Reunion Visits Highlight Fredonia Social Roundup
Fredonia residents welcomed guests from Ferriday and Odin as families gathered for reunions. The Tennants shared world travel slides focusing on the Holy Land while relatives from Connecticut and New Jersey visited grandparents and neighbors. A 50th anniversary for the Scoles was noted with cards invited for Sept 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tennant
Ferriday
Lousiana
Dames Hyde
Odin
Everett Jett
Henry Meredith
Tennants
Holy Land
Lawler's Court Martial and Civil War Valor
The article recounts Brigadier General Lawler's mixed military record. After ordering a swift court martial, he presided over a hangings as a matter of discipline. Restored to duty by General Halleck, he earned praise from General Grant for bold play. He died in 1882 and was buried in Equality.
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Alta Logan
Patoka
Lawler
Halleck
Grant
Equality
Little Cemetery
Vertical tillage experiment digs into corn root growth
Southern Illinois University soils scientist Joseph Vavra studies post holes filled with fertilized soil to lure roots deeper into a compacted claypan. He finds roots reach four and a half feet, with 60 to 70 percent more root weight in treated areas, though yields remain inconclusive. Emphysema death rate note appears as a separate line.
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Carbondale
Ill
Southern Illinois
Joseph Vavra
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
Vavsa
Vavra
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Fredonia News
Amelia Meredith
Richard and Russell Hyde
Conneticut
Mrs. James Hyde
Mrs. Naoma Charlton
Nebraska
Thomas Perkins
Mary Perkins
Frank Kile
Decatur
Howard
Mack Scoles
James Perkins
Joliet
Carl Meredith
Sandoval
Melvin Meredith
Mrs
Roy Ballance
Gene Kile
New Jersey
Howard Kile
Julie and
Janet Prosser
Grandpa Ritter
Centralia
Modern Savings and Loan Assn
Broadway and Elm
Salem
IGA
Chas M. Jones
Fear & Cantrell
Insurance Agency
Farm Insurance
Home Insurance Company
S. Broadway
Salem, Illinois
Vandalia
Fredman Bros. Furniture Co
Broyhill Schweiger Bassett
Philco
Fredmans
Norge
General Electric
Fanith
Purina
I As
Checker Board
Patoka Elevator CO
H. R. Bridges Dirt Contractors
Hanseman’s
Beech St
Centralia, Ill
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