May Day pageantry at Normal School procession through campus
A May Day celebration at the Normal School featured a revived May Queen with her attendants, hobby horses, and Morris dances. Villagers in costume paraded from the campus to the main building, with children carrying garlands and bells and groups performing Galop and Robin Hood inspired dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Sword
Morris Dan
Char
Robin Hoon Perry Greenwood
Queen’s St
Mercy
Sfare
Heralds
Rutha Helen van Etten
Edna May
Coun
Javed
Gar
Vorlind Riggs
Morris
May Pole Village Arrangements Noted by Athletics Association
Campus view shows chairs set for the procession and a marriage license filing in Hancock county. Listed residents include Kiee La Harpe Mrs La Harpe Lerle Therd Carthage Viv Steffey Hamilton Welty Clinton Ta Oscar Conover Hamill Worman Hamill Averitt Augusta Rene Upehureh Bowen. A local resident is seriously ill at Cedar Grove with artery illness. Walker of Hills neighborhood to begin new duties in Butler county after graduation from City of Illinois. Walker, linked to an Arizona farm site, was chosen for the position amid community regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Coun
Kiee
la Harpe
Lerle Therd
Carthage
Viv Steffey
Hamilton
Welty
Clinton
Orsham
Denver
Oscar Conover
Hamil- VY. Worman
Hamil
Missouri County
Walker
Hills
Horhood
Butler County
City of
Ilinois
Ork Walker
Arizona
Industry Chautauqua Opens August Fifth
The Industry Chautauqua opens August fifth with a Friday start and a session that runs until the following Tuesday. A Rushville Times report notes the event was set by the bureau and mentions the dates as part of this year’s assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statent For the Industry Chautauqua
Rushville Times
Robert M
Skiles
Schuyler
Rushville
Peoria
Peoria Star
Glen
Carl Glossick
South
Washington Street
Glossick
Erxleben Morne
Hf. H. Hanley
Plymouth youths learn lesson over public gambling
In Plymouth Illinois a group of young men were found gambling on the public square after dark. City Marshall Brickell recorded their names and offered release if they pled guilty to gambling before Justice Homer Blodgett. On Monday each paid 10 dollars and costs and promised reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ill
Marshall Brickell
Justice of the Peacces
Homer Blodgett
Teal Flowers From Grave At Industry Cemetery
Arthur Riffle of Moline placed potted Martha Washington geraniums on his sister Mrs Otis Eder s grave at Industry Cemetery. He returned hours later to find a large plant branch clipped and stolen by an unknown person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Riffle
Moline
Otis Eder
Martha Washington
Riffle
Back Sprain Hinders Local Firm Member
Lady, once of this city and now part of the Tady and Martin firm, struggles with a badly sprained back after lifting a heavy weight. Funeral wractors of Blandinsville report the incident as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lady
Tady and Martin
Blandinsville
Deputy Collectors Reappointed 60 Days
Quincy June 3. All deputy internal revenue collectors of the Eighth Illinois district including Quincy were reappointed for 60 days by George B Selivaner as he assumed the post of district collector. A Springfield banquet honored chief J L Pickering. attendees from Quincy included A B Kimlin division chief and deputy collectors L H Pratt T R A Shribe and E Scharfenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Internal Revenue
Eighth
Ilinois
Quincey
George B. Seliwaner
Internal Revenue Collector
Springfield
J. L. Pickering
Quincy Revenue Office
Kimlin
L. H. Pratt
TR. A. Shribe
E. Scharfenberg
Cake and Candy Sale By Universalis Church Group
The Young People's Christian Union of Universalis Church will hold a cake and candy sale tomorrow afternoon at the Zern drug store. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Christian Union of the Universalis, Vhurch
Zern Drug Store
Rules Blind Man Can Make a Will in Illinois
Judge Frank in County Court rules a blind man may have a valid will if attested by witnesses and knowledge of the maker is proven by hearing touching or other senses. Butterfield will probate decision may be appealed. Attorneys Davis and Robinson participated in the case in Galesburg Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Rep
Illinois
Frank
Myron N. Butterfield
Butterfield
Robinson
James E. Davis
Plymouth Merchant Purchases Fruit Ranch Near Mobile
Dave Wade, Plymouth's oldest grocer, buys a 35 acre fruit ranch near Mobile Alabama. Ten acres are oranges. Mr and Mrs Wade plan to move into their new home this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Wade
Plymouth
Mobile
Ala
Mrs. Wade
Nurses Meeting Draws Mrs Elzie Bowen Away
Mrs Elzie Bowen former public health nurse travels to Peoria for a meeting of registered graduate nurses now in session at Proctor high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzie Bowen
Peoria
Proctor High School
Births at Prairie City and Avon households
Prairie City Enterprise reports a ten pound girl named Martha Elizabeth born Friday morning May 27 to Mr and Mrs Clark Campbell. Nealy Woods of near Avon announces a seven pound girl born last Thursday May 25 to the Woods family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City Enterprise
Clark Campbell
Martha Elizabeth
Nealy Woods
Near Avon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fr Normal School
Ion Nay
Ay Tinssett
The
Robin Hood
Hanees
the Old Mole
Knot—Village Men
Dianeers
Athletics Association
Averitt, Augusta
Rene Upehureh
Bowen
Pley
Cedar Grove
McDonough County
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Fourth Supreme Judicial District
Claude E. Chiperfield
East Walnut Street
Canton
Circuit Court
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Walter C. Frank
N. Chambers St
Willis F. Graham
W. Broadway
Monmouth
Democratic Party
Floyd E. Thompson
Fourteenth Street
Rock Island
Socialist Party
Farmer-Labor Party
George C. Hillyer Bushnell
State of Illinois
John G. Norton
Louis N. Emmerson
Supreme Court of the Fourth Supreme Judicial District
Circuit Court of the
Schuylerite
Robert M. Skiles
Knox
A. P. News
Firestone Tires
C. E. Asher Garage
Bari
Zephyr
B.R. Butterfield
Terrill & Sons
Colchester
Oldfield & Son
Adair
Simmons & Huston
Swan Creek
J. M. Sullivan
Fandon
R. L. Sanders
Bushnell
B. F. Jacobson
Good Hope
J. D. Clause
Marietta
Chiropractic Clinic
Palmer School
South Side Park
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!