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 ALTON 
 ILLINOIS 
 
 
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 A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A PICTURESQUE AND 
 BUSY CITY. ITS LEADING POINTS OF INTEREST 
 AND SOME CHARACTERISTIC PHASES of its LIFE. 
 
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 Published by JAMES ALLAN REID, Book Maker, 
 
 SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 i opyrigkUd, 1912, by J. A. AVul. 
 

 JOSEPH C. FAULSTICH, 
 
 Mayor of Alton. 
 
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THE CITY HALL, 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
 One of the Most Renowned Public Buildings of the Mississippi Valley. Rich in Historic Memories, 
 and a Fine Type of the Best Taste in American Architecture. 
 
 From a Stand Erected Underneath the Balconies on the Market Street Side. Lincoln and Douglas Fascinated and Enthralled 
 
 Thousands of Zealous Listeners in 1858. Trumbull, Owen Lovejoy, John A. Logan. Robert J. Ingersoll, 
 
 Richard Yates, Speaker Cannon. Senator Cullom and Scores of Other Distinguished 
 
 Orators Have Thundered Forth From Here in Eloquent Terms on 
 
 the Important Questions Which Have Interested 
 
 Generations of American Freemen. 
 
A GROUP OF CITY OFFICERS. 
 
 Top (left to right'— Bart. R. Kennedy. City Clerk ; John E. Schwaab, Engineer ; Louis Berner. Treasurer. 
 
 Center— John J. Hammond. Assessor; Silas F. Connor. Clerk City Court ; John J. Brenholt. Corporation Counsel (and former Mayor); 
 
 George T. Davis, Comptroller ; Emil G. Wade. Assistant City Engineer. 
 
 Bottom— Harry H. Lessner, Police Magistrate ; George H. Crowson. Harbor Master ; Joseph R. Lachance. Chief of Police ; 
 
 Roe D. Watson. City Attorney. 
 
 SUMMER MIDDAY SCENE ON AN ALTON THOROUGHFARE — PIASA, CORNER WEST THIRD STREET. 
 
THE BOARD. 
 
 On April 16, at the Annual Election. 
 BERNARD J. DERWIN, 
 
 I TOP) 
 
 and 
 DAVID S. NOONAN, 
 
 (BOTTOM) 
 
 Were Elected to the Board to Succeed Two 
 
 of the Aldermen, Whose Terms 
 
 Expired at This Time. 
 
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. 
 
 Top Heft to right I -John P. Bauer. Edward Bowman, Clarence B. Hawkins, William B. Hagerman. 
 
 Center-John W. Olmstead. Alexander F. Cousley. George Burton, George A. Hemken. John C. McGuan. 
 
 Bottom-Frank E. Johnson, Joseph R. Miller. Jeremiah P. Callaghan, Orland Hemphill. Peter Guertler. 
 
GENERAL OFFICERS ALTON BOARD OF TRADE. 
 
 Top (left to right)-H. H. Ferguson, Vice-President. Eben Rodgers, President. August Luer. Vice-President. 
 Center-Louis J. Hartmann. Treasurer, and President Retail Merchants' Association. William H. Joesting Executive 
 Committee. Joseph C. Faulstich. Executive Committee, and Mayor of Alton. John M. Pfeiffenberger. Secretary. 
 Bottom-Horatio J. Bowman, Jr., Executive Committee. George H. Mosser, Secretary and General Manager. 
 
General Officers of the Manufacturers' Association. 
 
 Harvey L. Black, President. William J. Boals, Secretary. Thomas Morfoot, Vice-President. Herman Luer. Treasurer. 
 
 General Officers of the Retail Merchants' Association. 
 
 Charles L. Goulding. Vice-President. 
 Harry- E. Robertson. Executive Committee. 
 
 Casper J. Jacoby, Executive Committee. 
 George Rose. Secretary. 
 
 Louis Flach, Treasurer. 
 Harry J. May, Executive Committee. 
 
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 Secretary and Manager of the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 COLONEL RUFUS EASTON, 
 
 Founder of the 
 City of Alton. 
 
 ALTON, Dean of Illinois 
 municipalities, began 1912 
 thoroughly inoculated with 
 the serum of Improvement. 
 Realizing anew that its 
 commanding position on 
 the Mississippi River and 
 in the heart of the Middle 
 West insures a constant 
 increase in population and 
 a steady growth, Alton has 
 inaugurated a "get-together" 
 movement among its people 
 to better enable it to meas- 
 ure up to its possibilities. 
 Offering exceptional advan- 
 tages for more industries, 
 commercial establishments and homes, Alton bids 
 the entire world to this favored spot where Nature 
 and Man have conspired to promote trade and manu- 
 facture, where opportunity imbues business with the 
 germ of youth and progress plumes her wings for still 
 greater flights. 
 
 Alton is "The City That Came Back." Founded, 
 platted and laid out in 1817 and incorporated in 
 1833, it vied for years with St. Louis for supremacy 
 of the Mississippi River, when the locomotive was 
 unknown and that great stream was the artery of 
 trade of the mid-continent. More than a half century 
 it slept on its rights, permitting ;ot her cities and towns 
 less favored by nature to forge to the front. Alton's 
 slow growth during so many years of its existence is 
 even more amazing than the wonderful progress of 
 
 Nhte 
 
 "Strike While the Iron is Hot." 
 
 For an Industrial Centre Alton's Location is Simply 
 Magnificent. 
 
THE ALTON POST OFFICE. 
 
 The Post Office is Located on Third and Alby Streets-A Sightly Site for this $100,000 Structure. 
 
 The Mails Are Under the Supervision of the Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster, 
 
 With Thirty Carriers, Substitute Carriers and Clerks. The Post 
 
 Office Business for 1910 Amounted to Nearly $47,000. 
 
 St. Louis during the same period. Every natural feature on which the greatness of St. Louis is 
 based finds its equal or superior in Alton. Equally blessed at the start, this disparity is one of the 
 most surprising historical and commercial facts of the age. But in the short space of the last 
 decade there has come an awakening. The old, dreamy town, indifferent and even contemptuous 
 of the noise and stir about it, is no more. The spirit of modernity prevails. As in the world of 
 sport it takes a good athlete to "come back," so Alton "came back" and is now in the second 
 stage of progress. 
 
 The building of a city in these days is a business proposition, pure and simple. The old Alton 
 lacked organized effort in town development. The new Alton has it, and that is the vital difference. 
 
 The Board of Trade is the industrial, commercial and civic dynamo of this rejuvenated 
 Alton. It is conserving the energy of its people and acting as the power house for the city of today. 
 It includes in its membership leading commercial, professional and manufacturing men, welded 
 together for the general advancement of Alton, unhampered by party, religion or clan. It aims 
 for the general good. Its chief purposes are best stated in the pledge taken by its members: 
 To advertise, at home and abroad, Alton and its civic, commercial and industrial advantages; to 
 stimulate local pride among its people; to work for an increase of home owners; to improve its 
 public facilities; to better its eleemosynary institutions ; to establish good roads throughout Madi- 
 son and surrounding counties ; to obtain better recognition of its manufacturers and their benefits 
 
to Alton ; to bring additional industries to Alton ; to obtain general recognition of its local mer- 
 chants as distributors of goods; to promote scientific agriculture and the establishment of co- 
 operative associations among the farmers and encourage raising of diversified crops in Madison 
 County ; to gain more complete recognition and support of Alton newspapers as leading factors in 
 the moral, mental and financial uplift of the city. 
 
 The Board of Trade began operations July 15th, 1911, and at once instituted the greatest 
 publicity movement any city in Southern Illinois ever has known. In the first five months more 
 than sixty thousand folders and other forms of literature were sent all over the United States, to 
 Canada and Mexico, telling of Alton's awakening and its crusade of development. A campaign 
 of education was carried on in the local newspapers and the press of St. Louis and Madison County. 
 Hundreds of columns were printed educating Altonians and the world at large to the resources and 
 
 PIASA STREET, FROM THIRD. 
 
 On This Enterprising Section Are Located a Number of the Important Industries of 
 Alton— Machine Builders. Merchants and the Office of the Daily Telegraph. 
 
 opportunities offered by the "bigger and better Alton." During the closing weeks of December a 
 campaign was conducted which added four hundred and eight memberships to the Board of Trade 
 in six hours. The campaign lasted three days, two hours a day, and each new membership was 
 signed up for three years, the dues being $25 per annum. The result is that Alton now has one of 
 the strongest commercial organizations of any city of like size in the country. 
 
 Among Alton's cardinal points which are being impressed on the public are these: The 
 cheapest coal in the Middle West ; unlimited water from the Mississippi River and artesian wells; 
 enough raw building material for the whole Mississippi Valley; transportation by twelve railways 
 
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and three great rivers; the central point in a population of 50,000,000 and its markets; natural 
 drainage and healthful location ; St. Louis freight rates, without the bridge arbitrary ; a city that 
 knows no panics or epidemics ; the ideal spot for manufacture, business and home. 
 
 Alton has industrial characteristics which make it stand high among cities of the Middle 
 West. It boasts of the largest oil refinery in the Mississippi Valley and the biggest hollow-ware 
 glass plant in the world. It has a smelter producing one-seventh of the country's entire lead out- 
 put. It is the home of two plants that place Alton fifth among flour centers of the United States. 
 It follows Chicago and East St. Louis as the third biggest meat packing city in Illinois. Its manu- 
 facturing district has one hundred and two industries with an annual output of from $35,000,000 
 to $40,000,000. It is included in the Keokuk, Iowa, cheap hydro-electric power zone. 
 
 With the cheapest coal in the Middle West and hydro-electric power from the great Keokuk 
 dam, which will be in operation in 1913, Alton offers exceptional attractions to manufacturers. 
 
 The electric current generated by the Miss- 
 issippi will be transmitted from Hamilton, 
 Illinois, opposite Keokuk, to Alton, where the 
 lines will be extended across the Mississippi 
 River to Florissant, Missouri, and from 
 thence to St. Louis. 
 
 Alton is the center of the largest bitu- 
 minous coal field west of the Alleghenies. 
 It has the cheapest coal rate in Illinois or 
 Missouri. The minimum rate is twenty-five 
 cents and the maximum thirty-two cents 
 per ton. The best steam coal is laid right 
 in front of the furnaces of Alton manu- 
 facturers at from eighty-two to eighty-five 
 cents per ton. In St. Louis the cheapest 
 price for this grade of fuel is $1.05 per ton on 
 yearly contracts. Alton has one of the largest 
 oil refineries in the country, which furnishes 
 cheap fuel oil for manufacturing purposes. 
 
 The one hundred and two industries in 
 the Alton manufacturing district produce oil 
 and its by-products, glass, lead, zinc, paper, 
 flour, mining tools, shovels, heavy hammers, railroad track tools, powder, paper boxes, lime, 
 machinery, foundry products, ice, woodenware, plows, meats, cartridges, soft drinks, beer, brooms, 
 boxes, doors, sashes, building material, brick and other clay products, agricultural implements, 
 cigars, barrels and rugs. 
 
 Among the most potential of Alton's resources are its raw materials. The bluffs on which 
 Alton stands are of solid limestone, covered with the finest quality of clay, from thirty to one 
 hundred feet deep. Alton has enough limestone to supply the Mississippi Valley with lime and 
 building stone for the next thousand years. This limestone is equal to the best quarried. It is cheap 
 and durable. Lime from the Alton quarries is of a very pure carbonate and in great demand. 
 
 Alton brick is a stylish red, capable of fine finish. The city's most pretentious residences 
 and buildings are built of it, the streets are paved with it, and this product ranks high among 
 building constructors everywhere. Alton's large modern plants have a heavy annual output of 
 brick and all kinds of clay products. 
 
 Looking Up East Second Street. 
 
 This Avenue is One the Main Business Arteries Running 
 Through a Busy Section of the City. 
 
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 State Street, as Seen From the Corner of Second. 
 
 A Notable Thoroughfare on Which Are Located Some of the Heavy Mercantile Firms 
 Portion of Which Are Many of the Elegant Residences of Alton. 
 
 and On the Upper 
 
 Sand of the best quality is obtained in inexhaustible quantities, at minimum cost, from the 
 Mississippi River. Centrifugal pumps draw it from the river bed and load it directly on cars or 
 barges for shipment. The cost to the Alton consumer for this sand is fifty-six cents per cubic yard. 
 Immense beds of fire brick clay, equal to the New Jersey kind in quality, are found near Upper 
 Alton and East Alton. Cement deposits in immense quantities underlie the soil surrounding Alton. 
 In addition lead, white sand and bituminous shale are found and admit of commercial possibilities. 
 
 As a distributing center for manufacturers and jobbers, Alton has the advantages of St. Louis 
 without many of its drawbacks. It has seven trunk railways entering the city directly and con- 
 nection by means of belt lines with five other systems. All these railroads are in what is known 
 as the East St. Louis freight zone — that is, the St. Louis freight rates without the bridge tariff. 
 
 The Alton shipper is not incommoded with congested terminals as is the case in St. Louis 
 and East St. Louis, the service being from twelve to twenty-four hours speedier, particularly on 
 consignments North and East. 
 
 The Alton industrial zone, at the head of the American Bottoms, which is the most rapidly 
 developing manufacturing district in the United States, covers nearly eighteen square miles and 
 has thousands of acres available for manufacturing sites with unlimited water, natural drainage 
 and transportation facilities. It has nearly ten miles of river frontage, along which sites for indus- 
 trial plants are available with advantages of water and rail for freight. In addition, the whole 
 river front is paralleled by railroad tracks affording terminal connections with trunk lines, which 
 have an aggregate of 48,000 miles. 
 
 Alton has suffered because the world is but partially aware of its superior opportunities. 
 The industries that it has are soundly built and firmly propped by the financial resources of our 
 
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city, and the spirit which such industries 
 engender is t h e spirit which Alton offers to 
 the manufacturer who seeks it and deserves it. 
 
 The average American family can live as 
 well for less money in Alton as in any other 
 city, or what is the same thing, can live better 
 for the same money. Real estate values are 
 low. That fully sixty per cent of Alton work- 
 ingmen own their own homes is attested by 
 the last statements of the seven Building and 
 Loan Associations of our City, which have 
 resources of $1,389,403. 
 
 Food stuffs are low in cost. Madison 
 County, of which Alton is the metropolis, in- 
 creased forty per cent in population during the 
 past decade. Its soil is rich and its farmers and 
 truck gardeners raise immense crops for home 
 consumption and the markets of St. Louis and 
 Chicago. The cost of living is reflected in the 
 wage cost. Our actual wage cost, what econo- 
 mists call the purchasing power of a day's 
 work, is larger. Car fares but rarely enter into 
 the workman's expenses. Parks and libraries 
 and the river, with its attractions, offer a con- 
 siderable part of his entertainment. This, 
 coupled with the low cost of food stuffs, cheap 
 rent, and low taxes, places within reach of the 
 workingman of Alton a plane of living far be- 
 yond that of many of his fellow craftsmen in 
 other cities, who are receiving higher cash 
 wages. 
 
 Alton has assessable property (1910 fig- 
 ures) of $14,179,938. Its tax rate that year 
 was 4.5 mills on t h e dollar, at a one-third 
 valuation. Its bonded indebtedness is $59,500 
 or $2.91 to each person. 
 
 Labor troubles in Alton, particularly in its 
 large industrial plants, are practically un- 
 known. Many of our manufacturers them- 
 selves are graduates from the bench. The 
 reasonable desires of the men have been met 
 without any serious trouble and arbitration 
 generally has proven effective. 
 
 In the Alton manufacturing district, as 
 shown by official reports just completed by 
 State Factory Inspectors, are now employed 
 8,729 persons, of whom 7,856 are male and 
 873 are female. Alton is the largest city in 
 Illinois and Missouri which has the greatest 
 available supply of woman labor. 
 
 There are 784 industrial, professional and 
 mercantile establishments in the district, 
 
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 Over Sixty Passenger Trains Arrive and Depart from Alton Daily, Showing in a Slight Degn 
 the Ceaseless Activities of the City of Today. 
 
 divided as follows: Alton proper, 726; Wood River, 26; East Alton, 28; Federal, 4. The total 
 number of manufactories in the district is 102, of which 91 are in Alton proper, 7 in East Alton, 
 1 in Wood River and 3 in Federal. 
 
 To prove that Alton's cost of living is lower than any cities of like size, attention is called 
 to a specific instance : The taxes of a six room house, with modern improvements, valued at 
 $3,000, are $25; the cost of 12,000 feet of illuminating or fuel gas is $12; the water rate for a 
 year is $9. Total annual cost for taxes, light and water, $46. 
 
 A feature of particular interest to manufacturers is the fact that the greater part of Alton's 
 manufacturing district is outside of the city limits and free from corporation taxes. Yet, the most 
 valuable sites are within access of the best shipping facilities, and electricity for lighting and power. 
 
 THE "BURLINGTON' ' BRIDGE AT ALTON. 
 
 The Steamer "Alton" is Seen Just Passing the Draw, Making for the Landing at the 
 "Bluff City" After a Delightful Trip from St. Louis. 
 
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 STEAMER QUINCY 
 
 Of the Streckfus Steamboat Company, Making the Waterway Connections Between Alton. St. Louis, and All 
 of the Most Important Cities and Towns of the Mississippi to St. Paul. 
 
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 Ex-Mayor Beall. 
 
 Mayor of Alton 
 
 for Three Terms. 
 
 1905-1911. 
 
 Under His Wise. Energetic and Far 
 Seeing Policies Alton Made 
 Immense Gains in Reputation 
 and Public Improvements. 
 
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 Secretary and Manager of the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 There are six natural prime factors necessary for the growth of 
 a city — transportation, raw materials, fuel, power, markets and labor — 
 and of these one of the most important is transportation. 
 
 This feature is considered by the manufacturer seeking a location, 
 and here Alton scores heavily— it ships by rail and river. 
 
 Alton has seven steam railroads, also two interurban electric 
 roads, and complete city service. Less than an hour's ride from St. 
 Louis, the steam roads embrace the great trunk lines— the Clover-Leaf- 
 Alton; New York Central; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Wabash; 
 Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis. They 
 extend North, East, South and West, with an aggregate of more than 
 31,000 miles. In addition to these railroads entering Alton directly, 
 the Illinois Terminal R. R. Co. , a belt line of twenty-three miles, con- 
 nects them with the Litchfield & Madison, Troy & Eastern, Illinois 
 Central and Pennsylvania systems, with a total exceeding 17,000 miles. 
 Thus Alton has direct connection with 48,000 miles of railway reaching 
 to all points of the compass. The Missouri &. Illinois Bridge & Belt 
 R. R. Co. maintains a service from Alton over the Mississippi River. 
 The freight tonnage to and from Alton for the year 1910 approximately 
 was 2,783,132 tons. The service furnished by these railroads to Alton shippers is unexcelled any- 
 where. The main lines of the Chicago & Alton and the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis run through 
 
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 Steamer Bald Eagle, of The Eagle Packet Company's Line. 
 
 The Steamers of this Line Cover Both Passenger and Freight Service Between Alton and St. Louis 
 and to Points in the North, and Cape Girardeau and All Intermediate Points South. 
 
 the city. The main lines of the Burlington 
 system both East and West of the Mississippi 
 River, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the New 
 York Central Lines and the 
 Wabash are within switching 
 distance. Each of the latter 
 roads maintain switching ser- 
 vice, and traffic from their 
 main line junctions is handled 
 promptly and with daily fre- 
 quency via the UlinoisTerminal 
 Railroad. Similar prompt ser- 
 vice is maintained with the 
 Pennsylvania system. 
 
 A notable advantage of 
 Alton shippers is the handling 
 of their traffic by the trunk 
 lines in through trains. This 
 is done at main line junctions, 
 away from the congestion pre- 
 vailing at large terminal points. 
 Carload shipments from Alton 
 have been delivered in New 
 York City in less than four days. Alton, by 
 reason of its geographical location, enjoys the 
 Mississippi River or East St. Louis basis of 
 
 "The Fireman." 
 
 Typical of the C. & A. R. R.. One of 
 Alton's Best Servitors. 
 
 rates — the most desirable in the country for gen- 
 eral distribution. The general freight schedule 
 which the railroads have given Alton as com- 
 pared with Chicago follows : 
 To and from New York and 
 Eastern cities generally, six- 
 teen per cent higher than 
 Chicago rates ; to Virginia and 
 the Carolinas, same as Chicago 
 rates ; to the Southeast, the 
 Mississippi Valley, Texas and 
 West to the Rocky Mountains, 
 from five cents to twenty cents 
 per hundred pounds less than 
 Chicago; to Minneapolis and 
 Canadian points directly North, 
 five per cent higher than Chi- 
 cago; to the Pacific coast, 
 same as Chicago. 
 
 The steam and electric 
 
 railways furnish cheap and 
 
 rapid communication to St. 
 
 Louis and East St. Louis. The 
 
 Chicago & Alton, New York Central (Big Four), 
 
 and the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis charge 
 
 ninety cents for the round trip to St. Louis and 
 
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THE STEAMER G. W. HILL. 
 
 Regular St. Louis and Calhoun County Packet Steamer, Making All Landings from St. Louis on the 
 Mississippi above Alton to Rip Rap Landing. Leaving St. Louis Twice a Week. 
 
 sell monthly commutation tickets of sixty rides 
 
 for $10, or 16 "o cents one way. East St. Louis 
 
 is reached by the Alton, Granite & St. Louis 
 
 Electric line, fifty cents one 
 
 way, ninety cents the round 
 
 trip. This electric line is 
 
 part of the East Side System 
 
 which runs cars hourly and 
 
 reaches Edwardsville, Col- 
 
 linsville, Belleville, Lebanon 
 
 and 0' Fallon — all thriving 
 
 cities. A t Granite City 
 
 connections are made with 
 
 the McKinley interurban 
 
 system. 
 
 The Alton, Jacksonville 
 & Peoria Electric Line will 
 reach Jerseyville, Carroll- 
 ton, Roodhouse, Whitehall, 
 and many other live towns 
 in the most populous part 
 of agricultural Illinois when 
 finished. 
 
 At the tenth annual 
 convention of the Upper Mississippi River 
 Improvement Association held in Alton October 
 
 "The Engineer. " 
 
 The Flyers of the C. & A. Well Represent 
 
 the Speed and Thundering Velocity 
 
 of the Twentieth Century. 
 
 25th and 26th, 1911, it was demonstrated by 
 transportation experts that Alton is one of the 
 most important river ports of entry and has 
 been for many years. Its 
 position on the Mississippi, 
 with the mouth of the Illi- 
 nois eighteen miles above, 
 and the mouth of the 
 Missouri seven miles below, 
 gives it a valuable location 
 for river traffic. 
 
 Alton's various boat 
 lines have a gross tonnage 
 in and outbound of more 
 than 25,000 tons per year. 
 The Mississippi with its 
 tributaries are equalizers of 
 freight rates, salient advan- 
 tages in the matter of trans- 
 portation of a manufactur- 
 ing city. Alton's waterways, 
 reinforcing i t s railroads, 
 give it connection with the 
 tributaries of the upper and 
 lower Mississippi — the Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, 
 Tennessee and Cumberland. 
 
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 A Mississippi Yacht — "Made in Alton." 
 
 The Sparks Manufacturing Company of Alton Build a Line of Fine Yachts Which Float the 
 Fame of the City to All Points on Western and Southern Waters. 
 
 The Standard Oil Company is now using 
 barge lines for carrying its oil from Alton to 
 ports along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. 
 
