Court House Real Estate Transfers and Court Actions
Court records list appeals and dismissals in criminal and legal matters with guilty pleas and fines, and a long tally of real estate deeds. Transactions involve Alton, Madison County, East St. Louis, Granite City, and nearby towns with dozens of parcels transferred or mortgaged to individuals and firms, including American Steel and Foundry Co. and various buyers. Names include Neuenschwander, Diehle, Ballweg, Langford, Steiner, Maurer, Foxx, Nurdin, Stafford, Neidringhaus, Emerson, McDonald, Wilke, Schlueter, Hansen, Gillespie, Schaperkotter, Goudy, Allison, Marks, Lehne, Lorenz, Riniker, Brandes, Bennett, McGee, Bosch, Schulte, Gutwald, Hueppi, Curbey. Location markers include Alton, Edwardsville, Venice, Madison and St. Clair counties. Monetary figures show several deeds ranging from $1 to $8,250 and parcel sizes noted in description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justine Nurdin
Louis Nurdin
Orelia Thomas
Qed
St. Clair County
Robert K. Stafford
Herman Mansholt
Curdie & Maupin
Maple Heights
Alton
Thomas K. Neidringhaus
American Steel and Foundry Co
Madison County
Francis A. Emerson
Frank N. Hussey
Cole Clark
Upper Alton
Michael McDonald
Barney McDonald
Main St
Dolbee’s
B. Job
William Wickenhauser
David Prickett
Janetta Jones
Foster & Owen
New Douglas
Henry Wilke
John Wilke
Henry Wilké
Bernard Wilke
Walter Herder
Joseph Hoppe
Prickett
Edwardsville
Charles A. Schlueter
Hulda Hanson
DeBow
Hulda Hansen
John A. Dietz
Ollie M. Gillespie
David Morgan
West Madison
Venice
Fred W. Schaperkotter
Fabian Huber
Schaperkotter
George E. Goudy
Charles B. McIntire
East Madison
George Foster
Charles W. Huskinson
Whitney B. & L.add
Subject
Thomas C. Allison
Eustatia Holmes
Frank Marks
Mazzareno Podesto
Edward Lorenz
Clemens Metler
Pts
Henry. Riniker
August Brandes
Granite City
Ferd. F. Carmeinecke
Muncie
Susie B. Hayden
Robert Bennett
Cairo
Fay McGee
Emil J. Bosch
St. Louis
May K. Schulte
Alhambra
James McFarland
Lena Truesdell
Centralia
Robert F. Gutwald
East St. Louis
Bertha Hueppi
Frank Grove
Madison
Ida Curbey
Hawley's sells 14k gold rings at low prices
W S Baily of True Texas reports Ballard's Snow Liniment cured his wife after five years of paralysis in her arm and praises it for sores frost bites and skin eruptions. S Kingston's offers 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Baily
P. O. True
Texas
Ballard
S. Kingston's
Court Suits and Divorces in Early Illinois Listings
George P. Heckle sues Mississippi Valley Transit Co. for 1000 in sump suit. George W. McCorkle sues National Enameling and Stamping Co. for 20000 damages. Lucia I. Priest forecloses mortgage of 1600 on lots 8 and 9, block 2 Bennett Maxey addition Upper Alton. Reba Deford of Worden petitions divorce from Brownfield Deford filed in Louisville Kansas. Married March 15 1886. cruelty and desertion cited. seeks custody of three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Heckle
Mississippi Valley Transit Co
Assumpsit
George W. McCorkle
National Enameling and Stamping Co
Lucia I. Priest
Anna Smart
Bennett Maxey
Upper Alton
Reba Deford
Worden
Brownfield Deford
Louisville
Kansas
Oratrix
Probate Proceedings in Early California Court
In probate matters before Judge Japan Wu Early the court approves claims and appoints administrators and appraisers. The administration of H C Priest’s estate sees Justine Nurdin resign as administratrix with Louis Nurdin named as administrator and a 44 000 bond secured by G W Killion and John J Garri. For Wm Sweetser a bond of 150 with Henry S Bishop as surety is approved. J Mutzner’s estate grants letters of administration to Anna Mutzner with bonds from Chris Mutzner and John S Leef. Appraisers named include J A Schroeppel Gottlieb Eigenbrodt and John Bonn for Mollering. John Leef Pius Frey and Barney Trutner for the Mutzner estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Mollering
J. A. Schroeppel
Gottlieb Eigenbrodt
John Bonn
H. C. Priest
Wm. Sweetser
Henry S. Bishop
Eugene Nurdin
Justine Nurdin
Louis Nurdin
G. W. Killion
John J. Garri
John Mutzner
Anna Mutzner
Chris Mutzner
John S. Leef
John Leef
Pius Frey
Barney Trutner
Real estate transfers list in Edwardsville and Troy
George Schneider by admintratrix transfers to Louis Boltmann a wd lot 10 plus John F. Jarvis' lot add in Troy for 125 dollars. Charles Spies and wife transfer to George W. Searcy wd with lots 13 and 14 bike 5 Schroth's add in St. Jacob for 400 dollars. Piety F Wheeler transfers to Christopher M Schwarz wd part of lot 45 W E Wheeler's add in Edwardsville for 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schneider
Admintratrix
Louis Boltmann
John F. Jarvis
Troy
Charles Spies
George W. Searcy
Bik
Schroth
St. Jacob
Piety F. Wheeler
Christopher M. Schwarz
W. E. Wheeler
Edwardsville
Tomb of Elihu Yale Shrine at Wrexham Bazar
