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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1876
Page
4
The writer calls for honest Democratic candidates before the primary and warns against money influence. They urge wise voters to choose the best men, vote individually, and resist selling votes for whisky to prevent direct control over the ticket.
Monday Iast Mr John Morton introduces James Hall a Melrose Township citizen born in Fayette County Kentucky Over 100 years old he voted for John Adams and the Democratic ticket until Lincoln He is an Episcopal Methodist and temperate with scant water and tobacco use He hunted bears at 18 in Louisiana His occupation was a farmer in the county 40 years Health good hearing keen He would pass for 60 He stands 5 feet 7 inches with a round compact frame High cheek bones light eyes widest apart He walked 16 miles through mud to probate court He and Mrs Blackburn of Martinsville aged about 100 are deemed most remarkable specimens and urged for Centennial support
Three weeks remain in the term at the college with a public rhetoric event planned next Tuesday. The choir plans a grand concert at term's end. A wedding announced for Sabbath drew a large crowd as A J Schull and Dora F Bol ton exchanged vows in the collegeSanctum. Local commerce and politics show activity.
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