Interurban Electric Road Aimed From St Louis to Vandalia
Promoters press ahead with plans for a St Louis to Vandalia electric interurban rail line to run by World’s Fair time. George D. Steinhauer of Vandalia says the route from Collinsville to Maryville and beyond is being secured. Right of way deals with Daak Bros and Birke Bros progress, with operation hoped to start within months and service reaching Vandalia by next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Vandalia
George D. Steinhauer
Greenville
the Sun
Collinsville
Maryville
Troy
Marine
Grantfork
Pocahontas
Mulberry Grove
Daak Bros
Smithboro
St. Elmo
Birke Bros
Capitaliats
Thia
East St. Louis, Vandalia & Eastern Ry
J. Morgan & Co
Toledo
Morgan & Co
Interurban Prospect Good
A fragment from the page notes an interurban prospect described as favorable. It mentions social and personal items and church society notes, with references to several short paragraphs and local context in Troy. The scattered headings suggest a summary of community topics and historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Lebanon
New York City
Telegraph News
Washington
Birks Bros Chosen as Lead Funder for Troy Road Project
Mr. Steinhauer writes Postmaster Powell that he expects to visit Troy soon to discuss key matters about the proposed road. Local officials urge full support to hasten the project and its early realization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birks Bros
Steinhauer
Powell
Troy
Troy Defeats Lebanon in Season Opener on Local Grid
The opening football game on the local gridiron saw Troy overwhelm Lebanon’s second McKendree squad 28 to 0 last Saturday afternoon at the baseball park. The Trojans dominated with long runs, while detailing the lineup and upcoming October games with P. N. S. of St. Louis and East St. Louis High School. The piece also notes a Breese Driving Association racing matinee on October 25 with races and purses, and includes unrelated notices about confessions, a tailoring ad, and stray local names.
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McKendree College
Trojans
Troy
Lebanon
Black
Powell
Carrett
Jones
Syeeaee
Dl Lewis
Vest
Pertin
Stevenson
Kuffasi
Coon
Dean
P. N.S. of
St. Louis
East
Breese Driving Association
Aug. Grant
Club
Lailee
Baird House
Walter-Spies Milling Company
Social and Personae in Troy and Collinsville events
A busy stretch of social and cultural notes from Troy recounts Miss Lauretta Kneedler and Miss Maude Anderson’s piano vocal program at Rieder’s Opera House under Presbyterian trustees, a Miss Rose Vidamour wedding in St Louis, and the Troy Cemetery Mite Society’s annual meeting with officer elections and a decorated dining room. The item also lists local visits, visitors, and upcoming school library entertainments, plus news of concerts, parties, and community gatherings through the week.
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Rieder
Opera House
Lauretta B. Kneedler
Maude Anderson
Collinsville
The
Presbyterian Church
Miss Kneedler
Chicago Schools of Oratory
Miss Anderson
Lynes
Henry Dill
Seater
Harbour
Zenda
Anthony Hope
Dana
Mary E. Wilkens
Miss Kneadler
Happer's Magazine
Kneedler
the Dawn
Cantor
Barbara Finercbie
Lotus Quartette
Edwardeville
Clyde Fitch
Frank Sefton
Rose Vidamour
St. Louis
J. K. Sefton
Channing Avenue
J.C. Sefton
Presbyterian
Jane Vidamour
Troy
Troy Cemetery Mite Society
J. W. Cook
T. H. Bell
L. W. Cook
M. A. Rawaon
Euly Tilley
E. S. Donoho
Oak Lawn Cemetery Society
Cook
Rieder’'s
Menars
Ea ‘Vernoon Coon
Gus Phe
Church and Society Notes and Local Events
Church and society items list pastors occupying pulpits in Troy and Mt Zion with English services at St Pauls Lutheran. A lecture by Dr Elijah Powell Brown is announced, plus a youth literary society formed at St Pauls with officers named. The Stanley Stock Company announces a one week tour at Rieder's Opera House beginning October 19 with A Gambler's Romance and nightly changing programs. Minor notices mention healing salves and local ads for Bucklen's Arnica.
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Albert Vandaveer
Mt. Zion
St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin Daib
J. C. Sefton
Presbyterian Church
Elijah Powell Brown
M. BE
Epworth League Society
Brown
Ocean
League
St. Paul's Luthern Church
Lutheran School
Prof. C. ©. Kellermann
Wm. Wittmann
Moritz Wendler
H. Bramworth
Lena Seligmann
Emilie Riese
Martha Geffen
C. E. Kellermann
Stanley Stock Company
Troy
Rieder's Opera House
Stanley
People of
Charles joins Mergenthaler Linotype factory in Brooklyn
Louis notes his son Charles recently went to Brooklyn to enter the Mergenthaler Linotype Company factory and perfect himself in a key branch of mechanics, as told by Mr Allan to The Catt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Allan
Catt
Charles
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Oysters and sales fill Highland listings in October notices
Local notices announce fresh oysters at Kuntzmann's and Klein's shoe sales while October events fill Highland with theater at Turner Hall and Rieder's Opera House. A newborn, railroad updates, and tax balance details accompany schematics of local commerce and a misdated city Blue Book excerpt.
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Iterurban
Eastern Capitalists
Fromotera
Onarn
Ested McKendree
John S. Cox
Wake
Ark
Kingston
Catz
Trang
Gables
Migs
Mamie
Maui Bevan
Mary Jennings
Yamhill
Oregon
Rocky ‘Mountain
Contest Kingaton
Maby Rural
Mali
Social and
Camings
Golaga
Inja
Hattié Droft
Libray
Charles Seybt
Highland
Louis Hill
St. Jacob
F. E. Linder
Centralia
Henry Kuntzmann
Z. J. Montgomery
Mont
Richard Lamb
H. B. Morriss
Susie Purviance
J. L. Hagler
Miss May Hall
Brazil
Ind
Hester Kennedy
Earl W. Donoho
St Louis
Henry
Will Rucker
Red Bud
Eugene Riggin
Oklahoma
Alice Daniels
Edwardaville
J. Canan
M. Kuntzmann
Annie
Birdie Henderson
George Schott
Louis City
Town
Sarah Johnson
Martin Arth, Sr
Annie Hipp
Martin Hanvey
Katherine Becker
Katie Becker
Henry Wollbrinck
Columbia Blacuit Company
Cain
BE. H. Schwarz
Edwardsville
E. H. Schwarz
Rex Orchestra
Baker's Hall
Crosarcada
Belleville Road
Charles W. Smith
St. Louisa
W. W. Thompson
Julia
Bell Telephone Company
C. S. Smith
Church and Society
J. C. Mount
Three Mile Bay
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
Love Letter
Otto Dodd
Ponder, Mo
S. Kingaton's
Rex
Jis
Kuntzmann’s
Klein's
Wo Baglin
Kuntzmann's
D. R. Jones
Turner Hall
Rieder’s
Fred Siegrist
Madison County Fair Association
Green Tree
Henry & Pickie
O'Neal & Gerling. Naward
John Droy
F. W. Braner
Satlee
Baird Hotel
John J. O'Brien
St. Louis, Troy and Eastern Railroad
O'Brien
Terminal Association
Car
Elsworth Crawley
Putnamville
M. Waneeyst
Indianapolis
Tilingis
James A. Rose
Rose
Tom Catt
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