 The navigable 
 mileage of these 
 rivers is given in 
 the report of the 
 U. S. Inland 
 Waterway Com- 
 mission as fol- 
 lows: For the 
 Mississippi, 
 2429.5; the Miss- 
 ouri, 2284.8; the 
 Ohio (Cairo to 
 Pittsburg), 967; 
 the Illinois, Ten- 
 nessee and Cum- 
 berland, 1395. 
 
 These rivers 
 alone, excluding other navigable streams like 
 the Arkansas, give Alton a mileage of 7075. 6 
 miles of navigable streams in service last year, 
 
 A Famous Alton Yacht, 
 
 THE OUATOGA." 
 Owned by Dr. William A. Haskell 
 
 with a total of 15,000 miles capable of being 
 brought into service for steamer navigation. 
 The steamboat lines operating in and out of the 
 
 Alton harbor 
 regularly are as 
 follows : 
 
 The Eagle 
 Packet Co. which 
 owns and oper- 
 ates the Alton 
 Wharfboat and 
 the Steamers 
 Alton, Cape 
 Girardeau, Bald 
 Eagle, Spread 
 Eagle, Grey Eagle, 
 and Eagle; the 
 Streckfus Steam- 
 boat Line oper- 
 ates the steamers 
 St. Paul, Quincy, Dubuque and Sidney; the 
 St. Louis & Hamburg Packet Co. , operates the 
 steamers G. W. Hill and the Omaha. 
 
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 The C. & A. Depot, Looking Up Market Street. 
 
 With the City Hall on the Left, and the Illini Hotel in the Extreme Distance. 
 
 The Independent Packets include the steamers Belle of Calhoun, Ben Hur, City of Peoria, 
 Keystone State and Mary. Alton has regular packets to St. Paul, daily packet service to Illinois 
 River points and St. Louis, and direct connection with Kansas City and New Orleans packets. 
 A ferry system is operated between Alton and the Missouri shore opposite. 
 
 The Panama Canal and the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway projects spell great things for 
 the Alton of the future : With the installation of modern type barges to replace the picturesque, 
 but obsolete, Mississippi steamers now in service and the deepening of the river channel, the aug- 
 mented commerce of the Mississippi will prove a mighty factor in the development of the whole 
 country. 
 
 Through Alton harbor southward will pass the traffic of St. Paul, Minneapolis and the great 
 cities at the head of the Mississippi. Also the tremendous commerce of Chicago and the Great 
 Lakes, via the Chicago Canal and the Illinois River. 
 
 Through the Panama Canal, Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi past Alton northward 
 will sail ocean-going steamers laden with the products of the Pacific and the Orient, as well as 
 Atlantic barks carrying the products of Europe and the rest of the world. 
 
 The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Depot. 
 
 This Line Makes from Alton the Delightful Along-theRiver UndertheBluffs Trip to Clifton Terrace. Lock Haven. Elsah, 
 Chautauqua and Grafton, and via the Main Line. Inland Trips to Jerseyville. Springfield and Peoria. 
 
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Some Picturesque Corners in a Residential Section of Alton. 
 
 Liberty and Fifteenth Streets, With Home of H. H. Ferguson, a Delight to the Eye, the Striking Feature of the Picture. 
 
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 •g© inio Mosser, 
 
 Secretary and Manager of the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 In a popular contest recently conducted by the Board of Trade to 
 select a slogan most emblematic of Alton more than five hundred sug- 
 gestions were offered. The one awarded the prize was: "Alton, the 
 City That Knows No Panics." 
 
 While ever alert to the commercial opportunities of Alton, the 
 banking business of this city is characterized by methods of sanity and 
 conservation. The five banks, with aggregate resources of $5,360,000. 00, 
 have never known a failure. During the financial crises of the past half 
 century, no cash payments have been refused for pay rolls or deposits, 
 a record of which very few cities can boast. The pulse of the city' s 
 prosperity is felt through its bank clearings. During the past year the 
 clearings of the five Alton banks totaled $18,527,575. Within the last 
 ten years the deposits of Alton banks have increased fully 45 per cent. 
 
 The Board of Trade is calling particular attention to the fact 
 that the financial institutions of Alton are anxious and willing to offer 
 every comfort and credit to deserving enterprises. A major portion of 
 the credit for the prosperity of Alton is due its banks. Their absolute 
 solvency, healthy condition, facilities, lodgement and equipment attest 
 
 that the factors of safety and legitimate business methods have been united with liberality to 
 
 business enterprises equally for the protection of depositors and vigilant wardenship over every 
 
 trust committed to their care. 
 
 Alton's first banks date from 1836. In that year, Joseph Duncan being Governor, a new 
 
 State bank was created and the charter of the Shawneetown bank revived. Branches of both of 
 
 Samuel Wade, 
 
 President Alton National Bank 
 
 1877-1885. 
 
 Mayor 1849-1855-1857. 
 
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these banks were placed in 
 Alton. The State bank occu- 
 pied the building on Market 
 street recently razed to make 
 room for the Illini Hotel. The 
 Shawneetown branch was lo- 
 cated in a brick structure on 
 State street, now the site of 
 the William Fries establishment. 
 During these early days nearly 
 $1,000,000 was expended to 
 divert the upper Mississippi 
 River trade from St. Louis to 
 Alton, and the venture nearly 
 threw one of the banks into in- 
 solvency. These two branches of 
 the State bank were entirely 
 liquidated in due 
 time. The two 
 local banks, sub- 
 sequently organ- 
 ized, in 1865 
 assumed the 
 national system 
 under which they 
 greatly pros- 
 pered. The First 
 National Bank 
 built a handsome 
 structure at Third 
 and State streets, 
 and in 1882 it 
 sold its building 
 and business to 
 the Alton Nation- 
 al Bank. The 
 same year the 
 Alton Savings 
 Bank was organ- 
 ized. Its advent 
 was due to the 
 increase of man- 
 u factories in 
 Alton and the 
 need of more 
 banking facili- 
 ties. 
 
 Charles A. Caldwell. 
 
 President Alton National Bank. 18851895. 
 Mayor, 1873. 
 
 The Citizens 
 National Bank 
 began business 
 in 1899 and three 
 years later the 
 
 Alton Banking and Trust Company, 
 capital, surplus and undivided profits, $120,000.00. 
 
 Samuel H. Wyss, President. C. H. Seger, Cashier. 
 
 August Luer, Vice-President. W. J. Gossrau, Asst. Cashier 
 
 DIRECTORS-August Luer, A. A. Sotier, Herman Luer, 
 S. H. Wyss, H. O. Tonsor, C H. Seger. 
 
 Alton Banking and Trust Com- 
 pany opened its doors. It now 
 occupies one of the handsomest 
 structures in the city, at the cor- 
 ner of Weigler and Second streets. 
 In 1909 the First Trust and Sav- 
 ings Bank began its existence. 
 
 What the Alton banks showed 
 thirty-five years ago : Capital, 
 $200,000; Surplus and Profits, 
 $110,000; Deposits, $1,000,000; 
 Loans, $900,000 ; Total Resources, 
 $1,500,000. 
 
 What the Alton banks showed 
 Dec. 5, 1911: Capital, $500,000; 
 Surplus, $543,000; Deposits, 
 $4,160,577.91; 
 Loans and Invest- 
 ments, $4,120- 
 069.37; Total Re- 
 sources, $5, 362- 
 105.64. 
 
 Alton banks 
 are paying inter- 
 est to depositors 
 annually be- 
 tween $75,000 
 and $80,000, the 
 interest paid the 
 depositors being 
 far in excess of 
 the dividends 
 paid to the stock- 
 holders of the 
 banks. This 
 represents over 
 $2,500,000 on 
 deposit in the 
 Alton banks on 
 savings accounts 
 and time certifi- 
 cates,upon which 
 the banks pay 3 
 per cent interest. 
 This is a showing 
 of which both the 
 depositors and 
 banks should be 
 proud. The banks 
 utilize all the best 
 modern busi- 
 ness methods. 
 
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ALTON NATIONAL BANK. 
 
 West Third and State Streets. 
 
 CAPITAL. $100,000.00. SURPLUS FUND. $200,000.00. 
 
 President, E. P. WADE. Cashier, C. A. CALDWELL. 
 
 Assistant Cashier, H. H. HEWITT. 
 
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 One of the Striking Features of an Entrance to Alton is the Works of This Great Company. Where 
 They Employ Something Like 4,000 Workers in the Various Departments. 
 
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 By G©oirg© H M©§§®ifo 
 
 Secretary and Manager of the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 The Alton manufacturing district, which includes Alton proper. 
 East Alton, Wood River and Federal, is the fifth in the state in value 
 of finished products. Its annual output ranges from $35,000,000 to 
 $40,000,000, and it has several huge plants which vie in number of 
 employees and value of products with any like manufactories in the 
 country. The cheapest coal in the Mississippi Valley, the lowest freight 
 rates, the advantage of transportation by twelve railways and three 
 rivers, abundant raw materials, and proximity to the greatest markets 
 are the main features which have made Alton a leading industrial center. 
 
 The Illinois Glass Company, with 4,000 employees, is the largest 
 hollow-ware glass manufactory in the world. This institution, more 
 than any other, has put Alton on the industrial map. Its terminal 
 facilities give it an advantage over any other glass industry in the 
 world. This plant is modern in every respect and is a pioneer in the 
 development of the blown bottle trade. Next in importance is the Wood 
 River Refinery of the Standard Oil Company, at the southern end of 
 the Alton district. Less than three years old, this refinery has been 
 developed into one of the Standard's biggest institutions. It selected the Alton district after 
 investigating all other eligible points in the Middle West because of its superior manufacturing 
 facilities. It refines oil, makes fuel oil and by-products. The Federal Lead Company at Federal, 
 just west of the Standard Oil Company, is the most modern and biggest producing plant of the 
 Guggenheim system. In less than three years, due to modern machinery and the very latest 
 methods of smelting, it has grown until it now makes one-seventh of the entire lead output of the 
 United States. Alton's two mills, the Stanard-Tilton Milling Company and Sparks Milling Com- 
 pany, have raised Alton to the fifth place among cities of the United States in the production of 
 
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 manufactured 534,390 and the Sparks Milling Com- 
 pany 403,881 barrels of flour, a total of 938,271 
 barrels. One of these mills produces more flour than 
 any mill in St. Louis, and our other mill is only ex- 
 ceeded by one similar plant in St. Louis. The Alton 
 Brick Company, which has been developed from a 
 small industry, has only one rival in Illinois— Gales- 
 burg. It is electrically operated and its equipment 
 is of the modern type. It has a daily output of 
 185,000 paving bricks. The Western Cartridge 
 Company and the Equitable Powder Manufacturing 
 Company, both operated by the same interests, are 
 two of the very largest industries of their kind in the 
 West. Their business has grown so rapidly that they 
 have been compelled to enlarge the cartridge section 
 of their joint plants. Their products are endorsed by 
 the United States War Department. The Alton Box 
 Board & Paper Company, one of our youngest in- 
 dustries, already has grown to be one of the largest 
 plants of its kind in the country. It has been in oper- 
 ation a little over three years. Beall Brothers, with 
 plants in Alton proper and East Alton, are one of the 
 largest makers of mining tools in the West. The 
 Hapgood Plow Company is another industry which 
 has helped make Alton a big manufacturing center 
 and has a heavy annual production of agricultural 
 implements. Other plants which afford large em- 
 ployment to labor are the following: Illinois Box 
 Company; Illinois Corrugated Paper Company; Dun- 
 can Foundry & Machine Works; Mississippi Sand 
 Company; Bluff City Brewery; Reek's Brewery; Stone- 
 ware Pipe Company; Alton Steam Cooperage Com- 
 pany; Dan Miller Buggy Company; H. L. Winters 
 Planing Mill Company; M. H. Boals Planing Mill 
 Company; Ginter-Wardein Company; C. F. Sparks 
 Machine Company; Geo. D. Hayden Machine Com- 
 pany; Melling & Gaskins Printing Company; Faul- 
 stich & Lampert; Alton Gas & Electric Company. Very 
 important industries are the limestone quarries, in- 
 cluding the Reliance Quarry Company, Queen City 
 Quarry Company, John Armstrong Lime & Quarry 
 Company, Alton Lime & Cement Company, Lockyer 
 Quarry Company, Gissal Quarry Company and the 
 Radcliff & Robertson Quarry Company. These plants 
 employ from 15 to 30 men each and twice as many 
 in rush times. 
 
 Alton proper covers about six square miles since 
 the annexation of Upper Alton, and there is a large 
 territory unoccupied, which will be filled in the next 
 decade. There is no other city in the American Bot- 
 toms which gives such a range in choice for manufac- 
 turing sites, with unlimited supply of water, natural 
 drainage and transportation facilities. 
 
New Power House of the Illinois Glass Co. , Alton, Illinois. 
 
 The Large Stack Carries the Gases From Four 300-Horse-Power Boilers. 
 
 Interior View of the Boiler Room of the Power House. Under the Four 300-Horse-Power Boilers Are Operated 
 Four Chain Grate Stokers Manufactured by the ILLINOIS STOKER CO., of Alton, Illinois. 
 
L. PFEIFFENBERGER & SON. ARCHITECTS. 
 
 Section of the Plant of The Hapgood Plow Co. , Alton, Illinois. 
 
 H. L. BLACK, President. 
 
 Manufacturers of Riding and Walking Plows and Cultivators and a Full Line of Agricultural Implements. 
 
 Employs a Force of 150 in the Various Departments. 
 
 Partial View of the Plant of The Ginter-Wardein Company. 
 
 Front and Langdon Streets. 
 VINCENT WARDEIN, President and Manager. R. P. HARRIS, Vice-President. Mrs. E. G. HARRIS. Secretary. 
 
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 Brands: Reliable, American Beauty, Royal Patent. 
 
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 Manufacturers of Flour 
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 No. 3— Outside View of Plant Along the Mississippi River. 
 
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 The Scenery of the Mississippi is as Varied as the Course of the River Itself. Unsurpassed in Beauty and 
 
 Magnificence. A Through Trip From New Orleans to St. Paul is One of Comprehensive. 
 
 Animated Pleasure, and the Local Runs Sources of Ceaseless Enjoyment. 
 
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 Secretary and Manager of the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 Alton is the commercial center of Madison County, which 
 gained forty per cent in population during the past ten years. 
 Madison County is fifth in Illinois in population and wealth. The 
 
 Alton mercantile firms, more than 
 
 two hundred in number, embrace 
 
 all lines of trade. The stores carry 
 
 large, well selected stocks, complete 
 
 enough to suit the most fastidious 
 
 demands, t 
 
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 one-quarter million dollars worth of 
 
 business per year, and approxi- 
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 record of business of our merchants. 
 
 This volume of retail trade is all 
 
 the more remarkable when it is 
 
 considered that Alton is less than 
 
 an hour's ride from St. Louis with 
 
 its big department stores, and shows that Alton merchants carry 
 
 large, varied stocks and handle goods in opposition to St. Louis 
 competition along rational lines. Due to the "get-together" spirit. 
 
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 and Founder of 
 
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 Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes, 
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 Alton mer- 
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 past twenty- 
 five years. 
 
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 Association, 
 which has 
 proven very 
 efficient in 
 promoting 
 trade, and it 
 also operates a 
 credit system. 
 
 Office of The Edmund H. Blair Agency, 
 
 Real Estate and Insurance. 
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 heavily ac- 
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 from the out- 
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 over a section 
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 107 West Third Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
Establishment of C. J. Jacoby & Company, 
 
 House Furnishings, Pianos. Talking Machines, Carpets and Wall Paper. Funeral Directors. 
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 Automobile Supplies. Storing and Repairing a Specialty. Tires, Tire Tools, Blow-Out Patches, Inner Tubes, Reliners, 
 
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 From the days of the early pioneers, Alton has been a seat 
 of learning, not only for the classes but the masses. In 1821 the 
 first free school, authorized by act of the State Legislature of 
 Illinois under the public school act, was built in Alton. 
 
 Fostered by such a spirit among its people, its present schools 
 rank among the best in the country. A $75,000 High School, 
 which contains a large library and laboratories, is articulated with 
 the North Central Association of Colleges. Graduates of the Alton 
 High School are admitted to these institutions without examina- 
 tions. The fourteen public school buildings, housing 3,754 pupils, 
 are modern in structure and equipment, and the staff of 112 
 teachers is under the direction of a superintendent who has served 
 continuously for 33 years. Manual training is a part of the High 
 School curriculum, as well as a commercial department. Modern 
 languages also are taught. Music and drawing are part of the 
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 libraries. The kindergarten school, in a building of its own, is 
 of high efficiency. The public school buildings represent an 
 aggregate value of more than $500,000. 
 
 Each of the three Catholic parishes has a fine parochial 
 school, teaching all the work up to the eighth grade. SS. Peter 
 and Paul's Cathedral has a complete high school. 
 
 Alton is the home of Shurtleff College, the Western Mili- 
 tary Academy, the Monticello Seminary, two Ursuline Con- 
 vents, and Brown's Business College. 
 
 Shurtleff College is the oldest collegiate educational insti- 
 tution in the Middle West and is now in its 85th year. Among 
 its graduates are Governors, United States Senators and men 
 who have won fame in the business and professional world. 
 It is a Baptist co-educational institution with high standards 
 of scholarship. 
 
 The Western Military Academy, founded in 1879, is 
 placed in Class A by the United States War Department. 
 Its buildings, ground and equipment are the very best. It has 
 
 The Carnegie Library, Shurtleff College, 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
 a capacity of 180 students, and a waiting list annually, in- 
 suring a class of students from the very best families. This 
 Academy is conducted with three distinct objects prominently 
 in view : To provide a training broad enough to prepare cadets 
 for any American Scientific School, College or University ; to 
 secure for each cadet a generous and well balanced develop- 
 ment, whatever his ultimate course may be; to give to its 
 graduates sufficient military instruction to prepare them to 
 become officers of the militia in time of peace, and to organize 
 and discipline volunteers in case of war. 
 
 Monticello Seminary was founded in 1841, and no sem- 
 inary in the West has a more notable record of educational 
 achievement. With noble buildings, beautiful grounds and a 
 faculty of distinction, it ranks with Vassar, Smith and Bryn 
 Mawr, as one of the most representative colleges for women 
 in the United States. 
 
SOME ALTON SCHOOL HOUSES. 
 
 The Horace Mann, Edwards Street. 
 
 The Lincoln, Alton Street. 
 
 The Washington, Curdie and Milnor Avenues. 
 The Lowell, Joesting Avenue 
 
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 John E. Hayner, 
 
 Founder 
 The Hayner Memorial Library. 
 
 Alton has two excellent daily newspapers, the "Telegraph," 
 which was founded in 1836 and which in January celebrated its 
 diamond jubilee, and the "Times," in its third year of existence. 
 Both are evening papers with large circulations, and the ' 'Tele- 
 graph' ' publishes a weekly edition. 
 
 Alton has two weekly papers; the "Journal," a German and 
 English paper, and the "Banner," 
 a German paper. 
 
 The newspapers of the city are 
 its warmest boosters and Alton owes 
 them a debt of gratitude for their 
 uniform loyalty and the active sup- 
 port they give it all the time. 
 
 There are four other printing 
 establishments with up-to-date, 
 modern equipment in the city capable of turning out first-class work. 
 
 The Hayner Memorial Library is absolutely free to all residents 
 of the City of Alton. It makes no restrictions on account of either 
 color or creed, and last year something like 44,000 books were taken 
 out by the 5,000 card-holders. 
 
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 John A. Cousley, 
 
 President and Treasurer 
 Alton Evening Telegraph Company. 
 
Henry Wardein, Contractor. L. Pfeiffenberger & Son, Architects. 
 
 Home of the B. P. 0. Elks, Alton Lodge No. 746, 
 
 East Second Street, Corner Easton. 
 
 Alton is the center of a piscato- 
 rial and hunting paradise. The 
 Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois riv- 
 ers, with the easily accessible lakes 
 and inlets which they form, offer 
 unrivaled sport for anglers almost 
 the year around. 
 
 Some twenty-five varieties of 
 fish are found in the waters adja- 
 cent to Alton. The fish range from 
 the small, but game, bass to the 
 giant channel cat, which is fre- 
 quently caught at a weight of one 
 hundred and thirty-five pounds and 
 more. 
 
 Alton practically is the head- 
 quarters of the pearl-fishing indus- 
 
 L. Pfeiffenberger & Son, Architects. 
 
 Club House of the Alton Country Club, 
 
 On the Godfrey Road and A. J. & P. Trolley Line. 
 
 H. H. Unterbrink & Co.. Contractors 
 
 James M. Maupin, Architect. 
 
 New Home of Alton Aerie, No. 254, F. 0. E. 
 
 East Second Street. 
 
 Turner Hall, 
 
 Ridge and Third Streets. 
 
 Headquarters of a Number of Leading German 
 
 Associations— Musical and Social. 
 
 try which has grown to a com- 
 manding size in the past ten years. 
 Here the pearl fishers organize their 
 fleets to make their expeditions up 
 the Illinois and Missouri rivers as 
 well as their tributary streams, and 
 here they return with their harvests 
 of precious gems when the season 
 closes. 
 
 Hunters by the thousands range 
 the country surrounding Alton dur- 
 ing the open season. There are 
 dozens of hunting lodges along the 
 Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois 
 rivers. The predominating game 
 includes geese, ducks, quail, snipe, 
 rabbits and squirrels. 
 
 SOME ALTON CLUB HOUSES. 
 
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Alton is achieving a wide repu- 
 tation as a convention city. During 
 the past year it has entertained a 
 number of prominent gatherings. 
 Among the most notable were the 
 Upper Mississippi River Improve- 
 ment Association and the State 
 Liquor Dealers' Association. 
 
 Its success as a convention city 
 is due to its splendid hotel facilities, 
 which cannot be excelled by any 
 
 cost of $175,000. In addition to 
 other modern features, the hotel 
 contains a large auditorium with 
 stage adapted for banquets, conven- 
 tions and public 
 Wm. M. 5auvage, gatherings of all 
 kinds. The Mad- 
 ison, recently re- 
 modeled, has a 
 capacity for one hundred guests and 
 for years has been the entertainment 
 
 Manager 
 
 Temple and Lyric 
 
 Theatres. 
 
 Alton. Illinois. 
 
 THE ILLINI HOTEL, ALTON, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 
 One of the Most Distinguished Irns of the Mississippi Valley. 
 
 other city in Illinois outside of 
 Chicago. Among the twelve hotels, 
 which include the Illini, Madison, 
 Lincoln, Depot, Alton, Eastern, 
 Lafayette, Buck's, Laclede, Glynn, 
 Savoy, and Myrtle, are several 
 which are thor- 
 oughly modern. E. E. Campbell, 
 
 ft.i • • „ i. • President 
 
 I his IS partlCU- Alton Dailv Times 
 
 larlytrueof those ^Zoi, 
 
 of late construc- 
 tion. The Illini, but three years 
 old, has a capacity of two hundred 
 and fifty guests and represents a 
 
 place of notables who visited Alton. 
 
 The Lincoln House bears that 
 name because President Lincoln 
 made it his headquarters during 
 his famous debate with Douglas 
 in 1858. Its exterior appearance 
 is the same now as then. 
 
 With expanding hotel facilities, 
 its modern club houses, and the 
 tasty Temple Theatre generously 
 conducted, life in Alton in 
 moments of relaxation and pleas- 
 ure finds cosmopolitan avenues for 
 gratification right at home. 
 

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 Alton's religious influences have made it a city of law and order. 
 
 There are few, if any, cities in the United States of almost double 
 
 Alton's population that can boast of so many costly edifices. Truly 
 
 it may be styled the ' 'City of Churches' ' 
 
 as it has twenty-one structures of wor- 
 ship of varied denominations. Some 
 
 of the edifices, notably the Cathedral, 
 
 which is the seat of the Roman Catholic 
 
 Bishop of the Alton Diocese, are most 
 
 noble. The church property is valued 
 
 at fully $1,000,000 and there are 
 
 approximately ten thousand church 
 
 members in Alton. 
 
