Smith for Illinois Supreme Court Nominee From Centralia
Centralia residents and Marion County leaders back June C. Smith for the state Supreme Court vacancy caused by Judge Jones’s death. The editor argues Smith’s nonpartisan qualifications, long service as state’s attorney, bar leadership, and wartime service warrant the voters’ support in the February 25 election across the Second Judicial District.
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Illinois
Marion County
Centralia
June C. Smith
Supreme Court
Jones
Carrelton
Supreme Bench
Smith
Smith & Murray
State Bar Association
State Supreme Court
Major Smith
Illinois Supreme Bench
Centralia Evening Sentinel
America Must Swiftly Rebuild Defenses for Survival
A wartime-era column urges the United States to accelerate defense buildup and national unity. It criticizes complacency in industry and government, warns against internal failure, and cites Churchill's sacrifice mindset as essential to deter aggressors and secure peace. The piece emphasizes shared responsibility among government, labor, industry, and agriculture.
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Napoleon
America
England
Stoes
France
Winston Churchill
Banquet Honoring Marion County Coal Miners At Glenridge
Laura Carson and children Dollie and Joe visited Mrs. Irvon Bowen on Friday. John Foglia and family attended a banquet at the Odd Fellows hall Thursday night with 400 or more people. Mary Milano was one of twenty waitresses. The event honored the Marion County Coal Mining Corp at Glenridge. Other locals visited relatives and shopped or called on friends across East Fork and nearby towns.
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Laura Carson
Dollie
Joe
Irvon Bowen
Helen
Erma Bowen
Mary Milano
John Foglia
Odd Fellows Hall
Marion County Coal Mining Corp
Glenridge
Earl Horton
Fairman
Ruby Marshall
Mary Foglia
Mary Friday
Herbert Schmahl
Hybrid Corn Pioneers 25th Anniversary Celebration
A 25 year marker notes the partnership of two pioneering agronomists who developed Hybrid Corn. Their forged collaboration united youth and experience to bring advanced hybrids from 1916 onward, earning praise for improving the nation’s crop and gaining a Hall of Fame level recognition within the agricultural community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pygmalion
Galatea
Illinois
Nehemiah
Dominion
Gulf
Funk
Holbert
Birthday party and visits noted in Odin church area
Cubbage Chapel reports Phillip Walter and Ella Webking visiting Odin with sister in law Mr and Mrs Geo Bruester and family. Jewel and Laura Dace held a Tuesday birthday party with many gifts. Betty Kutler is employed in Salem.
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Helen Hutton
Salem
Harold Laucks
Kuder
Cora Renfro
Geo. Kuder
George
Leona
Nellie Neal
J. I. Palmer
Eli Palmer
Ladies Aid
Clarence McGee
Clarence Tackett
Lila Brasel
Sam Attaberry
Lila Barrall
William Wehking
Leona Kutler
Margie Sharp
Vernon Sharp
Ella
Walter Wehking
Geo. Brewster
Earl Brewer
Jewel Dace
Cecil Palmer
Clarence Smith
Barbara
Ira Driskill le
Louisana
Geo. Kutler
Ida Smith
Fred Wehking
William Webking
Beatrice Dean
St. Joseph
Louise
Scotty
Dean Kuder
Laura J. Bryant
Phillip
Walter
Ella Webking
Odin
Geo. Bruester
Jewel
Laura Dace
League
Betty Kutler
Death of five year old in Arnold Chapel
The community mourns the death of Harold Chandler and Mrs. and Mrs. Harold Chandler's five year old son who died after illness in St. Louis Hospital. Funeral held at Zion Church with burial at Sandy Branch. Our sympathy is offered to the family.
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Harold Chandler
St. Louis
Zion Church
Sandy Branch
Clyde Green
Eli Green
Emily Green
James Bassett
Dow Green
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Dwig
OF Krowleoce
Basi
Darrel
East Fork
Hybrid Corn Pioneers
Bloomington
Ilinois
E. D. Funk
J. R. Holbert
Funk Bros. Seed Co
J. Sommer
Daniels Ae'e
Sommer
Somiedeten
Cubbage
Arnold
Farthing’s Hatchery
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