Council Minutes Show Routine City Actions and Finance
The February 4 1901 council meeting records mayor and aldermen present, minutes approved, finance reports referred to committee, bills listed for payment, and Ordinance 45 to authorize a 3500 bond issue advanced to ordinance committee and passed after suspension of Rule 22. Included are notices on naval examination, local medical remedies, and local property and sale ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Int
W. Rawson
F. C. Gates
Mendenall
Gohi
Rampe
Kimberlin
Hoge
Geffen
Finance Committee
C. E. Ritcher
Emil Drell
M. G. Peers
Drell
Krieger
Eph Young
Chas
Jarvis
Thos, Millett, Jr
Treas
Fire Co
Tae Weeeny
Cary
Hampe
Gerfen
Gohl
Will Hoem his Business
S Laval, a Dallas merchant, credits Electric Bitters with reviving his health after two years of debility. He praises the tonic as the best medicine and urges readers to try it, priced 50 cents at S Kingston's drug store. Tax collectors in Jarvis township announce taxes due by March 10, 1901. bring last year’s receipt to office near the post office. Klein's department advertises shoe sales and Heinecke's cigars promote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Richardson
Laurel Springs
N.C
S. Kingston
Wm. A. Wilson
F. F. Wilson
Formosa
Ballard
Kingston
S. Laval
Dallas
Tex
Jarvis Township
Joan F. Detmime
Martha Winston
Chamberlain
Invincible Thieves Arrests Tied to Oldenburg Plot
Sheriff Hotz withholds details as three men allied with the gang face arrest. Nicholas Gregory, former Oldenburg postmaster, linked to threats against John Huebener and others. Joseph Coufile is missing and reportedly held with Gregory. Police connect group to river pirates, while Louis Wills visits Gregory in jail and anticipates selling the business. Sheriff refuses comment pending thorough inquiry and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huebener
Wollbricht
Alton
Oldenburg
Nicholas Gregory
Gregory
George Schillinger
Joseph Coufile
Chouteau
Hotz
Vollbracht
Louis Wills
Willi
Pleasant Ridge hosts a lively surprise party and society notes
A Pleasant Ridge gathering at Edward Grenemeier’s home featured a surprise party with dancing and music by Gravvie C Murphey Louis Arth and Wm Holt gueve. The Young Men’s Society hosted a Lutheran school house smoker while the Ladies Society plans a candy pull. Lodge events, visits, and social dinners fill the social column. Ballard’s Snow Liniment is praised as a long time family remedy for burns and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Grenemeier
Pleasant Ridge
Gravvie C. Murphey
Louis Arth
Wm. Holtgueve
Anna
Lulu
Clara Neubruegge
Nora F. Michael
Bernard G. Elsbeck
Wm. Mann
Tony Arth
August Neubruegege
Young Men's Society of
St. Paul's
North Carolina
Young Ladies' Society
Troy City borrows 3500 to fund electric light plant
Ordinance 46 authorizes the City of Troy Madison County Illinois to issue coupon bonds for 3500 to purchase and install an electric light and power plant. Bonds bear 5 percent interest with annual taxes levied to cover principal and interest. The measure repeals Ordinance 43 and takes effect ten days after passage. Published February 9 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
County of Madison
Ilinois
Hitooix
City of
County of
Madison
Mlinoja
Local notes and gossip from Lincoln era
A compilation of town notes listing birthdays, shops, events, sales, ads, and upcoming happenings. Mentions Hawley’s watch repair and valentines, royal neighbor ball, job printing, new musical instruments at Vetters, cigars from Heinecke, free baby shoes at Klein, oysters at Kuntzmann, and various local notices, bids, weather, mail, and parish activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley’s
Hawley's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Counci
S. W. Rawson
Thomas M. Jett
Tak
Hillsboro
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Thomas Richard Horsley
George Horsley
United States Navy
Notary Public
Tommy
St. Louis
T. H. Bell
F. A. Sabin
Anna, Ill
Kinloch
Catt
Belleville
Central
John H. Smith
Marine
John Deimling
Will Hoem
Klein’s
Heinecke
Klein's
Dr. King
S. Kingston’s
Ackson
Arnica
Elias Burk
Joan E. Woop
Jane Montgomery
JareEs N. Jarvis
Social and Personal
Amity
W.J. Vetter
F. W. Sanders
R. A. Woodward
Mrs. Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Mamie Clark
Central Hotel
Rex Orchestra
Mentor Lodge No
Elmer Berkey
Collinsville
Charles Jarvis
Glen Carbon
J. W. Garnet
Robert Holliday
August Schultze
Andrew Liebler
St. Jacob
Gates
Robert Blume
Fred. Pauseh
Henry Muehlenberg
East St. Louis
Earl Donoho
Albert Sauer
Lebanon
Wm. Holden
H. A. Risser
Family
John Reéffer
Red Bud
C. M. Baum
Prudenial Insuance Company
J. F. Deimling
George Kiesel
M. F. Auwarter
Missouri
Annie
Hermina Bircher
Highland
Caleb J. Paradee
South Africa
Fred. Heintzemann
Wm. Ackermann
John W. Moore
Canton
Ill
Trenton
F.C. Garza
Newny
J.M. Hawley
F. Kuntzmann’s
W. J. Vetters
A. Klein
A. Klein's
W. J. Vetter
Board of Education
C. F. Edwards
Spring Valley
LaGarde
Presbyterian Church
National Stock Yards
W. W. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Thomas F. Chamberlain
Epworth League
M. E
W. F. Peter
Postoffice Intelligence
Maila
Troy Postoffice
Amberson
Allaria
Giovanni Doyle
W. J
Karry
Gag. Schmied
Heine Lb. Schanitt
William
J. Wy Powell
P. Bf
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