 All denominations are represented 
 
 by houses of worship, but the Catholics, 
 
 Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians 
 
 and Presbyterians predominate. The 
 pulpits are supplied with high class men of the cloth, the attendance 
 good, skilled choirs are maintained and most excellent Sunday schools. 
 Alton has a modern Y. M. C. A. building valued at more than 
 $50,000 which stands on one of the most commanding sites in the 
 very heart of the business district. It is equipped with every 
 facility and is a decided feature in the moral uplift. 
 
 Rev. Levi A. Abbott, D. D. , 
 
 Treasurer Ministerial 
 Educational Society. 
 
 Professor Shurtleff College. 
 
 And Dean of the Eloquent Preachers 
 
 of the Baptist Denomination in 
 
 the Alton District in 1912. 
 
 Rev. Dr. J. A. Scarritt, 
 
 Entered the Ministry in 1851 as a 
 
 Preacher in the Methodist 
 
 Church. 
 
 Now. in 1912. the Respected and 
 
 Popular Retired Leader of 
 
 that Denomination in 
 
 the Alton District. 
 
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SOME POPULAR PROTESTANT CHURCHES. 
 
 ,« , > c*,». f First Presbyterian. Alby. Comer Fourth Street. 
 
 First Methodist Episcopal, Sixth. Corner Market Street 
 
 First Unitarian. East 1 rurd street. c,„=f 
 
 , St Paul's Episcopal Third. Comer Market Street. 
 
 Washington Street Methodist. Washington Avenue. St. Paul s Episcopal, 
 
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German Lutheran, Central Avenue. 
 
 SOME POPULAR PROTESTANT CHURCHES. 
 
 German Evangelical, Eighth and Henry. 
 
 German Methodist, Seventh and Henry. 
 
 First Congregational, Sixth and Henry. 
 First Baptist, College Avenue. Corner Seminary. 
 
 H. M. UKTERBmNK * CO.. BUILDERS OF ADD. Tl ON TO S[»»»» EVANGELICAL. 
 
Naturally, with its settlers coming from New England, New York, Ohio and Virginia, the 
 religious element was a strong feature in the development of the City of Alton. The strongest 
 exponents of the popular faith have been the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians 
 
 in the earlier days, with the Catholics taking a conspicuous place 
 as the population was increased from the sections of the country 
 and the outside world where that faith was predominant. The 
 first church built in the city was erected at the corner of 
 
 Rt. Rev. James Ryan, D.D. , 
 
 Bishop of the 
 Diocese of Alton. 
 
 Third and Market streets, the 
 site of the present St. Paul's 
 Episcopal Church. It was a 
 stone building forty-five by 
 sixty feet, and it was through 
 the liberality of Captain Ben- 
 jamin Godfrey (the distin- 
 
 
 St. Mary's Church, 
 
 Henry. Comer of Fourth Street. 
 
 guished merchant through whose further munificence Monticello 
 Seminary was established) that the Presbyterians and Baptists 
 were both enabled to use it for a time. 
 
 The first organization of the Presbyterians was effected in 
 1821, but the active and continuous work of the representatives of that denomination was begun 
 in 1831 by the Rev. Thomas Lippincott and eight supporters. Today it is one of the vigorous, 
 propelling forces in the religious life of the community, represented by three fine edifices in the 
 various sections of the city. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Meckel, 
 
 Pastor 
 St. Mary's Church. 
 
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A First Baptist Church was 
 organized in 1833 with a mem- 
 bership of nineteen persons, 
 and at this meeting the Rev. 
 John M. Peck, the founder of 
 Shurtleff College, was present. 
 The first services were held in 
 Lyceum Hall, and afterwards 
 for awhile in the stone church 
 erected by Captain Benjamin 
 Godfrey. In 1834 they built 
 their first church, selling it to 
 the Methodists in 1836, then 
 erecting a second which was 
 destroyed by fire in 1860. 
 This was succeeded by a third, 
 whim was taken down to 
 maxe way for the present 
 ni( del edifice at Fifth and 
 Market streets. The Baptist 
 Church on College Avenue, 
 which is known as the First 
 Church of Upper Alton, was 
 established by the Rev. John 
 M. Peck with eight members. 
 The Rev. Mr. Peck was one of 
 the "fighting Christians" of 
 his day who did an herculean 
 personal work for the further- 
 ance of the principles he made 
 the rule of his life. His efforts 
 for Shurtleff College alone would 
 
 The Nazareth Home, 
 
 2120 Central Avenue. 
 
 St. Patrick's Church, 
 
 Central Avenue. Comer Fourth Street. 
 
 entitle him to a very 
 generous meed of 
 praise from every Al- 
 tonian. | The denomi- 
 nation" has now five 
 fine churches in the 
 city. 
 
 The circuit riders 
 and preachers of the 
 Methodist faith were 
 very evident in the 
 pioneer life of this 
 great State of Illinois 
 years before it became 
 a State. They were 
 actively engaged in 
 preaching the gospel 
 on Sundays, tilling the 
 soil on week days, de- 
 fending the frontier, 
 promoting the civili- 
 
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 Ursuline Academy. Established 1859. 
 
 East Fourth Street. 
 
 ler, and a society was organized in 1831. Five years later they purchased the 
 corner of Third and Alby streets from the Baptists, and in 1844 erected a stone 
 corner of Fourth and 
 Belle streets. The ele- 
 gant church the soci- 
 ety now occupies on 
 Sixth and Market 
 streets, was built in 
 1904. The denomina- 
 tion today has eight 
 churches and missions 
 in the city, all doing 
 good work for the ad- 
 vancement of thecause 
 of morality, religion 
 and good government. 
 St. Paul's Episcopal 
 Church dates back to 
 the year 1836, and 
 represents in the com- 
 munity the elements 
 of that cavalier spirit of 
 Virginia, which, coni- 
 
 zation of that 
 day, and doing 
 grand work 
 for humanity 
 at all times. 
 Peter Cart- 
 wright and the 
 preachers of 
 like character 
 left an impress 
 on this whole 
 region, and the 
 world looks 
 better seen 
 through the 
 eyes they 
 helped en- 
 lighten. The 
 First Method- 
 ist Church in 
 Alton was the 
 outcome of 
 class meetings 
 held under the 
 leadership of 
 William Mil- 
 church on the 
 edifice on the 
 
 Ursuline Novitiate of the Sacred Heart, 
 
 420 Danforth Street. 
 
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 Alton Woman's Home, 
 
 2224 State Street. 
 
 mingling with the Pur- 
 itan, has helped make 
 Alton a noted city. 
 In 1850 the present 
 church building was 
 erected on a com- 
 manding and conven- 
 ient spot right in the 
 heart of the city, at 
 the corner of Third 
 and Market streets. 
 
 In the year 1840 
 there were only four- 
 teen Catholic families 
 in Alton and its neigh- 
 borhood. Services 
 were held in Upper 
 Alton in a small frame 
 building used as a 
 mission station under 
 the ministrations of 
 
 Father George Hamilton, who had previously been stationed at Springfield. The first church was 
 erected in '43 on the site now occupied by the Unitarian Church on Third street. In '53 this 
 edifice was destroyed by fire. For three years following this disaster services were held in a hall, 
 and in ' 56 the fine Sts. Peter and Paul' s Cathedral was so far completed as to allow of its use. 
 In ' 57 the City of Alton was raised to the dignity of an Episcopal See and the Rev. Dr. Juncker 
 was consecrated its first bishop. At that time there was no Catholic church between Alton and 
 
 Carlinville. Today 
 
 Alton alone has the 
 three fine churches 
 represented in our il- 
 lustrations, with the 
 convents, schools and 
 great charities incident 
 to the necessities of 
 the many thousands 
 of people now living 
 in and about this mod- 
 ern city. 
 
 The Congregational- 
 ists, Unitarians, the 
 German Evangelicals, 
 and the Lutherans 
 have commodious and 
 convenient places of 
 worship, and the Chris- 
 tian Scientists, too, are 
 represented in the city. 
 
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 St. Joseph's Hospital, 
 
 Central Avenue, Corner Fourth Street. 
 
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THE LOVEJOY MONUMENT, 
 
 City Cemetery, Alton, Illinois. 
 Alton's reputation as a Leader in Humanitarian Movements is almost world-wide. When the ouestion of slaverv became 
 
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 Seen even through the biased eyes of a son of New England, 
 accustomed to the sparkling waters of Narragansett Bay and the 
 mighty rolling 
 Atlantic, 
 Alton on the 
 Mississippi 
 seems to have 
 been predes- 
 tined to favor- 
 abl e com- 
 ment. Its 
 delightful lo- 
 cation — the 
 magnificent 
 bluffs over- 
 looking a 
 wonderful 
 
 river and a boundless country, the elegant 
 
 homes spreading over the many picturesque 
 
 hills which give it a unique charm, upon close 
 
 acquaintanceship established it in continuous 
 
 favor in the inner sources of an imaginative 
 
 but practical fancy. 
 
 Pen Sketch of 
 
 Elijah P. Lovejoy, 
 
 First Martyr in America to the Principles 
 of Free Speech, Nov. 7, 1837. 
 
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 Confederate Monument, 1912. 
 
 Rozier Street. Alton, Illinois. 
 Shaft Erected by the Government of the United States, 
 Gateway by the Alton Chapter Daughters of 
 the Confederacy. 
 
Ah 
 
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 Lyman Trumbull, 
 
 Staunch Friend of Lincoln's Administrations, 
 Governor of Illinois, and LI. S. Senator. 
 
 Owen Lovejoy, 
 
 Brother of the Martyr, and a National Charac 
 ter as Member of Congress in the 50's and 60's 
 
 Samuel A. Buckmaster, 
 
 A Leading Citizen of Alton in His Day. 
 
 Mayor in 1853-4 and 1862-3. 
 One of the "Little Giant's" Close Friends. 
 
 Delving into the romantic pages of Alton's past, I find that Jean 
 Baptiste Cardinal, a Frenchman, is reputed to have been the first 
 white man to locate on the site now covered by a portion of the City 
 of Alton. This was in the year 1783. There is also a tradition 
 that there was a trading post for traffic with the Indians maintained 
 here by the French up to 1807. 
 
 The well-authenticated story of the foundation of the City of 
 Alton credits it to Colonel Rufus Easton, a New England Yankee 
 who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, May 4th, 1774. He was 
 educated in the East and studied law in the "Nutmeg" State, then 
 practiced in Western New York a couple of years, after which he 
 "came West," in 1804, and made his home in St. Louis. In 1808, 
 when the first post office was established in that city, he was 
 appointed postmaster, was afterwards Delegate in Congress for the 
 Missouri Territory, and on the organization of the State government 
 was appointed Attorney-General. He died 
 in St. Charles, Missouri, in 1834. His career 
 proves that he was a man of distinguished 
 ability, with generous ambitions and genu- 
 ine American instincts. In 1817, having 
 acquired an extensive tract of land on this 
 side of the Mississippi, he decided to found 
 a town based upon his firm and intelligent 
 belief in its possibilities from its command- 
 ing position on one big river — the Mississippi 
 — and its nearness to the confluence of two 
 others — the Missouri and the Illinois — and 
 the also very weighty fact that it was on 
 the popular line of travel from the East to 
 the Far West, with an immense prospective 
 inland trade all over the Northwestern and 
 Southwestern sections of the rising young 
 nation. The new town he named in honor 
 of his son Alton, who in his time won some 
 distinction for himself in the Mexican War 
 as the commander of a regiment famous as the ' 'Saint Louis Legion. 
 
 One of the first things Colonel Rufus Easton did in promoting 
 the growth of the new town was to establish a ferry across the Mis- 
 sissippi River, at the mouth of the Little Piasa, to draw the traveling 
 public directly through Alton — in competition with a ferry already 
 established up the river ("Smeltzer's"). In local annals this Alton 
 crossing became famous as "The Fountain Ferry," and in 1820, 
 under the direction of Eneas Pembroke, it was advertised that not 
 only had ' 'the roads leading to it been put in good repair, ' ' but that 
 "he had an excellent outfit of boats and hands," and that he also 
 "kept a tavern at the ferry for the accommodation of travelers, " 
 showing that in the first three years of Colonel Easton' s ownership 
 success was attending certain departments in the new town's devel- 
 opment. 
 
 John N. Drummond, 
 
 Of the Drummond Tobacco Co. 
 
 For Nearly Fifty Years a Leader 
 
 in Alton's Commercial and 
 
 Social Activities. 
 
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 At this date "the wild grape vines grew 
 luxuriantly, while in the forest, east of the 
 Little Piasa, the underbrush was so dense that 
 the river could scarcely be seen ten rods away. 
 
 The new settlement did not 
 grow very rapidly, as in 1829 the 
 municipality consisted of only a 
 few log cabins, one frame house, 
 and the ferry house; but in 1831 
 the tide of immigration began to 
 flow in quite strongly, a number 
 of mercantile houses were estab- 
 lished, and some important busi- 
 nesses were set on foot. In this 
 year '31 a number of men who 
 have left their impress on the 
 fortunes of the city, through their 
 own distinguished characteristics, 
 or through those of their descend- 
 ants, settled in Alton. These 
 sturdy pioneers came from New 
 England, New York, Ohio, and 
 Virginia, principally, represent- 
 ing the best brains, energy, enter- 
 prise, daring and culture of these 
 various sections of the Union. 
 This fortunate mingling of these 
 splendid elements has been sup- 
 plemented with liberal contribu- 
 tions of thrifty and patriotic Ger- 
 mans, Scotchmen, Irishmen, and 
 Frenchmen, imbuing the present 
 generation of Altonians with some 
 of the best blood of the world, 
 and making a combination of 
 intellect and brawn which fur- 
 nishes a solid foundation for the 
 "Greater Alton" of the future. 
 
 This impetus gave a start to 
 the city and rise to many ambi- 
 tious projects. Between the years 
 1832 and 1837 there were five 
 years of positive growth, and a 
 development which bade fair to 
 place Alton among the coming 
 cities of the country. 
 
 The first manufactories in the 
 city were a sawmill established by Mr. Men- 
 tony, and a cooperage operated by William 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, 
 
 Oct. 15. 1858, Lincoln met Stephen A, 
 
 Douglas in Public Debate Under the 
 
 Old Balconies on the City Hall, 
 
 Alton. Adding Greatly to His 
 
 National Reputation. 
 
 Stephln A. Douglas, 
 
 "The Little Giant." 
 
 Was Lincoln's Opponent in a Series of 
 Seven Debates. They Made Doug- 
 las Senator in '58 and Lincoln 
 President in 1860. 
 
 Miller. The first newspaper was started on its 
 career in January, 1832, by Edward Breath 
 and Orlean M. Adams — the Alton Spectator — 
 and in 1834 it was the official organ of about 
 one thousand inhabitants, the 
 number of people then credited 
 to "Lower Alton." The first 
 banking institutions were estab- 
 lished in 1836 — a branch of the 
 Shawneetown Bank and a branch 
 of the State Bank of Illinois. 
 
 The "romance and reality" of 
 life on the Mississippi has endless 
 forms of expression and never 
 loses its pungent aroma. In 1833 
 the first steamer to make regular 
 trips between Alton and St. Louis 
 as a packet boat commenced its 
 career, and carried the United 
 States mail. From that time to 
 this the Mississippi steamer has 
 been a center of unabated inter- 
 est. The rivalry for the river 
 business has at times exceeded 
 imagination, and in 1849 partic- 
 ularly, when the fare was ordi- 
 narily $1.00, fiery competition 
 reduced it to 75, 50, 25 and 10c, 
 and finally to absolutely nothing 
 for passengers, with freight at 
 next to nothing. St. Pauls, Al- 
 tonas, City of Altons, Grey Eagles, 
 Bald Eagles and Spread Eagles 
 have furnished transportation and 
 pleasure for the original Altonians 
 and their descendants for gener- 
 ations, but a trip on this most 
 magnificent of waters on the pres- 
 ent Grey Eagle is just as entranc- 
 ing today as it was in 1833. 
 
 In '53 the river transportation 
 reached the marvelous figures of 
 eighteen hundred and odd steam- 
 boats making landings at the Alton 
 levees. Many of these steamers 
 were palaces of the New Orleans 
 lines, and the very figures alone 
 give a significant idea of the gaiety of the Miss- 
 issippi in the good old days "befo' the wah!" 
 
 JEiglitu-OJnc 
 
Captain Simeon Ryder, 
 
 A Leading Citizen and Projector of the Vandalia 
 and Chicago & Alton Railroads. 
 
 John J. Mitchell, 
 
 A Maine Boy Who Won Fame and Distinction in 
 
 a Varied Career in Alton as Merchant. 
 
 Miller and Railroad Financier. 
 
 Judge Henry W. Billings, 
 
 Mayor of Alton, 1852. 
 
 And a Leading Lawyer of the Illinois State Bar 
 
 Until His Death in 1869. 
 
 William H. Mitchell, 
 
 Brother of John J. 
 He Shared with His Brother the Honors of a Suc- 
 cessful Life in the West. Now Represented 
 by His Son, John J., in Chicago, as Presi- 
 dent of the Illinois Trust and Savings 
 Bank, a Leading Institution of 
 that City. 
 
 Benjamin Godfrey, 
 
 Successful Merchant of Alton. 
 
 Founder of the 
 Monticello Seminary, 
 
 Whose Name Honors the Present Town 
 
 of Godfrey ; and a Partner in the Firm 
 
 of Godfrey & Gilman, in Whose 
 
 Warehouse Lovejoy's Printing 
 
 Press was Stored on that 
 
 Fateful Night in 1837. 
 
 The first flour mill, forerunner of one of the most famous of 
 Alton's industries, was established in 1833, through the enterprise 
 of William Manning, a Bostonian who came here in 1831. Asso- 
 ciated with him was Mr. Stephen Griggs. They organized the 
 Alton Manufacturing Company, with a capital of $50,000. It 
 had a varied experience — mostly of success — and during its thirty 
 years existence was managed by a number of men who afterwards 
 became distinguished in the promotion of more noteworthy 
 projects, among them John J. and William H. Mitchell, large 
 investors in the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 
 
 The tavern has always been the center of civic and social 
 activities in a growing town, and Alton has at various times 
 during its career had a number more or less famous in the current 
 annals. The Alton, the Piasa, the Franklin, the Union, and the 
 Virginia, expressed the choice nomenclature of the Fathers, and 
 these are now followed by the Illini and the Madison hotels of the 
 year 1912. 
 
 Alton was organized as a town in '33, as a city in 1837 under 
 act of the Legislature, and John M. Krum became the first Mayor. 
 At this date the aggregate population of Upper, Lower and Middle 
 Alton was given as 4,000. 
 
 In 1837, the year of the great panic which followed an era of 
 speculation and General Jackson's triumphs in the financial field, 
 Alton was growing quite rapidly in population. It was estimated 
 at 2,500 souls, and the dwelling places at 300. The number of 
 
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 Rev. John Mason Feck, D.D. , 
 
 Founder of 
 
 Shurtleff College. 
 
 Bom in Litchfield, Conn.. Oct. 31. 1787. 
 
 wholesale houses was reckoned at 
 20, and the retail at 32. There 
 were eight lawyers, seven physi- 
 cians, eight clergymen, while four 
 hotels and nine boarding houses 
 catered to the traveling public and 
 the homeless. Four newspapers, 
 The Telegraph, The Spectator, The 
 Observer, and The Temperance Her- 
 ald, supplied the news of the day. 
 There was located here the two 
 banks, two public schools, a lodge 
 of Masons, and one of Odd Fellows, 
 and the center of interest focused 
 in a Lyceum — a forum for the young 
 men of the town for forensic cul- 
 
 Dr. Benjamin Shurtleff, 
 
 A Boston Physician. 
 
 Graduate of Brown University, 
 
 In Whose Honor the College was Renamed 
 
 in 1835. 
 
 ROCK SPRINGS PARK 
 
 Is One of the Outing Places of Alton Which Has Recently Been Very Much Enlarged Through the Generosity of 
 
 the Late William Eliot Smith, and Under the Direction of the Park Commission Will 
 
 Become One of the Famous Parks of the Valley. 
 
 ture, and a forerunner of the 
 famous literary incubators which 
 brought into notoriety many of 
 the great orators of the nine- 
 teenth century. 
 
 In this year that mechanics 
 were in good demand the wage- 
 scale makes quite evident: Brick- 
 layers were paid $2.50 to $3, and 
 stonemasons $2 to $2. 50 per day. 
 The high cost of living in certain 
 particulars exceeded the extrav- 
 agant prices of today — coal, 20c 
 per bushel and wood $3 per cord. 
 The capitalists of the town were 
 stockholders in eight steamboats; 
 the dwelling houses rented for 
 
 Professor David G. Ray, 
 
 Senior Regent and Registrar 
 Shurtleff College. 
 
 from $200 to $600, and stores 
 from $400 to $1,500. Land five 
 miles out from town was selling 
 at from $10 to $40 per acre. 
 
 The productions of the country 
 adjoining were wheat, corn, beef, 
 pork, horses and cattle, the meats 
 and vegetables excellent, and 
 cultivated fruit very abundant, 
 with wild fruit and plums, crab- 
 apples, persimmons, pawpaws, 
 hickory nuts, and pecans in pro- 
 fusion. Wild game about was 
 plenty : deer, pheasants, prairie 
 hens, partridges, and all kinds of 
 water fowl. The rivers were rich 
 in fish — cat, perch, buffalo, and 
 
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 the more than twenty-five varieties which to 
 this day make these great rivers an almost 
 inexhaustible resource for pisca- 
 torial food. 
 
 The first railroad to bring Alton 
 into the transportation arena was 
 completed in 1852, the Chicago & 
 Mississippi — afterwards absorbed 
 by the C. & A.— making a Spring- 
 field connection at that time. 
 St. Louis passengers were trans- 
 ferred to boats till '61. Then by 
 means of the Terre Haute & 
 Alton, to East St. Louis until 
 1864, in which year the Chicago 
 & Alton was completed to make 
 the through trip. 
 
 The question of slavery, the 
 most exciting, ferocious, and 
 intensely interesting matter that 
 ever distressed the American 
 people, made Alton a focus of 
 public notice early in the city's 
 history. Its close proximity to a 
 slave-holding State made it pecu- 
 liarly susceptible to the argu- 
 ments of humanity in the shape 
 of the runaways, and its business 
 interests and connections tended 
 to cover these humane suscepti- 
 bilities with that impervious coat- 
 ing of dollars and cents which 
 can be made to "cover a multi- 
 tude of sins. 
 
 The "Underground Railroad" 
 was established many years be- 
 fore the C. & A. ever saw day- 
 light, and Alton was one of the 
 best-equipped and widely known 
 stations on the line. Tradition 
 has it that there were certain 
 conductors on these local trains 
 who never could comprehend 
 that the law forbade their taking 
 a certain color of passengers 
 aboard, and they were constantly 
 infringing the rules and regula- 
 tions. Major C. W. Hunter, who 
 
 Philip W. Coyle, 
 
 President Park Commission 
 
 Charles A. Caldwell, 
 
 Park Commissioner 
 
 Levi D. Yager, 
 
 Park Commissioner. 
 
 famous for years, was said to have been per- 
 fectly obtuse and reckless in these respects. 
 He drove a team of his own and 
 very frequently brought home 
 with him from St. Louis or some 
 other point, under a seat, an 
 invisible darkey who was ticketed 
 for Canada. George H. Weigler, 
 whose name is now honored in a 
 prominent street of today, and 
 who was a well-known character, 
 too, in his time (and notwith- 
 standing the fact that he was at 
 the same period one of the high 
 sheriffs) was of the same pro- 
 clivities as the Major, and guilty 
 of like crimes. Isaac H. Kelley, 
 still one of the vigorous and highly 
 respected colored citizens of Al- 
 ton, was another of the sub- 
 conductors on the same "North 
 Star" Route. 
 
