1922 Reunion Comes to Marion
The Southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Association set the 38th annual meeting for Salem in 1922 after a vote at Du Quoin. Marion favored hosting due to Captain William Hendrickson’s invitation, but Salem’s strong program led to the reunion staying in Salem from August 8 for five days with carnival, entertainment, and officer elections planned. Organizations from Civil War, World War, and Spanish American War veterans were invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Association
Merchant's
du Quoin
Salem
William Hendrickson
Marion
Benton
President Harding Backs Camp Training For Youth
President Harding urges wide participation in Citizens' Military Training Camps this summer and endorses a comprehensive voluntary training system. He notes the amended National Defense Law creates a framework for a small Regular Army with citizen forces and calls all patriotic citizens to support development of the Army of the United States comprising the Regular Army National Guard and Organized Reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Congress
Army of the
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
War Department
Etching for Reproduction From Tayder Era Reflected
Fragmentary note discusses an etching linked to Repentielle, hinting at art interest and commerce among day dealers, artists, and students, with a cautious tone about reproduction and expression.
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Winneh
Repentielle
Tayder
Install New Burglar Alarm at State and Savings Bank
The Bankers Electric Protection Company installed a modern burglar alarm system at the Marion State and Savings Bank. Any employee can trigger it from twelve bank locations, summoning aid from outside where guns and ammunition are kept. The bank carries burglary insurance and has a contract for immediate Pinkerton Detective Agency service.
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Bankers Electric Protection Company
al State and Savings Bank
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Marion State and Savings Bank
Funeral Return for Mrs. Sally Straughn at Marion
Henry and Charles Belford returned from Golconda with the body of Mrs. Sally Straughn who died at her niece Emma Reid's West Main home. Funeral was at the Marion home with burial in Palestine cemetery near Golconda. She was 77 years, 2 months and 12 days old. She was predeceased by husband William Straughn. Survived by niece Emma Reid and nephews Henry and Charley Belford. Cause of death paralysis.
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Henry
Charles Belford
Golconda
Sally Straughn
Emma Reid
West Main Street
Marion
Palestine Cemetery
Major Storm
Charley Belford
Virgo Born Persons Shine In Calm and Steady Ways
Fortunate Birth Season notes those born August 22 to September 28 under Virgo possess cool, orderly bearing and dependable minds. They excel in business, study, competition and tasks, with strong memories and teaching potential, though may show selfish tendencies, yet remain devoted friends.
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Virgo
Good Flow of Gas Possible
Clean gas stove burners by boiling them once a month in hot soapy water. This will keep them in excellent condition, for an excellent flow of gas is sure when the holes are free from urease.
One Way to Tell in the Street
A Galveston News item notes a social custom about how a man’s readiness to offer his seat to a standing lady can be judged by the back of his neck. The observation reflects common urban manners and gender expectations of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Man to Be Dreaded. The dunce as fatal figure
A sharp quip on the dunce as a dangerous character, referencing Carlyle. The author labels the irrational speaker as a dread figure who misreads reality, warning readers about careless rhetoric and its consequences.
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Carlyle
Local residents make routine Tuesday trips
Louie Walker transacted business in West Frankfort on Tuesday. W R Hoyle of the Country Club visited Marion on business Tuesday. Verner Hicks traveled to Mt Vernon on Tuesday and returned in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Walker
West Frankfort
W. R. Hoyle
Country Club
Marion
Verner Hicks
Mt. Vernon
George Deitrich
Willie Walker
Joe Long
E. J. Steikman
Chicago
J. D. Kirby
Attia
Our Chautauqua Offers Balanced Program and Low Tickets
The Mutual Chautauqua presents one of the best balanced programs for the community. Despite rising costs for salaries, railroads, printing, canvassing, and overhead, ticket prices remain pre war low. Buy season tickets for every family member and support Junior Chautauqua as part of education. Committeemen work without reward to improve the town. Get tickets today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual
Chautauqua Fills Real Need in American Homes
A speaker argues amusements alone cannot form Citizenship and praises the chautauqua movement for bringing quality entertainment and inspirational lectures to home towns. He asserts a chautauqua ticket is an investment, not a cost, in building better society.
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America
Marion residents host and visit across town borders
Local society notes show Leo Mason from Herrin in Marion on business. Many Marion residents host relatives and travel to nearby towns for church, K P District convention in West Frankfort, and family visits. Several attendees are listed along with minor local events and a jail lodging for Peter Surrant on liquor possession.
