Petit Jurors and Grand Jury Drawn for January Term Court
Court house items list petit jurors drawn for the first and second weeks of the January term and a large roster of grand jurors summoned for nine o'clock Monday morning. Also notes final reports, guardianships, insolvent petitions, estates and guardianship actions with multiple names and lot transfers in Edwardsville Collinsville Troy and Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Leutwiler
Charles Gox
S. S. Avis
Wm. Rauch
Daniel Peterman
Charles Seligmann
W. J. Vetter
Cicero Ogle
August Talenski
John Wachter
Harvey Weightman
Aug
Ruwi
Alhambra
T. J. Carroll
Alton
D. W. Busse
Chouteau
George Huebner
Collinsville
James G. Matthews
Edwardsville
George Schwarz
Fort Russell
E. D. Bayer
Fosterburg
Charles Harrison
Godfrey
F. W. Squires
Hamel
F. W. Lucker
Helvetia
John Sybert
Jarvis
James N. Jarvis
Lee
Lawsuit Docket From Venice Line Firms and Local Actions
A long list of civil cases includes Jane Hall against William and John Hall for assumpsit with $1500 damages, Maggie E. Wright and Clem Shaw against Venice Madison and Granite City Ry Co for $5000 and $10000 respectively, Henry P. Wyatt and others in various cases, and foreclosure by August Johannigmeier for $3000. Personal injury claims allege October 25 1902 sidewalk defect and June 4 1902 debris fall. Divorces and probate notices appear, with Mayme Cowan seeking restoration of her maiden name Mayme Bren dle and Adam Wolf, and a probate segment of proceedings. The People versus Mrs D Kenney records an appeal from a fine and costs for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hall
William and
John Hall
Lucinda Ferryman
Venice
Madison
Granite City Ry. Co
Henry P. Wyatt
Market
Wm. Taft
Maggie E. Wright
Emil Hitz Et al
Adolph Hitz
Alhambra
Clem Shaw
Granite City
D. Kenney
J. A. Alffers
Joy Zahweiser
City of
Andrea Martinelli
Madison Coal Co
Mayme C. Cowan
Robert M. Cowan
Mayme C. Brendle
Adam Wolf
Nellie
G. Wolf
Ivorce
Wm. Hohnabehm
A Blind Girl's Power Reveals Keen Senses in Philadelphia
A wealthy Philadelphia woman who became blind after Roman fever consults her environment with uncanny accuracy aided by a constant companion. When the dinner flowers were missing, she detected the omission and called the butler James to account for the lapse, showing remarkable perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
the Times
Italy
James
Every Bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Warranted
The notice proclaims a money back guarantee after using two thirds of the content for la grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims prevention of pneumonia and lists S Kingston as a seller. It also advertises property for sale 1000 acres in Pin Oak township with improvements living wells pastures and a large young orchard offered by J N Jarvis agent Troy Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kingston
Pin Oak Township
J. N. Jarvis
Troy, Ill
Vandalia Line Time Table Dec 14 1902
Schedule details the Vandalia Line with Eastward and Westward trains. Includes Indianapolis arrivals and local freights, daily and daily except Sunday notes, along with a request to contact agent L Elliott for complete time card and through car information.
Ostrich Farming Emerges From Early Domestication Efforts
Fifty years ago ostrich domestication moved from theory to practice after Gosse's pamphlet inspired two Cape Colony farmers. Beginning with two birds, they produced 80 offspring in a year, launching a new industry. Today vast tracts are devoted to ostrich farming and about 6 million in feathers are exported annually from Cape Colony from nearly 400,000 domesticated birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosse
Algiers
Success Gosse
Cape Colony
South Africa
Returning to Incineration in Cremation Trend
The article notes a growing shift toward cremation once common in antiquity aside from Egypt China and Hebrews. It traces early crematories from 1874 in London to Milan Lodi Gotha and the United States where Washington Pennsylvania opened the first US plant in 1883 and Fresh Pond New York two years later. By 1900 cremations surpassed six hundred annually and last year reached 2645 with 26 crematories nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Milan
Lodi
Italy
Gotha
Germany
Washington
Fresh Pond
L. I
United States
New York
Inside Prison Routine From Autobiography of a Thief
An excerpt recounts life at Auburn where the author details a monotonous daily routine from waking to night. It covers small opium meals, exercise, sponge baths, naps, meals of burnt bread coffee, and quiet cell time with oil lamps. The piece also mentions a New York physician linking gout to club life and quick rides, plus a 35 cent tonic called Rocky Mountain Tea sold by Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Leslie’s Monthly
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Giroulit
Petit Jurors
Ger
Henry Thurneau
John O'Niel
Jule H. Dugger
H. C. Squire
Charles Hosto
Fred Kording
George Lawrence
Henry J. Stahihut
Emil Hoffmann
John Meehan
Fred Fischer
Fred Breve
Wm. Wolfe
Daniel Lowenstein
Thomas Dawson
Herman Bartlow
Mary Miller
Andrew Sitzle
Samuel McGee
Ernst H. W. Pahmeyer
Matthew Wilkinson
Jane Rixon
Joseph Bahr Et al
Joseph Schroeder
Bernhard Schroeder
Wm. Harman Surety
Wm. Schneider
Frederick Wiesemann
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
Oscar B. Wilson
Fritz Depping
Guardian
Ward
Michael Sutterer
Ella R. Plocher
Edward Miller
August Brandes
Anna
Lucile S. Wilson
O. B. Wilson
Joseph Simko
Clara Schunke
Herman Schunke
Herman Wille
Mary Schunke
David Jackson
Capitol Life Insurance Co
J. A. Prickett & Son
C. N. Traveus
E. D. Gillespie
Mary D. Lanterman
Philip Daudermann
Alfred Carter
Frank Levis
Edward E. Gore
Lycurgus F. Cotter
George M. Levis
Charles
Robert H
Hattie M. Levis
Isaac W. Cook
Charles Voelker
Fairview
Troy
James Olive
Nora G. Francy
Nwif
Ji UL. R. Wadsworth
John T. Richarda
Park Place
C.F. W Lange
Pete Prelatzat
Maryville
Feutz’s
Charles Schwend
Sophia Schwend
Jacob H. Barnsback
Chalmer T. Barnsback
7Th Street
Henry Thurnau
John C. Thurnau
Henry Cohn
Maggie Watson
Cohn
Jacob Hoehn
John P. Hoehn
Main Street
Subject
R. W. McAfee
W. E. Hadley
Reed’s
W. C. Hadley
Alto
W. J. Matthews
Maple Park
Grace A. W. Henry
Enola W. Sims
John E. Brueggemann
Oliver Piper
Henry F. Brueggemann
H. F. Brueggemann
Worden
Bertha Lambelet
Wm. Wise
Highland
Joseph Hotz
Robert Ellis
West Madison
Walter Olive
Olive Mary Webb
Olive Michael Charleville
Mary Petate
John C. Woods
Bertha Dzengolewski
Clifford Costly
East St. Louis
Mary Hutchinson
Joseph F. Johnson
Sorento
Margaret McRenken
Fred A. Fiegenbaum
Fredericka Figge
Dietrich Albers
Ft. Russell
John E. Ghee
Chamberlain
Vandalia
Indianapolis
Ind
Q. L. Elliott
Txor
Ihurmain
Seches
B.A. M. Esbroug de Ao
Kingston
Rena
J. W. Gornet
TROLL
Hardware
M. F. Allwarter
Theo. Guenneviig
Saloon
Billiard Hall
Sts. Troyy Mlinois
Meleyhone Ondera
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