 The fine monument in the City 
 Cemetery dedicated to the mem- 
 ory of Elijah P. Lovejoy, who 
 was shot to death on the night 
 of November 7th, 1837, is an 
 expression of the ideas of one 
 side on the "irrepressible con- 
 flict, ' ' and the Confederate mon- 
 ument in North Alton another. 
 Mr. Lovejoy came to Alton from 
 St. Louis after a troublous career 
 in that then pro-slavery city, to 
 publish his paper here, with the 
 thought that on this free soil he 
 would be at liberty to express his 
 ideas without let or hindrance. 
 The result merely showed that he 
 was ahead of the times, that the 
 great majority of the people were 
 not ready for the radical ideas 
 which finally prevailed. 
 
 The famous Lincoln and Doug- 
 las debates conducted in Alton 
 in 1858, bringing a Senatorship 
 to one and a Presidency to the 
 other orator. Lyman Trumbull, 
 
 Some Members of tHE 
 made a section of Alton locally ALTON PARK COMMISSION, famous as Governor of Illinois 
 
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and a distinguished Senator of 
 the Civil War period, was an 
 Altonian. Owen Lovejoy lived 
 in Alton at the time of the mur- 
 der of his brother. Generals 
 John M. Palmer and John Pope 
 graduated at Shurtleff. Captain 
 D. R. Sparks was a "49er" and 
 a soldier of two wars, the Mexi- 
 can and Civil. 
 
 John E. Hayner, a farmer's 
 boy, made his money under 
 Alton's favoring skies, and con- 
 nected his name forever with its 
 destinies by liberally endowing 
 the Hayner Memorial Library. 
 As a tribute to a dearly loved 
 wife and a satisfactory response 
 to his generous impulses, Alton 
 has a fine free public library 
 today. 
 
 William Eliot Smith, founder 
 of the Illinois Glass Works, an- 
 other of Alton's successful men, 
 has placed his fellow citizens 
 under lasting obligations by do- 
 nating to the city more than 100 
 acres of delightful and available 
 land to supplement that already 
 embraced in Rock Springs Park. 
 Under the direction of the Park 
 Commission, conducted, as it is, 
 by some of the best men of the 
 City of Alton, this beautiful out- 
 ing spot, the Riverside Park on 
 the Bluffs, and the minor breath- 
 ing places of the city will become 
 resorts of healthy recreation and 
 points of pardonable pride. 
 
 During the Civil War the city 
 became a garrison town and a 
 military post where were sta- 
 tioned volunteers, or regulars, en 
 transit, or on guard. The Old 
 Penitentiary became a prison and 
 hospital for captured Confeder- 
 ates, and after the close of the 
 conflict hundreds of the Southern 
 boys were buried on Northern 
 soil. They rest in peace under 
 the gracious monument which 
 expresses the genuine spirit of 
 the North and South in these 
 later days : the shaft a gift of the 
 
 Capt. Henry Leyhe, 
 
 A Distinguished Commander of 
 
 Mississippi Kiver Steamers 
 
 of the Present Day. 
 
 Andrew Fuller Rodgers, 
 
 Private Co. E., 2d Illinois Volunteers, 
 
 Mexican War, 1848. 
 
 Colonel 8th Illinois Volunteers, 
 
 Civil War. 1861. 
 
 In 1912 One of Alton's Most Highly 
 
 Esteemed Citizens. 
 
 Capt. William Leyhe, 
 
 [Brother of Capt. Henry], 
 
 And Also a Famous Steamboat Master 
 
 of the Days of the Present. 
 
 general government and the en- 
 trance gateway the special dona- 
 tion of the Alton Chapter of the 
 Daughters of the Confederacy. 
 
 Upper Alton, now part of Alton, 
 was originally settled by another 
 Yankee, a Vermonter, Joseph 
 Meacham. It has been consti- 
 tuted in its general makeup of 
 characteristics and material very 
 much like Alton itself, and it 
 brings into the new partnership 
 the same spirit of enterprise, 
 earnestness, and sincerity which 
 distinguishes the principal. The 
 general aspects of this portion of 
 the city today remind one strik- 
 ingly of a New England town. 
 There is the same wealth of 
 foliage, generous lawns and gar- 
 dens, and the quiet air of culture 
 in the atmosphere which pervades 
 the college towns of the East. 
 A ride over the trolley from 
 Upper to North Alton is an out- 
 door treat during the season from 
 May to November. 
 
 The Middletown line of the 
 local trolleys, from Market and 
 Second streets, takes an inquisitor 
 through a charming residence 
 portion of Alton, passes Rock 
 Springs Park, and introduces him 
 to this beautiful section of the city 
 — Upper Alton. Then a trip from 
 there over the State street line, 
 taking in the full scope of the 
 route, covering upper State street 
 and the Bluffs, fills him with 
 admiration for the whole city, 
 and justifies Colonel Easton in 
 his original choice of this spot for 
 his city. 
 
 The modern City of Alton with 
 its newly paved streets, t h e 
 dazzling glints of the Mississippi 
 from every convenient opening, 
 and the magnificent bluffs where 
 now is to be established the 
 Riverside Park for extensive 
 river views, will prove that after 
 all the old Altonian was not 
 altogether a dreamer. Here surely 
 will be a notable city. 
 
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 We point with civic pride to the educational advantages 
 that are offered to girls in Alton and its environments. None 
 more substantial can be found than the Monticello Seminary 
 and Shurtleff College— fitting for the larger universities or 
 merely the practical education enabling one to enter at once 
 the battle of life — the public school system, an up-to-date 
 High School, the Catholic convents and parish schools, graded 
 as are the public schools. It is only necessary to choose. 
 
 Monticello Seminary was established in 1835 through 
 the beneficence of Captain Benjamin Godfrey, one of the suc- 
 cessful Alton merchants of the period. He was born in Chat- 
 ham, Mass., Dec. 4, 1794, and spent a good part of his early 
 days on the ocean as boy, common seaman and commander. 
 After a checkered career in Mexico as mine owner, and a 
 successful one in New Orleans as a merchant, he came to 
 Alton in 1832, and with W. F. Gilman established the firm 
 of Godfrey & Gilman. Captain Godfrey was influenced to 
 endow this institution by incidents observed in his travels 
 abroad, where he had noticed the position and expanding 
 influence of women in the world's affairs. It was formally 
 opened in 1838, and at once assumed a commanding place 
 as the foremost school for girls in the West. The first prin- 
 cipal engaged was Theron Baldwin, a graduate of Yale, an 
 educator of extensive reputation. He was succeeded by Miss Philena Fobes, who filled the 
 position until 1867, when Miss Harriet N. Haskell accepted the appointment, which she filled ably 
 
 Harriet N. Haskell, 
 
 Forty Years 
 Principal of Monticello Seminary. 
 
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 and successfully for forty years, until her death 
 in May, 1907. Miss Martina C. Erickson, the 
 present gifted principal, was ap- 
 pointed in June, 1910, and under 
 her direction the school bids fair 
 to maintain the exalted standard 
 of Miss Haskell's administration. 
 The Seminary's reputation is 
 cosmopolitan, and some of the 
 brightest women of the Union 
 received their early training in 
 its halls, among them Lucy 
 Larcom and Virginia Townsend. 
 
 Shurtleff College was the 
 outcome of promptings, princi- 
 pally, of the heart and brain of 
 the Rev. John M. Peck, one of 
 those hardy, courageous pioneer 
 preachers who came West early 
 in the last century. He was an 
 ardent Baptist who knew from 
 personal experience 
 the desirability of a 
 collegiate training in 
 equipping one for 
 either a theological or 
 other phase of profes- 
 sional life. To aid him 
 in his cherished desire 
 he ' 'went up and down 
 the country" — to the IHShI 
 East a number of 
 times on "horseback" 
 — and succeeded finally in estab- 
 lishing the college, after a tem- 
 porary existence in St. Louis, 
 permanently in Upper Alton in 
 1836. It was named in honor of 
 Dr. Benjamin L. Shurtleff, a 
 wealthy Boston physician, who 
 subscribed liberally towards its 
 financing. The College is doing 
 fine work, and has had among 
 its students many who have in 
 after life been distinguished, Gen. 
 John Pope, a famous corps com- 
 mander in the Union Army, 
 among them. It is conducted on 
 
 Mrs. Harriet E. Root, 
 
 President 
 Alton Woman's Home 
 
 American Woman's League, 
 
 Charlotte Nelson Chapter— Beacon Street. 
 
 the same general principles as Brown, Yale, 
 and Harvard in the East, the theological being 
 
 an elective, and not a necessity, 
 
 in its curriculum. 
 
 The Alton Woman's Home is 
 managed by a Board of twenty- 
 five ladies, with Mrs. A. K. Root 
 as President. It was organized 
 in 1897, and during its fifteen 
 years of usefulness Mrs. Root has 
 been its only and continuous 
 presiding officer. She has been 
 efficiently aided in the rule of 
 the Home by Mrs. Harvey Black 
 and Mrs. J. M. Ryrie, who have 
 also been associated with the 
 Board since the first meeting 
 Its need was very apparent in 
 the community, many cases oc- 
 curring where there was necessity 
 for just such an Old Ladies' 
 Home. Beginning in 
 a small way, it has 
 grown to generous pro- 
 portions, and now has 
 a fine modern build- 
 ing of its own on State 
 street, under the 
 charge of a capable 
 matron. Mrs. J. M. 
 Ryrie is the Treasurer, 
 and Miss Anna E. 
 Nisbet, Secretary. 
 
 CHWEPPE, 
 
 President 
 Alton Humane Society.. 
 
 The Humane Society of Alton, 
 in the consideration of the phil- 
 anthropic work of the commun- 
 ity, is entitled to more than a 
 passing mention. It is a member 
 of the State Society, under the 
 active diiection of the President, 
 Mrs. H. M. Schweppe, and its 
 representative, Mrs. S. Demuth, 
 efficiently backed by the Vice- 
 President, Miss Helen Haskell, 
 the Secretary, Mrs. G. A. Mc- 
 Millen, and the Treasurer, Mr. 
 George H. Smiley. The good work 
 done under the strenuous over- 
 
 tmhtn-£irtht 
 
sight of the President and their 
 representative is a marvel. The 
 sick families, the deserted women, 
 the helpless children fed, clothed 
 and rescued — some from ineffi- 
 cient or cruel parents, sometimes 
 from lives of shame, assisted and 
 cared for by the society, are al- 
 most numberless. The starving, 
 deserving, or sick animals cared 
 for or put out of their misery 
 through the watchful vigilance of 
 these women, cannot be counted. 
 Their work and efforts are cease- 
 less. 
 The Neighborhood House, on 
 
 Miss Julia A. Buckmaster, 
 
 K i Wars a Leader in the Social and Business Activities < 
 the City, and Author of this Section of "Alton, Illinois." 
 
 of Alton, who, in 1909, recognized 
 the necessity for a centre of this 
 kind for the young people and 
 the children of the section. It is 
 entirely non-sectarian in manage- 
 ment and methods. Physicians 
 give their service in the dispen- 
 satory, ladies their time free, 
 teaching domestic science, pay- 
 ing special attention to sewing 
 and mending. In musical devel- 
 opment one lady has given her 
 service free one night a week 
 since 1909, to the little ones. 
 The work and house is under the 
 charge of an Executive Board of 
 
 Mrs. L. B. Fisher, 
 
 President Woman's Council 
 The Browning Club. 
 
 East Sec- 
 ond street, 
 is a simple, 
 homelyciv- 
 ic charity 
 which is 
 doing a fine 
 work right 
 in the sec- 
 tion where 
 most need- 
 ed. It is the 
 outcome of 
 a general 
 movement 
 among the 
 women of 
 the Mis- 
 sionary So- 
 cial Union 
 
 twelve ladies, with a superintend- 
 ent for the immediate relief of 
 the wants of the necessitous. 
 
 The American Woman's League 
 has a chapter of about 100 mem- 
 bers. They are the owners of a 
 delightful club house overlooking 
 the Mississippi. The officers of 
 the local chapter are Mrs. Angie 
 R. Schweppe, President, and 
 Mrs. Lillian Schneider, Secretary. 
 While the philanthropic and edu- 
 cational plan of the originator of 
 the League idea has unfortunate- 
 ly "gone awry," the local pro- 
 moters of the League hope to be 
 
 Mrs. George A. Sauvage, 
 
 President of the 
 Dominant Ninth Choral Society of Alton. 
 
 Mrs. Cora B. Rohland, 
 
 Founder and General Director of 
 The Dominant Ninth Choral Society of Alton. 
 
 able to make this charming bun- 
 galow Club House the rendezvous 
 for the local women's organiza- 
 tions, and thus turn the ' 'shadow 
 into sunshine. ' ' 
 
 The Dominant Ninth is the ex- 
 pressive title of the organization 
 which, with the acknowledged 
 individuality and ability of Mrs. 
 Cora D. Rohland, its originator, 
 gives Alton a pre-eminence in 
 the musical world far beyond that 
 of many American cities of much 
 greater population. "The Men- 
 delssohn," a ladies' musical 
 organization, through Mrs. Roh- 
 
 fciiU)tu-3«"inc 
 
nnn@ai 
 
 Miss Florence Dolbee, 
 
 Librarian 
 Hayner Memorial Library. 
 
 land's inspiration and direction, was formed in 1884. In '91 a 
 double quartette of ladies, meeting under her charge, increased their 
 number by one, thus creating a triple trio, and in compliment to her 
 whose death caused the first rift in their ranks, the society was 
 named "The Dominant Ninth." Composed now of active and 
 associate members, the list grows annually. Concerts originally of 
 chorus numbers are attended with artists' recitals. The preparation 
 of the programmes is entirely the work of the Director, whose intuitive 
 knowledge has given only the best selections of music. The charac- 
 ter of the work has been earnest and ambitious. They have credit 
 for the first rendition in America of "In a Persian Garden," and a 
 list of some of the numbers given by the chorus includes those of 
 the greatest modern masters, and the oratorios of "Elizabeth," 
 "The Redemption" and "Creation." The chorus has been allied 
 with the National Federation of 
 Musical Clubs, and has appeared 
 on their programmes, attracting 
 attention and admiration. Since 
 its organization there have been 
 only four Presidents of The Domi- 
 nant Ninth: Mrs. J. M. Ryrie, Mrs. Jacob Wead, Mrs. Carl 
 Wuerker, and Mrs. George A. Sauvage. 
 
 The Women's Council goes back in its inception more than a 
 
 score of years. A few women 
 interested in the spirit of the times 
 decided to organize for the study of 
 the problems entering into their 
 daily life, individually and collect- 
 ively. A number responded to the 
 call for the first meeting, and have 
 worked enthusiastically ever since. 
 The topics selected during the earlier 
 
 years were such as affect most strongly the home life. Later they 
 made a complete change in the line of study, taking up historical 
 and literary subjects. From September to June they meet monthly, 
 holding select meetings full of pleasure and profit. The first Presi- 
 dent, Mrs. L. B. Fisher, has been annually, unanimously, re-elected. 
 The Browning Club is an offshoot of the Council, and has also the 
 pleasure of enjoying the leadership of Mrs. Fisher. The members 
 meet monthly to analyze and enjoy the works of the English poet 
 for whom the society is named. Prominently connected with both 
 clubs are Mrs. George R. Hewitt, Mrs. Harriet E. Root, Mrs. Char- 
 lotte Louden, Mrs. T A. Taylor, and Mrs. Louise Williams. 
 
 The Vigilant Improvement Association is the modern, annexa- 
 tionized name of the Village Improvement Association, organized in 
 Upper Alton in 1908. Through the untiring efforts of Mrs. John 
 Leverett, this society was formed for aesthetic, artistic and practical 
 work in many points looking towards the betterment of every day life in this then and now delight- 
 ful part of the Altons. Their efforts have been eminently successful. The Association also holds a 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Johnston, 
 
 Professor of English, 
 Shurtleff College, Alton. 
 
 Mrs. John Leverett, 
 
 Founder and President 
 
 of the 
 
 Vigilant Improvement Association. 
 
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 membership in the Illinois Out- 
 Door Improvement Association 
 especially interested in the gen- 
 eral movement for landscape 
 culture, including everything 
 which tends to beautifying exteri- 
 ors of cities and country towns, 
 and its mission covers a wide 
 field. The present officers of the 
 Vigilant Improvement Associa- 
 tion are President, Mrs. John 
 Leverett; Vice-President, Mrs. A. 
 M. Jackson; Secretary, Mrs. 
 George D. Eaton; Treasurer, 
 Mrs. H. T. Burnap; Audi- 
 tor, Mrs. M. H. Murphy. 
 
 The Upper Alton Woman's 
 Club is the literary expres- 
 sion of a college town's 
 natural bent to fraternize 
 the people of culture. It 
 was through the 
 energy of a few 
 leading society 
 women of this 
 portion of the 
 city that the Club 
 was organized. 
 It has faithfully 
 carried out the objects of its 
 formation for educational 
 and social advantages. Its 
 success has been no surprise 
 and its record one of pride 
 to the entire community. The 
 officers are; Miss Agatha Mur- 
 phy, President ; Mrs. H. T. 
 Burnap, Vice President ; Mrs. 
 E. A. Cook, Recording Secre- 
 tary; Mrs. Alice E. Rodgers, 
 Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. 
 Geo. M. Levis, Treasurer. 
 
 The Educational Opportuni- 
 ties for Women in Alton are 
 sumptuous. The Monticello 
 Seminary was conducted for 
 forty years by one woman who 
 has left a most enviable record 
 as preceptress, woman and 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Sophia H. 
 
 Demuth, 
 
 City Health 
 
 Officer, and 
 
 Representative 
 
 of the 
 
 Humane 
 
 Society. 
 
 Mrs. 
 M. H. 
 
 Murphy, 
 
 Auditor 
 
 Vigilant 
 
 Improvement 
 
 Association. 
 
 now under the supervision of 
 another zealous exemplar for the 
 young American girl of today. 
 The buildings, grounds, and all 
 the surroundings in 
 Godfrey are ideal. The 
 advantages at Shurt- 
 lefT for the girl stu- 
 dents are fully equal 
 to those guaranteed 
 the boys, and the sit- 
 uation of the college equally fine, 
 in a chaste, healthful sec- 
 tion of Alton. The Carnegie 
 Library — the College Li- 
 brary — supplements in a 
 way the Hayner Memorial 
 Library, and together they 
 give almost unlimited oppor- 
 tunities to women and girls 
 for reference and general 
 reading. 
 
 The Ursuline Academy 
 also has an ideal location, 
 with enchanting views over 
 the Mississippi and the beau- 
 tiful country on both sides 
 of the river. The education 
 for girls here is both practi- 
 cal and comprehensive, em- 
 bracing primary, prepara- 
 tory, academic and commer- 
 cial departments, with special 
 branches for French and Ger- 
 man. The High School, with its 
 well qualified teachers, its va- 
 ried depart- 
 
 Miss 
 Wilhelmena 
 Trenchery, 
 
 A Leader in the 
 
 Musical Life of 
 
 the City 
 
 teacher. It is 
 
 merits and 
 commodious 
 and modern 
 school rooms, 
 supplies the 
 well grounded 
 facts for the ordinary avocations 
 of life. With the Commercial 
 College giving their courses as 
 desired, Alton is certainly a 
 generous supporter of the prac- 
 tical features of the advanced woman's theories. 
 
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 Having more hills and bluffs than any other city in 
 the Mississippi Valley, Alton is essentially a beauty spot 
 in civic development and a city of homes. These bluffs, 
 which tower above the mighty river, are an asset, admit- 
 ting of rare opportunities in the "City Beautiful" move- 
 ment, impossible where the topography of the outlying 
 country and the city itself is level. 
 
 Alton's elevation makes it a most desirable residen- 
 tial city. It is abundantly blessed by nature with facilities 
 for drainage, water and scenery. 
 
 The Alton Bluffs conduce not only to visual charm, 
 but health as well. This is proven by the death rate of 
 14.4 persons to the thousand population. Situated on 
 high and rolling ground, with natural drainage in con- 
 junction with a modern sewerage system, Alton's sanitary 
 conditions are ideal. It has a southern exposure, insuring 
 maximum sunshine and health. Climatic conditions 
 suitable to life in the open air explains Alton's health 
 advantages. 
 
 The last census shows the mortality rate of St. Louis 
 as 15.77; Chicago, 19.01; Cincinnati, 20.1; Boston, 20.4. 
 New York, 22.8; and New Orleans, 28.9 to the thousand 
 population. 
 
 Alton's mean temperature for January is 31 degrees and 79 degrees for July, a mean average 
 of 55 degrees for the whole year, as reported by the United States Signal Service, proving that 
 Alton enjoys out-door weather nearly all the year. 
 
 Because of the protection of its elevation, Alton is free from cyclones and violent 
 storms by wind or rain. 
 
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 Nearness to Other Important Centers. 
 
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 A son of the old Granite State, well-named True, and 
 a Bostonian by the name of Tilden, in 1836, founded 
 Bunker Hill, one of the most interesting of the neighbors 
 of Alton. Many of its early settlers were New Englanders, 
 men of virility, virtue, courage and patriotism, and the 
 name they gave their new home speaks volumes in itself. 
 It is now a city of 1,300 people, with two banks, a weekly 
 newspaper, a number of fine school buildings, represent- 
 ative churches of most of the leading denominations, and 
 is the center of a rich agricultural district. Its daily 
 shipment of milk to St. Louis is an important resource. 
 It is one of the notably well-kept, shady and charming 
 cities of this region and has many beautiful residences 
 which make it particularly attractive to visitors as well as 
 the home-owner. The great attraction of the city is The 
 Bunker Hill Military Academy, which carries its renown 
 to all quarters of the country. It was founded in 1857, 
 and previous to 1883 it was a private school. In '83 it 
 was converted into a military school by Col. S. S. Stiver, 
 a distinguished educator and scholar. Under his administration the Academy grew and prospered. 
 He died in October, 1910, and was succeeded as superintendent by the Rev. William Marburger, 
 the present executive. The institution is located on the outskirts of the city in a beautiful section, 
 and has a campus rarely equalled. It is a home school designed to meet the wants of parents who 
 wish for their sons the benefit of careful and systematic training. It prepares for business, college 
 or university and government schools, and affords its graduates a sufficient training in military 
 science to enable them to perform official duties at any time in military affairs. The select 
 character of the Academy, its homelike features and the special care taken for the safety, health 
 
 JAMES JENCKS, 
 
 Mayor 
 Bunker Hill. 
 
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 The Bunker Hill Military Academy, Main Building, with Office, 
 
 Bunker Hill. Illinois. U.S. A. 
 
 and happiness of the cadets makes the school an unexcelled institution for boys of smaller as well 
 as larger size. The students now represent twenty States of the Union, China and Japan. 
 
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 The Bunker Hill Military Academy, 
 A Firing Squad. 
 
 Much Time is Given to the Perfect Execution of the Manual of Arms, to Firing 
 Exercises, Position, and Aiming Drills. 
 
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 During the past few years the 
 suburbs of Alton have been util- 
 ized very extensively for manu- 
 facturing plants of national im- 
 portance, and they indicate de- 
 cidedly what is bound to follow 
 in the years to come. 
 
