City Notes and Business Openings Reported
J W A Lockhart begins a new home in the south city. BE Kerns opens a barber shop above Gorhams grocery. Mrs Maggie Nichols travels to Elk Falls Kansas with Mrs Nichols and Martinsville daughter to reside. Daniel Leggen of York fined in Springfield U S Court last Wednesday for tobacco revenue violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. A Lockhart
BE. L. Kerns
Gorham
Maggie Nichols
Elk Falls
Kansas
Nichols
Martinsville
Daniel Leggen
York
United States
Springfield
Forty Years Ago Cash Callers in City
Forty years ago Dr. Ryerson and John A. Keller of York John Kite of Casey T M Cooper of Orange H J Kuhn of Terre Haute and Will Biggs of Westfield were cash callers yesterday. Claude Husted has the finest delivery wagon ever brought to the city. He received it last Thursday. It has platform springs and a panel bed and is very strongly as well as handsome ly made. Aus Gray has traded his hotel property in Paris for a 220 acre farm in Crawford Co He will rent the farm if he can and will probably make his home at York and care for his aged mother the remainder of her life Al Parker of Robinson was in this city Thursday afternoon he having come up to meet his son who had been in Wichita Kansas for the past thirteen months working in a news paper office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ryerson
John A. Keller
York
John Kite
Casey
T. M. Cooper
Orange
H. J. Kuhn
Terre Haute
Will Biggs
Westfield
Claude Husted
City
Aus Gray
Paris
Crawford Co
al Parker
Robinson
Wichita
Kansas
Virginia
Aaron Burr
John Marshall
Mississippi Valley
District of
Supreme Court
Richmond
House of Delegates
Winfield Scott
Canova
Durr
Confederate Congress
Robert KE. Lee
Stonewill
Chancellorsville
Brown
Jim
Miss Mathers
Mr Brown
Dorothy Mathers
Mardon College
New Kent
Ridley Grown
America
Dorothy
Doctor Mathers
Mr. Brown
Murdon
Brookdale
Donald Brown
Africa
College
Donald
Itidley
Thirty Years Ago in Local News Window Displays and Departures
Jim Doherty unveils a new show window and remodeled lunch counter at his restaurant with trimmings by Harry. A. M. Payne’s family moves to Paducah Kentucky today renting Will Scott’s house and boarding there. Mrs Lizzie Foster replaces Kit in the store as floods from recent rains worsen wheat crops. The Wabash River rises past Linton grade amid snow sleet and rain. Comrade Wm Cunningham ends his night watch at the city’s business district after twelve years of service reflected in faithful street patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Doherty
Harry
A. M. Payne
Paducah
Will Scott
Will
Sallie
Lizzie Foster
Kit
Linton
Wm Cunningham
New Archer House Hotel Sold in North Judson Trade
Last Sunday Hon Seymour Hurst sold the New Archer House hotel to Marcus Block of North Judson Ind for 14000. The hotel recently remodeled and flourishing. management to remain unchanged for now. The Marshall Club hosted a St Patrick Day reception with green and orange decor, cards and dancing, and a luncheon. Lon and Art Alfred of three miles south of Paris bought a wagon road of furniture in the city Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. M. Pulver
Wabash Township
Seymour Hurst
Archer House
Marcus Block
North Judson
Ind
Marshall Club
Lon
Art Alfred
Paris
North school pupils enjoy Mathews orchestra program
Ten years ago Charles Brandenstein installed a Prestolite storage battery on east Main street. North school pupils enjoyed a Friday morning program arranged by Fenton R Mathews and his orchestra. Misses Mary Green Thelma Dodson Mabel Lewis and Clara Sass hosted young women at the Marshall Club rooms Friday evening. Prospecting for coal northeast of town is delayed as drillers cannot be secured. work may start this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brandenstein
East Main Street
North School
Fenton R. Mathews
Prof. Mathews
Mary Green
Thelma Dodson
Mabel Lewis
Clara Sass
Marshall Club
Soat Settles on Cities Bury Manhattan in A Year
A Popular Mechanics table estimates that soot and dirt from American cities would, if dumped into one pile, form a pyramid 1500 feet high and five miles wide at the base. The debris would bury every Manhattan street to a depth of 21 feet in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Island
Popular Mechanics
Derivation of Ambition in Roman Political Context
The term ambition derives from Latin ambitio meaning a go to around to solicit votes. In Rome it signified a desire for office or honor and the pursuit of public power.
