County Correspondence Highlights Local News and Marriages
Geo A Neary of Edwardsville visited on Wednesday and crowds attended the Veiled Prophet in St Louis. West End saloon keepers agree to end free lunches. Julius Redecker and Ella Weber quietly married October 1 by Rev G W Shepherd. Harry Weddington and wife visiting for three weeks. Funeral of Harry Fielder held at Bluff Street home with interment at Port Jarvis New York. Jury awards Leroy Tracey 500 against C A railroad after depot mix up. Tracey alleges beating by watchman over wrong depot exit October 9. New Douglas notes and local names Amid scattered items.
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Jeradyville
Geo. A. Neary
Edwardsville
St. Louis
West End
Julius Redecker
Ellan Weber
G. W. Shepherd
Harry Weddington
Mound
Leroy Tracey
C. & A. Railroad
Cage
Tracey
Godfrey
Young Fathey
M. A. Vallette
Salma
Kan
C. A. Vallette
Maude Barnsback
Stella Kenyon
Atheny
Anna Traves
St.Louis
Fannie
Bessie Mahler
C. F. Wieland
Milwaukee
Josephine Gerber
Clarence
Springfield
Charles Judy
Ernest Long
Virden
J. Wright
Clover Leaf
Colorado
C. B. ‘Dreisoener
Married in Clayton Missouri and a busy social week
The town buzzes with visitors from Kentucky and Georgia, trips to Glen Carbon and Edwardville, and multiple local engagements. Notables include Dr. McKinney entertaining relatives, Misses Wedepohl and Keown visiting from Sorento and Alhambra, and Mamie Reaves returning from St. Louis.
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Clayton
McKinney
Kentucky
Georgia
Theresa Wedepohl
Lizzie Nichols
Bennie
Edwardaville
John Long
Chris Scholenberg
Rose Elliott
Alhambra
Jos. Wall
Misa Lillian Keown
Louis Oswald
New Douglas
David Gretin
Geo. Eardiy
Dusenbury Place
Lowertown
Fred Oswald
Mattie Sharf
Bessie Bragg
W. W. Duncan
Sorento
Chester Penitentiary
Origin of ice cream traced from early ideas to American spread
What to Eat outlines ice cream history from seventeenth century iced fruits and Parisian beginnings to Italian contributions. It notes the term iced butter, the arrival in America in Philadelphia by the late eighteenth century, and a Germantown shop in 1800 making it more accessible.
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Paris
Precope Couteaux
America
Philadelphia
Germantown
A North Crark Tale from Adirondacks Camp Tales
North Creek correspondent recounts a wild Adirondacks hunting tale from Taquette Lake. A muzzle loader misfire sent him across Alderbrook, shedding 70 pounds of trout and finding a deer dead nearby. A brass button pierced his heart after securing geese, with the button kept as proof.
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North Creek
Tray
George Little
Adirondacks
Speaker Husted
Mayes
Taquette Lake
Tie
Alderbrook
Power On: Physician Delays Departure Amid Laughing Crowd
A Washington physician amused pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue when his car refused to start after luncheon at the Raleigh hotel. After a rude heckler shouted to turn on the gasoline, the absent minded doctor thanked him and then restarted the car, sending it off smoothly. Also reported is a Reading Pa scene where a kettle lid burst open releasing thousands of stockings, littering roofs and wires as workers fled. An advertisement promotes Herbine for liver health to improve complexion.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Raleigh Hotel
Chesterfield
Reading
Russia's foreign trade shows American imports steady in 1902
An official report on Russia's first four months of 1902 indicates American imports near 1900 levels, suggesting Russian buyers favor U S machinery despite high duties. German and British arrivals decline while total imports fall. Exports rise with shifting global trade dynamics. A Kilpatrick transport has begun shipping four thousand collars for Philippine soldiers. Buenos Aires crime stats for 1901 record 90 murders and over five thousand thefts and burglaries.
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America
Buenos Aires
Buenos Ayres
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Aland
Chicago
Union
MN Look
cSollman Mercantile Con
St New Douglas
Orton
Mattie
Shark
Douglas
O. R. Larson
Bay
Villa
Cape Colony
South Africa
Chamberlain
S. Kingaton
Gruggist
Draggler
North Crark
Russia
Shiplead
Caillan
Philippines
United States
Kilpatrick
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Giveme Acall
Shopon Main
Troy
Troy City
John Deimling
Menta
LL. Hotson
Olive Strest
St. Loula
Osco
F. HE. Linder
Clay Street
J. W. Garnet’s
F. W. Zanders
Risser Residence
Kinluch 17
James N. Jarvis
Notary Public
L. A. Richardson
Marine, Ill
Rippley
Droll's Hardware Store
South End
Geo. Liebler
South Main Street
H. C. Gerfen
Sawyer-Man
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