Vernon Reverend Mitchell and kin visit Ohio relatives
Vernon Rev. Mitchell and daughter with family visit relatives in Ohio for a few days. Lem Meador and mother attend the DuQuoin fair Tuesday. Local residents attend Augsburg picnic. Vernon band provides music. Several families, including Green and Doolen, spend weekend in Champaign and Edwardsville with relatives. A farewell party for Scott and Marion Hollenbeck precedes their move to Mexico with many friends attending.
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Rev. Mitchell
Salem
Ohio
Lem Meador
DuQuoin
L. E. Green
Fred Brown
Glenwood
Champaign
C. V. Doolen
Augsburg
Vernon Band
Harry Williams
P. A. Forrest
Bellflower Spe
Fred Leniger
Frank Hatch
Flora Maude
Fred Freyer
Edwardsville
Scott
Marion Hollenbeck
Mexico
Wendall Hanson
Harold Jarrett
New Illinois Road Work Record Set in August
Springfield September 3 official release from the Division of Highways shows a new record for Illinois pavement with 70.68 miles of Portland cement concrete laid in the week of August 10 to 16. The weekly mileage exceeds the prior record of 63.0 miles.
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Springfield
Ill
Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Illinois
Jacksonville
Decatur
Peoria
Flour Price Guarantee Offer with Free Flour Gift
A local seller advertises a price guarantee for flour valid until December 1 and promises savings on future flour needs. Buyers who purchase the largest amount at once will receive 100 pounds of Gold Medal Flour free.
Red Top Seed Available for Vernon or Patoka Delivery
Red Top Seed is now in market and can be delivered to Vernon or Patoka locations.
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Vernon
Patoka
Seed wheat and Timothy hay ad for bulk supply
Seed wheat is ready for supply with tested quality and promises good yield at 1.75 per bushel. Also seeks five car loads of Timothy hay immediately.
Flour Special Price at $1.90 a Sack
Hard wheat flour offered at a limited time price of 1.90 dollars per sack. Local promotion highlights value for shoppers seeking bulk flour.
Discount on AHL Brand Buggies at Once
Three AHL Brand buggies on hand offered at a special discount immediately. None better or as good as these.
Wheat drills offered at special price for immediate sale
Three wheat drills are available at a special price and are advised to be sold immediately.
Illinois paving hits record pace in 1924 highway drive
Illinois reports a 1924 paving record with 743.1 miles laid by August 15, surpassing the previous year’s mark and aiming to top 1,229.48 miles for the season. The state notes about 200 miles of new bids received, including bridges and grading, as contractors push toward the year’s remaining work.
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Division of Highways
Left Over News From Last Week
Johnny Nagel and family of Harvey spend the week with relatives in town and southeast of town. John has worked with a large transfer firm in Chicago for over a year. Mrs. Sarah Richardson returns home after a week end visit near Odin and Tonti. Mrs. Fred Wasem and daughter visit her parents J. H. Davis and family. Carl Meador visits then returns to work on the Ohio River Government Construction Works. Miss Rose Davis travels to Elmwood for high school teaching History and English. Miss Dorothy Wasem travels to Trenton to begin duties at Trenton high school.
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Johnny Nagel
Harvey
Nagel
Ohio River
Rose Davis
Elmwood
Dorothy Wasem
Trenton
Local residents visit Indiana and nearby towns
Henry Williams and family visit Indiana relatives while John Chance and Addis Walton attend the Taylorville fair. Decatur and Alma visitors are noted, with multiple local families mentioned. School openings and teachers are listed along with several local residents working or teaching in nearby towns.
Local residents headlined by town high school departures
Charles Lowe Arthur Arnold and Darrell Doolen traveled to McNab to attend high school. Miss Marjory Bundy returned to Chicago after a two week visit with Dr and Mrs T L Bundy. Goff of Patoka broke through a bridge with a steam engine and left it stranded. Arnold Chapel schoolhouse gains a new roof and chimney. Edgar Jones and family visited from Kinmundy. Martha Walker went to Wood River to teach. Families visited Vernon and St Louis. Ed Gerkin attended Teachers Institute in Vandalia. Augsburg picnic drew many local attendees. Griffin and son visited Alma and Salem.
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Henry Williams
Leo
Indiana
John Chance
Addis Walton
Taylorville
Merritt Caldwell
A. M. Wilson
Alma
Decatur
Roy Thompson
Albert Potts
Vernon
Chris Neilson
Walter Neilson
George Neilson
Maron
Lester Ballance
Patoka
Gus Pratt
Jas. Caldwell
Louse Run
P. S. Caldwell
P. S
Glen Meryman
Ted Nelson
Joe Knight
J. A. Caldwell
Virgil Livesay
St. Louis
Ed Nichols
Lebanon
McCarty
Mordecai Lee
Lorene Williams
Luther Williams
South Broadway
Fairman
Harold Chance
Mary Louise Caldwell
Mabel
Marie Belcher
Alice Britt
Nina
Wayne Jardlen
Edward Foster
Wilber Chandler
Bonnie Hill
Ruth
Charles Lowe
Arthur Arnold
Darrell Doolen
McNab
Marjory Bundy
Chicago
T. L. Bundy
Goff
Arnold Chapel
Edgar Jones
Kinmundy
W. H. Jones
Francis Griffin
L. Foster
Jos. Hathaway
Ernest Stevens
Salem
Lawrence Fisher
Martha Walker
Wood River
Mary Jones
Fosterburg school opens at Doolen. Arnold Chapel to follow
Fosterburg School opened at Doolen on Monday while Arnold Chapel school plans a week-long opening if directors choose a teacher. Mrs. John Thulman and daughter Edna visited Robert Arards. Thurby Meadows did repair work on the Doolen school house.
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Doolen
Arnold Chapel
John Thulman
Edna
Robert Arards
Thurby Meadows
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Association of Illinois
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