Street Paving Plans Move Forward for City Improvements
City council prepares immediate paving of streets with new width ordinances. Main Street from Fourth to Michigan Avenue to be 60 feet wide, other segments 26 to 30 feet, and several cross streets 26 feet. Mayor Hurst proposes a 100 foot Main Street with 15 foot parks and 20 foot central green strip plus 20 foot side pavements to accommodate future electric railway.
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Main
Fourth
Michigan Avenue
Locust Street
Hurst
Main Street
Fourth Street
Paris News Summary of Henderson Case and Independence Day Plans
Walter Hendrix released after Clark county illegal evoting arrest. He faced charges in Edgar county before dismissal. In Paris, Justice Howard heard the case. authorities allege Solark county parties influenced him to vote in Shiabt county. Independence Day celebrations set for July 3 in Martinville with speeches, races, rides, and free admission.
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Walter Hendrix
Clark County
Trover
Paris
Bago
Paris News
Howard
Edgar County
Solark County
Sbiat County
Edgare County
Jerry Ec Iname
Grandview Township
Fourth of July Celebration Planned by Local Committee
A businessman committee plans a city Fourth of July celebration on July 4 with balloon ascensions band music races and other attractions to be announced. County Sunday school officers will hold a county picnic the same day featuring a large parade with floats prizes for the largest township delegation and the farthest delegation.
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Martinville
Marinerband
Booth Bros Award Postoffice Improvements Contract
Geo Hurst awarded the contract for extensive postoffice improvements to begin immediately. An added 22 by 28 foot rear room will house the eight rural route carriers, while city carrier work is expanded. The interior will be remodeled with a tile floor and new lock boxes of quartered oak, making the office one of the handsomest in the state.
Sunday School Convention at Darwin Township
Sunday School Convention to be held in Darwin on Sunday June 20 with sessions at 9:00 and 1:30. Devotional by Township Secretary, welcome by Mrs Jne Paddock, responses by Rev Houston, and Bible study led by Rev Kettle. An offering will be taken for county work. Will Collier presides with Myrtle Gard as secretary.
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Darwin
Jne Paddock
Houston Quarterly Review
L. B Anderson
Oscar Ditzenberger
Kettle
John Saiter
H. Huston
Susan Maurer
Albert Kreyer
Jessie Lathrop
Loyal Army
Stingley
Darwin Township
Will Collier
Myrtle Gard
Scholfield’s Majority 131 in Judicial Race Figures Released
Discrepancies in the vote count for the judicial election persisted until Thursday when official figures were issued showing Marshall and Scholfield receiving the final tallies. The report notes continued questions over initial counts and the corrected totals.
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Marshall
Scholfield
Marshall Plans To Leave for Seattle After Defeat
News confirms John H. Marshall has defeated for circuit judge and plans to move with his family to Seattle Washington to practice law. Reports say he intends to contest the election of Scholfield.
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John H. Marshall
Marshall
Coles County
Seattle
Wash
Scholfield
Obituary: Nine year old Herman Thompson of Orange Township
Bruce son of Nicholas and Carre Thompson dies at age nine years eight months nine days in Orange Township. He leaves parents and three brothers and is mourned by local family and friends.
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Little Herman
Bruce
Nicholas
Carre Thompson
Orange Township
Tésus
War Department Seeks Injunctions Against Oil Firms
In Danville federal court last Saturday the War Department asked injunctions against the Ohio Oil Company and 18 subsidiaries of Standard Oil. The suit claims waste oil and overflow pollute the Wabash River, crusting government dams near Vincennes and hindering navigation. The investigation began under President Taft before his resignation as secretary of war.
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Danville
U. S War Department
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Wabash River
Grand Rapids
Vincennes
Taft
Farmer Cleans Up Fortune On May Wheat Deals
Tuscola farmer John Worley reportedly earned about 30000 from May Wheat trades tied to Patten of the Chicago board. He traveled to Chicago to collect 15000 in drafts and, after prior losses, claimed total earnings near 26000 in a month. He delivered 35000 bushels of corn bought at 65 cents, with potential 10 cent gain.
