Electric road plans stir Vandalia debate on Troy route
Vandalia leaders Mayor George D. Stienhauer and Editor T N Lakin promote an electric railway from Terre Haute to St Louis. A mass meeting in Vandalia discusses route through Troy, power plant location, and franchise terms as towns along the line weigh access and rights of way amid expected construction within a year if approved. Memorial Day events, local notices, and a millinery sale are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Stienhauer
Vandalia
T. N. Lakin
Vandalia Union
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Troy
S. S. Avis
Hickory Street
Rieder
Opera House
Stienhauer
M. W. Powell
J. Morgan Syndicate
Toledo
Morgan Syndicate
St. Elmo
Lakin
Stierner
Johnson Bros
Hydro Carbon
Morgan Syndicate i
Center Street
Market Street
Wedding Bells Ring at St Pauls and St Jerome S
Social and personal notes recount two weddings in the area. Mr. Bred W. Daluege wed Miss Lucy Kissel at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. Martin Daib officiating, followed by a private reception. Mr. Peter Rebel married Miss Nora M. Rogan at St. Jerome's church with Rev. A. Weinecke, the couple planning to reside on a nearby farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bred W. Daluege
Lucy Kissel
Martin Daib
Oscar Garnet
Amelia Daluege
William P. Elliott
East St. Louis
August Metz
St. Paul's Parochial School
Fred Daluege
Catt
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
Peter Rebel
Nora M. Rogan
Father A. Weinecke
Rieder's Opera House
Rebekah Lodge
Jin
Highland Masonic Lodge
Troy
Elias Burk, Sr
John F. Deimling
H. F. Thurston
Henry Bernhardt
Fred Campbell
F. W. Zanders
Wm. L. Geers
C. S. Smith
F.C. Raber
Mentor Temple
Rathbone Sisters
Glen Carbon
Order
William M. Hamilton Dies at 73 in Madison County
William M. Hamilton a longtime resident of Madison County died Thursday at 10 PM at his son John B. Hamiltons home. Cause was dropsy after four years of illness. He was 73 years, 1 month and 24 days old, born March 27, 1830 in Collinsville township. He married Elizabeth Melton in 1861 and lived in St. Jacob township before moving to Barton County Missouri, where he worked as a farmer and where his wife died in 1875. He came to live with his son four months ago. He leaves eight children and several grandchildren. Funeral is set for 2 PM today at John B. Hamiltons residence, with burial in Troy Cemetery after services at the M. church.
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William M. Hamilton
Madison County
John B. Hamilton
Samuel
Mary Hamilton
Collinsville Township
Elizabeth Melton
Bond County
St. Jacob
Barton County
Missouri
Mr. Hamilton
William Hamilton
Rosa Johnson
Forest
Troy
Ida McCarty
Jasper City
Joseph S. Hamilton
West Butte
Cal
Minnie Culbertson
Forest, Ill
Arthur J. Hamilton
Coffeen
Ill
E. N. Newton
Shawnee
Okla
Charles A. Hamilton
St. Louis
John 8. Hamilton
Public School Picnic Opens 1903 Term With Full Day Of Events
The 1902 03 term ends next Friday with a grand public schools picnic on the public square. Morning features a parade from the schoolhouse to Market, Washington, Clay, and Jarvis Grove, followed by a basket dinner. Afternoon events include an address by Rev Norman Carr and various contests with cash prizes plus races for all ages.
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Troy Cemetery
Public Square
Grand Street
School House
Market Street
Washington
Clay
Hickory
High
Jarvis’ Grove
Norman Carr
Upper Alton
Local news bits and ads from a bygone paper
A collage of notes covers shopping, jobs, events, and civic updates. Items include Klein’s shoe sales and Bellman Mercantile butter, Bertha Sprick joining Bellman, hats at L Kiesel, a 49 member labor federation, an optician visit at the Baird House, and street projects. Also noted are a festival on a neighbor’s lawn, Diamond Springs season opening, school appointments, mine cage repairs, rural delivery exam delays, and postmaster job filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleins
Court of Honor Lodge
Grantfork
Saline Township
Made Young Again Pills Claim Youth Rebirth
A reader from Demseytown Pa touts Dr King's New Life Pills as restoring youth after two weeks use claiming they renew health of liver stomach and bowels. The ad promotes a vegetable laxative with no gripe and cites S Kingston's drug store for purchase. A stray dog joke appears amid the ad's odd remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Demseytown
S. Kingston
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Ettenhauer
Chamberlin
Kingston
Mra. L. Kigsel's
Lydia Beste
Edwardsville
Julius Hoffmann
Lebanon
John .J. Conroy
Collinaville
J. S. Juda
John C. Gebauer
Maude Cade
G. L. Elliott
W. Rawson
F. E. Linder
Greenville
John M. Dunlap
Donk, Bros
N. M. Jarvis
Enly Tilley
Mary
George Kiesel
E. H. Klein
Worden
Henry Squires
Democrat
Charley Fremgen
J. M. Foulkes
Collinsville
F. G. Zenk
Charles Buff
Elmer, Woods
George Mahler
H. C. Kersey
D. P. Wright
Hoeffken-Finke Labratory
Carrie Braner
F. W. Braner
George Salter
J. F. Luechau
St. Charles
Louis. Bollmann
Gottlieb Mick
Christopher Bollmann
Highland
John W. Taylor
James W. Taylor
Robi. Holliday
Mabel
Ellis Smeade
Mary Sthotemeyer
Joseph Howard
Union Farmer
International Farmers’ Union of North America
Robert C. Morriss
Caw
R. C. Morriss
Formosa
Illinois
Bergin
Pana
Ballard
Rocky Mountain
S. Kingaton’s
WM. Hamilton
White
Heinecke
Rex
Tee Cau
Logal Paragrapes
Douglas
Union Made
Klein’s
Bellman Mercantile Co
Klein's
Bertha Sprick
Mrs
The
Federation of Labor
Dr. Sallee
Optician
Baird House
Tue Catt
James McCollom
Rev
Co. S. McCollom
John W. Garnet
John F. Jarvis
Donk
Board of Education
Emily Stahr
Moro
Charity Archibald
A.D. Maddox
Maddox
Indiana
Department
Powell
Tate
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