Deaths and funerals mark Troy in a somber week
Harry E. Brown a Troy cigar maker and actor dies at 34 after heart neuralgia. His life spans Canton Illinois to Edwardsville and Troy theaters. Funeral held by Masons at Edwardsville with Woodmen present. Also William Franklin Hall, 81, longtime farmer, dies in Spring Valley Township. funeral at his home with Rev. McCollum officiating. Prof C Luecke dies in Springfield after a paralytic stroke and is buried after services in Chicago. Samuel Rawson, 67, dies after long service to Troy. funeral at Presbyterian church and cemetery with Masonic rites. Obituary postponed to next issue. A lecture on A Journey to the Golden Gate announced for Rev N D Sweeny with stereopticon views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Brown
Troy
Kansas Street
Edwardsville
Harry
Mrs. Brown
Canton, Ill
Knights of Pythias
Defiance
Cigarmakers' International Union
Canton
Squire Hobson
C. S. McCollum
Woodlawn
William Franklin Hall
Spring Valley
Mary Jane Davis
Eliza Hall
Kincaid
Collinsville
Hall
Legion
C. 8. McCollum
C. Luecke
St. Paul’s
Samuel Rawson
Presbyterian Church
Masonic
M. Horstmann
Watson
James K. Sefton
Carthage
Vera A. Frazier
Rockwood
Ill
J. C. Sefton
Louiz Koch
Highland
Johnnie Millett
Collgnsville
Tom
F. W. Seele, Jr
St. Louis
W. W. Jarvis
Louis Bollmann
Miga Annie Bircher
Anna Braner
Robert Rieche
St. Louie
Erhardt Deimling
Charles Allan
F. F. Miller
Minta Tully
Kentucky
Michael Hoppe
Fred. Heintzemann
Eugene Crandall
W. Harry
Clara Kelly
Charles Smith
Aaron
Annie
S. W. Rawson
H. E. Brown
Jacob Story
Louis Rauch
Mr. Story
George Doerr
Augusta
Murphysboro
Blackjack
E. C. Donk
E. H. Conrades
W. .F. Gould
Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Co
East St. Louis
Troy & Eastern
Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Weddings
The parish at St Jerome’s saw the wedding of Mary Ann Ruff to William Schroeder at 2 30 PM with Fr Weinecke officiating attended by William Ruff and Josephine Staten. They will reside in the South End Guennewig property. Also covered are the Troy Volunteer Fire Company grand ball at Rieder’s Opera House and multiple wedding notices, plus Thanksgiving visits and social events across Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jerome's Catholic Church
Weinecke
Mary Ann Ruff
William Schroeder
William Ruff
Josephine Staten
Collinsville
John Ruff
Guennewig
Rieder
Opera House
Troy
St. Louis
Central Hotel
Entertainments to Aid Public School Library at Rieder's Opera House
A series of fund raising events for the public school library will be staged at Rieder's Opera House next Friday evening, December 6, organized by the teachers with local talent. The program includes Rex Orchestra numbers, vocal and instrumental solos, recitations, duets, and a Bear Story, promising an evening of good entertainment to support the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rieder
Opera House
Local notes and notices from Troy December column
Newsy notes report watch repairs, paydays at Brookside mine and Donk Coal Co, births, dressmaking, and a sale offer. Mentions new walnut stock at Kuntzmann's, remodeled Opera House saloon, line upgrades for Troy Telephone, Exposition submissions due December 7, and a box car loader at the Dork mine. Weather, observances, and transit schedule changes included with local incidents of a train wreck near East St. Louis and power outage repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley's
Kluntzmann’s
Brookside
Daniel Jones
Annie Hampe
Hawley’s
Donk Coal Co
Hassinger
John Watt
Formosa
Silas Shadwick
Kuntzmann's
Opera House
Bonichetti Bros
Albert Rieder
Troy
August Droll
Dork
S. Kingston
M. E
Board of Education
Vandalia
Mails
St. Louis
East St. Louis
John Davis
Electric railway plans spread across region to St Louis fair
The Greenville Advocate reports new electric line projects linking Effingham Greenville and St Louis with extensions to Highland Collinsville and Sorento as the 1903 World’s Fair boosts rail fever. Rev L W Dornseif of St Pauls Lutheran will leave for Decatur Indiana after nine years here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louisa
St. Louis
Troy
Greenville
Effingham
St. Loma
F. W. Fritz
Old Ripley
Saline
Marine
Highland
Collinsville
Sorento
East St. Louis
L. W. Dornseif
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Decatur
Ind
Dornseff
Dornseif
Praise of Chamberlains Cough Remedy Raises Cough Wariness
A local notice praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a testimonial by Ralph S. Meyers of Wheeling W V, claiming relief from a severe cough and chest pains after multiple bottles, and notes sale by S Kingston. The item also mentions football scores and a classified rental request amid a mix of local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ralph S. Meyers
Thirty-seventh St
Wheeling
S. Kingston
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Itmane Rawson
Franklin Hall
Prof. C. Luecke
Indianapolis
Brown
Lwardsville
Piontha
J.c.ann & Co
Rapertotto
Walter
C. Huxhold
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul
J. Hy Stienhans
Henry Stoke
Huxhold
the Golden Gate
N. D. Sweeny
the Golden Aet
Atereopticon
Harry FE. Brown
Edna
Donoho
Edwardeville
Walter Dornseff
Della Hagler
John Shafer
Care Force
Pocahontas
Wm. Schroeder
W. W. Carson
Thin City
Rex Orchestra
Sebastopol
Groby
Aunt Melishy
Raciinis
Shirn
Je Wh
Salo “Kamenol Ostrow
Rubenstein
Birchie Kremer
Martel
Olive B. Jones
Raat
J. Brown
Thomas Scott
W. Rawson
Dove's Awakening
Mosskowski
Martha Geffen
Voval
Auber Alys
Tia Ally Ask
Robyn
Mabel Cochran
Glover
J. J. Brown
MF. Awarter
Bertha Osborn
Fiobyn
Wat Maatfeldner
Kate Mabola
Tessely
Coming World
Rev. Dornseif
Pablic
Call of Physicians and Surgeons of
Glen Carbon
S Thern Illinois
California
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