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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1901
Page
5
Memorial services for HeHinsey were conducted at the Presbyterian Church with local clergy officiating. Attendees included family members, church members, and residents paying respects to the deceased. A small prayer service followed the ceremony with readings and floral tributes.
Mayor Samuel W. Rawson of Troy Illinois proclaims September 19, 1401 as the day to lay in rest the late President William McKinley. Citizens should refrain from usual pursuits and gather at the regular place of worship to pay homage to the assassinated leader.
News of McKinley's death reached Troy with deep regret. Citizens hung national colors, closed businesses and schools, and tolling bells marked the national mourning. A memorial service with State’s Attorney Brown and Rev Osborn drew a packed crowd, while children sang America and the late president’s favorite hymns. In Formoga, John Bohnenstiehl suffered a facial injury from a stick during an apple-throwing game, attended by Dr. Graney.
Local industry thrives in Troy with the Hello business as Bell and Kinloch clash. Plans for a new Bell Telephone exchange circulate after canvassing residents and farmers, though no concrete signs yet. Officials say increased facilities would benefit business and citizens.
Monday morning brought eager students as the school opened the new term though the 2nd is postponed to the 9th due to incomplete additions. Room allocations include Miss Rhoda Bartlett Room1 Miss Edna Doncho Room2 Miss Birchie Kremer Room3 Miss Karlena Singletary Room4 Miss Bertha Osborn Room3 Miss Mabel Cochran Room6 and Principal H F Thurston. Enrollment reached 237 with Catholic school drawdown noted. library books to be placed when space is allotted. public invited to inspect new improvements next Tuesday.
Special to The Weekly Case Sprinerreep reports moder ate temperatures and scattered showers across the state stimulating a revival in crops. Wheat and rye sowing progresses, corn work continues with much in shock, and fodder cutting rises due to feed shortages. Pastures revive, gardens and potatoes improve late crops, fruit yields vary with apples generally unfavor able. Community notices include a Dan. and Mincer report, a Troy baseball win 10 to 2 over Butler Bros, and upcoming plays by the Columbia Stock Company with high class drama.
Angelos Donati of Collinsville dreamed of his own death by slate fall at the Heintz Bluff mine of Consolidated Coal Company. He avoided work a day after the vision, then returned and was killed when a thousand pounds of coal and slate fell from the roof. County mine inspector R Graybruck calls it one of the strangest cases.
Henry C. Buhrmester, 57, a former city resident known to many locals, died at his East St. Louis home on Sunday. He leaves a wife, eleven children, three brothers, two sisters, and a granddaughter. Funeral services were held at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church after burial at Luther Cemetery. Noted: blood poison from a bruised hand was the cause.
Mixed town items report shop ads and services from Hawley's to Dr Sallee with free eye exams in Troy. Local events include a new organ at the Methodist church, a baby girl born to the Samuels, frost warning, school football plan, and miners' record coal output. John Shafer begins apprenticeship. Garnet store extension. Ronchetti Bros lease deal. Rev Sefton illness and service plans.
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