Street widening on S Main forces business moves
Merchants along S Main Street from Russell to Highway 29 by-pass confront extensive widening that blocks traffic and erodes sales. Some relocate, others adapt with rear entrances and off street parking, while a few shutter. The project aims to finish by November 1 with a median and two one way lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main
Russell Street
Russell
Willowbrook
S. Hamilton
S. Main Street
Bill Harvell
Harvell
Grimes Street
Taylor
C. DeWitt Holton
C. DeWitt Holton Furniture Co
Holton
Hamilton
H. Floyd Lewis
Reliable Cleaners
S. Main St
Montlieu Ave
Lewis
Joseph J. Warren
Warren Radio and Television Service
N. Wrenn St
Warren
Elijah P. Lovejoy Martyr For Free Press In 1837
The 125th anniversary of Elijah P. Lovejoy’s death after defending his fourth printing press in Alton Illinois is marked by the Lovejoy Association scholarships and graveside services. The 1837 mob attack killed Lovejoy and destroyed his press as authorities failed to protect press freedom.
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Paul S. Cousley
Alton Telegraph
America
Cousley
St. Louis
Ings
Lovejoy
Jefferson City
Albion
Maine
Waterville
Colby) College
Princeton
N. J
Lovejoys
Alton
Cincinnati
John M. Krum
Winthorp S. Gilman
Gilman
Bishop
Capt. Long
Amos B. Roff
Royal Weller
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Roff
Weller
Keating
West
S. J. Thompson
American Ads Flaunt Eccentric Gadgets Abroad
A column scorns U S advertising in magazines abroad. It highlights odd American gadgets from a repair kit with eyedropper and gum to a beer can launcher and a never failing cigarette lighter. It notes a $5 swivel dollar and a talking doll as examples of decadence and ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxfords
Miss
Little Rocks
Ark
United States
U. S
Odd Gadget Ads Offer Quirky Stuff and Stranger Promises
A column notes gimmick ads selling odd items such as a doll with a voice recorder in its chest and a box that releases a hand when switched. It also mentions a stylish white hunter’s hat with leopard band offered for 19 dollars as a striking, if impractical, buy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Robert Marks
Enterprise Sunday
Henry Taylor Jr
S. Hamilton Street
Taylor Street
High Point
High Point Enterprise
Edward S. Kitch
Cousley Said
Critic
Joseph
Owen
Midwest
U. S. House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Celia Ann French
St. Charles
Enoch Long
Edward Keating
Henry West
Elijah
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