 East Alton, an immediate 
 neighbor, has altogether the busi- 
 ness air and atmosphere, and is 
 a place of thrift rather than 
 beauty. But it is dominated by 
 earnest and sincere men, am- 
 bitious for its advancement, and 
 already has a good city govern- 
 ment, a fine city building and 
 public school, two churches, mod- 
 
 A. E. Benbow, 
 
 Founder and Present Mayor of Benbow. 
 
 viduality of this miniature city 
 of the first importance. 
 
 Woodriver, for convenience, 
 has two trolley stations, and has 
 grown within five years from 
 nothingness to a most imposing 
 and picturesque feature of the 
 landscape between Alton and 
 Mitchell. The resources of the 
 Standard Oil Company have made 
 the place bloom with big round 
 tanks which appeal not altogeth- 
 er like the rose to the curious 
 traveler whose optics open with 
 wonder as these great storehouses 
 loom up on the horizon one after 
 another. Hereabouts is centering 
 
 A Street Scene in East Alton. 
 
 ern railroad sta- 
 tions, and a pop- 
 ulation o f over 
 five hundred. 
 
 Benbow City is 
 a unique little 
 municipality al- 
 most smothered 
 by the overlap- 
 ping and en- 
 croaching p r o - 
 pensities of a big 
 neighbor. It still 
 is, however, and 
 Colonel Benbow, 
 its sturdy Mayor, 
 holds the indi- 
 
 The City Building, East Alton. 
 
 a little growing 
 city of ambitious 
 men who are 
 already building 
 up a town with 
 all the modern 
 facilities of to- 
 day. And they 
 are making a 
 place for it "on 
 the map." 
 
 Federal is the 
 headquarters o f 
 Federal Lead Co., 
 and Alton Box 
 Board & Paper 
 Company. 
 
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 Along the line of the C. , P. 
 & St. L. R. R., commonly 
 called "The Bluff Line," be- 
 tween Alton and Grafton there 
 are a number of the most en- 
 ticing outing spots of the region. 
 Clifton Terrace is one of the 
 colonies of cottages where the 
 "summerer" likes to reside. 
 Riehl's is on the Bluff, a pri- 
 vate place, which for 50 years 
 has been the intensely loved 
 home of its present owner, 
 
 all to those who love the water. 
 The very first impression of 
 the place is "Well! here is a 
 choice spot ! ' ' And one can 
 revel in the boating, 
 fishing and swim- 
 ming which makes 
 life worth the living 
 on the Mississippi a 
 good portion of the 
 It is a gem place. 
 Some of the finest boats built 
 anywhere are turned out here. 
 
 W. H. 
 Journey, 
 
 Mayor, 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 111. 
 
 season. 
 
 A Bit of Grafton and the Mighty River. 
 
 and with good reason, for the 
 views from its hills are ravish- 
 ing. Elsah is a quaint old place 
 where the freedom of repose is 
 a main feature, with its bluffs 
 from which to get more of the 
 great river's pano- 
 ramic views. And Pi- 
 asa Chautauqua with 
 its 100 cottages, its 
 summer program, its 
 inviting hotel, and 
 the pool for the youngsters, is 
 all that is claimed for it. The 
 river excursions from Alton 
 and St. Louis to this spot are 
 happy incidents of the season. 
 Grafton is another of those 
 places which appeals most of 
 
 A Good 
 Catch. 
 
 550 lbs. 
 
 of 
 Catfish. 
 
 And some of the biggest fish 
 caught on the three rivers are 
 brought in here. Pearls are 
 found in the clams frequently 
 raked up by Graftonians. It is 
 right at the mouth of the Ill- 
 inois River; has a good news- 
 paper, schools, banks and 
 churches, and some very fine 
 homes and a good hotel. Its 
 people and Mayor are as hos- 
 pitable as the city looks. 
 
 Many of the fascinations of 
 Old Cape Cod can be experi- 
 enced right in these regions. 
 The yachtsman, boatman, fish- 
 erman or sportsman can revel 
 in his favorite sport or pastime 
 on these abounding waters. 
 
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 Godfrey is practically so much 
 a part of the life of Alton it re- 
 quires no introduction or sepa- 
 rate paragraphs. Like Upper 
 Alton it makes its own way into 
 the artistic sense of the visitor 
 when he takes it in, and that 
 fully satisfies. A ride on the 
 A. J. & P. to Monticello is a joy- 
 ride through a beautiful country. 
 
 Jerseyville, which will be more 
 intimately connected with Alton 
 life and interests when the trolley 
 
 and the city government is one of 
 the ambitious kind. Alton and Jer- 
 seyville will make the two import- 
 ant stations of the A. , J. & P. 
 trolley, and their interests will, of 
 necessity, be in many respects. 
 There is a magnificent 
 agricultural country 
 between, and the ri- 
 valry may be keen for 
 its business, but gen- 
 erous and fair. 
 On all sides of her in the State 
 
 mutual. 
 
 J. M. Page, 
 
 Mavni ol 
 Jctsl-v\ illi' 
 
 A View of State Street, Jerseyville, Illinois. 
 
 is completed, is now within 
 an easy ride by either of 
 two lines of railway. It is 
 one of the county towns of 
 Illinois illustrative o f that 
 pride of locality which helps 
 make them all good places 
 to live in. It has many 
 fine residences, two good 
 newspapers, 
 two good ho- County 
 tels, unusual- CouRT HousE ' 
 
 r , Jerseyville. 
 
 ly tasteful iuinois. 
 
 churches, 
 
 three banks and the County 
 
 Court House, which is a 
 
 credit to any town. The 
 
 population is over 4,100, 
 
 of Illinois Alton has good 
 neighbors. The richness of 
 the soil makes a resource 
 which helps build the cities, 
 and Alton appreciates her 
 fortunate position, with the 
 Mississippi on one side and 
 the boundless realms of the 
 country on the other. On the 
 Missouri side of the great 
 Mississippi River Alton's in- 
 terests are also extensive. 
 The city is the natural mark- 
 et-place for the prosperous 
 husbandmen who own the 
 productive farms in that 
 nearby territory — and much 
 of that trade centers here. 
 
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THE SPALDING CLUB BUILDING, 
 412 Belle Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
 Home of the Knights of Columbus, Alton Council 460. Headquarters of Dougherty & Walsh, Tailors and Furnishers, and 
 
 the Celebrated Worth Hats as a Specialty. Miss Katharine V. Dickinson's Studio School 
 
 of Music is also Located Here. 
 
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AM HMDEX 
 
 To the Names of Some of the Progressive Patrons of "Alton, Illinois," 
 Who Have Helped Assure Its Success. 
 
 Alton Banking & Trust Co. . . 26 
 Alton National Bank ... 27 
 
 Alton Savings Bank . . . .147 
 Achenbach. C. L. .... 127 
 
 Adams. Wm. P Transfer Co. . . 57 
 
 Alton Brick Co 33 
 
 Alton Daily Times . . .129 
 
 Alton Baking & Catering Co. . 35 
 
 Alton Box Board & Paper Co . . 37 
 Alton Evening Telegraph 149 
 
 Alton Floral Co 143 
 
 Alton Feed Co 136 
 
 Alton Fruit & Produce Co. . .111 
 
 Alton-Germania Bldg. & Loan Ass'n. 138 
 Alton, Granite & St. LouisTraction Co 151 
 Alton Laundry Co . Line. Back Cover 
 
 Alton Monument Works 
 
 Alton Water Co 
 
 Amberg Cream Parlors, Grafton 
 Armstrong. Jchn. Lime & Cement Co 
 Armstrong, W. D. 
 
 Barrett. James 
 Bauer, Frank P. 
 Bauer. Geo. & Wm. 
 Bauer, John P. 
 Bauer. William H. 
 Beck, George J. 
 Becker, J. W . Jerseyville . 
 Beiser. J.. & Co. 
 Benbow, A E., Benbow City 
 Beverley Farm. Godfrey 
 Bishop. Harry E. . 
 Biograph Theatre 
 Blair. E. H.. Insurance Agency 
 Bluff City Electric Co. 
 Bluff City Garage . 
 Boals. M. H.. Planing Mill Co. 
 Bowman. Edward 
 Bowman. H. J.. Real Estate Co. 
 Boynton, William P. 
 Brenholt, John J. . 
 Brucker & Grabbe 
 Brunner. John 
 Busse. D.. & Son . 
 Bunker Hill Military Academv. 
 Bunker Hill 
 
 Callendine. C. E. . 
 
 City Coal Co. 
 
 Citizens National Bank 
 
 Colonial Hotel. Jerseyville . 
 
 Commercial Company of Alton 
 
 Connor. S. F. .... 
 
 Crandal Lumber & Hardware Co 
 
 East Alton 
 Crenshaw. J. F. 
 Dale. William J. . 
 Daniels. A. L. 
 Degenhardt. A. J. 
 Degenhardt. C. H. 
 Dempsey. Mrs. H. 
 
 Diez, Geo. F 
 
 Dickson. George 
 
 Dickinson, Kalherine V. 
 
 Dilling, William 
 
 Dixon's Steam Stone Works 
 
 Doyle. John. Grafton 
 
 Duncan's Foundry & Machine W 
 
 Delaney. W. M.. Woodriver 
 
 D'Wolf, N. Sherwood. St. Louis 
 
 Eagle Packet Co. . 
 
 Eckhard Bros.. West Third Street 
 
 E khard Bros., East Second Street 
 
 Eckhard Mercantile Co. 
 
 Electrical Construction & Supply Co 
 
 Elite Ten Pin Alleys 
 
 Equitable Powder Mfg. Co. 
 
 Fales, C. F.. Jerseyville 
 
 First Trust & Savings Bank. Outside 
 
 Bpck Cover 
 
 120 
 39 
 133 
 
 in 
 142 
 
 120 
 122 
 127 
 
 148 
 130 
 137-140 
 125 
 145 
 144 
 58 
 130 
 136 
 44 
 54 
 50 
 131 
 123 
 119 
 144 
 138 
 138 
 124 
 142 
 
 109-110 
 
 nlk 
 
 56 
 136 
 
 14/ 
 
 125 
 
 47 
 130 
 
 135 
 132 
 121 
 148 
 137 
 121 
 13'' 
 132 
 14U 
 142 
 141 
 146 
 133 
 
 31 
 134 
 144 
 126 
 119 
 120 
 122 
 142 
 
 54 
 148 
 125 
 
 Flachenecker. Charles T. 
 Foreman Bros. 
 Freark. S. H. 
 Garde, Catherine . 
 Gates-Clark Dry Goods Co. 
 Giberson, Dr. O. O. 
 Giberson Realty Co. 
 Gilman, The Misses 
 Gilmartin, J. T. 
 
 138 
 137 
 136 
 138 
 45 
 142 
 119 
 142 
 120 
 
 Anthony W. Young, 
 
 Mayor of Alton, 
 1899-1903. 
 
 J. A. Miller, 
 
 Manager 
 
 Alton Water Company. 
 
 Through Whose Ability and Scientific 
 
 Skill Alton is Now Bountifully 
 
 Supplied With Pure. 
 
 Filtered Water. 
 
 Gilson. O. D. 
 
 Ginter-Wardein Co. 
 
 Gorman. Daniel 
 
 Grafton News, The. Grafton 
 
 Gudell, H. E. 
 
 Guertler, Peter 
 
 Hagan, James 
 
 Hair, George 
 
 Haller, Mrs. Margaret R.. Wood River 
 
 Hapgood Plow Co. 
 
 Hartmann, C. & G. 
 
 130 
 32 
 145 
 133 
 138 
 139 
 
 132 
 145 
 140 
 32 
 140 
 
 Hartmann Bros. 
 
 Hastings, Charles H. . 
 
 Havden, Geo. D., Machine Co. 
 
 Head, I. A.. Wocd River 
 
 Heidnch. J. A. & Co. . 
 
 Heiple Press, The 
 
 Heintz. C. A. 
 
 Herb Bros. 
 
 Hippodrome, The 
 
 Hoehn. H , East Alton 
 
 Holl, J. E. 
 
 Hoppe. A. L 
 
 Hoppe. A. W. 
 
 Hoppe's China Hall 
 
 Hovey. Miss N. B. 
 
 150 
 148 
 144 
 143 
 132 
 141 
 136 
 
 46 
 116 
 135 
 149 
 144 
 
 57 
 127 
 
 46 
 
 Illinois Glass Co. Inside Front Cover 
 
 Illinois Corrugated Paper Co. . . 41 
 Illini Hotel . 67 and Outside Back Cover 
 
 I'linois Stoker Co. 
 
 Illinois Terminal Co. 
 
 Jackson. William. Godfrey 
 
 Jacoby, C J. & Co. 
 
 Jerseyville Granite & Marble Works 
 
 Jersevville Republican, Jerseyville 
 
 Joesiing, Wm. H. & Co. 
 
 Joesting. E. B. 
 
 Joerger, Frank 
 
 Johnston. H. K. Hardware Co 
 
 Jones, John, East Alton 
 
 Jun, Gus . 
 
 Keller. F. H. . 
 
 Krug. Joseph . 
 
 Klasner. John 
 
 Klinke. John . 
 
 Klinke, Lawrence . 
 
 Kopp. L. B. 
 
 Lafayette Cafe 
 
 Langendorf. Miss L 
 
 Lee. Wah 
 
 Lehne, H. F Dry Goods Co 
 
 Leverett, John 
 
 Lindley, J. F. . 
 
 Lock, lohn & Co 
 
 Lowe, R. W. . 
 
 Lowe. W. W. . 
 
 Long. T. M. . 
 
 Luer Bros. 
 
 Loer Bros. Packing & Ice Co 
 
 Lufl, Charles G. 
 
 Luly Drug Co. 
 
 Lynn, Mrs. J. A. . 
 
 Madison Hotel 
 
 Mad rev. H. P. 
 
 Manning. Mrs. J. J. 
 
 Matter Bros. . 
 
 Mans. Frank 
 
 Marsh. E . Drug Co. 
 
 Marshall. CO. . 
 
 Mather's Book Store 
 
 Maupin, James M. 
 
 McCarthy Coal & Ice Co. 
 
 M:Clinto.-k Mfg. Co., Graft 
 
 McCoy Directory Co. . 
 
 McKinney Agency 
 
 Megowen. Charles E. 
 
 Merchants' Security System 
 
 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 
 
 Mever. Fred L. . . . 
 
 Meyer, L. A., & Co. . 
 
 Mever. O. A . Hospital 
 
 Miller. C. J. . 
 
 Miller. George 
 
 Miller, George J. . 
 
 Miller. J. R 
 
 Midland Coal Co. . 
 Mississippi Valley Coal Co. 
 Model Cleaning & Dye Works 
 Morfoot. Thomas . 
 Monticello Seminary- 
 Moore. H. A. . 
 Murphy. Fred 
 Neermann. W. H. . 
 Newman. C. E . Floral Co. 
 Newman. C. M. 
 Noonan, Dennis 
 Noll, George. Steam Bakery 
 Olmstead, J. W 
 Osipe. J. W. . 
 
 Books for 
 
 31 
 152 
 141 
 
 50 
 125 
 125 
 130 
 138 
 146 
 
 55 
 135 
 130 
 137 
 137 
 130 
 134 
 132 
 146 
 144 
 127 
 134 
 
 49 
 130 
 145 
 
 53 
 138 
 1411 
 132 
 
 51 
 
 51 
 124 
 138 
 142 
 123 
 136 
 127-148 
 148 
 149 
 138 
 137 
 Sale 
 131 
 
 142 
 133 
 137 
 130 
 140 
 145 
 139 
 132 
 123 
 114 
 
 131 
 52 
 142 
 137 
 52 
 139 
 46 
 64 
 135 
 147 
 131 
 46-127 
 46 
 137 
 38 
 148 
 141 
 
Einidex to C©inift©iniits-==CD)iniidini\ui®dl 
 
 Patterson, Hotel, East Alton . . 135 
 Paul. P. H. Drug Store . . .126 
 Pfeiffenberger, L. & Son .129 
 Pickard. F. C. . Inside Back Cover 
 Princess Con feet ionery Co. . 59 
 Princess Theatre 141 
 
 Queen City Quarry Co. 
 
 57 
 
 Reliance Quarry & Construction Co. 57 
 Reith Lumber Co.. Wood river . . 52 
 Reliance Engraving Co. . 146 
 
 Reck. Anton, Brewing Co. . . .126 
 
 Redman, George 132 
 
 Riehl, E. A. 124 
 
 Riehl, Edwin H 123 
 
 Rice, P. T.. Woodriver . .134 
 
 Rice. W. A., (Succeeded by 
 
 J. E. RusselD 54 
 
 Robertson & Cahill . .148 
 
 Ruebel Hotel Grafton . . .133 
 
 Runzie Commission Co. . 59-138 
 
 Russell, J. E .123 
 
 
 . 130 
 
 Sauvage, George A. 
 
 56 
 
 Sauvage. W. M., Amusement 
 
 
 Enterprises .... 
 
 116-144 
 
 Schlueter. Charles A. 
 
 . 132 
 
 Schmoeller, Walter B. 
 
 . 136 
 
 Schwegel Bros 
 
 . 134 
 
 Schweppe Co., The H M. . 
 
 48 
 
 Scott Cleaning & Dveing Co 
 
 . 142 
 
 Seely Book Store . . Books for Sale 
 
 Seibold, Charles .... 
 
 . 132 
 
 Shurtleff College .... 
 
 62-141 
 
 Simon. Harry L 
 
 . 139 
 
 
 48 
 
 Spalding Building 
 
 . 115 
 
 Sparks Boat & Engine Co. . 
 
 . 129 
 
 Stork, W.C.& Co. 
 
 . 148 
 
 Siring, John 
 
 . 150 
 
 Smiley. Geo. H.. & Co., 
 
 . 131 
 
 Snoddy. Dr. J. H., Remedy Co. . 
 
 . 122 
 
 Sparks Milling Co. 
 
 . 36 
 
 
 . 146 
 
 \ 
 
 Thomas Moale Long, 
 
 City Engineer Under the Administrations 
 of Mayor Beall, and to Whom, With 
 That Progressive Chief Magis- 
 trate, the Modem Alton 
 is Greatly Indebted. 
 
 Stanard-Tilton Milling Co. . . 36 
 
 Stanton. C. B 114 
 
 Starr & Struif 142 
 
 Steck, J. B. Insurance Agency . 137-143 
 
 Stewart. C. C 147 
 
 Still. John. Godfrey . .136 
 
 Stoneware Pipe Co., East Alton . 135 
 
 Stork Laundry Co 34 
 
 Streeper, C.N. .... 55 
 
 Sweetser Lumber Co. . . .114 
 
 Terrace Hotel, Clifton Terrace . 125 
 
 Tolle. Geo . Godfrey . . . .120 
 Tolman, J. C . Godfrey . . .136 
 
 Tomlinson. Geo. F 139 
 
 Tonsor. HO 149 
 
 Tri-State Coal Co 123 
 
 Tuemmler. F. C 139 
 
 Tunker, W. C 138 
 
 Unterbrink, H. H. & Co 139 
 
 VanPreter, C. A., Mercantile Co. . 44 
 
 VanPreter, Thomas L., East Alton . 135 
 
 Venardos Bros 145 
 
 Voorhees. Frank L 139 
 
 Waggoner. Lathey .... 139 
 Walnut Grove Dairy . . .131 
 
 Watson. Roe D 132 
 
 Weaver. Alexander . . 138 
 
 Wedding. C . Grafton . . 133 
 
 West End Hotel . . 145 
 
 Western Cartridge Co. . 148 
 
 Western Military Academy . 65-121 
 
 Western Supply & Coal Co. . . 54 
 
 Williams & Co 139 
 
 Winter, H. L. Mfg. Co. 136 
 
 Winter Sisters 142 
 
 Wittels. N. S. Mercantile Co. . . 136 
 
 Wiseman. W. H 58 
 
 Woodriver Coal Co., Woodriver . 52 
 
 Woodriver Tonsorial Parlor . . 134 
 Wuellner. J J. & Son . . . .145 
 
 Wutzler, Al 137 
 
 Wyss, S. H. Drug Co. . . 56 
 
 Yeakel, C. F 124-149 
 
 RESIDENCES. 
 
 Ash, Wm. M., Jr. . 
 
 
 
 
 98 
 
 Barr, Dr. A. C. 
 Baker. H. S. . 
 
 Bauer. Weert 
 Baumann, J. H. 
 Beall, Edmond 
 Bowman. E. M. 
 Binzer, Max von 
 Burton, George 
 Buckstrup, Henry J. 
 
 
 
 
 102 
 94 
 96 
 96 
 42 
 105 
 106 
 103 
 104 
 
 Cousley, Alexander F. 
 Couslev, J. A. 
 Coyle, P. W. . 
 
 
 
 
 102 
 103 
 97 
 
 Dooling, Thomas P. 
 
 
 
 
 94 
 
 Erbeck, Albert F. . 
 
 
 
 
 97 
 
 Feldwisch, William 
 Ferguson, H. H. 
 Fisher, Dr. Waldo . 
 
 
 
 
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 107 
 96 
 
 Gaddis. E. M 86 
 
 Gustine, John T 104 
 
 Haskell. W. A.. Dr 66 
 
 Hawkins. Clarence B 106 
 
 Hayner, Mrs. John E 95 
 
 Hearne, Frank P 97 
 
 Hewitt, George R 103 
 
 Hoppe, A. L 97 
 
 Hughey, Dallas D 104 
 
 Jackson. William 104 
 
 Jacobv, Casper J 95 
 
 Job, Mrs. J 94 
 
 Johnston. H. K 101 
 
 Kleinschnittger, A. W. ... 104 
 
 Leverett, John 100 
 
 Levis, Charles 107 
 
 Levis. Geo. M 107 
 
 Levis, Nelson 107 
 
 Levis, R. H 107 
 
 Maupin, James M. .... 96 
 
 Priest, Mrs. Lucia J 94 
 
 Richardson. B. C 103 
 
 Rodgers, A. F 102 
 
 Rodgers. Edward 24 
 
 Ryrie. George M 97 
 
 Ryrie, J. Magnus 99 
 
 Schweppe. H. M 18 
 
 Sauvage. William M 103 
 
 Shaff. J. N„ Dr. . . 105 
 
 Wade. Edward P 101 
 
 Wardein. Henry 100 
 
 Watson, Mrs. jane .... 99 
 
 Zaugg. John 102 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 UPPER STATE STREET, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
Bring Your Feet to the Home of 
 GOOD SHOES and HOSIERY. 
 
 ECKHARD BROS., 
 
 123 West Third Street, 
 
 Opposite Belle Street, 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
 "pHIS store is the First and Only 
 
 Shoe Store in Alton having the fol- 
 lowing up-to-date and exclusive features 
 for the convenience of its patrons: 
 
 Ladies' Shining Parlor, 
 
 Hosiery Department, 
 
 Free Rest Room. 
 
 JOHN E. ECKHARD, Mgr. 
 
 LEWIS E. KOPP, Ass't Mi<r. 
 
 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 
 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦♦♦♦ 
 
 BEST MANUFACTURING SITE 
 
 IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
 
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 H.J. BOWMAN, Real Estate, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 ► ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< 
 
 H. G. GIBERSON. 
 
 J. A. GIBERSON. 
 
 GIBERSON REALTY CO., 
 
 Insurance in all its Branches. 
 
 We Specialize o n Employers' Liability Insurance. 
 Consult us and get Valuable Information on the Subject. 
 
 Both Phones. 
 
 Rooms 410-411 Commercial Bldg. 
 119 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 Alton's 
 Most Up-to-Date 
 
 Clothing and 
 Shoe Store. 
 
 Eckhard Bros. 
 
