Robinson Argus fights back as liquor saloon petition spreads
The Robinson Argus reports a petition to reintroduce saloons in Robinson township amid a brewing local campaign. Across state news, rural mail carriers would gain pay up to 1000 dollars annually starting July 1, 1911, and a new Illinois bill on convict labor for Staite highways surfaces in the legislature. Paul Morton, former Secretary of the Navy and head of Equitable Life, dies suddenly at 53.
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National House
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Insurance Co
New York
Navy
Roosevelt
Express firms Adams and American set rate reduction in New York meeting
Two major express companies Adams and American agreed to unify rates for packages carried by both. An appropriation request of $8,837,003 for state institution expenses was trimmed by the fiscal supervisor to $7,814,293, reflecting a 26 percent rise in coal, meats and buttering costs.
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Adams and
American
Marshall
New York
Board of Administration
Paris Commercial Club launches city promotion drive
The Commercial Club at Paris plans a systematic advertising push featuring large sign boards at rail and interurban stations and an attractive Paris button. Railroads will be asked to advertise the city as life flows like a song and the cost of living is addressed.
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Paris
Congress
Local notices on health, visits, and civic talks in Martingvil
The piece lists residents in Martingvil and surrounding areas with illnesses pneumonia and convalescence. It notes gas lighting, electric lights in a church, local store moves, visits from family in Ohio and Illinois, and a call for water works streets and alleys. It mentions church ministers, Sunday school day set nationwide and marriage license procedures.
Memorial for Thomas Lytle Mitchell of Marshall and McGehee
Thomas Lytle Mitchell born March 7 1839 died January 18 1911 at his son Robert’s home in McGehee Ark aged 71 years 10 months 11 days. He served four years in the 30th Tennessee Regiment under Grant and Sherman and saw action to the sea. He married Mary E. Bid in 1866 and lived in Mattoon Marshall and later Greenup before retiring in 1905. Survived by five children and many grandchildren. funeral at Edward Mitchell’s home in Marshall conducted by Rev A D Davis and interment in city cemetery.
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Thomas Lytle Mitchell
Robert
Mahald Mitchell
Marshall
McGehee
Ark
U. S. Army
Co. F
Grant
Sherman
Sargeant
Mary E. Bid
Mattoon
John
Robert J
McGeehee
Ida M. Mills
Long Beach
Calif
Anna L. Lucas
Casey
Edward H. Mitchell
Frank L. Mitchell
Greenup
Edith Hogue
Ashmore
Ill
Sophia Scott
West Union
Presbyterian Church
Congregational Church
Mitchell
Jesus Christ
Edward
A. D Davis
M. E. Church
City
Mrs. Orrell Fishback Dies in California
Mrs. Orrell Fishback widow of O V Fishback died in Orange California Sunday evening. She formerly lived in Wabash township near Marshall and is survived by two sons Mason and Frank of Paris a sister Mrs Anna Matthews of this city and four brothers Will Adams Walt Wabash Joe Terre Haute and Rush in California. Born in Loudoun County Virginia about sixty years ago the funeral is set for Orange California Thursday morning.
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Orrell Fishback
Will Adams
Walt
Wabash Township
Joe
Terre Haute
Rush
California
Anna Matthews
Fishback
Loudoun County
Paris Teacher Miss Bessie Smith Dies in Edgar Clark Counties
Miss Bessie Smith of Paris died last Tuesday at her home nine miles southwest of Paris after long illness. She had taught four years in Edgar county schools and two years in Clark County. A Paris High School graduate of 1905 she taught at McClure school house for two terms. Her Clark County colleagues mourn her loss.
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Bessie Smith
Paris
Edgar County
Clark County
Hom
Miss Smith
McClure
Mrs. Wyrick Dies at 81 After Pneumonia
Mrs. Alfred Wyrick aged 81 died of pneumonia at home Sunday evening. Funeral held at Livingston church yesterday morning. She is survived by three sons and two daughters.
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Alfred Wyrick
Livingston
Public Sales and Miscellaneous Remedies Ad
Fragmentary notes show a listing of public sale items near Spotts schoolhouse and nearby streets plus an advertisement for Dr Bell’s Antiseptic Salve claiming cures for eczema ringworm and other skin diseases. The ad mentions prices and wall-dealers.
Adrian Burge Discovers Lost Mine in Santa Ysabel Tale
Adrian Burge a young New Yorker pursuing independence travels through old Spanish territory and discovers the buried Santa Ysabel silver mine after a fall. He unearths an ancient tunnel with ore and tools, later meeting Gertrude McGregor and marrying her daughter’s heart.
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Adrian Burge
Burge
Ele
New York
Adrian
Gertrude
Gertrude McGregor
America
Santa Ysabel
Johnny
WeGeta Ranch
Gerret
Caat
Orgaize
Santé Ysobel
For Sale Stock and fixtures tobacco and confectionery Danville
For sale. Cigars tobacco stationery and confectionery stock and fixtures all new. Good opening for soda fountain or pool tables. Nice room heated and watered, rent twenty cents. Owner cannot attend to it. Investigate at once. Price is right. J. Frantz, 906 N Vermillion St, Danville Illinois.
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J. & Frantz
N. Verma
Ion St
Danville, Ill
West Union residence property inquiry
Inquire at the Herald office regarding a good residence property located in West Union.
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West Union
Herald Office
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LeGore
Martingvil's
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Sarah Fasig
Redman
Gi “W Cooper
Mart Price
Appe Kester
Will Miller
Wm. McDaniel
Kentucky
Clover Seed
Jerry Ishler
Mt Pleasant
Russell
Roebuck & McKeen
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Mack ‘Vance
Mt. Pleasant
Hazel Tingley
Ohio
Brax Cox
Emory Bloodworth
Jasper County
Ilinois
D M Cline
H F Blankenbeker
Orange
Arthur Newman
Missouri
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Mr Leon
Nellie Baker
Charleston Normal
Cook
Alabama
Florida
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Brewster
Sidell
South Side
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Rider Danberry
Duquoin
Finols
Roy Buckner
Roy
Medical College
Gardner's
Music Store
Tromiey
State Sunday School Association
Decision
Ishier
Andy
Tek Mitchell
Spotts
McKeenston
Harry “Fawley
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I DaPovers
Santa ‘Ysobel
Dean
Kidimey
Ollie German
Elm Street
Harlan’s
Elven
Ollie Garman
Doan
Foster-Milburn ,Co
Buffalo New Work
United States
Doat
R. A. Mitchell
Office West Bids
Eaf ‘Public Square
Fleehnerg
Tref
Optician
Castoria
Carfillltdoet
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the Mutual Mercantile Agency
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the Ross Art Studio
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