Massive 1927 Fish Kill Sweeps Big Muddy River
Southern Illinois records a catastrophic fish kill in the Big Muddy during fall 1927 with billions of dead fish and thousands of pounds stranded along banks near Murphysboro. Experts attribute it to sudden acid rises from coal mine wastes and note ongoing pollution from detergents, fertilizers, orchard sprays, and industrial discharges affecting water quality and dissolved oxygen levels.
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Big Muddy
Illinoiis
Albert Spiller
Carbondale
Uke Big Muddy
Murphysboro
Illinois
SIU
William Lewis
Lewis
Local Folks Share News From Choctaw and Martinsville
Grace Higginbotham and guests attend Bible recital at Olive Sunday. Funeral visits for Frank Coombes. Cyrus Claypool family honored at Buchanan Funeral Home in Robinston. Weather notes: four inches of rain over the weekend. Walter Garner moves to Martinsville. Ben Strohm guests of Martha Booker in Marshall. Elder Glen Arbuckle to preach at Mill Creek Church Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace ‘Higginbotham
Burton Joe Riggs
Olive
Bible
Dorothy
Jean Riggs
Grace Hgginbotham
Carroll Williams
Chrisman
Maude Miler
Martha
Booker
Marshall
Glen Arbuckle
Mill Creek
John Blizzard
Martha Booker
Maude Miller
Ben Strohm
Prust- Hosch
Frank Coombes
Walter Garner
Martinsville
Wekend
Martha “Bookers
Local Social Notes From Dennison Area
Sunday dinner guests included Rev Richard Evans of Bloomington and Mrs Augusta Holmes and Mrs Mabel Guthrie at Mr and Mrs Charles Wilts home. Several residents, such as Bertha Lee, reported injuries with hospitalized status. Visitors came from Paris, Terre Haute, Beech Grove, and Kansas City for family events and health updates. Ongoing hospital stays included Orville Taylor and Winford Taylor as they receive treatment and tests.
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Rchard Evans
Bloomington
Augusta Holmes
Mabel Guthrie
Charles Wilts
Bertha Lee
Paris Hospital
Mary Kirby
Arnold Kirby
Paris
Chuck Marge
Terre Haute
Harold Fisher
Orville Taylor
St. Anthony Hospital
Nancy McKee
Frank Doll
Marion White
Beech Grove
Ind
Ovid White
Kansas City
Kansas
P. M White
Cary White
New _Providence
Russell Stepp
Walter Kirby
Janelle
Lola Stezer
Kate Lackey
Jerry Holmes
Tom Renee
Dean Holmes
Deanie
Lottie Wilt
Mabel ,Guthrie
Ralph Flinn
Tom Taylor
Marshall
Russell Taylor
Nancy—Doll
St.—Louis
Ed Doll
Raymond Hutchings
Francis Ray
Nancy Doll
George Ray
Richard Evans
Winford Taylor
Mr Arthur
West Terre Haute
Local Social Visits and Rural Notes Mixed With State Driving Law
Local social items list visits among Stezer Lackey Holmes Wilt Guthrie Taylor and Doll families in St Louis Paris Terre Haute and Marshall with courtesy calls at homes and hospital. The piece shifts to a 1967 Illinois driving law reform requiring re examination for drivers aged 69 plus with provisions for servicing members of the U S armed forces and a note on test attempts. A stray quote about perceptions of stubbornness appears at the end.
Re examination of Illinois drivers based on records
About 7.73 million Illinois drivers face re-examination this year. The Illinois State Bar Association notes the process combines an inside knowledge test and an eye exam with an outside road test. Drivers with multiple violations are likelier to undergo the full test, and licenses are valid for three years.
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Tlinois
Tlinois State Bar Association
Illinois Secretary of State’s Office
ISBA
Illinois
Secretary of State
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Little Grassy
Devil’s Kitchen
Crab Orchard
Eldred Hough
SIU School of Technology
Hough
Shawnee Hills
Mough
State Board
U. S
Ofllinois
Hunois
Plymouth
Ralph Prevo
Marshall, Hl
Pat
Plum ST. Marshall
Owner
Pat Murphy
Herb
Lloyd Spencer
P.C.A
Alway
HP. Drive
P. A. Davidson
Wheelhorse
Powerama
SUN
Apt
Davidson Outdoor Equip
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