Descent into Alexandria Memoir and War Dept Visit
A traveler recalls a drive from Washington to Alexandria on the Virginia side of the Potomac. The account describes monuments, the old and new Bureau of Printing, Potomac Park, and a grand Alexandria street scene. The piece notes a fourteen month old girl, a son employed in the War Department, and a curious exchange with locals during a visit that included Marshall and Clark county references.
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Ati
Alexandria
Virginia
Ethe
Potomac
Alex
Andria
Ingraving
Luna
Washington ‘Street
Alexjandria
Marshall
Couze
Claude
Nora
War Department
Washington
Hus
Ted
Bell
Marshall and Clark
Gounty
Engagement announced for Miss Atkins and Mr Noonan
Mrs John Quinn announces the engagement of her sister Miss Genevieve Atkins to Mr James Noonan of Marshall Illinois This news was revealed at a dinner party at 18 Formin Street with thirty guests The ribbon tied gold band rings bearing both names and the wedding date to each place card points to the forthcoming ceremony Miss Atkins is a niece of Mrs S M McMurray of Bradford and has numerous friends in the city
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Bradford
John Quinn
Formin
Génevieve. Atkins
James
Robbery at Martinsville Safe Blown Open
Martinsville postoffice entered early Tuesday. a large safe blown open with nitro glycerin after forced back door entry. The blacksmith shop of Chas McFarland was damaged and tools removed. The safe dial broken. only a few outside vault stamps taken. Police note non amateur work and sighting of suspicious figures in town.
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Martinsville
Chas. McFarland
Elty
Slusser Held on Draft Fraud Charge in Paris
Ezra Slusser, from Marshall, remains jailed on charges of fraudulently cashing a draft for 154.24 belonging to a man of the same name. Ben Logan, who endorsed the draft, was repaid, and a $500 bond secured the release of the young man. He faces possible grand jury indictment but may avoid trial.
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Ezra Slusser
Marshall
Robert
Paris News
Ben Logan
Slusser
Progressive movement claims saloon license shift in Vermilion
Danville Illinois dispatch reports E B Rogge Bull Moose nominee for congress in the 18th district transferred his saloon license to head bartender Corwin Cade amid a council meeting. The move is seen as expedient while Rogge campaigns for office.
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Danville
Congress
Uncle Joy
Ill
Democratic
E. B. Rogge
Bull Moose
Jeader
Vermilt Hon County
Cor
Win Cade
Royse
A Good Little Circus Delights City Audiences
Frank A. Robbins circus and menagerie held two exhibitions Monday to sizable crowds. Though not the largest on earth, it offered high class features and clean, well managed entertainment. City officials report no trouble during Sunday and Monday performances.
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Frank A. Robbins
County Board of Review Finishes Work and Adjourns
The county board of review finished its work and adjourned with only small, individual assessment changes. No township was altered. Total property assessed value stands at 19 144 518 dollars, down about 20 000 from last year.
Progressives Meet in Dr Black Office Without County Ticket
A group calling themselves Progressives gathered Saturday in the office of Dr. R. E. B. Black to discuss the situation. They decided not to nominate a county ticket, arguing Republicans were properly chosen in the April primary and that Progressives who voted there are bound by it. They see no grounds for an additional ticket, noting Democrats promote Progressives while urging a straight Democratic vote.
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R. EB Black
Cannon's Walk After Auto Breaks Sets Tone for Campaign
Former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, 76, arrived in Marshall with vibrant health and plans a Sept. 30 return to speak on political issues. He accepted local welcomes at the Marshall House, met Rev. Father Healey, then attended the Martinsville fair and a Greenup soldiers reunion. An auto breakdown forced a three mile walk to Greenup.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Marshall
Martinsville
Greenup
Mysterious Circus Death Found Near Robbins Grounds
Albert Kruger, a Robbins circus employee, found a decomposed male body about ten days dead under a tree near the Big Four track north of the show grounds. Coroner Haslitt impaneled a jury and ruled death from natural causes. the body was buried in the potter's-field Monday night.
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Albert Kruger
Robbins Circus
M. M. Landers
Haslitt
Potber’s-Feld
Barn Fire Destroys Detro Farm Hay and Implements
A Thursday barn fire on the Detro farm three miles south of Westfield destroyed the barn and its contents. The structure held about 40 tons of hay and farming implements. No insurance was carried.
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Detro
Three Smiles
Westfield
Death of notable Alabama woman Anna Hamill aged 93
Anna Jane Hamill born near Elberton Georgia on October 2 1819 died August 29 at her daughter Mrs Gillespies home in Cullman Alabama aged 93 She was married to Rev Edward J Hamill and was descended from Robert Burns Her eight children included Dr Edward Hamill Mrs Julia Gillespie and Dr Howard M Hamill She was a graduate of La Grange College and left wealth to marry a Methodist preacher living a circuit ministers life with distinction and scholarship.
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Anna Jane Hamill
Elberton
Gillespie
Cullman
Ala
Edward J. Hamill
Old
Alabama
Sarah Burns
Robert Burns
Capt. Terry
Saxon
Texas
West
Robert Hamill
Marshall Sl
Edward
Prudential Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
Howard M. Hamill
S. S
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chalmers F. Hamill
Birmingham
George Gordon
Auburn
Albert Sidney
Julia Gillespie
Cullman Tribune
Robert Emmett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Marshall, Ill
Mary
Marion
E. J. Hamill
Hamill
la Grange
Georgia
Teachers Meeting Program at Marshall Saturday
A teachers meeting will be held at Marshall on Saturday October 5 at 1 30 p m The North Side school building lists the program Bagley's Classroom Management chapters 1 2 3 4 Prof Williams Sixth Year History Arthur Rackerb y Miss Cora Church Comparison of Old and New Courses of Study Bertha Guinnip How to teach Spelling Miss Rose Shank L L Gifford President.
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Marshall
North’ Side
Bagley
Willams
Arthur Rackerby
Cora Church
Bertha Guinnip
Rose Shank
L .L
Gifford
Fall millinery line from Allison Sisters
A neat fall millinery display arrives from Allison Sisters featuring stylish hats and accessories suited for the new season.
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Allison
Proposals for County Organization Reform in Illinois
Discussion urges unbiased study of replacing township government with county commissioners in Clark county Illinois. It covers tax impact assurances, school law preservation, local option, bond votes, salary limits, and elimination of multiple township officials. Road districts may be created under Sec 142 of Chap 121.
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Indiana
Ilinois
Illinois
Clark County
Hurd
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Rage
Slugaerts
Barkeep
Clark “County
Board of Review
MR. Cannon
Penglesearhn Pays
bRler Tay
Trafic
Marshall Many
Hughes
Fitform
Kingsbury
Hughes’ Millinery
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