Local Board of Supervisors Names and Members
A partial list shows members and assignations for the board including supervisors Andersen Nash Wallace Casey and related appointees. Names such as James Nash Darvin Win Shafter Dalton Marie Sehavariz and others are noted with unclear roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te. Suparvisor Andersen Wow Crane
Db Anburn J
W Wallace D
Casey James Nash
Darvin Win Shafter
Dalton Marie Sehavariz
Douyvins Mites
Daewry Dass Johnson
George Orndorf
Marshall Shele Inves
Martinsville
Melrme Bruce Eve Crange Thomas Tagger i
Alarker van Jehan
Wabash
Ten Year Chronicle Of Acorn Paper And County Politics
The article reflects on ten years since Acorn newspaper control shifted from J J Sewell to new editors. It notes a political shift toward progressives and Republicans, with a county-wide move away from Democratic dominance. It discusses upcoming spring elections, potential supervisors, and local education expansion with a new South Side school addition nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J Sewell
Party of Progress
Theepublican
Agre
Acai
Fife
South Side
Romantic Miss Sarah Vanishes In Woodlands Then Found by Farmer
A 37 year old Miss Sarah Ptagha, living at a lakeside hotel, wanders into the woods with a dog and two children. Amid rumors of elopement and danger, she is rescued by a homesteader who offers to drive her back, declaring she should become his heroine. The hotel guests debate romance versus danger while a farmer offers a safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena
Sarah Ptagha
Sne
Sarah
Tayo
Run Againduer
Deseo
Medtatte
Tvs Bewn
Eogiarte
Andren
Wing
Atlas Sarah
Formance
Siu
Galt
Hart
Humprey’s Alfalfa Sermon At Farmers Institute
Judge J Otis Humphrey addressed the Sangamon County farmers at Morton urging alfalfa as a prime nitrogen fixer and money maker. He cited trials and methods from inoculation to disk and harrow, claiming yields of four tons per acre and noting alfalfa’s superior value for livestock and green feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Otis Humphrey
J" &. District Court
Springfield
Sangamon County
Tazewell County Farmers’ Institute
Morton
England
France
Europe
Persia
South America
Cortez
Earth
Ilinols Farmers’ Institute
Arthur J. Bill
Montana homesteads offered to practical farmers today
Uncle Sam offers several hundred thrice farms in eastern Montana along the Yellowstone River valley. Each parcel lies near a railroad, irrigated by a top system, at about nen feet elevation. Climate favors crops like wheat oats rye barley alfalfa and fruit with sugar beets yielding strong profits. Huntley project spans 35000 acres near Custer fight site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Valley
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Louis P. Benedict
Montana State Bureau of Labor
Huntley Project
U. S. Reclamation Service
Washington D. C
Marshall Republican
Sam
Montana
United States
Yellowstone
Custer
Fast Corn Shucking Record Shifts to Mr Bryant
Humbolt resident Mr D S Bryant tops local reports with 149 bushels and 10 pounds of corn shucked in one day, correcting an earlier 110 bushel claim. Over three days he averages 135 bushels daily, six days yield 633 bushels, about 107 per day for a week, prompting readers to share any higher feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crri
G. Hopkins
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
D. S. Bryant
Humbolt
Coles County
Bryant
Mattoon
Ladies Aid Poem on church fund raising and toil
Anonymous verse describes the Ladies Aid Society funding a grand church with a thousand seats and an organ costing thousands. It notes social events and long labor to raise funds while hinting men avoid burden and women bear the load. The piece closes with a jab at gender roles and ends with an ad for Swift Pride Soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Atw Record of births and parental names in recent notices
Nuvei born to H. R. Waltera and wife. Weaf Feld boy Oct 2. Allen and Jessy Claypool Dolan Tp. Boy Hig 21. John and Cyanthy Beasley Wrobash Tp. Sb oy Play Yg c. E and Ida Maud Hicks Parker Tp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATW
Nuvei
H. R. Waltera
Weaffeld
Allen
Jessy Claypool
Dolaon
John
Cyanthy Beasley Wrobash
Sboy
Real Estate Transfers and Chancery Filing in Illinois
A dated compilation of real estate transfers from 1907 to 1908 lists multiple parcel trades in Marshall Martinsville and surrounding areas with sums ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 dollars, followed by a 1908 divorce chancery case in Clark County Illinois with Charles Fuller noted as non-resident and a filed bill of complaint pending a March term summons. The document cites Daniel Emerson as Clerk and Hollenbeck & Connelly as solicitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Reichart
Zinki Amstot
Richart
Martinaville
Joseph Hardway
John H. Baseley
John M. Phillips
Sylvia Brahany
Orig
Marshall
Blabery Redman
LeRoy Rominea
Deahl
Aub
Prse
Geo
W Chapman
W D
Scudamor Nlyne
Wm L. Veach
George FE. Norris
Stephen Archer
Thomas Cruise
C. E Williams
Archer
Cearlea
Bute
Leontilie Plenner
Rowland and Millers
Martingville
Lucien Wheatley
Robert Thompson
Lucian Wheatley
James B. Doulliuie
Robert Black
Mary E. Landsberry
Frank Laridaberry
Wm. Kk. McKeen
Vandalia R. Co. Iands
Fmok D Ewing
Mary Daughette
Lot & Kendall's Wid
Martinsville
Mary Jo Meclellan
Stewart Meclean
Sweer
Clark County
Bertha M Fuller
Charles Fuller
Charlee Fuller
Ted
Circuit Court
Chancery
Llingois
Clarence Hall
Daly Hon
Daisy Hall
Aled
Daniel Emerson
Ilinois
Hollenbeck & Connelly
County Court
Wm. L. Veath
Daniel Veach
Court House
Marshall Mt
Olay
Finois
Aix
Vesch
Davison & Bartlett, Attys
Also Mentioned on This Page
Acomen Publissing Hom Vie
Harshall
Ulinors
Ate
Marsh
L Db
Judy
Board OF Supervisors
Weahl
Teo
Iadia Wilhginsen
Yok
Maro
Oalb
Sue
M. Quad
Humphrey
Nully
Westward Ho! Homebuilders
the Ladies’ Aid Society
Swift Pride
Parson's
Allen W Mank
Lota E. Smith
Henry Crum
West Union
Effie Miller
Dulaney National Bank
Illiois
Ees
Burphis Fund
Lesa
National Bank
State Bank
Pang
Linois
Clark
Bert Bryan
Bert Bryso
Harry E.cork
Golden
Bawin Booth
Zuals
Washington
D.C
Foster Martins
John Pullman & Co
New York
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