Court House Items Show Circuit Court Adjournment
The January term of the circuit court has nearly closed with most business disposed of. Dispositions include ejectments, damages verdicts, and divorce/sums, with several cases continued and others awaiting appeal or further action. Notable verdicts include James Fagan vs National Enameling Co for damages and Charles Wood vs American Steel Foundry Co for $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Cobine
Richard Williamson
Supreme Court
Frank Arken
City of Troy
Alice V. Hil
St. L. Ry. Co
Joseph Suess
American Steel Foundry Co
James Fagan
National Enameling Co
Jane Hall
John Hall
Charles Wood
Carroll
Fred Rabbermann
Maud Allen
Ernst Hatcher
John P. Brady
Maggie E. Wright
Granite City & St. Louis By. Co
E. A. Glass
I. A. Olive
John McElroy
al Duckworth
Fred Fischer
Charles and
Orvil Cox
Valentine Rapp
John Busey
Joseph Zager
Nhle
Legal notices of multiple suits and divorces filed
A list of court actions including assumpsit damages for Bauer vs Bauer, personal injury damages for Cofield vs American Car & Foundry, estates with Sparks and Wesinger, divorces for Nelson and Dressel, estates against C C C and St L, and others against Donk Bros Coal, Strasberger, Enthofer, and Sanders, noting infidelity and desertion claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Bauer
Frank M. Bauer
Robert M. Cofield
American Car & Foundry Co
A.M. Sparks
F. A. Sparks
Lucy M. Nelson
Robert M. Nelson
Oratrix
Mary Wesinger
August Wesinger
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
Joseph Dressel
Anna Dressel
Maria Strasberger
Henry Strasberger
In probate docket many guardianships and estates noted
Guardians appointed and discharged for minors and deceased with hearings set for March 14th and 23rd. Admins and executors submit reports, bonds approved, balances shown, and claims allowed including a widow's award and mortgage loan approvals. Citations issued and petitions to compromise or administer noted.
Guardian Named for Minor in Estate Amid Private Sale
Philip Farney, minor, ward selects Elizabeth Powers as guardian with $600 bond, Margaret and Patrick Hayes as sureties. Guardian authorized to sell personal property at private sale. Conservator William Hensling discharged after report shows receipts $156.55, credits $148.05, balance $8.50 applied to costs. John Kelley deceased, administrator presents final report with receipts $5,161.68, credits $1,409.08, balance $3,752.60 for distribution. administrator discharged. Henry Wehmeyer deceased. will admitted to probate. Johann Wehmeyer appointed executrix without bond. appraisers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Nicholas
Guardian
Mary Duban
M. Pieper Et al
Henry Gericke
Edna B. Bowden
Robert Kennedy
Charles W. Cooksey
C. Moritz Roedgers
Circuit Court
Barbara Schwartz
Augusta Bosek Et al
Joseph Diessner
Mary Miller
John W. McCain
William Doerge
Maria Bartz
Augusta Bosek
Victor Bosek
B. Wutject
Wm. White
Elizabeth Powers
Margaret and
Patrick Hayes
Catherine G. Jackson
Army of America
Chas. P. Davidson
Bertha Davidson
Andrew Hailer
Rachel Harris
William Taake
George Kolk
Kolk
James
John
Henry Kolk
Eleanor B. Godfrey
C. C. Corbett
J. E. Tunnell
Matthew Needham
Lorenz Kolm
Mary E. McCarthy
Joseph Edmonds
Clay H. Lynch
W. H. Shafer
S. O. Bonner
Maria Dietz
William Dietz
C. H. Pahlmann
Wm. Noeltner
CjAugust Wesinger
Mary Wesinger
John Shardan
John Kouhn
John G. Watt
Jennie Baird
Philip Farney
Ward
Margaret
William Hensling
John Kelley
Henry Wehmeyer
Philip Baer
Henry Rhein
Johann Wehmeyer
Henry Schmidt
J. L. Rhein
Real estate transfers list many Collinsville area deeds
