Road prospects and highway work delays explained
A letter from Illinois State Highway Department head E Bradt explains material shortages and transportation constraints delaying road contracts west of Marshall. He notes the department will push Heyworth to start westward, cites car shortages and Interstate Commerce Commission orders, and warns completion this year is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Ilinois
Heyworth
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ss. E. Bradt
Sunday church services and schedule summarized
Sunday school at 9 30 a m and 10 00 a m worship at 11 00 a m in the church. Wednesday evening meetings at 8 00 o clock at Pythian Theatre. July 26 services include Big Creek at 10 30 a m and Grand Turn at 8 00 p m. Pastor J B McCoy invites everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Theatre
Big Creek
Grand ‘Turn
Sunday church services and events announced
The Epworth church announces Sunday school at 9:80 with Pastor speaking on What must the church do to be saved in the morning and a theme When men put away childish things in the evening. Services may be outdoors in warm dry weather. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30. Visitors welcomed. Pastor Raymond Powers leads events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Lelsuc
Will Ghra
Exiday
Ste P Raymond Powers
Candidates for state senate and assembly listed
The secretary of state announced the official candidate list for the state senate and lower house. A scant field of applicants led to a completed tally with many Democratic names and a wide spread of Republicans across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Secretary of State
State Senate
General Assembly
Trucks Demonstrate Motor Power Tour Through Cities
Twelve trucks showcased motor power yesterday as a late arriving motorcade reached Marshall. A Jazz orchestra played while E. M. Baker spoke. Trucks ferried visitors to Harry Maurer’s farm and loaded limestone for soil improvement. The convoy then continued to Hutsonville and Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fardh
E. M. Baker
Harry Maurer
Marshall
Hutsonville
Robinson
Cox the Wettest Candidate Shapes Democratic Nominating Fight
The New York Tribune analyzes James M. Cox as the Wettest candidate and discusses his regional strengths and weaknesses. It notes opposition from Bryan and the Anti-Saloon League, Cox’s home-state appeal, and doubts about carrying Ohio and other key states. It argues the platform endorses Wilsonism and reservations, complicating a Cox victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
James Middleton Cox
Ohio
Cox
San Francisco
William J. Bryan
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Cox
Democratic
Democratic Party
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Indiana
Ilinois
Harding
Wilson
Pomerone
Wilson League
Senate
License Granted for Dewey Baggs to Dollie Prevo
Dewey Baggs aged 22 of Wabash township receives a license to marry Dollie Prevo aged 18 of Darwin township. The action records a union between the two individuals in the local license docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Baggs
Wabash
Dollie Prevo
Darwin
Thanking Friends for Kindness After Bereavement
In heartfelt gratitude we acknowledge the many acts of kindness and the beautiful flowers sent in memory of our daughter Hazel. Charles Short and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Charles
Case Draws Big Crowd at County Court Delinquency Hearing
Yesterday at the County Court Clement Stuck 13 son of Ed Stuck Walnut Prairie faced delinquency charges. About 25 witnesses testified as the case stretched from morning into afternoon with a decision deferred to the next morning by Judge Pearce. Officials noted unprecedented public interest in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Stuck
Ed Stuck
Walnut Prairie
Pearce
Court House
Epworth League Music Program and Local Band News
Epworth League at the local Methodist church schedules a Friday program featuring violin solos by George Taubeneck and others plus instrumental duets and choirs. Clarksville hosts a surprise wedding party for J B Arwin and spouse with a parade style welcome by a band and American Legion members. Marshall hosts a season opening band concert with saxophone solos and plans for a larger schedule, uniforms, and a vigil on crowd conduct.
