Abner Greenwalt Dies After Long Illness
Abner Greenwalt of Wayne County Illinois died April 29 1928 after years of illness at age 77 He was born March 20 1851 married Mary F Nichols in 1873 to this union six children were born Later married Belle Walker in 1897 producing four more children He leaves a wife five children ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services were held at his home by Rev J M Smith and burial followed in Martins Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner
David
Eliza Greenwalt
Wayne County
Ill
Mary F. Nichols
Ene
Belle Walker
J. M. Smith
Martin Cemetery
Mrs L B Hunter Dies After 45 Years Of Life
May Marshall reports birth August 4 1882 and death April 26 1928 at 45 years eight months and twenty two days. She married L B Hunter October 15 1903 and had three children Hulda Hunter survived with husband and kin. Funeral by Rev J M Smith at Pin Hook church with burial in local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withh May Marshall
Andrew
Julia Marshall
L. B. Hunter
Hulda Hunter
Methodist Church
Arnold Chapel
J .M. Smith
Pin Hook
William F Steele 1848 1928 Dies at 80
William Frederick Steele died April 18 1928 at age 80 after a life in the sym community. He was born March 20 1848 to Absalom and Elizabeth Steele and married Ann Tolbert in 1869 later to Ellen Shepard. He was a longtime Baptist member and survived by his wife, three daughters, a stepdaughter, seventeen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at Fairman Baptist Church April 190 1928 led by Rev A L Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frederick Steele
Absalom
Elizabeth Steele
Sym
Ann Tolbert
Ellen Sheppard
Baptist Church
Ellen
Cora
Gillespie
Maggie
Odin
Florence
Hastings
Neb
Roxie
Sandoval
Fairman Baptist Church
A. L. Smith
Dix
Grain Company Seeks Damages Over Naples Levee Delays
Springfield April 30 The Jacksonville Grain company seeks 4250 in damages for alleged annoyances and delays during Naples levee construction to protect Beardstown from floods. Complaint filed with the state court of claims contends road to the elevator was blocked while work continued. The state denies liability. Members of the court are A J Clarity chief justice William L Leech and B F Thomas. Louis L Emmerson is ex officio member. The court hears damage claims against the state and possible appropriations following liability findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Naples
Beardstown
Jacksonville Grain Company
State Court of Claims
Court of Claims
A. J. Clarity
Freeport
William L. Leech
Dixon
B. F. Thomas
Fairfield
Louis L. Emmerson
Club Work Presentation Invitations For Youth
E J Pilchard state club leader will speak at the gymnasium to present boys and girls club work. Mr Blackburn will also attend Monday evening May 7 inviting youth to join, especially those who wish to join the Legume club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Pilchard
Prominent Young Farmer Leaves Patoka for North Operation
Claud Adams, long a successful dairy farmer west of Patoka, has agreed to operate the Rudy Dairy Farm near Mattoon. He plans to assume duties around June 1 with several of his herd and full charge, bringing his experience to the new enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Adams
Rudy
Mattoon
Claud
Orville Genre Expands Guernsey Herd Though in Patoka Area
Orville Genre adds to his dairy herd by bringing in Gisbo the Pedigreed Guernsey bull from Old Cross Road Farm Saginaw Mich. The sire Nordland Paulenis King is valued at 2500 and the herd boasts high butter figures. Dr Genre notes rising Guernsey demand and butter yields boosting local dairy economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbo
Mira
Old Cross Road Farm
Michigan
Missouri
Orville
Genre
Guernseys
Guernsey
Local youths escape serious injuries in Route 2 rollover
Arthur Gambill Eddie Condor Claire Frost Louis Marlory Merrill Mooney and James Emerson Jr drove a Register family Hudson one mile south of Sandoval on Route 2 after rain. The car skidded on wet pavement and overturned. Condor suffered a severe leg cut needing twenty stitches and remained out of school. The group reported following a Chevrolet when a parked car on the shoulder rose and blinded them. The driver escaped through a window as others lifted the car off the boy in mud. The editor urges caution on wet pavement and notes insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gambill
