Simpson to Face Trial for Brutal Illinois Murder
Leslie Simpson, alleged Birger gang member, captured in New York on a requisition for trial in Williamson County Illinois on a 1927 double murder. The case ties to Charles Birger and others, with motive linked to the Price murder and a gang history. The state seeks the death penalty.
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New York City
Leslie Simpson
Birger
Stanley
New Orleans
Australia
Atlantic
Simpson
Illinois
Small
New York
Williamson County
Trail of
West Frankfort
Ill
New York State
John Stack
Illinois State Highway Patrol
Charles Birger
Connie Ritter
Ernest Blue
Riley Simmons
Newman
Lory Price
Price
Marion
Fred Wooten
Art Newman
Shady Rest
Dubois
Washington County
Illinois Sheriffs Hold State Meet In Murphysboro
Northern Illinois sheriffs journeyed to Murphysboro on Monday for a state meeting. The scene included a brief stopover with vendor stalls featuring items like radios and tube sets advertised at 20 dollars.
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Illinois
Murphysboro
Infant Maxine Jones Died at Six Months in 1928
Infant daughter of Orval and Clara Jones born March 15 1928 died Sept 30 1928 after a brief illness. Funeral services held at Bear Creek Church with burial at Pratt Cemetery.
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Maxine
Orval
Clara Jones
Rafe
Earth
Heaven
Jesus
Bear Creek Church
Monroe Smith
Bro
Mitzel
Vernon
Vernon Choir
Pratt Cemetery
M. E. Church Conference Names Central District Pastors
The M. E. Church Annual Conference at Fairfield closed last Sunday with appointments for the Centralia District. The list names C. B. Whiteside as superintendent and assigns pastors to Alma, Altamont, Ashley, Beaucoup, Beaver Creek, Beecher City, Brownstown, Carlyle, Centralia, Central City, Coffeen, Donnellson, Effingham, Farina, Greenville, Herick, Hoyleton, Irvington, Kinmundy, Litchfield, Marissa, Mason, Mocasin, Mount Olive, Nashville, Pocahontas, Ramsey, St Elmo, Salem, Shattuc, Shobonier, Trenton, Vandalia, Vernon, Walnut Hill, and Watson with respective churches.
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M. E. Church Annual Conference
Fairfield
Centralia
Central District
C. B. Whiteside
Alma
A. A. Ferrell
Altamont
O. B
Masonic Work Noted At Browns Town Lodge Meeting
Walter Renner of Browns Town School was elevated to Master Mason in the local lodge room on Monday night. Visitors included Post Master H. M. Brown, George W. Corson, J. P. Bartlett, and C. E. Sehwarms of Waukegan, who also inspected the Register office plant during their visit.
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Walter Renner
Brownstown
H. M. Brown
George W. Corson
J. P. Bartlett
C. E. Sehwarms
Waukegan
Michigan deputy sheriff in Patoka on homeward trip
R B Merrick deputy sheriff of Muskegon County and his family of Whitehall Mich visited Patoka while returning from a three week vacation that took them as far south as Cairo. He is well known in Muskegon County and has two sons serving on the Detroit police department.
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R. B. Merrick
White Hall
Mich
Patoka
Cairo
Mr. Merrick
Muskogeon County
Detroit, Michigan
Kaskaskia B Y P U to Meet in Patoka October 14 1928
The Kaskaskia Association B Y P U will convene at the Baptist church in Patoka Sunday afternoon October 14 at 2 30. Carroll Mojonnier, the district vice president, leads local efforts with delegations from Salem Vandalia Centralia and nearby churches. The program features devotion business addresses and musical numbers with pastors and teachers from Zion Vandalia Salem and Patoka. Public invited.
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Kaskaskia Association
Baptist Young People’s Union
Kaskaskia Church Association
Baptist Church
Carroll Mojonnier
Mojonnier
Salem
Vandalia
Centralia
Boyd Whitchurch
Zion
Ill
John Dial
Lena Bradford
Ellen Moore
Ruth Nattier
Patoka
F. H. Storment
Leona and
Lianor Dunbar
Zion, DL
Temple of God
Rev
A. Chrisman
Vandalia Baptist Church
National polls show Hoover leading amid mixed voter sentiment
Newspaper polls across chains indicate Herbert Hoover as the front runner in national sentiment. The Literary Digest reports a 2 to 1 Hoover swing with 19 million voters polled, while caution remains about poll authenticity and local bias.
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Herbert Hoover
Chicago Herald-Examiner
United States
Hoover
Literary Digest
Hearst
Smith
Register
New York
Patoka Hardware Trade for Small Range or Cook Stove
Trade notice from Patoka Hardware & Furnishings Co seeks a small range or cook stove. Offers may involve exchange terms or partial payment arrangements.
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Patoka Hdw. & Furn, Co
Zion Epworth League Meeting Program
The Zion Epworth League gathers Sunday Oct 7 at 6 30 PM with music prayers and scripture readings. Leaders include Lorene Williams and John Chance with Rev Cecil Lowe preaching at 7 30 PM. Readings cover the character of Jesus and topics like benevolence forgiveness humility and courage.
