Old Country Journal News Notes and Ads
Rainy weather and garden chat frame a town page of notices. Wardrobe promos at A Klein’s shoe shop highlight kid shoes and ladies pairs while locals welcome Wm Hollis family arrivals. Community events include a Fourth of July prep, memorial service plans, church meetings, socials, and a basement ice cream fundraiser. A stray dog incident, a public notice on a flag purchase, and local education and election items fill a dense village roundup with weather, road woes, and petty humor.
Marriage licenses issued at county capital list
Marriage licenses issued at the county capital include Henry at Jacob and Katie Frey with Fred Benne at Eaton, Lana Schmidt at J Boattia, EK Hiseber Heed at Collinaville, John Schwa at E wardaville, Lissie Heere at Yabae Sena Alhambra, Ida Broosing at Carfman, Henry Linsner and Thoress Wrank at SL Louie Knoths in Prairistown, and Timmerson at Moro. Also a list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Troy post office dated April 13, 1898 with foreign letters marked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Kiostermeier
Jacob
Katie Frey
Fred Benne
Eaton
Lana Schmidt
W Boattia
Aateen
EK Hiseber Heed
Collinaville
John Schwa
Eawardaville
Lissie Heere
Yabae Sena Alhambra
Ida Broosing
Carfman
Henry Linsner
Thoress Wrank
Seseeerpestaaie
Louie Knoths
Prairistown
One Timmerson
Moro
Troy
Local Notes and Visits Round Edwardsville Week
Rev G A Seed drove to Lebanon. Ba Habaon from Edwardsville visited. J W Garnet and Louis Figge traded in St. Louis. numerous locals and visitors listed including Miss Idell Bryant and Mrs F F Hampton. postmaster M W Powell and others on business trips. church attendance and school notices. sale ad for a Rugby bicycle by William Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W.garnet
St. Louis
Louis Figge
Edwardsville
Geo. Liebler
Horace Stevens
St. Jacob
Idell Bryant
Elmer Schwartz
F. F. Hampton
M. W. Powell
The Ath els Children s Home and Aid Society
The Ath els Children s Home and Aid Society announces its office will be at 115 Monroe St Mon tauk Block Chicago Superintendent Hastines H Hart formerly of Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities has taken the post. The society seeks homes for many children and lists several age groups and statuses. Citizens of Troy are asked to meet at city hall on Saturday May 14 at two to plan a celebration. Also mentions Oxford shoes at A Klein and rental ads for a saloon and a five room dwelling by Wm Meiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Jolly Five
Brookside Hall
Thie
J. W. Buel
Nerces
Africa
America
Monroe St
Montauk Block
Chicago
Hastingall
Hart
Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities
Society
Flames
Hastines H. Hart
Monroe Street
Troy
May Month Foretells Peace Yet Warns of War’s Approach
A May forecast contrasts tranquil nature scenes with a grim vision of war. The piece imagines peaceful spring imagery giving way to carnage as nations prepare for conflict, depicting soldiers marching, bells and trumpets, and mothers and lovers affected by the coming violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Davciing
Tongue Sandwiches and Debt Too Deep For Town Folklore
A quirky miscellany of anecdotes and quips spans from balloon misfires to marriage jokes. It notes a Hartford drunk, Wall Street money woes, a nascent postal reform, and a pinmaker’s surprising fortune. The tone drifts through witty references to lovers, lotteries, and rural life, ending with a cautions tale about a Kansas woman sleeping with a limb across rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Wall Street
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Elgoal Lacgnios
A. Klein's
A. Klein
Eizes
A. Kiein
Hollis
Tuuas
John Bolland
Petit Jurer
G. K
Rieder’s Park
Aud
Jacob Bresa
Madison County Washers’ Association
Marine
German Evangelical Church
Chas
Schott
United States
Richard Warner
Jas
Purviance
Mr. Warner
Mr. W
Don's
Geo Kiesel
John
M. Ey Ohureks
Dousho
Folka Otto
Buddy
M. E
Edwardeville
Jarvis
Edwards‘ville
W. W. Jarvis
Litchfield
Georgia
Klondike
Atlanta
Jim
Jin
Bhendledocke
Jack
Bubbly Sebsonal
G. A. Seed
Lebanon
Ba Habaon
Herman Rump, Sr
St. Charles, Mo
L. L. Eckert
Newton, Kansag
Robi. Holliday
Miga Edna Donoho
Fred Wilds
Highland
J. H. Hollis
J.C. Hollis
Family
Rev. Peterson
Rev. Seed
Lizzie Judy
Misa Nannie
John F.jarvin
Jacob Fritz
Geo, Becker
Wu. HH. Walter
Carthage
Joplin
Prudential Insurance Co
N. D. Sweeny
City
Trenton
R. D. Woodley
Mt. Zion
Ocollimaville Cullings
P. Grieve
Ethel ‘Thompson
Nellie Blake
Columbia School
Young Ladies’ Society
Lillie Tiompa
Ella Wilkins
Mrs. DeWalt
East St. Louis
Minas Cyesse
Sisterman
Granite City
R. Nelson
Freeburg
E. Long
Maggie
St. Louia
Mabel Coates
St. Lotie
Collinsville
Birdia Barnesbrook
Listerman
Cortlandt Bradshaw
Earl Esterbrook
Warran
A. Klein E
Willia ‘Taylor
The
Athels Childrens’ Home and Aid Society
Citizens’ Meeting
Oxforda
Wm Meiners
Vandalia
Vandalia Accom
Kingham’ Accom
Sun
VaNdalis. Accom
Bartward
Indianapolis Mail
Kingham
L. Elliott
Into
W. F. Brunner
Thes Union
Critica
Anna
Acynic
Catekill Mountain
Colton
Washington
Isanato
Ohio
Florida
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Connecticut
Church of England
North Carolina
California
Kansas
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