Eddie Condor
Claire Frost
Louis Marlory
Merrill Mooney
James Emerson, Jr
Register
Hudson
Sandoval
Route 2
Young Condor
Centralia
J. B. Shanklin
Emerson
Condor
Practical Christianity at Baptist church service
Notes from the Baptist church B Y P U session set for next Sunday at 7 o clock. Leader Carroll Mojonnier will lead Scripture lessons James 2 14 26 and Matthew 7 15 20. Topics cover profitable or unprofitable faith beware of abuse of faith hear the doctrine then do it faith is for use. Mrs Kate Davis and Mrs Daisy Mojonnier speak with a saxophone solo by Willie Nattier and duets by Mable and Marie Belcher. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Carroll Mojonnier
James
Matt
Artie Rogier
Mable
Marie Belcher
Kate Davis
Daisy Mojonnier
Willie Nattier
Emily Ballance
Pope Township Supervisor Named Fayette County Board Chairman
T. T. Cox of Pope township has been named Chairman of the Fayette County Board this year and will serve as County Chairman of the Board of Review. He was a strong contender last year but was edged out by a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Cox
Pope Township
Fayette County
Board of Review
Cox
Mother's Day Card From C N Cruse's Restaurant
A note suggesting sending a Mother's Day card from C N Cruse's Restaurant on May 13th. The recommendation highlights a courtesy gesture for mothers with a local business tie in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Cruse
Teachers Employed for Coming Team of School Here
The Board of Directors announced re employed staff for the next school year. Superintendent E L DeLay and Coach Renner were named with Renner awaiting final decision. High school picks include Miss Walz and Miss Pugh. For the grades Potts directs seventh and eighth, Miss Belcher fifth and sixth, Miss Eagan third and fourth, and Miss Simcox first and second replacing Miss Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. DeLay
Renner
Miss Simcox
Florence Cain
Former Bear Creek Girl Dies After Long Illness
Notice reports the death of a Bear Creek area woman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Linton. She lived near Benson for years, later married, suffered for months, and leaves many relatives around Pateka Vernon and a wide circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Linton
Benson
Pateka
Vernon
Mining conditions show improvement in Illinois coal fields
Springfield April 30 reports from the Department of Mines and Minerals indicate slight improvement in labor conditions for Illinois coal miners. About one tenth of the state’s miners are working. Last week saw more mines opening under the Jacksonville scale, while miners in LaSalle Marshall and Putnam counties accepted wage reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Department of Mines and Minerals
State
Jacksonville
LaSalle
Marshall
Putnam Counties
First Gasoline Tax Claim Filed in Peoria Case
Springfield April 30 The Sweeney Gasoline and Oil Company of Peoria filed with the court of claims seeking a refund of 55 531 33 dollars paid under the now unconstitutional gasoline tax law following a state supreme court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Court of Claims
State Supreme Court
Sweeney Gasoline & Oil Company of
Peoria
Lindbergh Visits St Elmo Field On Way To Smithsonian
Col Lindbergh, famed aviator, stopped at St Elmo flying field Sunday to see friend Mr Wright then gashed and piled his plane. On Monday he piloted the Spirit of St Louis toward Washington to be stored at the Smithsonian as a world relic.
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Col. Lindbergh
ST. Elmo III
St. Elmo Flying Field
Mr. Wright
Col’s
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
First electric execution in Illinois set for May 11
Menard Ill April 30 Under the change in the state law substituting the death chair in Illinois for hanging the first legal execution under the new law will take place at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary here on May 11. Joseph Bella convicted in Vermilion county for the murder of Julia Flaherty will be executed. The death chair is located at two penitentiaries and the Cook county jail. The Bella execution will occur within two score miles of the site of Illinois first legal hanging in 1821.