 651-653 
 East Second St., 
 
 Alton, 111. 
 
 Joseph Eckhard, 
 
 Manager. 
 
 TOLLE GROVE, 
 
 Godfrey, 111. 
 
 \ delightful SUMMER RESORT, two blocks from the line of the A. J. & P. Trolley, for Receptions, 
 Private anil Public Dances, and Picnics. Regular Dances every Wednesday Evening with good music. 
 Courteous and efficient attendants, and good order always maintained and assured. Light lunches, ice 
 
 cream, and cakes with soft drinks served. flF<f\ TCil I P Dff\r\fif±+f\r 
 
 Opens about May 1, and closes Oct. 1. kJLZKJ. I vJjUL^LZ) r^iUfJ liC lUi. 
 
 Alton Monument Works. 
 
 H. L. Harford. Manager. 
 
 Stand for QUALITY not quantity. 
 
 Monuments and Memorial Work in all kinds of 
 
 Granite and Marble. 
 
 431 EAST SECOND STREET, ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Roofing, Guttering, Spouting and All Kinds of Repairing Done on 
 
 Short Notice. Stove Repairs of All Kinds. Heating Work 
 
 a Specialty. Copper and Sheet-Iron Work, 
 
 Cornices and Metal Ceilings. 
 
 JAMES BARRETT, 
 
 JOBBER 
 
 =AND = 
 
 TINSMITH 
 
 206 WEST FOURTH STREET, ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Bell Phone, 606-R. 
 
 J. T. Gilmartin & Co., 
 
 Successor to BEISER DRY GOODS CO., 
 820-822 East Second Street, 
 
 DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS. 
 
 120 
 
Real Estate, 
 Bonds, Stocks and Mortgages. 
 
 A Complete Insurance Agency on a 
 Sole Agency Basis. 
 
 FARMS, INDUSTRIAL AND CITY PROPERTY 
 
 Inquiries Respectfully Solicited. 
 
 SUITE 408 COMMERCIAL BLDG., ALTON, ILL. Charles H. Degenhardt. 
 
 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 
 
 Western Military Academy, 
 
 Alton, Illinois, U.S.A. 
 
 Provides a training 1 for a boy broad enough 
 to prepare him for any College, Scientific 
 School, or business life. Ideal location, near 
 St. Louis. Extensive and beautiful grounds. 
 Six modern buildings newly equipped. Fire- 
 proof Barracks. 
 
 Exceptionally strong academic and military 
 departments. Highest accredited college rela- 
 tions, and member of North Central Associ- 
 ation of Schools and Colleges. State and Na- 
 tional recognition, and rated Class "A" by the 
 L T . S. War Department. Highly commended 
 by prominent educators, U. S. Army officers 
 and hundreds of patrons. Capacity, 175. Wait- 
 ing list annually. Only well disposed boys 
 above the seventh grade received. 
 
 Col. ALBERT M. JACKSON, President. 
 Major GEORGE D. EATON, Secretary. 
 
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 WILLIAM J. DALE, 
 
 GENERAL INTERIOR DECORATOR, 
 
 2713 WALNUT STREET, UPPER ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Thoroughly experienced in all branches of Indoor Decorating, 
 handling the very best of imported and domestic wall hangings. 
 Capable of advising in the choice of suitable selections for 
 your home. Estimates on application. Kinloch Phone 1089-J. 
 
 121 
 
TURKISH. SHAMPOO AND TUB BATHS. 
 
 Kinloch Phone 927. 
 
 Residence Phone. Kinloch 963-R. 
 
 FRANK P. BAUER, 
 
 Modern and Sanitary 
 
 BARBER SHOP. 
 
 SEVEN CHAIRS. 
 
 210 Piasa Street, Alton, III. 
 
 Bell 549-R. 
 
 Kinloch 268-L. 
 
 ECKHARD 
 
 Mercantile Company. 
 
 Hardware, Stoves 
 and Ranges. 
 
 ROOFING, GUTTERING. 
 AND SPOUTING. 
 
 721-23 EAST SECOND ST. 
 
 
 HI ,1. f 
 
 The Dr. J. H. Snoddy Remedy Company. 
 
 THE ONLY PEOPLE HAVING A REMEDY FOR 
 THE CURE OF HOG CHOLERA, EXTERMINATION 
 OF WORMS, AND PRODUCERS OF THRIFT IN 
 HOGS. ENDORSED BY THOUSAND OF FARMERS. 
 
 121 ALBY STREET, ALTON, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. 
 
 122 
 
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 COMPANY 
 
 Tri-State Coal Company 
 
 WHOLESALE 
 
 DOMESTIC AND STEAM 
 
 -COAL- 
 
 ILLINOI 
 
 TELEPHONES: 
 
 Times Building. 
 
 Kinloch 639 
 Bell 639 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Bowman's Grocery 
 
 The Home of Quality, 
 
 Third and Ridge Streets, Alton. 111. 
 
 Finest Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Ate. 
 Your Patronage Solicited. 
 
 Kinloch Phone 187. EDWARD BOWMAN, Prop. 
 
 L. A. Meyer & Co., 
 
 Staple ana Fancy Groceries, 
 
 New Home 202 West Third St. 
 
 ...THE MADISON HOTEL... 
 
 ALTON'S OLDEST AND MOST NOTED HOUSE, 
 
 Under New Management, 
 MISS L. O'NEIL, 
 
 For '2'.\ Years the Popular and Successful .Manager of a First-Class House in Alton. 
 
 The Madison Hotel is very centrally located on East Second Street, in the hear! of the city. It is on the Line of Three 
 Street Car Routes, within three minutes' walk of the Six Railroads centering in Alton, and the same from the Levees, the landing 
 places of all the Mississippi River Steamboats plying up and down the big stream. 
 
 It has sixty-two rooms, clean and ;nr\, with hot and cold water. House is conducted on both American and European plans, 
 guaranteeing efficient service and a first-class table. 
 
 Both Phones. 
 
 For Rates Apply to MISS L. O'NEIL, Proprietress. 
 
 Notice This: 
 
 inents. The Location could i 
 
 The First-Class Tousorial Parlor heretofore known as the Rice Rarhor Shop 
 will hereafter he styled THE .1. E. RUSSELL BARBER SHOP. 215 Piasa 
 Street, Alton, Illinois. Our Work and Service will he of the same high class 
 as hefore, with added comfort and convenience for patrons in recent improve- 
 he more convenient. . . . TWO-FIFTEEN PI ASA STREKT, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 Alton, Illinois, U. S. A. 
 
 Owned and Conducted l»y 
 
 EDWIN H. RIEHL, 
 
 Manager State Experiment Station No. N, 
 
 Eleven Years President of the Alton Horticultural 
 Society, Second Oldest in the Cnited States. 
 
 King of Fall-Bearing 
 
 STRAWBERRIES. 
 
 Over lOOO Varieties and Seedling that Rear 
 from May till Frost. 
 
 L'.'i 
 
 urseries 
 
ShsB C 3. ff ak? I 
 
 WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL 
 
 REAL ESTATE ... 
 
 REAL ESTATE 
 
 LOANS 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 Rooms 207 and 208, Alton Banking and Trust Building 
 
 ALTON, ILLINOIS 
 
 EVERGREEN 
 HEIGHTS, 
 
 A High-ClasH Summer Resort on lln- Itlnll- 
 
 t» Miles Above Alton, on 
 
 C. P. &St. L. R. R. 
 
 Board by the Week from July 5th to Septemher 1st. 
 Week-End Parties at all Times of the Year. 
 Bell Telephone. Riehl's Station. 
 
 P. O. Address. 
 
 The MISSES RIEHL, Alton, 111. 
 
 JOHN BRUNNER, 
 
 House and Sign Painting, Graining and Papering, 
 
 Kinloch I'hone 443. 
 
 922 East Sixth Street, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 ....Charles G. Luft..,. 
 
 Practical Horseshoer. 
 
 BLACKSMITHING 
 AND WAGON WORK 
 
 OF ALL KINDS. 
 
 You can trust your Horseshoeing to my care, and I guarantee 
 to take the proper and utmost care of the animals feet, which is 
 most important. 
 
 I always carry in stock a large line of SHOES in order to 
 give immediate attention to each particular case, and I also keep in 
 touch with all the latest and up-to-date 
 shoes in the market. 
 
 I am Sole Agent in Alton for the 
 
 POWER RUBBER SHOE, which has 
 
 been proven to give better satisfaction 
 than any other shoe on the market.. It 
 
 BREAKS THE JAR AND GIVES 
 COMFORT TO THE HORSE. If 
 
 tried once you will never again be with- 
 out them. 
 
 IvinliM li Phone 3~S. 
 
 The Power Itnbber Shoe. 
 
 No. 414 Belle Street, Alton, Illinois, U.S.A. 
 
 124 
 
JERSEYVILLE 
 
 
 3nqni"»nf 
 
 W. H. HOUGHTLIN. 
 
 GEO. H. HOl'tiHTI.I.N. 
 
 C. DAVIDSON. 
 
 ...Jerseyville Granite and Marble Works... 
 
 AMERICAN AND FOREIGN 
 
 GRANITE AND MARBLE MONUMENTS. 
 
 LATEST DESIGNS. 
 
 15. .ill Phones. 
 
 1l .'.IV..Y 
 
 Kslal.lislu-ii in INBil. 
 
 IRON AND WIRE FENCING. 
 
 JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 
 JL 
 
 '"ir*^ jr™^/- ir™ty ii ty iV^ty if 
 
 CHARLES F. FALES 
 
 Undertaker 
 And Furnisher, 
 
 JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Office Phone lt»7. Residence U.S. 
 
 Colonial Hotel 
 
 Modern Throughout. 
 W. B. GREENE, Proprietor. 
 JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS. 
 
 American and European Plan. Only First-Class Com- 
 mercial Hotel in Jersey County. Bell Phone 29. 
 
 "jLJLj 
 
 
 ONLY REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER IN JERSEY COUNTY. 
 
 An Up-to-Date Joh Office in Connection with the Paper. 
 
 *•»♦ 
 
 
 {-CLIFTON TERRACE-! 
 
 Terrace Hotel, 
 
 Clifton Terrace, Illinois. 
 
 The I'p.to-Dnte Summer HcKort Nejir the 
 
 Itlni'i'-.. Five Mill - from Alton by 
 
 the C. P. & St. L. R. R. 
 
 Board liy tlie day or week, as desired, from June to 
 October, First-class table and attendance guaranteed. 
 
 House Parties during the season. 
 
 Bat lung, boating, and fishing. Also a picturespue 
 Punic Ground adjacent the terrace. 
 
 THE MISSES STIRITZ, 
 
 it. ii i-i, ....... 
 
 PROPBIETRESSES. 
 P.O. Aildrexx. Godfrey. III. 
 
■Daily Service Between Alton and Saint Louis- 
 
 TRAVEL AND SHIP YOUR FREIGHT ON THE NEW SIDE-WHEEL STEAMER 
 
 STEAMER SPREAD EAGLE. 
 
 Leaves Alton Daily 7 .'.Hi A. M .. from Wharfboaf Foot of Piasa Street. 
 
 EAGLE PACKET COMPANY, S. B. BAKER, Agent. 
 
 Phone. Bell Main 6 1. 
 
 Phone, Kinloch <> 
 
 THE P. H. PAUL DRUG STORE 
 
 115 West Third Street, Alton, Illinois, 
 
 A Lgnri@ n MtenfL ainndl Wal^irrgiiMcgi Star® 
 
 ANTON KECK. President. H. KECK. Vice-President. 
 
 .IEHL.E. Superintendent. 
 
 Anton tok Irnmnn, (ftmnnamj, 
 
 215 East Fifteenth Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
 <*i — - 1 3* 
 
 126 
 
The Ideal Fireless Cooker 
 
 WILL COST YOU NOTHING. 
 
 It Saves from 50 to 75 per cent 
 
 of the fuel, thereby paying for itself. They are lined with 
 99% Pure Aluminum, Fitted with the Celebrated, "Wear- 
 Ever" Brand Utensils. You get the best when you buy 
 "Ideal". Money Refunded if Not Satisfactory after Two 
 Weeks' Trial. 
 
 FOR SALE AT 
 
 HOPPE'S 
 CHINA STORE, 
 
 Both Phones. 110 WEST THIRD STREET. 
 
 This is the Union Arms Co.'s 20 Gauge Gun — the hardest shooting gun made. We are 
 
 sole agents for these 
 
 guns and invite you to 
 
 call or write us. We 
 
 have 12 and 20 gauge 
 
 in stock. 
 
 Hoppe's Toy & Sporting Goods Store. 
 
 317 BELLE STREET. 
 
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 Mrs. J.J. Manning's 
 
 RESTAURANT 
 
 Is Now Located at 
 405 Belle Street, Alton, 111. 
 
 £ 
 
 C. L. Achenbach, 
 
 MELVILLE VIA GODFREY. 
 
 A General Line of First-Class Groceries 
 
 and Merchandise at Moderate Prices. 
 
 Bell Phone, County 2855. 
 
 Langendorf 
 
 Parisian Millinery Store, 
 
 556 East Second Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 Parisian Styles and High-Class Millinery at all Seasons. 
 Kinloch 592-L. MISS L. LANGENDORF. 
 
 ri 
 
 NOTICE! 
 
 C. E. NEWMAN FLORAL CO., 
 
 Has Moved to 
 723 East Fourth Street, 
 
 THE OLD RELIABLETSTAND. 
 
 SSI inKgaEi) tiSgj^^vj^sJ Qrjig&a] Sp2 (cspj^jnv^jil Ieas&s) SSI L^so^Tnp^ji) to^^aJ (mo) 
 
 Geo. <ScWm. Bauer, 
 
 Successors to JNO. BAUER ' 
 
 NEW FURNITURE. 
 
 UNDERTAKING. 
 
 Opposite City Hall. .... 8 W. Second Street, Alton, 111. 
 
 127 
 
Alton's Advantages 
 
 Tersely Told. 
 
 minfiiinniairy ©IP Dnsitninicitnv© Fonmills WMdhi Mak© Eft 
 aim Ideal Citty for M&imMiF&ctar©j 
 Bim§lini©§§ annd H®inni©§o 
 
 Alton, Described Concisely, has the Following Diversified 
 Industries and Advantages: 
 
 A rug factory; five liveries; four ice plants; a broom 
 factory; modern theaters; four planing mills; 
 large plow factory; a wooden box factory: a 
 $30,000 Elks' Home; two carriage factories; three 
 automobile garages; two packing companies; a 
 $100,000 Post Office; a $75,000 public library; 
 electric lights and gas; abundant cheap factory 
 sites: four wholesale establishments; motor- 
 equipped fire department; a $50,000 Y. M. C. A. 
 building; modern city street car service; city 
 park of seventy-five acres; three soft drink bot- 
 tling plants; two large lime -producing plants; 
 a hospital with all modern equipment; largest 
 mining tool works in the West; cheapest fuel in 
 the Mississippi Valley; two breweries with all 
 modern equipment; 
 
 And the largest lead smelter in the Middle West; 
 thirty-five miles of brick-paved streets: five mod- 
 ern hotels, one costing 5 17."), 000; an annual post 
 office business of $41,653; more than 100 miles 
 of permanent sidewalks; more than six thousand 
 skilled mechanics and workmen: more than two 
 hundred retail commercial firms; biggest oil 
 refinery in the Mississippi Valley; metropolitan 
 police department with 19 officers; brick plant 
 with daily output of 185,000 bricks; largest hol- 
 low ware glass manufactory in the world; twen- 
 ty-one churches, property valuation, $1,000,000: 
 water system with 12,000,000 gallons daily ca- 
 pacity; St. Louis freight rates without the 
 bridge arbitrary; sixty -one passenger trains 
 daily, each carrying mail; more raw building 
 materials than any city in Illinois; 
 
 Skirt factories, 
 Silk mills, 
 Overall factories, 
 Hosiery mills, 
 Shoe factories, 
 Rolling mills, 
 Automobile factories. 
 Machine shops, 
 
 Metallic Bed factories, 
 Wire mills, 
 
 Structural Iron plant, 
 Wheelbarrow plant, 
 Roof Tile plant, 
 Sanitary and Table 
 
 ware plant, 
 Piano factory, 
 
 And the ^rgest paper -producing plant in the Miss- 
 issippi Valley; a mortality rate for 1910 of 14 
 persons to the thousand; more than one hundred 
 fraternal and social organizations; an assessed 
 property valuation (1910) of 514,179,938; packet 
 service on the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois 
 rivers; population of 25,000, with Wood River 
 and East Alton, 30,000; seven building and loan 
 associations with §1,389,403 resources; biggest 
 meat packing plant in the state, outside of 
 Chicago and East St. Louis; five banks, total 
 resources, $5,490,303, total deposits, §4,889,403; 
 seventy manufactories with annual output 
 approximating $40,000,000; two flour mills which 
 make Alton rank fifth in cities of the United 
 States; 
 
 And fourteen public schools with buildings costing 
 $300,000, High School, $75,000; two interurban 
 systems with total of one hundred and twenty- 
 five miles, hourly service to St. Louis; seven 
 trunk railways, connection through two belt lines 
 with four other systems, with total of 41.000 
 miles; natural drainage with modern sewerage 
 system costing §220.000; plans for two trunk 
 sewers to cost §300,000; a co-educational college, 
 a boys' military academy, a girls' seminary, 
 two convents, three parochial schools and two 
 business colleges; a bonded indebtedness of 
 $59,500, or $2.91 for each person; (East St. 
 Louis, with 60,000 population, has a bonded 
 indebtedness of §725,000, or more than §12.00 
 per person.) 
 
 Alton S@©ki 
 
 Ornamental Brick 
 manufactories, 
 
 Brass foundry, 
 
 Stove factories, 
 
 Wholesale Establish- 
 ments, 
 
 Jobbing Houses of all 
 kinds, 
 
 Electrical Supply plant, 
 Cotton mills, 
 Woolen mills, 
 Jewelry manufactories, 
 Watch factories, 
 Steam Engine Builders, 
 Boiler Makers, 
 Plate Glass makers. 
 
 128 
 
L. Pfeiffenberger & Son, 
 
 Licensed Architects. 
 
 OFFICES: 
 
 102 West Third Street, Sexton Building:, Kistner Building, 
 
 Alton*. III. East St. Louis, III. Granite City, III. 
 
 PHONES: Alton Office, Bell 4.U-R. East St. Louis Office. Bell, East 124. 
 
 ~IO' ) O < "">■ l o lie t or 
 
 SPARKS BOAT &, ENGINE CO., 
 
 ALTON, ILLINOIS, 
 
 Boats and Engines, 
 
 CABIN CRUISERS, A Full Line of 
 
 LAUNCHES, MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES. 
 
 RUNABOUTS, reasonable prices. 
 
 TENDERS. prompt shipment. 
 
 (OUR 45-FT x 9ft RAISED DECK CRUISER SHOWN ON PAGE 22). 
 
 |czzioezd1|< -ioi ==>||cnoL^|c=noE=51|( ioi — >|fczziorrD| 
 
 U\)t Alton Hmhj Simes 
 
 F-ben Rodgers. President. "The City That Knows no Panics." John M. PfeiiTcnberger, Secretary. 
 
 H. H. Ferguson. 1st Vice-President. L. J. Hartmann. Treasurer. 
 
 E. M. Clark. 2d Vice President. <\l++*+ 7Ht***»\ r*f Tt\ vh\a Georee H. Mosser, 
 
 F. A. Bierbaum. 3d Vice President. ^\HUll uilUcHlJ 01 VUTUl'P. Cor. Secy and Manager. 
 
 Commercial Building, Suite 312 and 312)4. 
 
 Alton. 3111.. Sept. 27, 1911. 
 
 Mr. E. E. Campbell, President, 
 
 The Alton Daily Times, Alton, 111. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 The Alton Board of Trade, at a meeting of the Executive 
 Committee yesterday formally adopted the following resolution: 
 
 The Officers and Executive Committee of the Alton Board 
 of Trade extend their hearty thanks to the management of the 
 Alton Daily Times for the courtesy extended in dedicating its 
 Third Anniversary Number to the Alton Board of Trade. 
 
 The edition was admirably edited, illustrated and printed, 
 and we believe proved of benefit in advertising Alton's indus- 
 trial, commercial and civic advantages at home and abroad. 
 
 With best regards, we remain, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 ALTON BOARD OF TRADE. 
 
 GEO. H. MOSSER, Cor. Sec'y and Mgr. 
 129 
 
WILLIAM H. JOESTING CO., 
 
 high Grade Men's Wear, 
 
 Tailoring, 
 Knox Hats. 
 
 Alton : 1 13 West Third Street. 
 East St. Louis: Murphy Bldg. 
 
 Phone, 
 
 Kinloch 336. 
 
 OPEN ALL NIGHT AND 
 SUNDAYS. 
 
 ys^> 
 
 R E ST AU RA N T. 
 
 O. D. GILSON, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 208 Piasa Street, 
 
 ALTON. ILL. 
 
 Wm.H.Bauer, 
 
 Licensed Embalmer and 
 Funeral Director. 
 
 Nos. 6 and 8 E. Second St., Alton, 111. 
 
 JohnKlasner, 
 
 Dealer In 
 
 COAL, COKE and KINDLING. 
 
 Ill Henry St., Alton, 111 
 
 Telephones 164. 
 
 John Leverett, 
 
 No. 2509 College Avenue. 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 SPECIALTY : Residence Property in Upper Alton and Vicinity, Improved and Unimproved. 
 
 Real Estate: 
 
 Rents, Loans, Sale, 
 Exchange, Purchase. 
 
 Insurance: 
 
 Fire, Life, Tornado, 
 Accident, Fidelity. 
 
 Goods Called for and Delivered. 
 
 Kinloch Phone 654. 
 
 CALL ON 
 
 Gus Jun, 
 
 For up-to-date Cleaning, Dyeing or Pressing, 
 
 When in Need of Same 626 E. SECOND ST. 
 
 F. A. Sawyer, 
 
 Staple and Fancy 
 
 GROCERIES. 
 
 Hotel Madison Building. Alton, 111. 
 
 L'.oth Telephones 1S,S. 
 
 THE McKINNEY AGENCY, 
 
 Insurance of All Kinds. 
 
 12 West Third Street, Alton, 111. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1849. 
 
 The Very Best Companies. 
 
 Best Settlement of Losses. 
 
 S. F. Connor, 
 
 Clerk City Court. 
 
 Real Estate, Loam, Insurance, Notary Public. 
 
 Plume Kinloch 546. 
 City Hall Buildinc Alton, Illinois. 
 
 HARRY E.B1SH0P, 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. 
 
 Nos 408 and 409 Commercial Bldg., Alton, III. 
 
 130 
 
JAMES M. MAUPIN, 
 
 LICENSED ARCHITECT. 
 
 (r^^ssg^jtQ^a&r^i 
 
 Suite 517-518 Commercial Building, 
 
 Phone, Kinloch 107. 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
 W. H. Neermann, 
 
 Carpets and Floor Coverings. 
 
 105-107-109 W. Third Street. 
 
 Commercial Bldg., Second Floor, ALTON, ILL. 
 
 GEO. MILLER, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 HARD and SOFT COAL. 
 
 Office 833 East Second St., ALTON, ILL. 
 Phones, Kinloch 214; Bell 345. 
 
 GEO. H. SMILEY & CO., 
 
 Insurance and Real Estate Agents. 
 
 Office Over Alton National Bank. 
 
 Bell Phone 557-R. 
 
 Kinloch Phone 499. 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Founded 1863. 
 
 THE 
 
 Incorporated 1903. 
 
