Accident at Maryville mines leaves two men grievously hurt
A distressing accident at Donki Bros No 2 mine near Maryville Saturday around 8 30 pm injured two workers Thomas Harris and Homer Walsh as a topman dumped coal while the cage was away, Harris died Sunday and Walsh is critically injured with a broken back. Topman Wm Shuttler is reported demented after the incident. coroner's inquest blamed lack of gates. Harris, nearly 28, left a wife and family. funeral held with lodge and miner ties.
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Donki Bros
Maryville
Thomas Harria
Homer Walsh
Collinaville
Harris
Walsh
Wm. Shuttler
Collinsville
Tili
Harria
Gates
Donk Bros
Knight
Thomas R. Harris
Columbia Lodge No. 18
Hartshorne
I. T
Mentor Lodge No
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Columbia Lodge No
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Special Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Weather Impacts
Springfield June 4 weather bulletin notes cool period retarding vegetation growth with light frosts over much of the state. Rain was light and uneven, causing limited soil moisture and some crop injury from drought and fly pest damage. Corn, hay, and fruit show mixed results with prospects for apples diminishing and strawberries somewhat harmed.
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Springfield
Charles Land Dies in St Louis After Typhoid Fight
Charles Land died in St. Louis on Thursday May 30 after an eight day typhoid illness, aged 51. Born in Madison County Wisconsin he married Jennie Campbell in 1866 in Nebraska. He lived in Troy about two years. his wife died here during his work on the St. Louis Troy and Eastern Ry. He leaves four sons and one daughter, four grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church last Saturday conducted by Rev. James Gahorn and burial was in Troy Cemetery.
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Thomas R. Harris
Rockwood
Tenn
Mary Heffron
Gowen
I. T
Dieter
D. G. Harris
Indian Territory
St. Louis
Troy
Odd
Knights of Pythias Lodges
Miners’ Union
C. S. McCollum
Mentor Lodge
R. of P
Troy Cemetery
Charles Land
Madison County
Wis
Jennie Campbell
Nebraska
Mr. Land
Eastern
Land
Baptist Church
James Gahorn
Donk Bros. Coal directors inspect Troy mines on tour
A group of about thirty St. Louis directors and employees of Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Co. traveled by special two-coach train to Troy for a tour of inspection. They examined the mine on top and below and expressed satisfaction with current conditions before continuing to Maryville mine No.2 and Cuba mine No.1 near Collinsville.
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St. Louisans
Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Co
Troy
St. Louis, Troy & Fastern
Maryville
Cuba
Collinaville
Class of Nine Young People Graduated in Troy
The public school held a May picnic at Jarvis Grove with a procession of seven rooms, banners, and a horse parade. Principal H. F. Thurston led the event as Schultze Band played while Miss Blanche I. Rawson accompanied on piano. The program featured invocations, declamations, songs, and recitations by many pupils, ending with a valedictory by Libbie Avis.
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Jarvis’ Grove
Troy
Schultze
H. F. Thurston
Blanche I. Rawson
Mayer
Martha Geffen
Mattle P
Flying Jim
School Picnic and Graduation Sparking Local Festivities
A school celebration featured a midday picnic with plentiful food and free lemonade for children, followed by songs, speeches, and races. County Superintendent Henson attended. Graduation exercises for the Class of 1901, postponed by weather, proceeded Thursday at Rieder’s Opera House with diplomas presented and an address by Rev. C. S. McCollum.
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F. Kuntzmann
Henson
America
Rieder
Opera House
Lahers
Board of Education and Teachers
Local Notes of Rain Shops and Births in Troy
Local paragraphs note ongoing rain and ripening May cherries, while Hawley’s repairs sell shirts and Kuntzman’s offers milk shakes. Several items report births, illnesses, property changes, and community events with names like Garnet, Gates, Elliott, and Beisenbert mentioned among church notices, school additions, and a large weather and transport update through Vandalia Line timetable changes.
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Mani Wes
J. Gold, Smith
van Wtten
N.Y
Homie News
Special Crop Bulletin
Wishted Troy
Rev. C
McCollum
Mary A. Shotemeyer
Bertha Wittmann
Pairy
Olive B. Janes
Samuel W. "Rawson
Jennie McNeal
Delia Hagler
Virginia
Eunice Caroline Powell
M. F. Auwarter
St. Michael
Oy Mattie P. Kinder
Norma
Smith
Olive Nor
Damon and Pythias
Lee Roy Main
Silas Shadwick
Libbie Avis
Kneken
Mra
M. Fwarter
J.B
Thurston
A. Stevens
Baird House
Hawley’s
Kuntzman
Union
J. W. Garnet
John Claytor
Andrew Klein
John Dickle
John Deimling
G. L. Elliott
Sallee
Commercial
Young People’s Society
Wm. Martin
Friedens Church
Thos. Millett, Jr
Chris. Bebb
Ladies’ Society of the Friesiens Church
Board of Education
John S. Peterman
Mr. Peterman
Kingaton
Cali
Woodlawn Cemetery
C. O. Kimball
Edwardeville
B. R. Burroughs
Cts. S. Kingston
Freddie Arth
Jos. Arth
F. W. Brauer
E. L. Standlee
Edward Beisenbert
Vandalia
Tuer Cauu
No. 2
Irz
James W. Taylor
St. Clair
O'Fallon
James Lewis
Huntington
Ark
Thomas Waite
Mentor
Prirons
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