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Menard
Ill
Illinois
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Joseph Bella
Vermilion County
Julia Flaherty
Timothy Bennett
Belleville
Alphonso C. Stewart
Local Notes Highlight Farm Activity and Shifts in Patoka Area
Farmers are busy with onion sets seeds and seed potatoes at Altoms while 1928 yields are praised. Shimp and B. Y. Roshy, Centralia gallerists, and various residents visit sites in Salem Centralia Patoka and Detroit. News covers purchases of goods, travel between towns, and local employment changes including Bricker Bros stake sale and Vern Bricker moving to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoms
Rank Shimp
B. Y
Centralia Business
Ira Caldwell
Gilbert
Salem
George Ballentine
Lester Wireman
Centralia
Sweeneys
F. G. Shimp
Anderson Green
Archie Thalman
Family
Vandalia
J. C. Lloyd
C. J. Metzger
Shobonier
M. Elifritz
Patoka
Thelma Doolen
Vernon
Bettie Simcox
J .W. Crawford
Beecher City
Katie Hudspeth
Chicago
Clinton
M. D. Ballance
Carrigan Township
Laddier School
Wilbertown
Verne Bricker
Detroit
Mich
Vern
Iterest
Bricker Bros
St Louis
Ray
Harry Bonfield
Martin Bonfield
St. Louis
L. J. Peek
Chet Board
State Department of Agriculture
Southewestern Quarantine Division
Interest on state funds tops million in 1927 report
Springfield Illinois April 30 Monthly report of State Treasurer Garrett D Kinney shows that since January 1 1927 he has collected and credited to the general fund of the state a total of 1 169 303 16 in interest received on state funds coming into his hands The report also shows a balance of 40 213 088 34 in the state treasury The loaded indebtedness of the state is reported at 145 294 500
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Garrett D. Kinney
Card of Thanks for Support and Flowers
We express sincere thanks to all who assisted us during the sickness and death of our husband father and grandfather. Also for the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Ella Steele Mr. and Mrs. E H Abbott Mr. and Mrs L A Groff Mr. and Mrs G Landstrom Mr. and Mrs Boyd Steele Mr. and Mrs Frank Snyder.
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Ella Steele
E. H. Abbott
L. A. Groff
G. Landstrom
Boyd Steele
Frank Snyder
Shriners Head to Miami for Imperial Council Session
More than two hundred Nobles of Ansar temple Springfield travel by a ten car special and a Peoria train to Miami Florida for the Imperial Council session. The event is expected to draw about 100000 attendees and includes a competitive band and patrol. The gathering spans three days with guests departing Miami on a different route.
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Ansar Temple
Springfield
Patoka
Miami
Florida
Imperial Council of the Shriners
Peoria
United States
Mt. Pulaski
Decatur
Peoria-Centralia
Tragedy as Trucker’s Son Is Killed by Wheel
A three year old boy, son of Terry Day, a Sandoval milk truck driver, died when he dropped lunch and fell from the truck near Ashley. The vehicle rolled over him after the driver failed to secure the cabin door. The accident happened on the west hard road in front of Kenetski's garage.
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Terry Day
Sandoval
Ashley
Mr. Day
Pevery Dairy Co
Kenetski
Daughter of Fred Pummil Dies In Centralia
Hazel Pummil daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Pummil died at her Centralia home and will be buried Thursday near Vandalia. She married Mr Miller a few months ago and had lived in Centralia since.
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Hazel
Fred Pummil
Boye
Centralia
Vandalia
Miller
Shattuc Man Dies After Accidental Shot
Shattuc resident Christmeister, 58, died from a shotgun wound after an accidental discharge Sunday morning. He was preparing to go hunting when he picked up the gun and it discharged into his stomach.
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Christmeister
Shattuc
Epworth League Program at M. E. Church South
The Epworth League at the Methodist Church South presents a May 6 1928 program at 7 PM with sermons on Power of Electricity Fire Wind and Magnetism. Edgar Irvin and Ruby Eagan speak while Frank Elifritz S M Spurgeon and Alden Seats perform solos and recitations. Leader Paul Dean Outhouse invites visitors and Burl Linton is noted as recently sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Irvin
Nye Tasson
Rom
Paul Dean Outhouse
Wil
Frank Elifritz
Harriet Quayle
S. M. Spurgeon
Slanche McCallon
Alden
Ruby Eagan
Marion Spurson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abner Greenwalt
WM. F. Steele
Doyle Outhouse
Homer Outhouse
Dean Martin
Frankie
Ashley High School
Patoohka
Kinmuna
Patoka High School
Alden Sears
Elizabeth Simcox
Mable Belcher
Reading
Dayne Ellis
Londonderry Air
Paul Logan
Howard Willis
Georgia Cruse
Dorothy Christie
Aunt Ann and the Ants
Anna Belcher
Five Boys
Dixie’—Band
Fayette
Bear Creek
Peogria
Iam
Shriners
Shattuc Hunter
Epworth League
Burl Linton
Neoga
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