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Epworth League
Methodist
George Taubeneck
Wayne Hollenbeck
Jean McCormick
Mildred Trefz
Reading
Pearl Baker
Katharine and
Francis Smith
Elna Snavely
Ethel Hurst
Lydia English
Ruth Noakes
Vivian Sullins
Alma Davison
Clairrene Pearce
Fayne Witherup
Arvin
Clarksville
J. B. Arwin
Mrs. Arwin
Delmore Washburn
Floyd Hogue
Mark Hogue
William Cole
Wes Cole
Mike Reeley
Henry Fox
Leslie Clapp
Marion Clapp
Don Hunter
Theron Murphy
Forest Fox
Virgil Fox
Everett Statesman
Herman Coon
Robert Thompson
Earl Morgan
Dorothy Washburn
Eleanor Washburn
Gertie Thomas
Mabel Hornbrook
Edna Fox
Jessie Buser
Grace Buser
Clara Fox
Bertha Hogue
Fern Seycam
Mildred Faulkner
Rosa Clapp
Jessie Clapp
Frances Berk
Minnie Morgan
Elva Morgan
Geneva Palmer
Susy Johnson
Cecil Babcock
Aletha Stricker
Chase Trefz
Frank Fuhrer
Baird and Fuhrer
Shreveport
Portland
George Baird
Sally Trombone
Caroline Sunshine
Oil and Gas Prospects in Eastern Illinois Trenton Area
A detailed study outlines tentative Trenton structure prospects in Clark and Parker townships eastern Illinois. Drilling by American Oil and Development Company and Ohio Oil tests near Westfield and Parker indicate oil in the Westfield lime crevice with rapid production decline. Mississippi lime thickness changes and doming complicate depth estimates for the Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Ilinois
Clark County
Testa
Westfield
American Oil and Development Company
Parker
Fuller
Kewanee
Pie
Ohio
Parker Township
Smith Farm
Kite Farm
East
Oakland
Mississippi
Westfield Township
American Development Company
Johnson Township
Chester
Niagara
McNary
Casey
Real Estate Transfers Listed in Local Market
Transactions include C. W. Shimel and Grace E. Logue for a Casey lot at 1560 dollars and Joseph Johns selling a Dennison lot for 800. Other entries show Anna Margaret Eagene to Winfield Hays for Westfield lots at 1 dollar, Jefferson Black to Robert Black for 40 acres, Lang Specht to Walker S. Spotts for a Marshall lot at 160 dollars, Thenrietta Tyler to Ella Clark for Marshall lot at 800, and Jona Lovell to Walter McClarey for 59 acres at 33-34-12-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Shimel
Grace E. Logue
Lot Casey
Joseph Johns
Nancy Johns
Lot Dennison
Anna Maragret
Eagene
Winfield
Hays
Westfield
Jefferson Black
Robert Black
Lang Specht
Walker S. Spotts
Lot Marshall
Thenrietta Tyler
Ella Clark
Marshall
Jona Lovell
Walter McClarey
Juvenile Arrest in Petit Larceny Case
Lester Pine, 13, was arrested on petit larceny and appeared in county court. He was released on a $6500 bond until the September term to address pending legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Pine
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B. McCoy
Mattoon
Harry G. Wright
Dee Kalb
Andrew S. Cuthbertson
Bunker Hill
James H. Forrester
Taylorville
Berastus D. Telford
Salem
Otis F. Glenn
Murphysbor
Charles L. Wood
Keens
Nathan E. Smith
Albion
W P. Seeber
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Francis M. Guinn
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F. ©. Campbell
Xenia
George J. Danks
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Rene Havill
Mount Carmel
Max J. Schmidt
Sheadrick B.turner
James T. Brewington Jr
William M. Brinkman
Benjamin H Lucas
Warren B. Douglas
Adelbert J. Roberts
William G. Anderson
William J. Warfield
Morris Lewis
James G. Cotter
Johin T. Espy
James Hale Porter
Dmil O. Kowalski
Arthur J. Rutshaw
William C. Smith
Sidney Lyon
Charles W. Baldwin
George F. Fitzgerald
Emil A. W. Johnson
Ralph F. Church
Evanston
Marshall V. Kerney
Chicago
Howard P. Castle
Barrington
Rockford
Harlan
B. Kaufman
Oregon
Albin S. Lundvall
William JH. Cruden
Edward B. Lucius
Philip M. Geiseler
Jackio M. Evans
Calvin Ty
Weeks
Joseph L. Meyers
Scioto Mills
Robert Irwin
Pleasant Valley
John Acker
Savannah
C. A. Young
Charles W. Moore
Homer J. Smith
Gothard A Dahlberg
Frank
A. McCarthy
Elgin
Pred B. Shearen
Aurora
Thomas Curran
William
H. Bentley
Pontiac
Charles M. Turner
Winona
John E. Shackelton
Cornell
Edward J. Smejkal
Charles W. la .Porte
Charles Sumner Stubbles
Peoria A9
Solomon P. Roderick
Charles B. Marinler
Edward J. Cerney
John Lehman
Daniel P. Broderick
Thomas D. Fitzgerald
Louis J. Hurwitz
Israel Dudgeon
Morris
C. B. Sawyer
Kankakee
J. H. Francis
Frederick J. Rippus
George Walker
Thomas H. Nolan
John Joseph Meloney
Charley S. Rasmussen
George O. Jones
Abraham L. Stamfield
Paris
Thomas A. Brockmeyer
James B. McLaughlin
William’ G. Thon
Edward M. Overland
George C. Geler
John C Slack
Rudolph C. Welchbrodt
Martin Weinberger
Charles A. Gregory
Lovington
Roger F. Little
Champaign
Theodore
R. Steinert
Charles TL. Fieldstock
James H. McFarland
William Krofci
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ilHam
CASE
Trefz
Dotson
Charles Trefz
Agnes Dotson
American Legion
Main Street
Beech Street
Fuhrer
Fontella
Keifer
Lucia
Soldiers Chorus
Fillmore
Carolina Sunshine
WBS
Rainbow Girl
Oriental
Mecca
Thea
The
Mystic Shrine
Fred Jewell
OIL and Gas Prospect
State Geological Survey
Mickie
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