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Jesus
Hilda McNichol
John
John Chance
Matt
Juanita Neilson
Luke
Alice Nichols
Wayne Doolen
Donald Belcher
Alpha Moulding
Kathryn Santier
Paul Williams
Cecil Lowe
Lorene Williams
Contagious Disease Counts Fall Across Illinois
Springfield Ill Oct 1 fewer contagious cases reported in state weekly health report by Dr Isaac D Rawlings. Diphtheria 95 scarlet fever 7 arcsipox 53 typhoid fever 65 whooping cough 153 mumps 34 chickenpox 5 measles 45.
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Springfield
Ill
Isaac D. Rawlings
Patoka High School and Grade School Notes
Patoka High School baseball beat Odin 8 to 5 at the city park Wednesday. Freshmen held a weiner roast, and the Junior class received rings last Tuesday. Examinations were held, and Friday noon dismissal followed the Farmers Institute. Grade notes mention a 3 2 win by Eighth grade over Sando Val and an upcoming operetta.
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Odin
Patoka
Rose Snyder
Farmers Institute
Centralia
Howard Willis
Francis Turner
Treas
Maurice Willis
Miss Pugh
Johnnie
George Eliot
Sando Val
Marion County Farmers Institute
C. A. Nattier
Counties Join To Save Gas Tax For Highways
Springfield Illinois Oct 1 Cook County joined fifty two other counties to oppose oil companies challenge to the two cent gasoline tax. Supreme court decision left about 6700000 in the state treasury awaiting a ruling. The tax funds were to support highway construction and county road work.
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Springfield
Cook
Illinois
Cook County Board
Fifty-fifth General Assembly
Supreme Court
Small
Monument to Gen Logan bids opened in Murphysboro
Springfield Oct 1 bids for a monument to General John A Logan are in the hands of state architect Wm J Lindstrom The Fifty fifth General Assembly appropriated 15000 for an equestrian statue honoring Gen Logan his wife Mary and the families of volunteer soldiers The memorial will be placed on the Murphysboro high school grounds where Logan spent much of his life as the first major Illinois memorial south of the state
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Springfield
Murphysboro
John A. Logan
Wm. J. Lindstrom
Fifty-fifth General Assembly
Logan
America
Mary Logan
Illinois
Patoka State Bank Offers Lime Stone Aid for Farmers
The Patoka State Bank advertises a helpful proposition for farmers needing lime stone. They invite farmers to visit, discuss their situation, and suggest they can provide assistance to lime their farms.
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Patoka
Purchase ACREAGE for Another State Hospital
Negotiations are complete for the purchase of one thousand acres of land near Manteno in Kankakee county to serve as a site for a new state hospital for the insane to be built by the state of Illinois. The Fifty-fifth General Assembly has approved an appropriation of 1 million dollars for land and building construction.
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Springfield
Ill
Manteno
Kankakee County
Illinois
Fifty-fifth
General Assembly
Rally Day at M. E. Sunday School
The M. E. Church invites all members to attend at 9 30 A M as the new Sunday School year begins. Superintendent Lemuel M Spurgeon urges full participation by the congregations and constituencies.
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Lemuel M. Spurgeon
Auto Wreck on Curve Near Suburban Heights
John Jennings Jr driving a Jennings Chevrolet on a trip to Du Quoin failed to make a curve east of Irvington and near Suburban Heights. The car was damaged but continued. Jennings suffered a serious cut around the eye, the worst injury among all aboard. Lucile and Anna Walker were passengers but escaped serious harm.
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Suburban Heights
Irvington
John Jennings, Jr
Jennings Chevie
du Quoin
Lucile Walker
Anna Walker
John
Bill Perkins Exhibits A New Corn Variant
Bill Perkins, noted farmer from Nickely Brindle Ridge in Tonto township, showed a new corn variety in Patoka last Thursday. He claims it is a previously unknown species, possibly from Kentucky, North Carolina, or Tennessee, related to Strawberry Red, with eight acres grown and potential value for seed use nationwide.
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Bill Perkins
Nickely Brindle Ridge
Tonto Township
Patoka
Kentuck
North Carolina
Tennessee
Bill
Requisition Honored In Return Of Kidnapping Suspect
Springfield Illinois October 1 Governor Small has honored a requisition from Ohio for the return of Helen Wilson to Cincinnati for trial on a kidnapping charge. The woman is accused of taking Anton J Klimarowsky six years old from his home in Cincinnati to Chicago where she was arrested.
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Springfield
Small
Ohio
Helen Wilson
Cincinnati
Anton J. Klimarowsky
Chicago
Patten Family Members Spend Weekend with L Patten
W. E. Patten and his wife and their gray son Earl Moore of Farmersburg visited over the weekend with L. Patten and wife, sharing time and hospitality in a family gathering.
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W. E. Patten
Grayson Earl Moore
Farmersburg
L. ¥. Patten
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Bre
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Ulinois State Highway Patrol
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Simmons
Leavenworth
Kan
Wooten
Atlanta
Ollie ‘Boswell
Thestate
Patoee
Furn. Co
Michigan
Tammany Missionaries
Corn Belt
McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Favors Hoover
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Hoover-Curtis
Mr. Hoover
State
Prerin, Pte
Emee
Gen
M. E
M. E. Church
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