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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1903
Page
5
Jane Henderson and her daughter are noted on Wednesday. Reverend C. S. McCollum was sent to Hagerstown last Thursday to officiate the wedding of Miss Florence Heninger to Professor Ira Marshall, both of that place.
Negotiations ongoing to float a large bond issue for the Plainfield interurban line or transfer control. Montreal financier Antoine Robert and others have surveyed the line with potential bonds of 1 million dollars to unlock over 200 thousand dollars already invested, enabling extension to Brazil and coal fields. Promoters eye connections to Terre Haute and St. Louis, with Union Traction or Indianapolis and Eastern as possible absorbers, while route rights are being secured along accessible paths away from the old National highway. Bond county maps and right of way negotiations advance as survey teams prepare to locate the corridor within months.
The firm filing incorporation papers Saturday plans a line from St Elmo to East St Louis with 50 000 dollars capital. Incorporators include B F Johnson P M Johnson G W Bledsoe G W Basian of St Elmo and G T Turner of Vandalia.
The eight year old Gordon Belmont Peters of Chicago, formerly of this city, is buried today at Troy cemetery after remains were disinterred and brought here. The funeral was conducted by Rex. C. S. McCollum, with family present. Peters died May 29 last year in Chicago of pneumonia and meningitis.
A wedding took place Tuesday at the M E parsonage with Rev. C S McCollum officiating. John W Meyer of Lebanon wed Hattie Porter, witnessed by Monroe and Bertha Porter. Annie Isaac and Peter C Frey were married last Sunday at the M E church with Rev. McCollum officiating. Numerous relatives and friends send best wishes. The piece lists many local social visits, birthdays, and community updates across Troy and surrounding towns, including residents from St Louis, Lebanon, Center, Border Streets, and nearby districts.
A slate of religious and community gatherings. Epworth League hosts a social at S Avis's on April 3. Lent services at St Pauls Lutheran next Thursday at 10. Union prayer meetings in the Presbyterian basement every April Wednesday. Presbyterian morning services tomorrow at 11 with communion and reception, and 7:15 evening service on unwinding skeptic theme. Rev. James Osborn misses Baptist appointment due to granddaughter Margie Osborn’s death. funeral tomorrow afternoon. Lotus Quartet to perform at Rieders Opera House on April 17 under Methodist Ladies, with local performers. Merry Workers Society to sell coffee and quilts on April 10 at Presbyterian basement featuring a quilt with church and pastor names.
Local notes report on farmers busy at work, fresh oysters, shop closings, and Easter dress shopping. A town ballot appears for Jarvis township. marriage license issued to William Dre y and Julia Prince. Fire safety praised after a saloon blaze. several residents change homes, and a library gains 121 volumes.
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