A lengthy real estate transfers column details transfers among residents and firms in Collinsville, Edwardsville and Granite City, noting buyers sellers and prices. Notable entries include Woodlawn Cemetery Association to Martha Judd for lot 159, and multiple deeds for parcels in Marine and Wickliffe additions. Several transactions specify coal exceptions and parcel lot descriptions. An ad quotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup with prices 25c 50c and $1.00 at S. Kingston's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Riebold
Henry
William Rhein
Qcd
Eptsw
Woodlawn Cemetery Association
Martha S. Judd
Woodlawn Cemetery
Emma Sedlick
Mary Sedlick
Upper
Edwardsville
Henry A. Hoyer
John Hickey
Marine
Wm. McCain
Charles S. Hickey
Maggie Parrette
Emil Wall
Wickliffe
Collinsville
H. A. Junghans
Charles Sanders
Tacre
Jack Hart
Sarah A. Sutton
John Beekite
L. R. Collins
Central
Gotlieb Eigenbrodt
Alonzo Friend
Pte
Swf
Joe McGrath
E. 1St St
Hutchingson
Kan
Ballard
S. Kingston's
Simpson praising Snow Liniment for rheumatism
Mrs A E Simpson of 509 Craig Street Knoxville Tennessee writes on June 10 1899 that Hot Springs baths give less relief than Ballard's Snow Liniment for sciatic rheumatism and encloses a one dollar post office order requesting a large bottle sent by Southern Express Sold by S Kingston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Simpson
Craig ‘St
Knoxville
Tenn
Hot Springs
Ark
Ballard
Southern Express
S. Kingston
Liberal farm paper club offer promotes four papers
A pamphlet touts a limited time offer to readers, bundling The Homestead The Poultry Farmer The Special Farmers Institute Editions and The Weekly Call for 1.25 a year. It extols The Homestead as west’s leading agricultural paper and urges local sample viewing at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Weekly Call
West
Cough Remedy Revered in Va. Town Story
In winter 1902 a Virginia mother from Melfa Station recalls using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to save her baby from a severe cold feared to become pneumonia. She credits the product with a swift cure and urges others to try it, praising the manufacturers’ medicine and noting local availability by S. Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John E. Harmon
Melfa Station
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
Eight Hour Laws Ignored by Tireless Little Workers
Dr King s New Life Pills claim to cure indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and all stomach liver and bowel troubles. Easy pleasant safe sure. Only 25c at S Kingston s drug store. All persons indebted to the under signed are requested to settle at once. IStras Burk price tells and everybody tells the price especially if it s advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Istras Burk
Five room dwelling with summer kitchen for rent
Wanted to rent a good five room dwelling or four rooms with a summer kitchen. Rent cash in advance each month. Contact Jammes N. Jarvis, Real Estate Agent, Troy, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ReEsv
Jammres N. Jarvis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gircult
Law
Mary K. Sanders
Henry Johnson
Laura Johnson
Orator
Henry Berger
Nellie E. Wolf
Adam Wolf
Leo
Progressive Cash Jeweler
Gent’s Furnisher
Probate Proceedings
John E. Hillskotter
August Kleiber
Ezra Goetz
James Wells
Matilda Shardan
John H. Fehr
Granite City
Eva E. Fehr
Russel H. Pabst
Anna L. Pabst
Ed H. Engelmann
Bertha M. Steinhage
Hamel Edgar Lloyd
Jarvis Ellen Harris
Jarvis Walter H. Pease
Martha Sands
Troy, Il
Tas
A. H. Bachmann
George W. Cunningham
WC. Stewart
Charles Stewart
Henry C. Gerke
James T. Keller
Margaret Keller
Mary J. Stillwell
Margaret J. Linn
Fannie BE. Keller
Harry M. Keller
William A. Keller
Madison County
Ilinois
W. C. Stewart
Henry C. Gerke, Jr
Vandalia Line
Indianapolis
Vandalia
Ind’p’i
G.L. Elliott
Troy
Llinois
J. M. Chesbrough
P.A. Bt
Inp
Ouradly
I Or
Siethrag
J. W. Gornet
Jeas, M. F
Auwarter
Kingston
Theo
Guennewig
Sts
Illinois
Troy City
Deimling
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