 M. H. Boals Planing Mill Co., 
 
 THE OLD RELIABLE 
 
 Lumber Yard and Planing Mill. 
 
 High Grade Mill Work, Lumber, etc. 
 
 Special Agents — 
 
 
 We appreciate 
 
 Red King Cement, 
 
 
 your Inquiries 
 
 Beaver Plaster Heard, 
 
 Both Phones 49. 
 
 We would like 
 
 Rex Flintkote Roofings. 
 
 
 your Business. 
 
 Have You Trikd Our Sanitary Dairy Products 
 PEERLESS ICE CREAM? 
 
 OXK TRIAL WILL CONVINCE VOX - . 
 
 Walnut Grove Dairy, 
 
 IIIITII l'HONES. 
 
 si 1 E. SKCOM) ST. 
 131 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
ROE D. WATSON, 
 
 ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. CITY ATTORNEY OF ALTON. 
 
 Rooms 231 and 232 Piasa Building, Alton, 111. Both Phones. 
 
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 Fred L. Meyer, I Dempsey's Restaurant, 
 
 Groceries, Meats and General Merchandise. » meals at all hours. the best home cooking. 
 Kinioch Phone 390. Ben Phone 526-R. ♦ M rs h. Dempsey, Proprietress, 
 
 1904 State Street, Alton, Illinois. * 
 
 "The Place for Good Goods." ♦ 323 BELLE ST., Alton. 111. Both Phones. 
 
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 KLINKE'S MARKET, 
 
 THE HOUSE OF QUALITY, 
 
 MEATS AND GROCERIES. 
 
 BOTH TELEPHONES 53. CORNER SECOND AND HENRY STREETS, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 Geo. Redman & Son, | Jos. A. Heidrich & Co., 
 
 ALL KINDS OF J PLUMBING, 
 
 D|3|/->|^ W/f~lI^I*T ♦ Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Sewering. 
 
 C* ■"< ' ^ "^- * * *-' r< IX. . J Special Attention Given to Jobbing. 
 
 ♦ Office and Shop 440442-444 East Second St., Alton. 111. 
 
 Kinioch 7S1. 1135 Harrison Street, Alton, 111. ♦ Kinioch Phone. 
 
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 Chas. Seibold. President. Sam Seibold. Secretary. 
 
 Chas. Seibold Livery and Auto Co., 
 
 PRIVATE AMBULANCE. Anything in the Livery Line. 
 
 Both Phones No. 99, Third and Piasa Sts., Alton, III. 
 
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 Charles A. Schlueter, ! GEO. F. DIEZ, 
 
 SHOEMAKER, 
 
 716 EAST SECOND STREET, ALTON, ILL 
 
 Real Estate. ♦ 
 
 I Sell First-Class Lines in Ready-Made 
 
 ^ i jcn ruai-^iaaa tonics in rvcauy 
 
 315 East Third St., Alton, Illinois. + Working Shoes for Men.' 
 
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 Brotherhood of American Yeomen, 
 
 Supreme Office Des Moines. Iowa. Membership over 150,000. 
 
 J. F. CRENSHAW, district manager, 
 
 Phone, Kinioch St. Clair 1559- R, Residence, 70(1 N. 25th St. Office 201 Arcade Bldg., East St. Louis, III. 
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 « Tuck Pointing with Black or Colored Mortar a Specialty. 
 
 T. M. LONG, | 
 
 CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. 
 
 I JAMES HAGAN, 
 
 ♦ BRICKLAYER and CONTRACTOR. 
 
 Public Work Solicited. Room 239 Piasa Bldg. 
 
 T Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 
 House Phone, Bell Main 563W. * 215 W. Sixteenth St., Alton. Illinois. 
 
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:-GRAFTON-i 
 
 RUEBEL HOTEL, . . Grafton, Illinois 
 
 LARGEST 
 
 COMMERCIAL 
 
 HOTEL 
 
 ....IN-- 
 
 ..JERSEY COUNTY... 
 
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 3 
 
 Launches, Row Boats, 
 and Vehicles Pro- 
 cured at Shortest Notice. 
 
 TRANSIENT 
 
 -AND- 
 
 FISHING PARTIES 
 A SPECIALTY. 
 
 LARGE SAMPLE 
 
 ROOMS. 
 
 GOOD BAR. 
 
 ...BOTH PHONES... 
 
 RUEBEL HOTEL CO., Charles Ruebel, Manager. 
 
 pH B on" Amberg's 
 Cream Parlors, 
 
 Dempaey Building, Grafton* Illinois* 
 
 Velvet Cream Confectionery, and "VELVET, the Ice 
 Cream that has Established a Standard. • 
 
 Our Motto: ■■ To Please You. " R. C. AMBERG. Prop. 
 
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 Hundbdl H®{bH 
 
 CLARENCE WEDDING, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 Also Agent for Alton Steam Laun- 
 dry Company. 
 Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
 
 ..McCLINTOCK COMPANY.. 
 
 GENERAL MACHINISTS, 
 
 GRAFTON, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 
 Manufacturers of MOTORS. MOTOR BOATS, and BOAT and ENGINE 
 
 REPAIRS. NEW and SECOND-HAND ENGINES Always in Stock. 
 
 We Carry a Stock of Spark Coils, Spark Plugs, Generator Valves, 
 
 Oil and Grease Cups. &c. 
 
 Agents for the Famous Columbian Propellors. 
 
 Strip-Hull Construction is One of Our Specialties, Making the Strongest and 
 
 Best Wooden Hulls in Existence. There is Nothing to Compare with 
 
 it. Investigate, it will Cost You Nothing, and Save Monev for You. 
 
 If Interested. DRAFTS will be SUBMITTED for YOUR INSPECTION. 
 
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 Doyle's Transfer, Grafton, 111. 
 
 Commercial Baggage My Specialty. 
 Bell Phone 56. JOHN DOYLE, Proprietor. 
 
 ®lj? (Sraftntt Nrau* : 
 
 W.T. BYRNES. Publisher. 
 
 Main and Vine Streets. Grafton, Illinois. 
 
 A Promoter uf llroaurritij for OSraftrnt 
 atiii 3Jrrr.ru (Smutty. 
 
 INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. 
 Subscription Price, $1.50 Per Year in Advance. 
 
> WOODRIVER -! 
 
 INVEST IN 
 
 The Delaney Addition 
 
 WOODRIVER, ILLINOIS 
 
 The most advantageously located for Desirable Homes in 
 Woodriver, and future profits for the investor in Madison 
 County. The Standard Oil Cos. Refinery, assessed for 
 $12,000,000, and four Railroads and other public utilities 
 here Pay over 90 f /< of the Village Tax, making public im- 
 provements easy on property owners, assuring big profits 
 while the town is rapidly growing and developing into a 
 
 Popular Manufacturing Center 
 
 MONEY FURNISHED AT LOW INTEREST FOR ERECT- 
 ING HOMES IN THE DELANEY ADDITION. 
 
 For Further Particulars and Prices, see W. M. Delaney, Owner 
 
 OFFICES IN THE DELANEY BUILDING. FOUR BLOCKS EAST OF 
 
 CAR STOP. ON FERGUSON AVENUE 
 
 WOODRIVER, ILLINOIS 
 
 Rice's Variety Store, 
 
 P. T. RICE, Proprietor, 
 
 Dealer in Patent Medicines, School 
 Books and Supplies, 
 
 Confectionery, Etc., Etc. 
 Ferguson Avenue, . . Woodriver, Illinois. 
 
 Woodriver 
 ...Tonsorial Parlors... 
 
 L. HIGHWARDEN. Proprietor. 
 
 My thirty-five years experience is a guarantee for my work 
 as being first-class in every respect. ...Razors Sharpened.... 
 
 Delaney Building, Ferguson Avenue, Woodriver. III. 
 
 y ALTON-: 
 
 J0IHIM HLH] 
 
 OAK AND FIFTH STREETS, ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Phones : Bell. 622 W. Kinloch, 745. 
 
 Schwegel Bros., 
 
 Dealers in Fresh and Salt 
 Meats, Sausage, Etc., Etc. 
 
 lOOO East Fifth Street. Kinloch Phone 2ti 1. 
 
 ... Wah Lee.,. 
 
 City Electric Laundry, 311 State Street, Alton, 
 
 \\ til Laundry ) our Clothes bv Hand for the 
 
 Following Prices : 
 
 Shirts, 10c. Collars, 2c. Shirt Waists, 15c. and 20c. 
 
 Underclothes, 6c. per piece. 
 
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JOHN JONES, 
 
 EAST ALTON', ILL. 
 
 GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET. 
 
 Both Phones. Prompt Delivery. If It's Good to Eat, We Have It. 
 
 Thomas L. Van Preter, Patterson's Hotel 
 
 Fine Foot Wear, Men's Furnishings, 
 Dry Goods, Granite and Hardware, Stoves, etc. 
 
 EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 SHAMROCK STREET, EAST ALTON. 
 
 Rooms and Board by Day or Week 
 
 at Reasonable Rates. 
 
 Bell Phone 125. 
 
 The Stoneware Pipe Company, 
 
 EAST ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Manufacturers of Sewer Pipes, Drain Tile, Wall Coping, Flue 
 Linings, Chimney Pipe and Chimney Tops. 
 
 HOEHIN'S BUFFET, 
 
 Main and Shamrock Sts., East Alton. MOOTC^S OfC/ieStfc!. 
 
 As Many Pieces as Desired. Phone Kinloch 1095. 
 
 WHEN THE BEST IS WANTED USE 
 
 The Best Liquors and Cigars. 
 Both Phones. 
 
 H. A. Moore. Pni >,is/. 5 1 E. Third St.. Alton, 111. 
 
 Music furnished for Parties. Picnics. Receptions, Excursions 
 and Occasions. 
 
 THE CRANDAL LUMBER & HARDWARE COMPANY, 
 
 EAST ALTON, WOOD RIVER, ILL. 
 
 No Order too Large or too Small. Careful Attention Given to All. 
 our motto: quality and price. 
 
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C. A. HEINTZ, 
 
 GROCER. 
 
 BOTH f K '^ E LO L CH ; PHONES 
 
 Corner Seventh and Belle Sts., Alton. 
 
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 Walter B.Schmoeller, : Madrey and Dudley 
 
 TAILOR, 
 
 Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing. 
 
 Kin loch 919R. 
 
 11 East Second Street, - ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 Sewing Machines 
 
 Are the Best Machines Sold Today at a Reasonable Price. 
 
 Cash, or Terms to Suit. Repairing Done, and Done 
 
 Right. 20 Years Experience. 
 
 H. P. MADREY. 814 East Second Street 
 
 John Still, 
 
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 DEALER IN J 
 
 HARD AND SOFT COAL. t 
 
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 Office, Tolman's Store, Godfrey, III. Kinloch Phone. J 
 
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 Biograph Theatre, 
 
 J. C. TOLMAN, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Fancy Groceries, Candies, Cigars, Etc. 
 
 The Best of Everything. 
 Kinloch Phone. Godfrey. 111. 
 
 IN. S. WITTELS MER. CO., 
 
 THIRD AND MARKET STS. 
 
 Old Reliable. Only House in the City 
 Running Vaudeville. 
 
 The Very Latest and Best Moving Pictures. Alton. 111. 
 
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 We sell all kinds of Merchandise. Shoes. Hats. Caps. Pistols and 
 
 Shot Guns at the lowest Prices in the City. Come, see our 
 
 goods, you will be convinced. 
 
 WE ARE THE ONLY PAWNBROKERS IN THE CITY. 
 
 CemraTsk 202 State Street, Alton, 111. 
 
 Winter Mfg. Co., 
 
 Lumber and 
 Mill Work. 
 
 Trade ▼ Mark 
 Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 
 
 ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 ALTON FEED CO., 
 
 (INCORPORATED). 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
 
 Grain, Hay, Flour, Mill Feed, Seeds, Etc. 
 
 113-115 W. SECOND STREET. 
 
 CAR LOTS Telephones: 
 
 A SPECIALTY. Bell 120. Kinloch 599. 
 
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 Bell Phone 155. Kinloch Phone 134. 
 
 The City Coal Company, 
 
 S. H. FREARK, 
 
 Proprietor A. B. C. BAKERY, Branch No. 2. 
 
 COFFEE, TEAS, AND SPICES 
 
 A SPECIALTY, 
 
 Ice Cream sodas and Candies. 
 
 No. 636 East Second Street. .... Alton, Illinois. 
 
 EDW. V, CROSSMAN, AGENT. 
 
 OFFICE : 
 111. Terminal Freight Depot. Foot of Plum St., West Gate 111. Glass Co. 
 
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 TRY OUR COAL ONCE; 
 YOU WILL WANT MORE. 
 
ALTON'S LEADING INSURANCE AGENCY. 
 
 INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS. EXPERT SERVICES RENDERED. 
 
 J. B. STECK AGENCY, 
 
 INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE. 
 
 Both Phones. 301-302 Commercial Building, Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 Growerof Ornamental an. 1 Hloomine Plants. Cut Flowers ♦ T\ "CT* TVTTVTT O TVT (~\ f~\ TVT A TVT 
 
 aSpecialty. Good Stock at Low Prices. ♦ J_JI .C^lN JL\ J.O IN vj V>J IN .f\ IN 
 
 JOScPtl KI\LJCj. X Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
 
 FLORIST. t COAL AND ICE. 
 
 205 EAST SECOND STREET. t 
 
 Both Phones. Greenhouses and Residence: North State Si. ♦ Bell335-R. Kinloch 163. Fifth and Belle Streets. 
 
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 McCOY DIRECTORY COMPANY, Rockford, Illinois, f CflPFIVI AN RPOTHFP^ 
 
 PUBLISHERS OF CITY DIRECTORIES. ♦ rUlVClTlAn DtV U 1 ' I C IW< 
 
 Proprietors and Publishers of j Gents' Furnishings. 
 
 1 he AltOn tlty UireCtOry, ♦ Made to-Order Suits a Specialty. 
 
 An Indispensable Helper for Every Live Business Man in ♦ . ,. ^ . . ~, . .,, rtj. 
 
 the N'ew and Greater Alton. ♦ old hast Second Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 MIDLAND COAL AND COKE COMPANY, 
 
 __ ^_^ Wholesale Dealers in and Shippers of 
 
 MID/AND HIGH GRADE STEAM 
 
 c/o AND DOMESTIC COAL. 
 
 Suite 306, Alton Banking and Trust Building. Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 A. J. DEGENHARDT, j GEORGE J. beck, 
 
 Dealer in ♦ HorSe Shoeing 
 
 Hardware, Stoves, Furnaces and Cutlery. $ and General Blacksmithing. 
 
 Manufacturer of Sheet Metal Work. J 510 Belle Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
 Telephone, Kinloch tSS, 552 E. Second St.. Alton, 111. ♦ Telephone, Bell Main 5S3-W. 
 
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 c grape. d ^- ^- Marshall, B lossoms. 
 
 .Manufacturer of 
 
 Soda and Mineral Waters, 
 
 HIGH GRADE GINGER ALE. 
 
 Orders given prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed. Kinloch Phone 411. 526 Spring St., Alton, 111. 
 
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 _ ' I Altonian and Spider 5c Cigars, 
 
 Manufacturer of Harness, and Repairing a Specialty. . t» t T» 1 f 1 r\ 
 
 electric shoe repairing shop. also the LaKealta tor lUc. 
 
 Up-to-date Shoe Repairing by J A.I WIIT7IFR Mftfr 
 
 American Skilled Labor. ♦ /Alw. YY*J I iLLLIV, »'"gl . 
 
 Kinloch 681R. 504 E. Second Street. ♦ Kinloch No. 50. '>'■'<<> E. Second St., Alton, 111. 
 
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Alton-Germania Building and Loan Association 
 
 Established 1890. Qp ALTON ILLINOIS Office, 6 I 5 E. Second St. 
 
 OFFICERS: DIRECTORS: 
 
 Fred Hoefert. President. Theo. Masel. Ch. Horn. 
 
 F. Tuemmler, Vice-President. Accrr-rc <£987 J.RO. K*? E. M. Gaddis. John Kremer. 
 
 R. Gossrau. Secretary. /\SbE.lS, ^o/,TOU.i. August Luer. C. A. Schlueter. 
 
 August Luer. Treasurer. l!„„„„„„„ □„„„.„„ en i en Co W.Horn. And. \V. Schnorr. 
 
 B. J. O'Neill. Attorney. UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 69,160.52. R. Gossrau. 
 
 J67Tl^ j W. C. TXJNKER,"" 
 
 ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. 
 
 and CORPORATION COUNSEL of the CITY OF ALTON, j Drugs , Patent Medicines. Perfumes. Toilet Articles. 
 
 Will Practice in all Stale and Federal Courts. Paint. Oil. Etc. 
 
 Kinloch Phone No. 40. THinD and Piasa Strects. I Phone. Kinloch 170. Corner Sixth and Spring Sts. 
 
 H. E. GUDELL, 
 
 EXCLUSIVE STYLES in DRESS and STREET 
 HATS at REASONABLE PRICES 
 
 AT 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Fancy Groceries, Produce, Coffees, Teas, Candy, \ 
 
 Nuts and Cigars MISS GARDE S, 
 
 CORNER OF SIXTH AND HENRY STREETS. iiOH BELLE ST. ALTON, ILL. 
 
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 The ^exoJUL Store 
 
 LtJ LV DRUG CO. 
 
 S. H. WYSS DRUG CO., THE E. MARSH DRUG CO., 
 
 Second and Ridge Streets. Third and Belle Streets. 
 
 THE LULY DRUG CO., 
 
 Second and Market Streets. 
 
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 Both Phones. Good Work in all Cases. | A \ A / I — T* /V "V / t^ E^ 
 
 Brucker & Grabbe Granitoid Co., j . «,. n * 
 
 Granitoid, Curbing and Guttering. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. 
 
 Cement, Asphalt and Fire Proof Work. The Best Stock in the City. Repairing Promptly Attendti to 
 
 Office and Yard, Front Street and Central Avenue. | Opposite Stanard-Tilton Mill, Alton, 111. 
 
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 General Repair Shop, ' 
 
 ooo j oor c* * o* * Wholesale and Retail 
 
 323 and 325 State Street. ., ~ ~ . . ■-., „ 
 
 ,,. , ,,,,,,,, ■ Hay, Grain, Seeds and Flour, Produce and 
 
 Watches and Jewelry, Bicycles. Musical Instruments and p Mill Feed 
 
 Sewing Machines Repaired; also General Repairing. ivjlll reeu. 
 
 ALL WORK GUARANTEED AT LOWEST PRICES. ■ Nos. 509-511-513 Belle St. B..th Phones No 307 
 
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 E. B. JOESTING, \ Chas. T. Flacheneker's 
 
 PHARMACIST RED CROSS PHARMACY. 
 
 frlAKMAUSI. DEUTSCHE APOTHEKE. 
 
 If W'e Fill Your Prescriptions You Live. 
 I 122 East Second Street, Alton, Illinois. | Kinloch Phone 34S. Post Office Station No. 3. Hell Phone 408. 
 
 Kinloch Phone 872 J. ■ 418 Ridge Street, Alton, III. 
 
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W. T. WILLIAMS. ALVENA WILLIAMS. 
 
 WILLIAMS & CO., 
 
 DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND NOTIONS. Prompt delivery 
 
 to all parts of 
 Both Phones. 90! Belle Street. the City. 
 
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 Kasper C. Heyl, j PETER GUERTLER, 
 
 superintendent Real Estate and Insurance. 
 
 Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. of New York. X Loans 
 
 Rooms 12-14 Laura Bldg. Second and Market Sts. ♦ ...,,„-.. . _, „ „ ,„ 
 
 Kinloch 197. ♦ Kmloch 624. 4;>4 East Second Street. 
 
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 H. H. UNTERBRINK & CO., 
 
 For General Contracting 
 and Construction Work. 
 
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 What's the use of Dyeing when we will Dye for you ? 
 
 Model Cleaning and Dye Works, 
 
 F. H. BRUCK, Propr. 
 
 Goods called for and delivered. 722 E. Second Street. 
 
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 Kinloch 744. 1002 Diamond Street. Slate Roofing a Specialty 
 
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 Dry Goods and Shoes, t 
 
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 TradeTUFMMI FP^ Corner Second ♦ 
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 KINLOCH SOS. AND BUILDER. FURNISHED. 
 
 2615 COLLEGE AVE.. ALTON, ILL. 
 
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 Geo. F. Tomlinson, ♦ For Fine Custom Tailoring 
 
 HZ CONTRACTOR OF ^ ♦ SEE 
 
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 Also Handle a Special Line of RUBBER SHOES. ♦ J~\ J\ J\ J\ \ L, . O 1 JV1 Kj IN , 
 
 Horses called for and delivered. ^ 
 
 Phone Kinloch 7. 1702 Bozza Street. ♦ Rooms 25-26 Laura Building. Alton. 111. Kinloch 65. 
 
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 FRANK A. VOORHEES, 
 
 All Kinds of 
 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 701 Miller Street. ALTON, ILLINOIS. Kinloch Phone. 
 
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RIVER VIEW ADDITION, 
 
 the center of the fast growing town, where the Standard Oil Co., are building 
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 Mrs.Margaret R. Haller. 
 
 WOOD RIVER, ILL. 
 
 Bell Phone 11. 
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 REAL ESTATE and LOANS. 
 
 Room 16, Laura Bldg. 
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 Hardware, Tools, Stoves and 
 Sporting Goods. 
 
 127 West Third St., ALTON. ILL. 
 
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 GEO. J. BECK, 
 
 510 BELLE STREET. 
 
 33 years experience in scientific horseshoeing, 
 
 and general repair work. 
 
 Special attention given to shoeing. Kind treatment assured. 
 
 Work guaranteed. 
 
 The best Cross Bar and Shaft Fastener— it strengthens the weakest place on a Shaft. 
 
 BELL PHONE 583-W. 
 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
 George Dickson, \ C- E. meoowen, 
 
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 No. 7 TAPHORN BLDG., ALTON, ILL 
 
 German Heating Stoves Burn all the Smoke. 
 
 2515 College Ave. Upper Alton, III. 
 
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WM. JACKSON'S 
 
 Nursery and Fruit Farm. 
 
 GODFREY, Madison County, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Bell Phone-County 292-2. 
 
 Shurtleff College. 
 
 OM@§H amid Best 
 
 THOROUGH COLLEGE and PREPARATORY SCHOOL. SUPERIOR MUSICAL 
 ADVANTAGES. FACULTY OF SPECIALISTS. 
 
 Grades Honored by the Leading Colleges and Universities, East and West. Environment most 
 Salutary. MOTTO: "Scholarship and Manhood. " Address, THE PRESIDENT, Alton, III. 
 
 William Dilling, 
 
 Stone Mason, Contractor, and Dealer in Building 
 Rock. Tuck Pointing on Stone Walls a Specialty. 
 
 Estimates Furnished. Phone, Kinloch 254-X. Atkinson Ave. 
 
 W. OSIPE.""" 
 
 This is the Place to Buy SHOES. GENTS' FURNISHINGS 
 
 AND CLOTHING'. Please Give Me a Trial and 
 
 You Will See This is the Truth. 
 
 1022 E. SECOND STREET. ALTON, ILL. 
 
 Moving Pictures at the 
 
 Prince ss T heatre. 
 
 Absolutely fireproof, (8 exits). Approved by 
 Underwriters. 
 
 Nos. 635-637 East Second Street. 
 
 FINEST IN THE STATE. 
 
 J. J. REILLY, Manager. 
 
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 Kinloch 517. 
 
 823 Langdon Street. 
 
 Alton, Illinois, U. S. A. 
 
