Madison County Sunday School Session at Troy
The Madison County Sunday School Association held a two day meeting at the Presbyterian church in Troy with delegates from Edwardsville Collinsville Upper Alton Highland St Jacob and others. Officers were elected including LF Eohardt as President and JG Reynolds as Vice President. The gathering praised as successful and beneficial to Sunday school work despite poor weather and lively discussions on teaching methods and class cooperation.
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Madison County Sunday School Association
Presbyterian
Edwardsville
Collinsville
Upper Alton
Highland
St. Jacob
Lev
McCollum
Ritcher
Love
C. Ht. Brancher
Thorace Stevenshen
J. al. Mize
J. Gi. Reynolds
Kiey Coll
Callingville
McNeely
Beachere
Kew
J. G. Reynolds
Wy W. Edwards
Pierce
Meyern
Misa McGrowan
LF. Eohardt
Granite City
J.G. Reynolida
Madison
Lee Starkey
Wray
Lrof
D. M. Bishop
Marine
Misa Gertrude Kinbe
C. M. Belk
Liberty Prairie
Coffey Sues Railroad Over Wreck Injuries Reached $1500
Jerry W Coffey a former ganger foreman injured in a railroad wreck last summer sued Vandalia Railroad Company. The case settled in East St Louis on Wednesday for 1500 with the company agreeing to pay Coffeys doctors bills. The injuries prevent him from manual labor the rest of his days. Kuntzmann has Fresh Oysters and Celery every Saturday and Sunday.
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Jerry W. Coffey
Geardeat
Vandalia Railroad Company
East St. Louis
Troy New Boom Sparks Townsmen Hopeful
Troy begins a notable boom with a new railroad project under way near town and about forty grading teams. Donk Bros mine equipment arrives and lumber supports soon start, signaling revival after years of stagnation. A Lowe Combined Engine arrives, a fire company to be organized, and Kurtz Telephone Company delays until pole shipment. The town anticipates rapid growth and warns against reverting to old patterns.
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Troy
Nesr
Troy Ae
Comatoss
Lowe
Howe Engine Co
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Lhowe
Union play praised by Local 691 endorses Mr Brown’s work
Hall of U. M. A. Local 691 Troy endorses Mr I E Brown for writing and producing the union play Among the Mines or the Union Man about miners life. The group says the production will advance organized labor and endorses its value over past efforts. Prize Calf Show announced at Kimberline stable yard for May 4 with Noggent stallion. Three prizes to be awarded for colts sired by Noggent. Also ads for JW Garnet MPRA quarter A Droth Stewart Drug Co Giffen & Giffen and Hawley's water repairing services.
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Wimneas
I. E. Brown
Minea
Isis
Brown
Schultz Bros
Local Brevities Of 1899 Era Flush With Small Happenings
A collection of short notes reports shoppers events and personal moves across town. Exposition closes today. new brick paving. millinery shops advertise premiums and poems. A bicycle sale at the depot. a new smoke stack at Brookside mine. farming gear housed for winter. a new staff member Arthur Seligman joins the office. Widespread minor news includes weather shifts post drought, mail-outgoing tally begins, a newborn daughter Wiler Kennedy, and various local business changes and plans for spring.
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A. Klein
Misa Cora Granger
Misa Armbeuster
Brookside
Music ad and local notices mix from 1897 era paper
An assortment of items including a music offer by Pomonar Music Co, Indianapolis, seeking names and addresses of piano or organ teachers or performers in exchange for sheet music. Items note a public sale by Hi E Brown, theater plans for Rev S A Donahue’s area, a self cure story about Bucklow’s Arnica salve, general home life commentary, doctor recommendations, Modern Woodmen lodge plan for memorial trees, dressmaking and millinery ads, and a sale of a young registered boar Joven Deer Maine.
