Madison County Bar Association Backs Bill Change
At a Madison county bar meeting in Edwardsville the group adopted resolutions backing a legislative bill by J A Shephard. The proposal alters court term dates across Randolph Monroe St Clair Madison counties and asks a committee to memorialize Senator Brenholt and the Illinois Legislature. The May term was moved to the fourth Monday by resolution, with committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Madison County
Edwarsville
J. A. Shephard
Illinois
Gneral Assembly
Third Circuit
Randolph
Monroe
St. Clair
Madison
Intelligencer
John G. Irwin
J. E. Dunnegan
C. H. Burton
C. W. Terry
Brenholt
Hartzell
Perry County
W. E. Wheeler
Mr. Terry
H. S. Baker
Democratic convention nominates town officers in Jarvis township
Central Committeeman S. Avis presided at City Hall as Jarvis township Democrats met to nominate candidates for town offices to be elected April 2. Nominations were by acclamation with harmony reported. officers named included Town Clerk Benj. W. Jarvis and Assessor Wm. Schultze among others.
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Jarvis Township
S. W. Rawson
Buried on native soil in Edwardsville
Edward Nix who died near Havana Cuba on October 6 1900 of yellow fever was brought to Edwardsville in a hermetically sealed casket and interred at Woodlawn cemetery. Ralph Nix accompanied the body and visited relatives before returning to Cuba. The piece also notes diphtheria deaths in a Petersburg Va family, local notices, sales, theatre tickets, and local advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nix
Woodlawn
Edwardsville
Havana
Cuba
New York
Ralph Nix
Mr. Nix
Nix
Ralph
F. W. Zanders
DeLand, Fla
Pleasant surprise party for Miss Lillian Sprick marks birthday
Social notes record a seven teen th birthday celebration at Formosa with friends and refreshments. Numerous visits and greetings roll through the region as residents travel to St. Louis Collinsville and nearby towns, including calls from Goehl Goeh Collinsville and many others.
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Lillian Sprick
Formosa
Lena Bohnenatiehl
Anna Harris
Mabel Morris
Minnie Wittmann
Minnie Goetz
Maude Purviance
Grace Harris
Andrew Wood
Emery Edwards
Claude Gaskill
George Goetz
Maynard Joseph
Nelson Kinder
Edward Wood
Lee Morriss
Rival Electric Road Promoters Seek Edwardsville Franchise
Edwardsville Intelligencer reports a new plan to build an East St. Louis to Edwardsville electric railway. Promoter W S Forman says a franchise will be sought at the next city council meeting and a cash forfeiture of 2500 dollars posted if cars do not run in ninety days. Also notes dog poisonings, church fund raiser plans, Donk mine coal output, and local ads for plants and floor oil.
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Edwardsville
New Donk
Local Pargraphs and Newsy Notes for Easy Reading
Local pargraphs, newsy notes and gossip bulletins run through this issue. Passion Sunday is noted with a city election notice, Hawley’s offers fine watch repairs and a one day jewelry event on April 9. Fresh oysters at Kuntz Mann’s and garden-making plans signal spring. Births and illnesses are noted, plus weather, sun and moon data. City services expand with a new Troy Telephone Exchange, court jurors drawn, and electric power projects discussed. The paper previews a ballot for Jarvis township and reports on local officials, tax collections, and school bond considerations.
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Hawley’s
Kuntzmann’s
Chris. Rucker
John F. Jarvis
Jacob Langenwalter
Dr. Sallee
Optic
Troy Telephone Exchange
Rees Llewellyn
South End
Collins
Monroe Porter
Notable County Items Highlight Local Life and Events
Lees township resident Adam Kraus dies at 75. Alton mayor A W Young stands as sole candidate this spring. Hapgood plow works fire causes $600 in damages. Moro township ships 73 cases of eggs to Boston firm. Mississippi Valley Electric road work resumes linking Collinsville to East St. Louis. Justice Edmund Noonan dies at 152. DuQuoin clergyman Rev Jacob Cole weds Ellen Lindley. Highland fair group to hold another fair. treasury at $598.05. Lees township farmers adopt low-cost St Louis Cyclone Insurance. Attorney W S Fairman sues Sheriff Hotz for $50,000. Mayme Eiler and Fred Dalton wed. large celebration. Vindicator note on physician trials and Chamberlain balm claims. Kilburn resident Mrs. VanDeusen praises pills. Train lost glove found at depot. instrument supplies and music line ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Kraus
Lees Township
A.W. Young
Alton
Hapgood Plow
Highland Journal
W. S. Fairman
Upper
Madison County
Joseph Hotz
George Hotz
Mayme Eiler
Fred Dalton
Madison
American Car and Foundry Works
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News OF the
The
Madison County Bar Association
Henry Ambrosius
J. A. Barnsback
Calu
L. W. Dornseff
Lutheran Church
Chamberlain
F. P. Moran
Petersburg
S. Kingston
Frank F. Wilson
Wm. A. Wilson
Collinsville Road
N. B
Vandalia
St. Louis
G. L. Elliott
L. Epwarns
Ballard
Heinecke
Rex
Henry Kimberlin
W. W. Jarvis
John Goeh
Collinsville
Kate Horsley
John Weber
Henry Cohn
Chas. H. Main
Chicago
A. 3. Mize
Hamel
I. W. Cook
Nettie, McAdoo
Laura Anderson
St. Jacob
George Blake
Louis Lory
Highland
John Appel
F. W. Braner
Ora Dell Reese
H. F. Thurston
Charles Mincer
Walla Walla
Washington
Chas. Seligman
John Riebold, Jr
J. F. Deimling
J. N. Jarvis
James Purviance
Mabel Cochran
Alhambra
Joseph Dombrobst
Chris, Behle
Robt. W. Mize
Maxwell City
New Mexico
L. W. Adler
Walter-Spies Milling Co
Missa Lillie Harper
Shrewsburg
Jas. Porter
National Stock
East St. Louis
J. H. Harding
Mr. Harding
South Dakota
Robert
Henderson Main
Delaware
S. H. Main
Texas
Joseph Wilkinson
Breese
Wilkinson
Earl Donoho
Henry
al Sauer
Lebanon
McKendre College
George Lawson
Georgie Stateham
Fresno
Cal
Mary Granger
Granger
Rival Electric Road
New Company
Albert Rieder
Max
Mr. Rieder
Jas
Purviance
Ladies’ Society
Evangelical Friedens Church
Presbyterian Church
Wm. Martin
Evangelical Church
Kingston’s
J. M. Bosomworth
Droll’s
Deimling’s
Gosip Bolle
Edward Heinecke
John
F. Deimling
Mark Libarger
Ths Place
Jason Sapp
Prudential Insurance
Collinsville and Marine
M.baum
the Baptist Church
Ernest Main
Board of Education
County News Notes
Moro Township
Boston
Mississippi Valley Electric Road
Edmund Noonan
Jacob Cole
DuQuoin
Ellen P. Lindley
Upper Alton
Cicero J. Lindley
Greenville
Madison County Fair Association
Ihs
St. Louis Cyclone Insurance Company
Vindicator
Rutherfordton
N. C
Kingston
C. E. VanDeusen
Kilburn
Wis
Trojan
W. J. Vetter
W. J. Vetters
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