Mystery of Blanche Williams Stuns Troy Community
A St. Louis girl of about 19, identified at times as Blanche Williams or Sarah Nee, wanders with a blank memory. Letters from Troy and local inquiries fail to locate her true identity or the Nee family. Troy’s paper begs light on connections as officials seek clues. The Chronicle and The CALL report on attempts to identify the missing girl and uncover her origins.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Sarah Nee
Troy
Rush
the Chronicle
Cary
St. Louis Chronicle
Blanche Williams
Chronicle
Powell
Nee
Sarah Knoll
Mary McKinnie
Southern
Miss McKinnie
Illinois
Blanche
the Southern
Sarah
Potatoes Turned to Stone by Water in Flood Scene
A Missouri flood story reports a car of potatoes in East St. Louis submerged by high water turning solid stone after lime and water exposure. Curio seekers seized the petrified tubers, with travelers and locals touting the odd find.
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Enat St. Louis
Mississippi
Quito
East St. Louis
Meyer Bros.’ Drug Co
St. Louis
Troy
S. Kingston
R. C. Morrisa
Cato
Troy Falls to Platt & Thornburg in 12–8 Loss
Baseball notes describe Troy’s 12 to 8 defeat by Platt & Thornburg’s of St. Louis. Obenhaus hit a homer for the visitors, while Troy’s Young doubled and Hayes fanned seven. Eleven errors to three reflect a one sided game. Next, Troy faces Gadadine-McKittrick’s and other local results list several small scores from Belleville to Collinsville.
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Troy
Platt & Thornburg’s
St. Louis
Hayes
Obenhaus
Young
Illinois State Weather And Agriculture Weekly Bulletin
Light to heavy showers last week relieved drought, crops showing uneven progress across districts. Wheat harvest nearly finished in the south with poor yields, central crops ripening slowly, oats promising in the north, corn generally backward. Clover and grasses improve with rain, apples and strawberries outlook weak, potatoes favorable. Adds health ads for Dr King’s New Discovery and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Local promos for Klein’s shoes and home trade.
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Springfield
Moonlight picnic and dance at Rieders Park draws crowds
Social notes record a moonlight picnic and dance by the Twentieth Century dancing Club at Rieder's Park last Saturday with Rex Orchestra music and refreshments. The Collinsville crowd joined Troy revelers for a hay ride and party of about a dozen couples amid tin horn cheers, while numerous locals and visitors were listed at their homes and towns across the region.
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Rieder’s Park
Rex Orchestra
Collinsville
Troy
Messia
Florence and
Idabelle Will O’connel
Grieves
Bert Kennedy
Lilly Raymond
Clyde Eichmann
Dean Nearen
Robert Honn
Lui Eldred
Ralph Baker
Amelia Harathe
Tom Thomas
Grace Nichols
Will Ashbargh
Hazel Eichmann
Oscar Simon
Minnie Batscha
Dale Thomas
Iva Nelson
Harry Spittler
Eva:Paul
Fannie Churney
Mayme Gaskill
Estella
Lynn Juda
Local Notes and Upcoming July Celebrations
New moon Thursday night and Fourth of July next Saturday. St Joseph Rome Catholic church hosts a Fourth of July picnic at Rieder's Park next Saturday. St Louis district Turners hold big events at Highland with programs split between Turner Hall and Lindendale Park. Prof H B Kerr and family moved to Collinsville Tuesday. Dr Sallee the optician will be at the Baird House on July 1 and again at the Baird Hotel next Wednesday for free eye consultations. Building activity continues with cottages rising in new additions. Census totals show 966 males and 894 females ages 6 21, plus 396 heads of families. Edwardsville Intelligencer notes Edward Hobson resigns from Leclaire Co-Operative store, Will Long to succeed. Scully returns to Troy to rejoin Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. after brief move to New Baden.
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Sallee
Ree
Baird House
Troy
St. Jeromes Catholic Church
Rieder’s Park
Highland
St. Louis
Turners
Turner Hall
Lindendale Park
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edward Hobson
Leclaire Co-Operative
Will Long
Baird Hotel
J. B. Marsey
A. H. Krause
Greenville
Mr. Krause
Guilford Hammond
Greenville House
Chris Busse
A. R. Snodgrass
Board of Education
Wm. Scully
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
New Baden Coal Co
New Baden
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St. Louis City Hospital
Chamberlain's
Klein's
Platt & Thornburg
Troys
Hargadin-McKcKittrick's
Pin Oak Sparrows
Edwardsville
Mont Grounds
B. M. Co's
Belleville
Simpson Stars
Globes
Trolley League
St. Charles
Maacoutah
Mascoutah
Rasters
Trenton
Cascarets
Reda
Staunton
Niagaras
O'Fallon
Arcaden
State
Agriculture and Weather Bureau
Dr. King
T. J. McFarland
Benterville
Doc
Kingston
Chamberlain
Klein’s
Tue Catt
Social and Personal
Lawrence Snodgrass
Lebanon
Mrs. G. A. Purviance
John Lemen
Elsie Gerstenecker
F. Peter
Peter Kuntz
Pittsburg
Bruce H. Brown
Omaha
Neb
D. L. Parks
Missouri
George Hertzler
Marine
John Grimm
Red Bud
James Boston
Harry Heinecke
Edward
Wm. Llewellyn
Maggie
Don Davidson
Odin
Frank and
P. M. Davidson
John C. Gebauer
Ella Anschutz
S. W. Rawson
Misa Blanche Cade
G. L. Elliott and
Family
H. V. Renfro
James H. Bone
Chicopee, Kaw
Emma Buhrmester
Minnie Wittmann
Walter Busse
Walter College of
C. Huxholdt
St. Paul, Ill
Henry Stoke
Alice E. Barlow
St. Jacob
John Edwards
W. H. Hale
Willie
Collinsville Press
Karlina
Singletary
Terre Haute
Sam Taylor
Vandalia
Alex, Landau
John Deimling
Henry Dettmar
Wm, Dettmar
Lizzie Healy
T. E. File
Sorento
Louis Brook
John C. Wolf
Helen Peter
W. F
Julius Peter
Eugene Cohn
J. .G. Schoeck
Phil, Zenk
Bennet
Thomas"Amos
Jesse L. Simpson
Miss Lillie
Jacob Dornseif
Lieta
Worden
E. H. Klein
F. C. Hostetter
Jane Henderson
Coatesville
Ind
Wm. Marten
Evansville
Ill
Earl W. Donoho
Antone Wachley
Venice
W.J. Gebauer
Louise
Mannie Eckert
Myrtle
Bernice
Mattie Croft
Winfield Montooth
Mr. Moontooth
West End
J. J. Brown
Jennie Hardy
Frank Schwartz
I. K. Hardy
F. T. Weir
James Beaton
Mayfield Sanitarium
Boston
Mra
T.K. Gore
Florence Thompson
T. H. Bell
H. B. Kerr
New Masia
Ange
D. G. Jones
Martin Daib
John Bohnenstiehl
Filer Kennedy
H. N. Allan
Hickory Street
Ion
Renedy
Pee
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