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John Worley
Patten
Chicago Board of Trade
John
Chicago
St Louis
Worley
Teachers Resignations and New Hires At Board Meeting
At the board of education meeting Saturday evening two teachers resigned Miss Katie Schumaker to Michigan and Miss Carrie Keller to Oklahoma. Five new teachers were hired Miss Fairy Garver Marguerite Scott Ruth Foster Annie Read and Bessie Finkbiner. Assignments list Northside rooms 1 through 8 and Southside rooms 1 through 8 with respective teachers. Superintendent Prof L A Wallace oversees. Janitors Dan Stover north side and Byron Anderson south side.
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Board of Education
Katie Schumaker
Carrie Keller
Miss Schuemaker
Michigan
Miss Keller
Oklahoma
Fairy Garver
Marguerite Scott
Ruth Foste
Annie Read
Bessie Finkbiner
Northside
Cora Baird
Gertrude Handley
Elsa Sheppard
Amy Smith
Edna Mayer
Mamie Davidson
Southside
Eunice Gilbert
Flora Dietz
Ruth Foster
Florza Smith
Maude Hall
Nellie Casteel
L. A. Wallace
Dan Stover
Byron Anderson
Peculiar Chinee Hiam Dong Drops Damages Suit
Hiam Dong a Celestial operating a washee house at Paris was fined $100 last week for bootlegging liquor. He sued the city for $200 but then withdrew the suit in a justice court saying the city is too big to fight and he might lose his head.
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Hiam Dong
Paris
Nquor
Alpide
Meeting of Supervisors Twenty New Wells
The county board met in session with routine business. The adding machine purchase was defeated. Election judges were appointed across multiple townships. The Illinois petroleum fields show heavy activity with 321 wells drilled in May, including 86 dry holes and seven wells abandoned. Daily production could reach 110000 barrels if pipelines could handle it.
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County Board of Supervisors
Sto
Anderson
WW Craig
Dan Spitler
Henry Miller
Auburn Silas Elledge
Frank Beachout
WC Barlow
Casey No
Orville Arnold
Bruce Fitzpatrick
Jo Turner
Janus Nash
John Shoemaker
Thomas Wright
Darwin
Johua Wall
Tude Piety
Woc Shafer
Jolson
Mike Schwartz
Bert Clapp
Chas Claypool
Douglas
Chas Madden
Bruce Quinn
Miles Lowry
Johnson
Wm Orndorff
N G Beeson
Ed Bennett
Marshall
Cape Golden
Morris Logue
LG Archer
E D Jones
Allen Tyler
Cha
Linois Petrol Uum
Saline
Chagr Jask Son
Vermillion -Macoupin
Lasper
Jackson
Ae Yeas
Trawford County
Lawrence County
Clark County
Cols County
Cumberland
Edgar County
Great Illnois
Fuqua Farm
Funk Farm
Claypool
Partlow Farm
Sidey & Co
Martinsville Township
Cox Company
Cumberland County
Crawford
Lawrence
Clark
Marion
Real estate transfers listed in Marshall area records
A sequence of property transfers shows multiple deeds in Marshall and surrounding areas. Transfers include Fannie Weir to John Weir, Robert A Downey to Maude and Staley, John Weir to Fred A Crumrin and to Wm Crumlin, and others including Ingram, Dunlap, Kelley, Perry, Swinford, Kirchatz, Belle Irwin, James Beck, Macke, Ernest Goodman, and Goodman to Fitzpatrick with varied parcels and nominal sums.
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Fannie Weir
John Weir
Its
Ortiz Marshall
Sanp
Wie
Oj Weir
Same
Wood Dulaney
Dis Marshall
Robert A Downey
Maude & Staley
Sw & S
Fred A Crumrin
Lot West Union
Dennison
Clarence Kirchatz
Jovhn Barth
Dulanes
Marshall
Belle Irwin
I F Pritchard
Archers
Ad Marshall
James F Beck
Laura Love
Daniel H Macke
Howard F Sbriar
Sewer Assessment Confirmed in West Side District
The county court on Friday confirmed the special assessment for the west side sewer district after opposition by Ed Howell and others represented by E D Jones. Fred J. Bartlett appeared for the city. Judge Snavely ruled the assessment valid and work on the improvement will begin at once.