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Mamie O'Rourke
Manila
Dewey
U.S. Marine Band
Washington,d. C
Addreas, Pormnar Music Co
Indianapolis
Visitors to St Louis Spark Wide Rural Social Ties
Local notes detail numerous visits by area residents to St Louis for business and social reasons. Names include Gabaiter, J N Jarvis, M F Auwarter, Rabt Holliday, Walter Dornseif, Ignatius Iggin, W Feters, Leta Vetter, Mrs Frank Wunderly, W J Vetter and son Gustave, Lizzie and Mary Kienel, Maggie Terry, Wm Rauch, Wm Field, Joe Vujtech, Charles Wieters, F A Risser, Mrs Wm Holden, Mrs C Huxholdt, Mrs J W Stienhans, Lyda, Mesdames Bent Willoughby, Cateb Davis, Mrs Wm Jenkins, Lizzie, Bernhardt, Weber, F C Hostetter, Arthur Seligmann, Lennail Minta, Jon Meier, Tar Cain, K M Snodgrass, L L Eckert, Myrtle and Bernice, Mina Lola Renfro, Geo B Wenderson, and Geo Henderson. Several travel by wagon, noting a Troy Mendon link and a St Louis Exposition visit.
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Wm. Jenkins
Migs Lizzie
Madison
Mesdames Bernhardt
Weber
Edwardsville
F.C. Hostetter
George
Thomas
St. Louis
Arthur Seligmann
Miason Lennail Minta
St. Louis Exposition
Jon Meier
Piedmont
Tar Cain
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Promises Quick Cold Cure
Why experiment on yourself with remedies of doubtful utility when you can get Chamberlainws Cough Remedy, which has stood the test of time. Twenty-five year ale and use have proven that remedy to be a prompt and certain cure for colds. It will cure a cold in a day if taken as soon as the cold has been contracted and before it has settled in the system. Sold by S. Kingston.
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S. Kingston
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Kuntzmann
Hello Ceontrast
Mersin, Shiberley and
Uoran
Kurtz Telephone Company
J. M. Stanley’s
Malin Street
Hall of
Troy, M
D.G. Jonus Pres
Wandling Sec’y
Advertisementa
JW. Garnet Mpra Uuarter
A. Droth
Stewart Drug Co
Giffen & Giffen
Hawley’s
Freer
Tray Mite Society
W. W. Jarvis
Shakspeare
Johnie Detling
Kingston
Tiesel
Pike & Meisel
St. Jacob Merchanta
John Thachuk
Ian
Albert Rieder
Th B. Brown
Minas Lizzie Avis
Supervisor Avis
Arthur Seligman
Wiler Kennedy
Wiler
Wm. Vanslooger
Bond
Uuete Billy” Snys
Van
Wim. Blaha
State of
Washington
Hi. E. Brown
S.A. Donahue
M. EB. Church
Ut. Pleasant
W. Va
Renick Hamilton
West Jafferson
Dr. King
Woodmep
Quincy
Bailey
New York
Paris
Chicago
Ladiga
Che Call
Joven Deer
Maine
Gabaiter
J. N. Jarvis
St. Louia
M. F. Auwarter
St. Loua
Rabt. Holliday
Walter Dornseif
Ignatius Iggin
W.feters
Leta Vetter
Frank Wunderly
Mra. WL. Vetter
W. J. Vetter
Gustave
St. Lewis
Lizzie
Mary Kienel
St. Louisa
Maggie Terry
Misa Nellie Whaton
Wm. Rauch
Wm, Field
Joe’ Vujtech
Chas. Wieters
Glen Carbon
Ff. A. Risser
Wifa
Mra
Wm. Holden
C. Huxholdt
St. Paul
J. WH. Stienhans
Misa Lyda
Meadames Bent Willoughby
Cateb Davis
Colinaville
Yeaterday
K. M. Snodgrass
L. L. Eckert
Myrtle
Bernice
St. Louis V
Fred Daleuge
Loura Figge
Joe
Lews Uock
Mise Lena
Mt. Olive Therraday
Wieden
A.J. Renfro
Mina Lola Renfro
Merriam
Geo. B. Wenderson
Mendon
Henderson
Missouri
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