Died at 87 after long Illinois life in Decatur
Mrs Amelia Toda Todd an early Macon County resident died this morning at the Millikin Home aged about 87. Born in Ohio in 1801 she migrated to Illinois in the 1840s, widow of Randolph Smith and later married Judge Sidney Todd. Survived by three daughters and one son, plus a grandchild, with Dr. EW Moore noting her long acquaintance and care at the home.
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Amelia Tord
Anon BH. Millikin
Macon county
Millikin
Clavoe
Ohto
St Louis
Sho
Randolph Smith
Sidney Todd
Shobna
tao
EW Moore
Voit
aga
mitch
Min Read
Elizabeth Allen Read
Thomas Read
baii
First Baptist church
D. R. MacGregor
F. P. Howard
Beatrica
Howard
A. Lindamood
Harry Kepler
amoe tta
MacGregor
Greenwood cemetery
E. A Gastman
George W. Bright
W. TE. Nelson
B. W Shull
Saxton
B. O. McReynolds
I. W. Adkesson
Tenno W. Adesso
B. Adkesson
Taylorville
Mr. Adkesson
Bucka county
Pennsylvania
Zancaville
Ohio
Rochester
Sangamon county
Minois
Lucy Morgan
Adkeeson
M. MN
Columbus White
bia
C. B. Adkesson
Decatur
Elizabeth Barr
aix
Robert E. Gates
Harriett G. P
Outten
Lewis
Hoffhein
fareclépure
Rev. D. Savings Fund Building association
decres
aolioftor
Vail
hele- Henry Owsley va Lewin B. Casnor et gates
aetian Gecorea
solicitor
trean
Woodmen Camp Session in Springfield Delivers Growth
State camp of Modern Woodmen meets in Springfold to select delegates for the bead camp at Dubuque and to elect officers. Officials report membership at 215,000 with 4600 camps and $200,000 in the general fund, noting the order now leads U S socities in membership and has the youngest average member age.
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Hell
Unitei
Tueunday
Hitnels
Modorp
Woodmen
bugap
sorial
Springfold
Dubuque
St Nicholas hotel
Vermillon
Danville
oficera
vevern
onlur
hom olilvera
venta
Northcott
Hal
M. Hawes
Hock Jaland
iireators
Gonurad M. Hoeps
Springfield
M .Quackenboah
Dundes
John W. White
Rook Fata
RE. Hesoh
Vandalia
J. O Vangotdor
Sycamore
etate oltvore
W. A. Redenburg
East St. Louis
G J. Lindley
BB, Wadte
reevytlla
Springfokd
United States
order
Tittools
5. H. Miller
Piper City
Livington county
al George Roberts
Elgin
Ae De
Miller
conan
Maras Grout Innterest
Modern Woodmen
J. BH. Elnassey
T. J. Osborn
Budd Florey
Frank Sanford
W. B.Black
Frank Easterly
J H. Hingeley
lews
Consel
W. J. Dustin
C. E. Hobart
R. E. Bolles
W. B. Stone
Eecort
M.Gebbart
Whtabman
S. M. McGuire
Wil'am Lutz
J 0. Dodds Monegers
Higgine,Ejner, Eliott, Kellogg and Mahoney
June Lancaster on Trial for Bastardy in County Court
In county court Judge Hammer presides over the June Lancaster bastardy trial with Addis Cooper the key witness. Cooper, once a servant in farmer Jobs Roberts household near Niantic, claims Lancaster fathered her child and testified amid a crowded courtroom. Prosecution and defense are represented by I. R. Mille, J. A. Buckingham, Leforges, Leo, and David Hutchison.
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Lancaster
Hammer
Misa Addis Cooper
Addis Cooper
Jobs Roberts
Niantic
ferencon
Laat summer
tn Lancaster
Cooper
John Roberta
Roberts
J. A. Buckingham
Leforges and
Leo
David Hutchison
Dan Culp
J. Gordon
George Nichols
M. Wallace
J. McCarthy
W. Lesko
H. Downing
D. N. Twaddell
Lowry
Portwood
France
Angie
Nicholson
pareen
Dunham Post 141 G A R hears lecture plan and initiations
The Dunham Post No 141 G A R held a large meeting with General George A Marden of Lowell present and a plan set for General John B Gordon to lecture on The Last Days of the Confederacy at the opera house on March 20. Initiation at home occurred for Mrs Samantha Competer with a party of thirty members assisting at her East William street home. A resolution urged Illinois lawmakers to secure Shiloh battlefield as a national park and permanent record of units involved.