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 Offers thorough and comprehensive courses in each of the following branches of Music-Education : Voice 
 
 Culture and Singing (Italian Bel Canto); Piano-forte; Public School Music: Violin. 
 
 The Art of Expression and Dramatic Art. Physical Culture. 
 
 M *7K£&XunS' : KATHARINE V. DICKINSON, 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Dorsey. niro/^rr>r 
 
 Miss Rachel Ryrie. Sec'y. UireClOT. 
 
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 Electrical Construction and Supply Co., 
 
 MEMBER 
 
 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL 
 
 CONTRACTORS'ASSOCIATION 
 
 EDGAR RICE, 
 Prop. 
 
 207 E. Second Street, 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
 Kinloch 523. Bell 54 R. 
 
 D. H. W. Busse. Sr. 
 
 John F. Busse. 
 
 D. Busse & Son, 
 
 Wholesale Liquor Dealers. 
 
 309 Washington Street, 
 
 Both Phones 591. 
 
 Alton, 111. 
 
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 Scott Dyeings Cleaning Co., j Mrs. J. a. lynn. 
 
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 Both Phones. 
 318 E. Second Street, Alton, Illinois. 4 Kinloch 481. 
 
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 MILLINERY. 
 
 Lowest Prices. 
 528 East Second Street, 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 Telephone, Kinloch 227. 
 
 Residence, 
 648 Central Avenue. 
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 Telephone, Kinloch 227. 
 
 Residence, 
 648 Central Avenue. 
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 1 7 538 East Second Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 "School of Music." ♦ 
 
 Office Hours: 9 to 11 a.m., 
 2 to 4, 7 to 8 p.m. Phones : 
 Kinloch 1004; Bell Main 588. 
 
 215 East Second Street, 
 
 Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 419 East Fourth Street, Alton, III. 
 
 Bell Phone 532. 
 
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 Rooms 4 and 5, Booth Building. 
 
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 Flour, Feed, Seeds, Etc. 
 
 118 to 129 W. Second St.. Alton, 111 
 
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 Instruction given in China 
 
 Painting and the Crafts. 
 Unique Gifts and Cards suitable 
 for all occasions. 
 
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 McCarthy Coal and Ice Co., 
 
 Both Phones. 
 
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 115 Henry St., Alton, 111. 
 
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 Only Re stricted 
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 Lots 50x160 Feet. 
 
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 103 EAST SECOND STREET. 
 
 Telephones. Kinloch 441-R; Bell 180. 
 
 Artistic Designs. 
 FIiciH Grade Cut Flowers. 
 
 Geo. Madsen, Prop. 
 
 GREEN HOUSES, GODFREY, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Telephone. Kinloch 845-L. 
 
 All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention. 
 
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WM. P. BOYNTON, 
 
 Attorney and Counselor at Law. 
 
 Rooms 501-502 Commercial Building, West Third Street. 
 General Practice in all Courts. 
 
 Attorney for Wood River Drainage and Levee District 
 and Village of East Alton. 
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 REAL ESTATE OFFICE. 
 Benbow City, Illinois. 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND LOTS FOR SALE. 
 
 Post Office: Wood River. Illinois. 
 
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 208 Piasa Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
 J. ROUSSAKIS. Proprietor. 
 
 Meals at All Hours— Well Cooked and Well Served. 
 
 Lunch Counter. Short Orders and 
 
 Ovsters in All Stvles. 
 
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 A. L. HOPPE, 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 "NOX-ALL" Carbon Paint, <F » r ? n n tack8 ., 
 "MERCHANTS FRIEND" Floor Oil Dressing, 
 
 IA Sanitary Floor Paint. 
 
 "NOX-ALL" GLUE, "GERM PROOF," 
 
 Mends Everything. 
 
 Strongest Disinfectant Known. 
 
 Bell Phone 277. 
 
 No. 1224 Washington Ave., Upper Alton, 111. 
 
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 X 5858 PLYMOUTH AVENUE, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO., 
 
 GEO. D. HAYDEN MACHINE CO., 
 
 GENERAL MACHINISTS. 
 
 And Dealers in Brass Goods, Pipe Fittings, 
 
 Engineers' Supplies, Etc. 
 
 Telephone 189. I 23 W. Second St.. ALTON, ILL. 
 
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 The W. M. SAUVAGE 
 
 AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES. 
 
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 Furnished Many of the Brilliant Photographs from which were 
 Reproduced the Engravings Embellishing "Alton, Illinois." 
 
 Office: 
 
 TEMPLE THEATRE. 
 
 LYRIC THEATRE, 
 
 AIRDOME, 
 
 Temple Building. 
 
 CHAUTAUQUA BATHING POOL, 
 EXCURSION Steamer "SYDNEY," 
 The W. M. Sauvage Adv. System. 
 
 Now Building— "THE HIPPODROME"— Opens in September, 1912. 
 
 New York Representatives— Klaw & Erlanger. 
 
 Chicago Representatives— Western Vaudeville Association. 
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WE ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ANYTHING IN THE LINE 
 OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 J. J. WUELLNER & SON, 
 
 Established 11102. 
 
 Incorporated lull. 
 
 GENERAL 
 CONTRACTORS. 
 
 GENERAL OFFICE, YARD, 
 WAREHOUSE AND STABLES- 
 FRONT AND OAK STREETS. 
 
 We Appreciate Your 
 Business Whether it 
 is In or Out of the City. 
 
 J. J. WUELLNER, President. 
 
 J. C. WUELLNER, Sec.-Treas. 
 
 Claims Adjusted. Credit Rating. 
 
 Law and Collections. 
 
 DANIEL GORMAN, 
 
 Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. 
 
 Room 3, Kirsch Bldg. 
 
 Kinloch 607-R. Alton. Illinois 
 
 SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Get Your CANDY from us; Saves 
 You Money and Health. 
 
 Everything Home-made of Sweets at 
 
 J. F. LINDLEY, 
 
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 ♦ First Class Work and Reasonable Prices. 
 
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 ♦ P W«S5J DYE WORKS. 
 
 + Clothing Cleaned and Repaired. 
 
 ♦ Orders bv Mail will Receive Prompt Attention. 
 
 ♦ 609 East Second St.. Alton. III. Telephone 461-W. 
 
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 216 Piasa Street, Alton. Illinois. 
 
 WEST END HOTEL, 
 
 MRS. E. BUCK, Prop. 
 EUROPEAN PLAN. Rates— 25c to $1.00 
 
 Kinloch 896. 
 134 West Second Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
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 CLAIMS ADJUSTED. 
 
 Members of the National 
 Collectors' Association. 
 
 tWe keep a full record of 
 unpaid bills for the pro- 
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 tWe make a specialty of re- 
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 the financial and credit stand- 
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 CHARACTER AND CREDIT REPORTS. 
 
 THE MERCHANTS' SECURITY 
 
 AND CREDIT RATING SYSTEM. 
 D. J. GORMAN, MANAGER. 
 
 Room 3, Kirsch Bldg. Kinloch 607-R. 
 
 A Boon to all Merchants and Professional Men. 
 
 •T Organized for the collection and distribution of credit 
 I information for the benefit of its subscribers and the 
 collection of delinquent accounts. 
 
 LAW AND COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Justice of the Peace and 
 Notary Public at Our Office. 
 
 t Wages, Personal Property 
 and Real Estate garni- 
 sheed. attached and levied up- 
 on with execution. 
 
 ■T Open Accounts. Notes. 
 II Judgments and Desperate 
 Claims collected in all parts 
 of the United States. 
 
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 J. BEISER & 
 
 The Leading East End Grocers. 
 
 The Best of FANCY and STAPLE GROCERIES. 
 Kinloch Phone 141- L. L622 East Second St. 
 
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 GEORGE HAIR, 
 
 Dealer in 
 
 STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. 
 
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 145 
 
 Kinloch 877-L. 
 
 Orders Promptly Delivered. 
 Broadway and Salu St., 
 
 Alton, III. 
 
I Made the Majority of the Original Photographs for the Engravings Used 
 in This Book. I Can Make Yours. 
 
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 L. B. KOPP'S 
 
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 Seventh and Henry Streets, 
 
 ALTON. ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 PORTRAITS: 
 
 Individuals — Groups. 
 
 MANUFACTURING PLANTS: 
 
 Exteriors — Interiors. 
 
 GENERAL OUT-DOOR WORK : 
 
 Street Scenes — Buildings — Residences, &c. 
 
 Conventions, Club Meetings, and School Work for Publications. 
 Flash Lights, Snap Shots, and all the Up-to-Date Methods. 
 
 ESTABLISHED is.-.s. 
 
 Dixon's Steam Stone Works, 
 
 ARTHUR H. DIXON. Proprietor. Successor to It A 1. I'M DIXON, Sr. 
 
 CUT STONE CONTRACTOR. 
 
 Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Stone. Bedford and Carthage Stone a Specialty. 
 
 Both Phones. Quarry and Mill, 2100 Bell Street. Residence, .'MO Bluff Street, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 FRANK JOERGER, 
 
 limtBf mh g>u}\\ JJatntrr, 
 
 Plain and Ornamental Paper Hanger, 
 
 And Dealer in Paints and Oils, 
 Estimates on Work Gladly Furnished. 
 Kinlaeh, 771 K. 
 
 East Second Street, ALTON. 
 
 Samuel Springer, 
 
 CARPENTER 
 AND BUILDER, 
 
 Kilnoch 659. 1305 Alby Street, Alton, Illinois. 
 
 ALL ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS BOOK 
 WERE MADE BY 
 
 The Reliance Engraving Company, 
 
 Nos. 716 and 718 Lucas Avenue, 
 
 Saint Louis, Missouri, U. S. A. 
 
 146 
 
Citizens National Bank, 
 
 of Alton, Illinois. 
 
 Corner Second and Piasa Streets. 
 
 CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $225,000.00 
 
 Lucas Pfeiffenberger, Chairman. 
 George M. Levis, President. G. A. Joesting, Cashier. L. A. Schlafly, Asst. Cashier. 
 
 3 per cent Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates. 
 
 Total Resources, $1,500,000.00 
 
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 0. S. Stowell, President. 
 Frank A. Bierbaum, Cashier. 
 
 E. P. Wade, Vice-President. 
 W. P. Didlake, Asst. Cashier. 
 
 
 ALTON 
 SAVINGS BANK 
 
 Corner Third and Belle Streets. 
 
 CAPITAL $100,000. 
 
 SURPLUS $100,000. 
 
 WE ESPECIALLY SOLICIT 
 
 Commercial Accounts. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS GIVEN CAREFUL AND COURTEOUS ATTENTION. 
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 C.C. STEWART, 
 
 Vacuum House Cleaner. 
 
 1400 LIBERTY STREET. 
 
 The Sanitary Method for Cleaning 
 
 Carpets, Rugs, Mattresses, 
 
 Upholstered Furniture. 
 
 All Work Guaranteed. 
 Bell Phone 375. Kinloch Phone 933. 
 
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 FRED MURPHY, 
 
 Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries. 
 
 Bell Phone 486-R. 1228-1230 East Second Street. 
 147 
 
H. E. ROBERTSON. 
 
 D. J. CAHILL. 
 
 ROBERTSON & CAHILL, 
 
 Headquarters for the Best of Everything in the 
 
 GROCERY LINE. 
 
 We sell the MONARCH, ECHO and BON-TON line of Fancy Canned Fruits and Vegetables. 
 
 Both Telephones. 716-718 Belle St. 
 
 Our Wagons Deliver Everywhere. 
 
 | JOHN P. BAUER, 
 
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 "ALTON, ILLINOIS," 
 
 The Story of a Picturesque City of the Mississippi River. 
 
 FOR SALE A.T X Insurance and Real Estate, 
 
 » Surety Bonds and Investments. 
 
 X Correspondence Solicited for Home or Business Locations in 
 A Alton, Illinois. 
 
 212 STATE STREET. ♦ Kinloch Phone 1074. 720 East Second St. 
 
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 LA -A irr\\mn O /~^/~ > \ ♦ The Best Work. UNION TAILORS. Lowest Prices. 
 
 . A. MEYER & CO., : w r Stork * Cn 
 
 Staple and Fancy Groceries. X W ™- >£. 5l°I£ *,V°" 
 
 Seely Book Store, 
 
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 MERCHANT TAILORS. 
 
 Choice Line of Foreign and Domestic Woolens. 
 Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing. 
 
 1655 WASHINGTON AVE. UPPERALTON, ILL. 
 
 Fancy 
 
 The Home of Quality. 
 
 216 State Street. Bell 123R. Kinloch 371 
 
 We Deliver to all Parts of the City. 
 
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 The Equitable Powder 
 Mfg. Co., 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 MINING, BLASTING 
 : AND SPORTING : 
 
 POWDER. 
 
 OFFICE AND FACTORY, 
 EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 Maher Bros., Proprietors. ♦ BAKERY LUNCH ROOM and SHORT ORDERS. 
 
 Dealers In ♦ ice CREAM and CONFECTIONERY. 
 
 FRESH MILK and CREAM. ♦ 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
 
 7 w. Fourth St. Kinloch Phone 289. ♦ 2 1 9 Piasa St. Both Phones. Alton, 111. 
 
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 The Alton Creamery, 
 
 The 
 
 Western Cartridge 
 
 Company, 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 "WESTERN" AMMUNITION, 
 
 WHITE FLYER TARGETS, 
 
 AUTOMATIC TRAPS. 
 
 FACTORY AND OFFICE, 
 EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 A. L. DANIELS, 
 
 BAKERY GOODS. 
 
 CHAS. H. HASTINGS, 
 
 Cigars, Tobacco and Canned Goods. Fresh Eggs 
 and Choice Butter a Specialty. 
 
 1104 E. Second St. Phone Kinloch 5-L. 
 
 MRS. ,J. J. MANNING'S 
 
 FIRST-CLASS RESTAUR ANT. 
 FOB LADIES' AXD GENTLEMEN. 
 
 M c.ils served at all hours from G a.m. until 8 p.m. 
 Home Cooking and Prompt Service. 
 
 323 BELLE ST. 
 
 ALTON. ILL. 
 
 US 
 
H. O. TONSOR 
 
 KINLOCH TELEPHONE 
 738 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALER IN 
 
 626-628 EAST SECOND ST. 
 ALTON, ILLINOIS 
 
 WINES AND LIQUORS 
 
 ...THE CIGAR MAN... 
 
 JOS. E. HOLL, 
 
 642 East Second Slreel. Alion, III. 
 KEYSTONE AND TAMPANOLA 10 CENT CIGARS. 
 DOBY QUEEN. KING "B" AND "112" 5 CENTERS. 
 
 THEY ARE ALWAYS THE BEST. Kinlooh 313. 
 
 FRANK MANS, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Staple and Fancy Groceries, 
 
 HAY, CORN, OATS. 
 
 619 East Second Street. Alton. Illinois. 
 Kinloch Plione 7S2- 
 
 AVERAGE DAILY 
 
 CIRULATION 
 
 IN 1911 
 
 OVER 4,000 
 
 :JHlr 
 
 320 PIASA STREET 
 ALTON, ILL. 
 
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 ^-YOU WILL FIND IT TO YOUR INTEREST TO SEE OUR LIST OF MANUFAC- 
 ^ TURING AND RESIDENCE PROPER- 
 TIES BEFORE BUYING REAL ESTATE. 
 
 AMONG OUR LARGE LISTS YOU WILL CER- 
 TAINLY FIND SOMETHING WHICH WILL SUIT Rooms 207 and 208. Alton Banking and Trust Building 
 
 YOUR PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS: : : : : : a l t o n , Illinois 
 
 QL 3. f ?akrl Agmtru 
 
 149 
 
Lands Suitable for Subdivisions and for Manufacturing Purposes. 
 
 STRING'S FARM: 
 
 UPPfR ALTON 
 
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 LOCATED SOUTH OF UPPER ALTON, and reached by Alton, Granite City & East St. Louis Traction Company, 
 in eight minutes from the City Hall, Alton. This fine farm covers 260 acres of unsurpassed farming land producing corn, wheat, 
 oats, and potatoes in great abundance. Fine also for the raising of cattle, hogs, and poultry. 
 
 There is a good school house on the propel ty, and plenty of water available for all purposes, making this one of the most 
 desirable investments in Alton's suburbs for subdivisions and manufacturing purposes. For particulars address, or call upon, 
 
 JOHN SIRING, Proprietor, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Or can be reached by the Locals of the Chicago & Alton and the Big Four railroads. 
 
 The Old Reliable House. Established 1847. 
 
 HARTMANN BROTHERS, 
 
 Leading Dealers in the West in 
 
 IRON AND STEEL 
 ...SCRAPS... 
 
 Metals and Rubber. 
 AUTOMOBILE TIKES A SPECIALTY. 
 
 Warehouse and Yards, 915-921 Union Street, 
 Office, 917 Union Street, ALTON, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 
 TELEPHONE. KINLOCH 112. 
 150 
 
ALTON, GRANITE & ST. LOUIS 
 TRACTION COMPANY. 
 
 TIME CARD. 
 
 ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Interurban Cars. 
 
 Leave City Hall for Edwardsville (via Mitchell), Granite City and East St. Louis at 6:00 a.m. and 
 hourly thereafter until 11:00 p.m., with an additional car at 11:45 p.m. as far as Granite City, connecting for 
 Edwardsville. 
 
 Arriving from Granite City only, 0:45 a.m. From East St. Louis. 7:45 a.m., and hourly thereafter 
 until 11:45 p.m. with additional car at 1:10 a.m., the latter connecting with owl cars. 
 
 Alton City Lines. 
 
 MIDDLETOWN DIVISION. 
 
 Cars leave both termini. City Hall and end of line on College Avenue at 5:00 a.m. and every 
 30 minutes thereafter until 12:00 midnight. First car leaves City Hall at 5:00 a.m. and last car leaves end of 
 line on College Avenue at 12:00 midnight. 
 
 UNION STREET LINE. 
 
 Cars leave City Hall at 5:15 a.m. and everv 30 minutes thereafter until 11:45 p.m. Leave Second 
 and Shields Streets at 5:30 a.m. and every :!0 minutes thereafter until 12:00 midnight. 
 
 STATE STREET DIVISION. 
 
 Regular cars leave termini at Salu Street and at Delmar Street at 5:40 a.m. and every 20 minutes 
 thereafter until 12:00 midnight. First car leaves Salu Street at 5:10 a.m. and last car at 12:00 midnight; 
 and Delmar Street at 5:40 a.m. and last car leaves at 12:00 midnight. 
 
 These cars alternate with Second Street division between City Hall ami Salu Street, giving 10 minute 
 service between these points. 
 
 SECOND STREET DIVISION. 
 
 These cars alternate with State Streetcars between Salu Street and City Hall, giving LO minute ser- 
 vice on these tracks. First car leaves Salu Street at 5:50 a.m.. last car at 12:10 a.m. First car leaves City 
 Hall at 5:30 a.m.. last car at 11:50 p.m. 
 
 OWL CAR SERVICE. 
 
 151 
 
MAY 1912 
 
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 MANUFACTURERS 
 
 The Best Location for Factories 
 
 is on the 
 
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 Illinois Terminal Railroad. 
 
 ADDRESS : 
 
 J. C. RYAN, General Freight Agent, ALTON, ILL. 
 
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 GENERAL OFFICES, FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES, ALTON, ILL., 
 
 COMPRISING TWENTY-ONE CITY BLOCKS. 
 
 LOCAL WAREHOUSES AND OFFICES: 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO Nos. 612-616 North Second St. 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL ... No. 227 West Randolph St. 
 
 LOUISVILLE, KY Second and Water Sts. 
 
 DETROIT, MICH . .201 Telegraph Building. 
 
 ST. PAUL, MINN Robert and Indiana Sts. 
 
 KANSAS CITY, MO .No. 1216-1218 Union Ave. 
 
 CINCINNATI, OHIO Vine and Water Sts. 
 
 LOCAL BRANCH OFFICES! 
 
 
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 MEMPHIS, TENN.. 
 CLEVELAND, OHIO... 
 DALLAS, TEXAS . . 
 
 DENVER, COLO 
 
 MILWAUKEE, WIS... 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA 
 
 BRIDGEPORT, CONN 
 
 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. 
 
 91 Porter Building. 
 
 No. 409 Superior St. 
 
 403 Slaughter Building. 
 
 24 Jacobson Building. 
 
 308 Merrill Building. 
 
 . .607-8-9 Tulane-Newcomb Bldg. 
 
 No. 737 Water St. 
 
 MONTEREY. MEXICO. 
 
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 AH Wuapken 
 
 FINE DRIVING HARNEY, 
 RADDLES. LCAThER GOOQ3. 
 
 CUSTOM-MADE HARNESS. 
 
 I MAKE ALL OF MY HARNESS. 
 
 Any harness maker can 
 make harness fairly well ; 
 many can make harness 
 very well ; a FEW make 
 harness extremely well. 
 
 The man excels, who 
 inot only does his work 
 [extremely well, but adds 
 to it a last touch of per- 
 sonality through great zeal, 
 patience and persistence, 
 making it peculiar, unique, 
 individual, distinctly his 
 own. It's the last indefin- 
 able touch that counts and 
 shows the originality and 
 superiority over others. 
 
 One Price 
 to All. 
 
 I have the largest stock 
 of Farm Harness in the city 
 and the greatest variety of 
 styles. I am not trying to 
 see how cheap I can make 
 these harness, but how 
 good. 
 
 You do not buy a harness 
 every year and it is cheaper 
 for you to pay a few dol- 
 lars more and get a good 
 harness. It is strict econ- 
 omy for yourself. 
 
 FRANK C PICKARD, 
 
 Corner Third and State Streets, Alton, Illinois 
 
 "The Last Three Seconds on the Home Stretch Prove the Winner.' 
 
 While they last, I am giving one of these elegant books with each set of Harness. 
 
I 
 
 "The House That Helped Put Alton on the Map." 
 
 LINI HOTEL 
 
 ALTON. ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
 
 NE of the finest hostelries of the Mississippi Valley. Up-to- 
 date and modern in all points. Every chamber an 
 outside room, with private baths, telephone, etc. Has 
 all the accommodations and appointments of a great metro- 
 politan centre in one of the most picturesque of American cities, 
 with close connection to Chicago, St. Louis and all the magnifi- 
 cent country of the Middle West. 
 
 The house is absolutely fire-proof; located right in the business centre, close 
 to trains and trolleys, with spacious sample rooms for the commercial traveler. 
 Conducted on the American and European styles, with rates from $2.50 to $3.50 
 and $1.00 to $2.50 per day, under the personal direction of Mr. Aug. F. Ratz, a 
 DODular manager of wide experience in European and American houses of renown. 
 
 (SEE PAGE INSIDE.) 
 
 first Trust and Savings 
 Bank of ill ton, 
 
 102 WEST THIRD STREET, ALTON, ILLINOIS. 
 
 CAPITAL S 100,000. 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 H. L. BLACK, President. F. HERB, Vice-President. 
 
 E. KELSEY, Vk .-President. D. A. WYCKOFF, Cashier. 
 
 H. E. BUSSE, Ass'i Cashi 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 H. L. BLACK, President 
 
 HAPGOOD PLOW CO. 
 
 C. F. HERB, President 
 
 FEDERAL TOOL & SUPPLY CO. 
 
 J. E. KELSEY, 
 
 CAPITALIST. 
 
 D. M. KITTINGER, 
 
 MERCHANT. 
 
 EBEN RODGERS, Sec'y <t Treas. 
 
 ALTON BRICK CO. 
 
 E. C. LEMEN, M.D. 
 
 D. A. WYCKOFF, Cashier. 
 
 MEIX1NG & GASKJNS, 
 
 PRINTERS and BINDERS. 
 
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 AITHM H.IIKflTS.