Grand Turn couple celebrate newborn granddaughter
Mr and Mrs George Witzel of the Grand Turn boast of a fine granddaughter born last week to Dick and Emma Hammerly. A National Greenbackers meeting at George A Hippard's store in Marshall township is planned for Thursday at 7 pm to choose delegates to the Representative Convention. The editor mourns a cow's death after a visit by about a dozen cow doctors. Wm Beadle, Republican nominee for Sheriff, was in the city last week saying he finished a splendid harvest and stored away his corn.
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George Witzel
Emma Hammerly
Greenbackers
Marshall Township
George A. Hippard
Beadle
Two fakirs fined in wheel of fortune case
Two fakirs arrested on complaint by City Attorney Jones were fined $14.80 each after trial. Will Warriner of San Bernardino spent part of last week in Marshall with relatives before rushing to Adams Indiana for his uncle Wm Haselrigge's funeral. John Crouch wed Maggie Handy last Wednesday. Paris visitors Hattie Lottie Bradshaw Bue Topsy Shipman and Mrs Chas Chestnut joined a local excursion to visit relatives here.
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Jones
Will Warriner
San Bernardino
California
Marshall
Robert
John K. Black
Mattoon
Adams
Ind
Wm. Haselrigge
John Crouch
Maggie Handy
Stephen Handy
Hattie
Lottie Bradshaw
Bue
Topsy Shipman
Chas
Chestnut
Paris
Thirty year Aco Om Saturday August 12th Rev
A 30 year anniversary note lists events for Saturday August 12 featuring Reverend activities. Details are partial but indicate a church devotion and community gathering led by Rev. Aco Om.
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Rev
Runaway horse damages cart injures couple in Wabash
Frank Patton and his wife were thrown from a cart when a frightened horse ran off after another horse. The cart was wrecked and the wife suffered bruises but no broken bones.
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Frank Patton
Wabash
Frank
Ex-publisher Lloyd Bartlett in Paris sparks Beacon jab
Twenty years ago Lloyd Bartlett ex publisher of the Express was in Paris last week visiting a boyfriend and drew a scolding note in the Beacon. The Beacon says the editor is two sizes larger than a cake of soap and the Express endorses Yates for governor though the paper is a creditable effort for a boy of Lloyds age. Alonzo Lucan was badly injured in Tennessee when a flour mill machinery piece struck his eye and he is in a Memphis hospital. Ruth McNutt Maude Lautiman Edna Bell Alma Shipe Maude Walker Gertrude Handley Gertrude Machlan and Cecelia Lake went to Niagara Falls on the Big Four excursion.
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Lloyd Bartlett
The
Express
Paris
Beacon
Yates
Lloyd
Alonzo Lucan
Tennessee
Mr. Lycan
Memphis
Ruth McNutt
Maude Lautiman
Edna Bell
Alma Shipe
Maude
Local Farm Trades And Military Enlistments
Ten years ago Robert English sold his farm north of the city to Herman Fawley at 135 dollars per acre. Elmer Fawley sold his 126 acre farm at Blizzard's Ford two miles north of town to Harve Nightlinger. Lu Holler enlisted in the navy at Terre Haute and will report to Great Lakes within two weeks. Miss Tillie Allison and Ruth Allison of Chanute visited Terre Haute and cousin Mrs Mattie Henderson returned to Henderson Kentucky the same day. The high school at Sempre Washington will end the term August 33.
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Robert English
Herman Fawley
Elmer Fawley
Mattie Henderson
Henderson
Sempre
Wash
Floyd E Thompson to Speak at Clark County Fair
Hon Floyd E Thompson Democratic nominee for governor will be the main speaker at the Clark County Fair in Martinsville tomorrow. Democratic day highlights the week long event as invitations are sent out by the Clark County Democratic Central Committee.
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Floyd Thompson
Floyd E. Thompson
Clark County
Martinsville
Democratic Central Committee
Illinois Peach Harvest Now Under Full Swing
Reports from the Department of Agriculture indicate southern Illinois peach harvest is in full swing. Early estimates placed the crop south of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at no less than 2,500 carloads, with current indicators suggesting a yield equal to or exceeding 1926.
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Springfield
Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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