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Leo Mason
Hrrin
Marion
W. W. Wallace
Maurine Wallace
Ewing
John Massey
Church of God
Southern Illinois Camp
Anderson
Ind
H. R. Collings
Harrisburg
T. B. Craig
R. R. Fowler
Rev. A. M. Laird Wer
West Frankfort
K. P
Green Simpson
Tunnel Hill
Robert Simpson
Peter Surrant
Weaver
Co. T. Lidster
Lawrence Riddle
American Legion
Mattoon
Earl Pillow
Pillow
Parks Pharmacy
Thomas Manning
Crab Orchard
Bruce Wallace
Esther Mercer
Arthur Boatright
Big Muddy River
Imogene and
Avon] Sanders
Cambria
Lon Sanders
East DeYoung Street
Pittsburg
Cecil Sanders
Willis Sanders
Theron D. Hurst
Thor
Lulu Wise
John L. Chism
Creal Springs
Board of
Evansville
B. N. Neber
Carbondale
Ljsse Atwood
Belle Lacy
Herrin
Edgar Lacy
West Main Street
Birthday party marks Mr Chamness seventy first
A family gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Scott Chamness west of Marion celebrated his seventy first birthday. Relatives arrived with baskets and a noon meal. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Chamness and families, Mr and Mrs Will Chamness and children, Mr and Mrs Jeans Chamness and children, Mr and Mrs Dallas Chamness and children, Mr and Mrs Arthur King, Mr and Mrs John Audry and children, Mr and Mrs Ben Sizemore, Mr and Mrs Roy Craig, and Miss Opal and Pauline Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Chamneys
Marion
Harry Chamness
rMs
Will Chamness
Eanas
Dallas Chamness
Arthur King
John Audry
Ben Sizemore
Roy Craig
Opal
Pauline Price
Miss Hoover To Demonstrate Salad Making At Club
Miss Mary Hoover county home advisor has accepted an invitation to demonstrate salad making at the Presbyterian Young Women's Club meeting on Thursday afternoon. The program, already popular elsewhere, marks her first such event in Marion and is expected to be unusually interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hoover
Mary Hoover
Presbyterian Young Women's Club
Marion
Birthday Picnic Honors Gano Bradley On 56th
Friends and relatives gathered at Gano Bradley's home three miles east of Marion to celebrate his 56th birthday with a woodland picnic. The event featured barbecued lamb and chicken, a large dinner, and ice cream and drinks in the afternoon. Attendees from Marion and nearby areas included Henry and Bradley spouses, Jestina Clarida, Herman and Ida Bradley, George Pritchett, Frank Jenkins, Miles Parkes, Mamie Wooten, the Stocks families, and several other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gano Bradley
Marion
Henry Bradley
Charley Bradley
Loyd
Ettie Bradley
John Clarida
Jestina
Herman
Ida Bradley
Elmer Borum
George Pritchett
Frank Jenkins
Mike Fortune
Miles Parkes
Mamie Wooten
Frank
Lora Bruce
William Pulley
Fay Claxton
Ethel
Zenila Boner
John Boner
Fred Stocks
Charles Stocks
Henry Funk
Len Borum
Paisley Attends Pythian Convention in Weat Frankfort
W. O. Paisley of the Republican Leader spent Tuesday evening at the Pythian convention in Weat Frankfort, a local social and fraternal gathering highlighting party connections and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Paisley
Republican Leader
Weat Frankfort
Married couples unite in two ceremonies at area churches
Matrimonial news reports J A Cling and Ida Mae Ottenheimer wed by Squire George Pritchett in Centralia, while Velma Hicks and Leo H Cox tie the knot at the First Methodist church parsonage. Cox works as a clerk with the Peabody coal company.
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Cling-Ottenheimer
J. A. Cling
Centralia
Ida Mae Ottenheimer
Mascoutah
George Pritchett
Cox-Hicks
J. W. Cumming
First Methodist Church
Velma Hicks
Mt. Vernon
Leo H. Cox
Hinsdale
Metodist
Cox
Peabody Coal Company
Married Couple Receives License In County Clerk Office
A license was issued on Monday for the marriage of Joe Rozmislowicz of Freeman, 35, and Dausie Mueller of Clifford, 16. A large crowd accompanied the couple to Marion where they were wed by Squire Gorge Pritchett with a ring ceremony in his office on the public square.