North Wales bazar raises funds for Wrexham Church restoration. The article notes Elihu Yale’s monument in Wrexham, the Yale College name origin from his gifts to Yale University, and flits through family connections to Cavendish and Durham bishops. Yale students present a visitors book at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wales
Wrexham
Yale College
Elihu Yale
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
London
Lord James Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Chandler
Durham
Cavendish
Jack” Cavendish
Wrexham Church
Nation adds to Navy with new battleship launch
The United States rapidly expands its fleet and will soon have the world’s largest active warship force. The Pennsylvania is set to launch next season from Cramp’s yard with Miss Quay, daughter of the Pennsylvania leader, breaking the bottle to christen the ship amid public ceremony and rival factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Pennsylvania
Cramp
Miss Quay
Philadelphia
Dooms Adobe Theory Upheld by Hopi Dig Discovery
Dr George Dorsey of the Field Columbian Museum reports in a University of Chicago lecture that Hopi adobe inscriptions are not ancient writings but child scribbles in fresh mud. He notes markings resemble picture writing and may be mistaken for inscriptions, a finding likely to vex anthropologists. A column follows praising White's Cream Vermifuge and Chamberlains Colic remedy, with ads for Kingston druggists and a note about The Weekly Call subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dorsey
Field Columbish Museum
University of Chicago
Dorsey
Pilgrimage to Holywell Draws Suffering Seekers
A London paper notes Holywell in north Wales as a summer haven for people seeking cures from the spring of St Winifred. The holy well, famed for centuries, hosts many Roman Catholics who travel from across the country hoping for miraculous healing. A chapel near the spring is said to have been built by Margaret, mother of King Henry. Visitors kneel on a stone ledge and are believed to be cured of ailments, with many reported acts of healing observed by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geat
Britain
Holywell
Wales
St. Winifred
London
Margaret
Henry
SINGLE OFFICERS IN DEMAND AT ARMY POSTS
The Washington Star reports overcrowded housing at U S military posts after regiments return from the Philippines. Bachelors are favored for scarce quarters, with married officers sometimes passed over. Officials cite family attachments as limiting newly authorized housing upgrades, and extra quarters won't be ready for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Washington Star
Congress
Army
Anti-expansionist tale from Pottsville lampoons taxes
A Pottsville man famed as an anti tax speaker battles government overreach after Spain war taxes. A doctor applies a mustard plaster to wake him into a tirade about war tariffs and a Patrick Henry like awakening, ending with the patient’s frustration at revenue stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Philadelphia Times
Spain
Congress
Patrick Henry
Dr King's New Life Pills Advertised In Call
A cheerful testimonial claims the product gives a sprightly step and rosy complexion. It notes benefits like active organs and good digestion with no headaches. Price listed as 25 cents at S. Kingston. Also mentions Madison County real estate transfers published weekly in THE CALL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S. Kingston’s
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Lung and Throat Ailments
Sufferer from bronchitis finds relief with Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Wife relieved of asthma. Trial bottles offered free, with guaranteed full sizes at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Claim of unrivaled effectiveness for throat and lung diseases. Medicine promoted by S. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Johnston
Broughton
S. Kingston’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Call
Hank
Court House
TEMS
Fred Neuenschwander
Henry Diehle
Charles Ballweg
Wm. Bantz
Charles Clayton
Lawrence Langford
James N. Jarvis
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
C. F. Steiner
M. H. Redford
John Gehrig
Joseph A. Maurer
A. W. Eisenmayer
J. H. Willis
S. H. Reynolds
Lezzetta Foxx
Edward Ballinger
Bond
Hawley’s
Japan
P. Early
Elihu Vale
ADOBE
Field Museum Authority
J. A. J. Montgomery
Paxica
Wayne Co
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
M. F. Auwarter
Uncle Sam
Illinois Central RR
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Peoria
Til
Evansville
Ind
Jacksonville
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Orleans
Memphis
Pacific Coast
Illinois Central and Connecting Lines
A. H. Hanson
Vandalia Line
VandAlia
Ind’p’l
Indianapolis
Ind’p
G. L. Elliott
Nor
Ilinois
J. M. Chesbrough
Ags
G. P.A
Ginseng Chemical Co
Ani S. Jefferson Ave
Sapi Louis, MO
George C. Morriss
Goo Horges
West Main
Ws. Peter
Waion Shop
Theo. Guennewig Mairoy
Ines
South End
Geo. Liebler
South Main Street
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