Commonwealth pays 258840 for 172 acres in Madison county
The American Locomotive Company transfers 172.56 acres near Granite City to the Commonwealth for 258,946 dollars. The deal hints at expanded holdings toward 400 acres as Commonwealth plans further land purchases and large scale development tied to a locomotive crane patent and nearby industrial interests.
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Madison county
American Locomotive Company
Commonwealth Stel Company
Granite City
Commonwealth plant
Commonwealth
te Commonweaill
Liesdine
macime
trier
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Madison
Auintican Loca- Hivuge Company
Americay company
Comsnomwalth company
Niedring- Halles
National Entering and Stampins Company
Commonwealth steel
Termanal enterprises
herve
Tri-City Abstract Company
Conditioning Roads For Heavier Winter Work In Madison County
County highway crews in Madison County drag and smooth roads ahead of freezing weather. About twenty draggers were out last Monday with sixteen of fifty reporting by yesterday amid delayed mail reports. Tractor outfits and patrol teams worked in several county sections to prepare highways for harsher conditions.
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Madison county
nort
County Superintendent of Highways
Howden
Mennday
Reunion After Murder Ties Father And Daughter In Tri Cities
A Gran ite City inquest into the stabbing death of William McGlothlin linked a reunion of a widowed daughter with her long-lost father James Rotebleff to events surrounding the case. Witnesses testified about two Granite City workers and a knife remark by suspect Nealy Markin, who remains at large.
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William McGlothlin
Tri- Cities
Granite Cuty
St. Louis
Ralph Johnson
James Rotehleff
Blythevile
Ark
Granite City
James Rotebleff
McGlothlin
Elmer Ballance
Jasper Green
Missouri avenue
Union Starch and Refining compay
Ballance
Nealy Markin
Markin
Paver
Tate
Uton
Cash Held Back as County Board Delays Actions
County workers and others who rely on checks report withheld cash due to uncertainty over who will be counted after the next county board meeting on December 14. Treasurer Tar’s orders save a discount when bills are paid within 30 days, but many issue a daw over when cash is needed. Treasurer-elect Earl Werrin seeks a mandamus to force bond approval. hearing slated after Monday in circuit court.
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County Board of Supervises
Pitt
Tris
urer Martin
Treaswer
Earl Werrin
circuit court
Martin
elert
Santa Claus Letters Bring Christmas Wishes From Edwardsville
First Santa Claus letters published by the Intelligencer feature Julia May Attesératls daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Carl L. Attesératls, plus the Gusewelle children. Letters request dolls, books, a pearl ring, a doll bed, nuts, fruit, a Christmas tree, and other gifts, signed from local youngsters with hopeful greetings to Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
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Juhia May Attu
Carl L. Attesératls
Julia May
Gusewelle
JULIA MAYATTIG
College St
Edwardsville
Center Grove Land Values Givers STATE CASE ENDED
Defense questions in county court as Center Grove land for a St Louis Road project over Center Grove Crossing is valued at 156 to 226 dollars per acre for about two acres. State witnesses say land is for agricultural use, with 12,455 cubic yards of fill, soil from a barrow pit, embankment details, and drainage plans described for the overhead bridge across the McKinley tracks.
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Division of Highways
St. Louie
Center Grove
McKinley tracks
Wilbur A. Traves
Bank Robbers Escape With 5000 At Pocahontas Bank
Bandits held up the Bond County Pocahontas bank yesterday afternoon firing ten shots to frighten workers and customers. Three robed men rushed the teller cages while two stayed outside in a car. They loaded about 5000 into a sack and fled as residents fired on the getaway vehicle. Police traced the robbers as a five-man gang, with a first bank robbery record in southern Illinois in twenty seven months.
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Williamson
Illinois
Dirgerites
Shelton
melestins
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west Lonis
Bank ab
Parahoulas
Dullet
adymnins
Tliinois
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Vicebars
Hingis
Indigon-8
Clair Counties Bankers’scorrition
Pocahontas Mining Company
Youd County State bank
Daghler J. Elmer Grob
RR. Brown
Insurance
cravenette
Grob
Sun parlor columns at sanitarium being replaced
Brick masons replace sun parlor columns at the Tuberentosis Sanitarium to correct damage from last June’s settlement. Jacks and cribbing support the south wing as brickwork dries. Engineers from Powell, Cellinsville check levels. boxing around openings protects against cold and moisture. basement remains largely unusable except for laundry and boiler room.
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Tuberentosis Sanitarum
A. ©. Powell
Cellinsville
Warren Lorton Dies in Boulder Sanitarium
Warren Lorton, 34, former employee of East Alton State Bank, died Sunday in a Boulder Colorado sanitarium after a bout with influenza. He had been hospitalized in St Louis for months and went to Boulder a month ago. He leaves two widows and three young children. His father died last year. Lorton worked for the Mast Alton for eight years.
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Warren Lorton
East Alton State Bank
Boulder
Coln
Lorton
St. Louis
Alton
Blizzard on Way Strands Midwest in Severe Cold Wave
Chicago reports a precursor blizzard and bitter cold sweeping the Midwest. Wind chills drop from 41 by two degrees hourly since midnight, with a forecast low near 66. North Dakota and Upper Michigan dread heavy snows and snowbound roads, while Calumet and Marquette see five foot drifts. Governor-elect Greene and novelist James Oliver Curwood are reported snowbound at remote camps.
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North Dakota
Upper Michigan peninsula
Calumet
Marquette
Upper Michigan
Greene
James Oliver Curwood
tailes
Mitchell Holdup Report Denied By Officials
Information from an authoritative source states a Mitchell business was held up last night and cash taken, but the claim is denied by those involved. Robbery reports circulated with the proprietor saying nothing to confirm the incident, and officials in Mitchell and Granite City say they have no knowledge of it.
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Mitchell
Granite City
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