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Gau
Marden
Gordon Lacrurie
W E
Dunham Post
George A Marden
Lowell
Mase
moss
W. F. Calhoun
K. Harwood
C. M Imboden
John B. Gordon
opera house
Dunham Relief corps
Samantha Competer
East William street
Dompeter
apesini
o’slock
Springfald
Shiloh
Ibo
Morse letter boosts loyalty to Decatur Republican
A veteran reader L R Morse of Hunt Township Macon County now in Fort Smith Ark renews weekly Republican and New York Tribune subscription. He praises the Decatur Republican editorials for clarity and judgment during the 1896 campaign and pledged to continue subscribing.
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L. BH. Morae
Ft Smith
Ark
L. R. Moree
Hunt township
Macon county
Ft. Smith
Republican
New York Tribune
Mr. Morse
aloe
maby papera
New York
Chicago
Lonia
Decatur Republiican
satur Republican
L. R. Morse
Meeting of OW men in Decatur salesmen conference
The Standard company salesmen in the Decatur territory will hold their annual meeting in the city tomorrow with thirty men attending. Dinner will be served at the St Nicholas. Attendees include Ga Thomson Cincinnati Ohio and many others from Illinois cities such as Mattoon Effingham Vandalia Pana Jacksonville and Decatur among others.
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Decatur
M. Maxon
St Nicholas
A. Thomson
Cincinnati
Ohio
A Bryan
Danville
F. G. Coz
Centralis
T. A. Grammer
Carbondale
Hinch
East St. Louis
F. UL. Harpater
Olnton
Habn
Champaign
D. James
Mattoon
Lewis James
M. W
B. W. Mevees
Anna
BF. Osier
Edwardsville
W. RB. Palmer
Springfield
E. E. Potter
Litchfield
Rode
Vandalia
D. Stimson
George W. Sanders
George W. Sanders, Pana, J. ©. M. Snapp, Parijs, NL J. Stoinmetz
White Hall
John Lear
Jacksonville
E. Wheeler
Alton
RK. B. Watkins
Tuscall
I. W. A. Brown
J. F. Holliday
Desater
H. L. Holliday
E Jones
St. Louis
Putnam
Dudley
Bloomington
Courts Prepare For Next Week's Criminal and Civil Docket
In a circuit court session Judge Vail noted illness among attorneys may delay calls. civil cases will resume after March 1, while criminal cases get attention on Monday. Dockets include multiple civil and chancery matters such as divorces, foreclosures, and debt suits with judgments or defaults noted, and master reports approved in several equity actions.
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ngh Crea
Metana
James E. Osborne
F. M. Burns
replevin
Simon Rosenberger
J. C. Riggin
William Stone
Wm. Sobroll
National Malleable Casting Co
John Willams
assumpsit
Henry W. Sharpless
Wm. Moger
J. M. Hayy Woolen Co
J. Murphy
Ageminpalt
Hiram Hutse
A T. Sommers
jabldes
Hmmet M. Ni¢hola
Emanuel C Mace
MSingman & Co
Andrew Miner
assampait
sasesses dam
same and
coats
John A. Dawson
S. T. Nesbitt
national bank of Decatur
A. J. Eldridge
Eula Andrix
Felix Andrix
dearee ag
Mary Willis
Joseph
Willis
geeraa
Cora LA Browning
W. L. Browning
dearee
Charlotte Poindexter
George Poindetter
Decrea
Abner Corey
Lutra Corey
QOlara L McClellan
Henry T McClellan
Festua McClure
Barnett
McGarty
Wm. Taylor
Q. F. Parker
Agnes Roady
Jobn M. Gordon
Micbach Doran
E. F. King
Milton M. Sharp
The
Decatur Brewing Co
Mary Schwab
chancery
Mobson
Moscow Bank Closure and Local Crimes Stir Idaho News
A chaotic Idaho scene includes the Moscow National Bank closure amid a Comptroller of the Currency report, detailing cash on hand and loans. Reports also recount a tragic case in Apollo where James Shelhamer killed Grace Clark and then himself, plus a divorce of Countess Cowley and other local notices including marriages and foreclosures.
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Idaho
Moscow National bank wa
Shorton Braine
Apollo
James Shelhammer
Grace Clark
Shlelhanmer
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