Oil Field Activity Surges in Crawford County Illinois
In Crawford County Illinois Work Oil Company notes a productive trend after securing a lease on the Larance farm section 21. Two wells gushers Nos 1 and 2 produced about 400 barrels each. Bradley and Theeles of Robinson reentered oil with a 60 acre lease near Flat Rock yielding over 200 barrels from the initial well. The Anning Oil Company paid 20000 for the Bradley Theeles lease. Kewanee Oil & Gas Co purchased Ewing Wilcom Shuler properties in Oblong township with reported 661 barrels daily, valuing the fields near 248000 dollars.
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Oney Creek
Crawford County
Veen
Ida Love Farm
Jst
Work Oil Company
Larance Farm
Flat Rock
To Township
Bradley and
Theeles
Robinson
Anning Oil Company
Bradley
Kewanee Oil & Gas Company
Dungville
Ewing, Wilcom and Shuler
Oblong Township
Illinois
Hels
Crawford
Lawrence
Marion
Lawrenceville’s New Depot Plans Approved for Modern Passenger Center
Lawrenceville moves toward a modern depot on Depot Street with two waiting rooms a baggage room a toilet and a women’s rest room plus separate freight facilities on Church Street. The brick and stone building planned for about 25 000 will have concrete walks and driveways and aims to rank first on the Cairo division pending appropriation approval by officials in Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrencevilsens
Ste
Paar
Depot Street
Churchis Street
Ted
Thid Road
Cairo
1825 Tax Provisions For Public School Support
The text describes how in 1825 a taxpayer could avoid school tax by not paying or by paying in merchantable produce. Section 24 allows trustees to issue warrants for collected produce and transfer them to teachers, with disputes over price to be settled by demarcated valuers and a third if needed.
Numerous Marshall area visitations and travels noted
A long list of residents visiting or visiting from nearby towns and states. People went to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Chicago, and Detroit for races visits and family events. Births, school plans, and a wedding mention appear among travel and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Kittle
Auburn
Marshall
John C. English
Melrose Township
Russell Orndorff
Terre Haute
Mise Ruth Tyler
Martineville
T. S. Dewey
Greenville
H. M. Dewey
Ed Huston
Aaron Jones
Indianapolis
John R. Dougan
Lymar Lowry
John A. Clark
Chicago
Arthur Tarman Land Little Son
Martinsville
John W. Ingram
J. W. Lewis
Harold Longaker
Bradford
Herbert Baxter
Lima
Stevens
Madison Ind
Wm. Stevens
A. W. Miles
Peoria
Stella Morgan
Mattie Walker
Mornie Kirkland
West Union
Stephen F. Mitchell
Stone Fort
Harry Aberg
Memphis Tenn
Jessie Wiser
C. A. Pance
Cleone
R. A. Mitchell
Traverse City
Michigan
Frank Leslie
Dwight
Ohio
Indiana
Ruth Garver
Klergker
Rom
Mt. Carmel
Migneg Ida
Grace Badgley
Edward Saise
Georgy German
Keirer
Petosky Midd
Jalius Hosaman
Merom
Ind
Ed Howell
Pension Roll Shrinks to Sixteen Year Low
The United States pension list sits at 947 708 beneficiaries, the lowest since 1903, with deaths and only modest gains. May saw 41 113 deaths and 2 686 additions, net decreases 1 166, while Phoebe Palmer of West Edmeston New York remains the last Revolutionary War pensioner at 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Warner
Thiele
Congress
Phoebe M. Palsmer
West Edmeston
New York
Johnathan Wooley
New Hampshire
General Washington
Printing Office Lingo Revealed in Quoted Exchange
A tongue in printing houses is shown through a dated exchange full of coded commands. The lines reference figures such as Sir Charles Tupper Herculanem Laurier and McCarty as satirical targets and reveal the era's office slang and rough humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binley
Charles Tupper
Herculaneum
Laurier
Slide McCarty
Deacon Fogg
The New Auto Law Displayed for Drivers
The article outlines a new automobile law setting speed limits of six miles per hour in business and residential districts and at turning corners. It details escalating penalties for violations within six months including doubled fines, license suspensions up to six months, and a potential $200 fine or thirty days in jail for operating after revocation.
For Sale 80 Acre Farm Near City on Main Road
80 acre farm six miles from city on main traveled road with 70 acres cultivated and 60 acres in creek bottom. Includes new house and barn. cost $1,200 to build new barn and necessary improvements. For price and address, contact T. W. Clark, Drawer 304, Marshall IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Clark
Marshall Il
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Pennsylvania
Johnson
Lawrenceville
Ray Huston
Danville
Frank Triplett
Brazil
C. A. Worrall
Theodore Cleaver
Eugene Hillman
Charles Glaypool
M. N. Beeman
Lewiston
A. Maginnis
Effingham
Gertrude Machlan
Nettie Fredenberger
Misese
Edith
Helen Chile Seber
Saturn
Clare
Mies
Galery
THE
Marshall State Bank
J. C. Bienemann
Behner
Big Four Wagon Yard
R. H. Black
Law Marshall
Benson Martin
Fostice
PRACT
She Court House Square
Warshal
W. T. Howenceck
Marshall House
Marshall Illinois
F. C. Jones
Hutchison
Warshall Ililwots
Wabash Fhone
A. M. Davison
F. d. Burriett
Prewett
R. Clark
Savings Bank
Ife
Pioneer Life Insurance Company OF
Pekin
Radia
Pioneer Life
Ingdrance Cés. Pokia, I
Desk D
R. L. Warriner
South Side
Kodak
Menos
Kodaks
Eastman Goods
Cole Bros
L.L. Brown Maalin
Clark’s O. N. T
Dr. Reed
Leseure’s Cash Store
H. H. Frazee, Ince. Presents
Harry Short
Genevieve Victoria W. H. Thompson
Louise Auber
Alec Francie
Lillian Logan
Louis Philbrook
Sam Rosco
Joe Evans
J. G. Williamson
Challenge Beauty
Hough, Adams& Howard
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