List of Accidents on Big Four Lines Near Cairo and Mt Carmel
Fireman J H Nichols of Cairo division died from injuries after falling from his engine near Mt Carmel. Engineer H D Manley of Mt Carmel injured when cars bumped his engine. P E Warren of Danville dislocated knee in Lyons yards and will be out a month. James Crawley died in Lyons wreck funeral held at Mt Carmel. Derrick tower vibration blamed for derailment. several crew injured. Dr S L Weir leaves medicine for real estate. Dr John Weir to continue practice.
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J. H. Nichols
Cairo
Mt. Carmel
Nichola
Mss
Nichols
H.D. Manley
Manley
P. E. Warren
Danville
Lyons
Hosital
Erran
McGuire
James Crawley
Crawlge
Beatige
Radie Vision
E Sphrit
Columbus
James Sullivan
Rker
Marshall Club Elects Officers at Fourth Annual Banquet
The Marshall Club held its fourth annual election and birthday banquet on Friday October first. Myron William Porter was elected President and James A. Byrnes Vice President, with Chae H. Smith as Secretary and Frank Firmin as Treasurer. Board of Governors named Lu Cole, Garlant Butler, and J. L. Cook. The event featured a gala banquet, toasts by Rev Father Healy and others, and praise for future club growth and a city library.
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Marshall Club
Myron William Porter
James A. Byrnes
Frank Cole
Chae H. Smith
Frank Firmin
Lu Cole
Garlant Butler
J. L. Cook
Congregational Church
Father Healy
Greham
Marshall
Pletcher
Gus Purdunn
Marshal
F. H. Hillman
Scholfield
U. A. Morton
Seymour Hurst
Thieves Burglarize Edgar County Hardware Store
Burglars steal goods worth 150 dollars from David McCall's hardware store in Home on Monday night. Items include watches razors and knives. Officials search for an organized gang after multiple recent burglaries with three suspicious men seen in Hume the day of the crime.
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Edgar County
David McCall
Hume
Paria
New Train for Pennsy Aims New York St Louis Route
The Pennsylvania railroad company announces a new train service starting November 7 linking New York and St Louis on a 26 hour schedule. Departures and arrivals are given for both directions with westbound from St Louis at evening and eastbound from New York in the afternoon.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York
St Louis
St. Louis
New ‘York
Big Four Railroad Work Shift Reported Across Cairo Division
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate the Big Four Railroad Company extended work across its Cairo division with trains and repairs between divisions at Danville and Pectioaly. The garbled text mentions a race and a beacon, but exact details and dates are unclear.
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Big Four Ballroad
Cairo
Ates
Ees Danville
Evangelical events and meetings listed for October 1909
Zion church Big Creek hosts 10 30 am sermon and 2 00 pm Sunday service with Rev A J Voegelein. Forward Movement Rally Oct 12 14 at Evangelical church in Marshall with sermons and lectures by Ewald Geist Niteche Held and others. Gatherings cover church finances pastor laity relations personal work and mission strategy.
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Evangelical Association
Zion
Big Ceek
Anderson Township
Marshall
A. J. Voegelein
Deaconess Society
Evangelical Church
A. W. Feller
E.J. Niteche
Chas. Geist
E. C. Ewald
J. H. Held
E.C. Ewald
Resolutions of Respect At First M E Church Meeting
Resolutions honor Odjea Lissie Johnson of Casey noting her missionary work and lifelong service. The church group expresses sympathy and recalls her devotion as a heritage to the fellowship and community.
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M.E. Church of Mar Shall Hall
Wirhat
Lissie Johnson
Casey
Nell
Eeeiaethe Ieee
Homer
Infants and Alleged Fraud Spark Terre Haute Divorce Case
In Vigo County a sensational Leucht divorce case centers on affidavits alleging Mrs. Leucht hired Leon Willien to procure a baby so she could pass it off as her child to influence property division. Witnesses from Marshall recount a night of a purported birth and an infant brought to the Leucht home, with accusations that a dead twin was burned and a baby was hidden.
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Mella Leucht
Leon J Willien
Terre Haute
Charles @echt
Vigo County
Leucht
S. Leucht
Marshall
Frank Ulrich
Chicago
Buchanan
Willien
Percy Haalit
Mary Mace
Ashe
Decline in Well Workouts Reports Oil Field Curtailed
The report notes fewer wells completed and reduced production across Illinois fields in Crawford Clark and Lawrence counties, driven by water shortages and major companies cutting operations. It highlights Oni Oil and Kana wha holdings sale, with Illinois field activity uneven and Lawrence showing a modest rise.
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Minowield
Oni Oil Company
Kanawha Ol Company
Jennings
Crawford
Clarke Taverence
Ohi Oil Company
Clark
Lawrence County
Illinois
Lawrence
When We Were Twenty One at Terre Haute Tonight
The Wright Huntington Players, touring under the auspices of the Grand, present When We Were Twenty One next Friday night October 15 in Terre Haute. Mr Huntington stars and is praised by critics as equal to Nat Goodwin. The company has been a hit in Terre Haute and will perform frequently in Marshall Paris Brazil and nearby towns around Terre Haute this winter.
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Wright Huntington
Terre Haute
Erre Haute
Marshall
Paris
Brazil
Mr. Huntington
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliot
Big Farm Barn Burns in Lower Wabash County
William Pins of Lower Wabash loses barn and contents in a Saturday fire estimated at about 4000 dollars. The barn cost about 1500 to build and 40 tons of hay 600 bushels of wheat 200 bushels of oats plus farm machinery were lost except two wheat drills loaned out. The best horse died though others were saved. Origin of the fire unknown with Mrs Pine and a young son at home while Mr Pine and two sons were away in Terre Haute.
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Wm. Pins
Lower Wabash
Worker nearly killed by cave-in in west side sewer
Joe Scott, a colored mason, was struck in the side by a heavy pan of hard pan in a west side sewer ditch about 15 feet deep. He was rendered unconscious and rushed home for medical care as the trench remained unstable and liable to cave in, endangering others.
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Joe Scott
Hanks
Beott
Death on the Rail Claims Veteran Engineer Dad Crawley
James Crawley a longtime Cairo division engineer on the Big Four known as Dad Crawley was killed when struck by a switch engine moving tender first to the coal dock. His body was found by an employee. he resided at Mt. Carmel with a family.
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James Crawley
Cairo
Bevour
Ant
Mance
Sama
T Orclbets Fries
Crawley
Big Four
Dad Crawley
Mt. Carmel
Mrs Salome Irwin Dies After Illness in Park County
Mrs Salome Irwin widow of the late Leago Irwin died at her son David Irwin home near Spikee town from paralysis after about two years illness. She was eighty one native of Vermont and mother of four sons and one daughter. Funeral led by Rev Harry Reese at her home with burial in Marshall cemetery.
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Salome Irwin
Leago Irwin
David Irwin
Spikee Town
Irwin
Boen
Palient Park County
Vermont
David
Clark, Rice
Edward
Harry Reese
Marshall Cemetery
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