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Rome
Virginia Restores Its Historic Hall in Richmond
Virginia undertakes restoration of the old hall of the house of delegates in Richmond, a chamber with a century of notable events including the Burr trial, Civil War conventions, and Lee’s command. The project preserves historic tablets and may add a life-size statue of General Lee.
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Virginia
River Bubbles Like Wine and Sets It Afire in Grenoble
Report from Grenoble describes a drilling for an urban water supply that yielded a bubbling stream of water resembling champagne. A match ignited the gas in the water, causing a flame. Investigators sank a shaft 100 feet to find the gas source and uncovered a buried forest with decomposed remains of old oaks and pines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
France
Coreno
Germans unveil enormous transatlantic flying boat plan
Berlin backed project aims for 165 passenger capacity with 13,000 pounds freight and 165 mph speed. Sponsors from New York Chicago and San Francisco partner with Rumpler works to finance a 24 hour Europe to America nonstop service using multiple motors for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Fritz Doering
Rumpler Airplane Works
Berlin
Louis J. Skinftzero
Chicago
San Francisco
Dr. E. Rumpler
Europe
Nuering
United States
Azores
America
Newfoundland
Doering
Doctor Skinitzero
Tests to Find Best Gasoline Blending Methods
Middletown engineers study to determine the best gasoline selection for engines. Wesleyan chemists set up a Hall laboratory with a single cylinder engine for anti knock work and tests on power and heat. Calorimeters distillation vessels vapor pressure and corrosion testers and other apparatus will aid synthesis and blending research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
New Hall Laboratory of Chemistry
Paris Moves to Reopen Leper Colony at St Louis
Paris plans to re establish a leper colony at the old Saint Louis Hospital built in 1607 under Henry IV A wing will be prepared for the unfortunates Authorities reportedly set aside about 1 million francs for the new home Leprosy fears have prompted city action and reference to the former colony at Sant Lazare near downtown Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Louis
Henry IV
France
Sant Lazare
America s Motor Bill Takes a Great Leap
William M Webster, commissioner of the Automobile Equipment association, predicts the 1928 American automobile bill will exceed 8 billion dollars, with 60 cents of every dollar for service and maintenance and 40 cents for car sales. He cites rising world vehicle registrations and record movement on U S roads as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
William M. Webster
Automobile Equipment Association
Mr. Webster
United States
Candy Gift Sparks Child’s Excited Report to Mother
A neighbor fond of four year old Dorothy Lee Y Z named in NY reports giving her candy. Dorothy rushed to tell her mother Mrs Cartar that the neighbor had given the same sweets, highlighting the girl’s sweet tooth and family habit of spelling candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee
Mother
Distinguished guests spark last minute wedding elopement
Dorothy Mathers drives Donald Brown to Mardon college for a lecture by Ridley Grown. A mix up with a maid of honor creates a last minute substitute speaker. Brown and Dorothy then kiss and decide to elope two weeks later.
Early London Daily Universal Register Began 1785
The Thunderer in London notes John Walter started a newspaper titled the Daily Universal Register at 214d a copy. The Times later supplanted this name and has published from Printing House Square since 1788.
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London
John Walter
Daily Universal Register
The
Times
Printing House Square
Resolution of Respect for Mrs Bell Boyer
In memory of Mrs Bell Boyer who died March 6 1928. The Marshall Camp No 7600 Order of Royal Neighbors of America expresses condolence to the family and sends a copy of this resolution as testimony of their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Boyer
Boyer
Marshall Camp
Royal Neighbors of America
Marshall
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Soat
Redmond
Thomas Jefferson
General Assembly
Court of Appeals
Reconstruction Times
Harry Fr. Byrd
Lee
A. Y Z
By Jane Osborn
Insurance Agency
Walter E. Cork
Marshall, Ilinois
Earl Ellshoff
West Maple St
Marshall, I
Bubeck & Gallagher
Morticians Ambulance‘ Service
Marshall, Ill
Mayme
Wallis Lillian Stover Hevalyn McCaulbry
BUICK
Buicks
Flint
Rifelis
G.M.A.C
Availa
Edgar County
Buick Co
Order of Gloom Chasers
J. E. Millhouse
Marshall, Tl
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Booth & Handy
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