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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1902

Page

5

Public Policy Propositions On Ballot For November Election

Three measures are to be voted on November 4 including two on initiative and referendum and one on direct election of U S Senators. Voters will see separate sheets with yes or no options and a space to mark ballot. Proponents urge full voter expression while cautioning that a majority vote does not alone make laws. The cases outline proposed Illinois constitutional amendments and local initiative provisions, plus a U S Senate direct election measure.

United States Rocky Mountain S. Kingston Opera House John W. Gaskill Collinsville Horace Indian Territory Presbyterian Church of J.C. Sefton St. Paul's Evangelical Luthern Congregation Martin Daib Daib Martin Luther Boliman Mercantile Company

Sunday School Convention Featured In Page One

Page one highlights include Public Policy questions, Sunday School Convention reports, social and personal notes, legal paragraphs, and an editorial. Also listed are art in architecture, a sermon titled In Christ's Stead, and a Sunday School lesson with related content.

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Enthusiastic Madison Sunday School Convention at Edwardsville

The Madison county Sunday schools held their annual convention at First Presbyterian church Edwardsville on Friday and Saturday. Nearly 100 delegates from sixteen townships attended representing 105 Sunday schools and over 10 000 children. Officers for the next year include Mrs O W Maxfield president Miss Cynthia Mason secretary treasurer Rev T E Sisson Edwardsville superintendent of normal work and executive committee members from Alton and Godfrey.

Madison County Edwardsville First Presbyterian Church Stanley McKay Shurtleff College Upper Alton George W. Miller O. W. Maxfield Godfrey Troy Alton Association Cynthia Mason T. E. Sisson T. H. Perrin W. C. Gates O. S. Stowell

Comings and Goings of Trojans and Local Families

News of Arthur I. Risser and Caroline Risser marriage in Ottawa Ohio reached Troy this week. They wed quietly last Sunday and plan to live in Chicago after October 25. The column notes many local friends visitations and social events, plus a Edwardsville marriage and a long list of residents visiting or traveling between Troy Collinsville Edwardsville and St Louis.

Arthur I. Risser Chicago Caroline Risser Ottawa Ohio Troy Edwardsville George Coventry Philip Hencke Ollie Isaacs Eshley Isaacs W. P. Early Alice Isaacs Eddie Bauer Kate Riebold John W. Gaskill Floyd Jolly Collinsville B. F. Cramer Cramer Frank Meiners Wm. Meiners Newport R. 1 Navy St. Louis

Appeal for more light in the city streets

A 1902 letter complains about the Light Committee and a third of street lights remaining dark. Eastern districts have only three distant lamps. repairs and supply delays are blamed on council. The missive urges resignations or new management to restore lighting before winter.

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Local Notes and Notices From Town Newspaper

LOGAL PARAGRAPHS Newsy notes on elections sales oysters and illnesses. Various items report typhoid fever cases, real estate changes, mine fire, and public events. Local businesses advertise, including Rocky Mountain Tea and optical services. Halloween, church anniversaries, and Reform Day events noted.

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