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West Side
Ed Howell
E D Jones
Fred J. Bartlett
Snavely
Atvonce
Eclipse Tomorrow Near Total Solar Event Noted
The eclipse is described as nearly total for this latitude and will begin shortly before 6 p m. Residents are urged to prepare for the event in the afternoon.
The Unspeakable Swiss Escapes Custody
Jimmy Swiss left the custody of Street Supt Wiegand on Saturday afternoon by taking French leave from the border. He was under instruction in beautifying the city by scraping the Lud from streets with a shovel. He was serving a 40 day sentence for soliciting aid to help his wife violate the seventh commandment but grew tired of the job.
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Jimmy Swiss
Marshall
Carmel James Swiss
Wiegand
Swiss
New Law Sets Clerk Fees for Administrators and Wills
A new law effective July 1 requires payment in advance of several county clerk fees. An initial ten dollar fee applies when seeking appointment of administrators executors conservators or guardians or to obtain permission to sell or mortgage real estate. An extra fifty cents is charged for recording wills up to 500 words and ten cents for each additional 100 words beyond 500.
Rose Boys to Visit Marshall Postponed Trip Set for Aug 31
The Rose Polytechnic Institute sophomore and freshman classes planned a two week camp near Marshall, but the visit was postponed due to illness of Prof. and Mrs. Plew. The trip now resumes on August 31.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute
Plew
Evangelical Churett Notice for Sunday Services
Notice announces upcoming evangelical church events with preaching services in Marshall and nearby areas. Details include locations 10230 and 7320 with spiritual guidance for children and coordinated schedules, though several fragments remain unclear.
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Evangelical Churett
Marshall
Sands
Dem
Disagreement on Jury in Casey Liquor and Gambling Case
The case of Ed Mounts and Millard over liquor sale and gambling at Casey was heard in county court. A jury reported they could not agree after a long deliberation, eleven jurors stood split between conviction and acquittal, and the defendants will remain jailed until the next term.
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Ed .Mounts
Millard
Casey
Mondas Theende Ners
Connelly
Uthat
Evans Woman Dies at 26 in West Union
Emma Evans, daughter of Clifford and Lucretia Evans, was born July 18 1882 in York township and died June 6 1909 at her West Union home. She married James Nichols May 3 1900s. Two children predeceased her. She left a husband, mother and two brothers. Funeral held at the Christian church with Rev Bailiff officiating. Interment at Harrison cemetery.
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Emma
Clifford
Lucretia Evans
York Township
West Union
James Nichols
Christ
Christian Church
Harrison Cemetery
H. M
Wrights Lived at Westfield and Wilbur Wright Birth Claim
A Charleston resident quotes Bishop Wright claiming Wilbur Wright was born in Coles county near Charleston. The letter notes the elder Wright was a United Brethren minister in Coles county and that several residents recall Wright’s family living in Westfield in 1868. Charles E Williams sold Big Red Lumber Yard to Teen Myers Lumber Co of Vincennes and will focus on the saw and planing mill with Charles Wharton as manager.
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Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Coles County
Charleston
Bishop Wright
Wright
United Brethren
Hiss
Wilbur
Oles
Rev Wright
Westfield
Charles E. Williams
Wish “Big Red
Teen Myer Lumber Company
Cennes
Fragmented historical note with scattered names and events
The readable fragments mention Miss Lucy Shaw and a friend at Robinson, Sanus, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The text hints at a social or personal notice but lacks coherent details or a clear event.
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Fae Nena
Lucy Shaw
Mera
Robinson, Sanus
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City Council
Martinsville
Marshall Scholfield
County
Vermillion
Coles
Fidgar
Ren
WAR Department
Chinee
Meeting OF Supervisors
McNutt & Cook’s
Rae
Rose
Wrights
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