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Joe Rozmislowicz
Freeman
Dausie Mueller
Clifford
Marion
Squire eGorge Pritchett
Birthday Dinner for Mr. Pike on Twenty Sixth Birthday
Mrs. Lloyd Pike hosted a six o clock dinner Monday evening in honor of Mr. Pike's twenty sixth birthday. A chicken dinner followed by card playing marked the pleasant event. Guests included Arch and Mrs Donahue Cox and Mrs Frick and others, who departed late with best wishes for more happy birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Pike
Mr. Pike
Arch Donahue
Charles Cox
D. J. Frick
C. O. Howard
Olga Lusk Weds Orville Sheets of Benton Mo
Announcements tell of the marriage of Miss Olga Lusk to Orville Sheets of Benton Missouri. Miss Lusk daughter of Mrs Nettie Lusk of Commerce Missouri, lived in Marion with her sister Mrs J L Ledbetter, and she graduated from Marion Township High School in 1918. Her husband is a graduate of Washington University and is esteemed. They will reside in Benton Missouri. Mr and Mrs Lehman entertained their daughter Mrs Sterrvit at Johnston City Tuesday.
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Marie Hie
Mary Mily
J. W. Donaldson
Creal Springster
Johnston City
Marion
J. B. Cirreto
Cape Girardeau
J. H. White
West Frankfort
J. A. Burkett
Marie Watson
Goreville
Beulah Horsley
Ernest Holland
L. L. Smoot
Gladys Smith
St. Louis
H. W. Ragel
W. E. Groves
Walter
Frank Paquette
George Campbell
Gordon Campbell
Earl Pillow
Ray Mundy
Paul Jones
John Reed
Benton
Charles Reil
Denver
Colo
Hay
George Stone
Country Club
Henry Radford
Spillertown
William Wallace Sr
Hookville
William Wallace Jr
North State Street
C. J. Lewis
R. J. Utley
Truman, Ark
D. A. Powell
J. W. McKey
Charles Leigh
Harrisburg
Geno Ferrell
Washington, D. C
Maggle Furlong
H. C. Mitchell
Paul
C. E. Hinkle
West End
Hiram Jones
Irvin Singler
Pittsburg
Gavis
Peter Gore
A. R. Albright
Amanda Ollis
Will Riggs
John Brown
Tamme
Roy Fiveash
Alta Chitty of
Neilson
Ruby Latham
Jesse Holland
Opal Moulton
Lyne Deason
Frank Dillon
Dan Walker
K. P
Mesdames A. L
Compton A. I. Brown
Nellie Woodbrodge
Nettie True
J. Levee
Will Cooper
Earl Whiteside
Rufus Gill
Billi [Ette
Glenn Hartwell
Sawyer A. Smith
Barbourville
H. Robert Fowler
J. J. Fly
Thorn Place
John M. Reid
West Main Street
Edith Owen
Albert Stevens
M. C. Hartwell
Harry Holland
Mary Hudgens
R. B. Mitchell
North Market Street
Harry Wood
South Market Street
Mitchell
P. R. Clayton
Mt. Vernon
John Liebengood
Ferne Cliffe
W. P. Allen
Lou Springs
Route Two
Henry White
Route Three
Anna Palmer
Herrin
J. H. Leikman
Centralia
W. B. Reid
Bertha Ross
William Stanley
Nova
Elda Mae Hunsacker
Buncombe
William Carlton
Weat Frankfort
Hinchcliffe
Olga Lusk
Orville Sheets
Lusk Ia
Nettie Lusk
Commerce
J. L. Ledbetter
Marion Township
Washington's University
Benton, Mo
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William Hendrickson Brot
Marlon State and Savings Bank
L. M. McCormac
Josie Hindman
Cairo
Metti West
Ruth Mercer
William Wallace
John Latham
Co. Ta
Andrew Cox
Nellie Reeder
Morehouse
Brownfield
Hazel Stanley
Chester
Monroe Miller
South Court Street
Ooal Price
Perks
Bertha King
Clara Mater
Vienna
Danville
BH. M. Stotlar
J. R. Kirkman
Fred Hauer
West Brankfort
B. F. Bulmer
M. C. McDermott
Gh Caco
Ed Lock
du Que
Arthur
Robert Jeter
Mary Fox
J. M. Cameron
Julian Atwood
W. H Kirk
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
Pol Ae
Valier
Mrs. L. Wéhiman
Mrs. Sterrvit