds a business meeting tomorrow afternoon at 7 o clock. A stray phrase mentions a boy four years old with cramps and colic amid an otherwise incomplete clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Social and Personal Highlights From Local Social Club Scene
The Misses Garnet hosted a progressive gathering with seven tables, awarding prizes to Miss Annie Niebruegge, Miss Lena Heinecke, Edward Bohnenatiehl, Thomas Stott, Miss Lu Lu Hoppe, and Charles Geffen. A hayride visit from Collinsville, lodge initiations, and various visits by residents and guests from nearby towns filled the week with social events, birthdays, church gatherings, and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet
Annie Niebruegge
Lena Heinecke
Gents
Edward Bohnenatiehl
Gent
Thomas Stott
Lulu Hoppe
Charles Geffen
Collinsville
Lida Rucker
Margie
Hulda Bendel
Tabia Otto
Lydia Ernst
Minnie Heinicke
Louise Lochmann
Clara Ambrosius
Carrie Nitzer
George
Conrad Fischer
Carl Bend
Local Notes Warm Up With School Ready Shoes And News
Local paragraphs lint the town’s mood with school reopening slated for September 1 and ads urging Klein’s shoes as best and cheapest. News items include illness at home of Mrs. Wm Baird, Dr J J Brown’s new storm buggy, births, short melon crop, coal mine record at Donk’s No 3, and upcoming Labor Day parade plans with floats prize. The piece also notes a Twenty Years Ago feature, eye examinations before school, travel times St Louis to Troy, and local sales on skirts and fabrics.
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D. L. Parks
Missouri
F. W. Braner
New Athens
Fred Ullrich
Jennie Arthur
St. Louis
Mesdames
Louis Bollmann
Wm. Dettmar
Highland
George C. Hartung
Edwardsville
Katherine Bour
Fredericka Arthur
Edna Smithers
David B. Gore
Carlinville
T. H. Beil
Charles Allen
G. A. Purviance
H. A. Canedy
Greenville
Jane Henderson
Wm. Baird
J. J. Brown
Asan
Philip Hawke
Lora Matthews
Donk
Sallee
Baird Hotel
C. J. Briner
Ed Krauchi
Troy
Mr. Brier
Briner Bros. Electrical Co
Adolph Kuntzmann
Rieder’s Park
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Lizzie
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Joseph Becker
Thomas Medoo
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Henry Schwailm, Jr
F. W. Zanders
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Lizzie Hentes
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