The Leading Characters of a Northland Tragedy
Eddie Forbes a Scottdale youth with a taste for liquor faces a murder linked bootlegging case. He fights debt, fights temptation and fights for his land after a complex sequence of betrayals tax trouble and a forged bank check. The tale follows his struggle to reclaim Patsy Jane and his dream of a prosperous future.
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Edison Forbes
Scottdale
Forbes
Patsy Jane
Eddie
Isiah Sealman
Sealman
Chicago
Pat
Davenant
John Barleycorn
Nance Encell
Nance
Patsy
Berry
Just Dessert in a Northern Michigan Land Dispute
Eddie confronts a thieving youth lay claim to his estate under tax-title law as a salvage crew loads earth from a scarred mound. The youth boasts of buying the Brower estate title and asserts ownership before redemption, while Eddie warns he will redeem on the first of next month.
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Pat
Long Portage Expressman
Eddie
Encell’s
Encell
Brower
Michigan
Forbes
Nyone
Scottdale
STATE CAPITAL LETTER NEWS continued page highlights and bills
State Capital Letter News contrasts leading nations states and Illinois counties with crop reports and livestock data. Governor Len Small attends state fair hog men banquet as House Bills 288 and 284 propose appellate court term changes and local improvement notice publication rules.
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State Capital Letter
Len Small
J. 5. Miles
Petersburg
Local News Notes From Patoka Area
Local notes mention Smith & Crawford Vernon advertising fly spray and radios. Patoka residents Johnston Sirficox undecided about Millikin term. Miss Rose Davis and Dorothy Wasem to ChamPaign University with honors and further postgraduate work. John Rogier and Joe Out house reportedly entered at the great institute. Ed Cooper and sons visit Shobonier. Hospitalization of Mrs Claud Adams for appendicitis. speedy recovery noted. Repair services offered. promotions for National stoves heaters and airflight wood heaters.
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Smith & Crawford
Vernon
Johnny Sirficox
Decatur
Millikin University
Rose Davis
Dorothy Wasem
Champaign
University
Miss Rose
Dorothy
Patoka
John Rogier
Joe Outhouse
Ed Cooper and Sons of Shobonier
Crosley
Cunningham
Eveready
Kafeover
Smith Crawford
Claud Adams
St. Marys Hospital
Cracker Neck Wagon Line Seeks Quick Sale
Cracker Neck ads advertise coaster wagons trucks and scooters by Smith & Crawford Vernon priced for quick sale. Mentions Buster Reed of Sandoval driving on local roads last week and Bert Williams visiting old-time friends. Note small reference to coal hauling by sons Bobber and George.
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Smith & Crawford
Vernon
Buster Reed
Sandoval
Bert Williams
Bobber
George
Wind and dust sweep Vandalia and area events
Wind and dust storms struck Saturday evening in the vicinity of Vandalia. J Murray and family, Lon Belcher and wife and grandson Stanley Lee visited Vandalia. Last Saturday Lee Gordon and Rhoda Bryant married in Vandalia. Rhoda Bryant is the daughter of William Bryant. Frank Sharp installed a new tin roof on his barn. The Register in Patoka remains up to date as a local community paper.
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Shady Grove School
J. Murray
Lon Belcher
Stanley Lee
Vandalia
Frank Sharp
Lee Gordon
Rhoda Bryant
Lee
Wm. Gordon
Rhoda
Wm. Bryant
Patoka
Register
Local church events and community notes in Vernon area
Shobonier Kaskaskia Sunday School at 10 a m and 9 30 a m with preaching services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. revival at Haley Chapel with Bro Atkinson of Mt Vernon assisting. Other items include home goods ads, school plans by Prof Bailey, and local visits by Rev Miller and families.
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Kaskaskia
Shobonier
Haley Chapel
Bro
Atkinson
Mt. Vernon
Vernon
Smith & Crawford
Ed Cooper
Fayette County
Harry Metzger
String Town
C. J. Metzger
Harry
Crosley
Bailey
Roy Bailey
Eastern Illinois Normal
Geo. Metzger
Woodriver
Frank Heever
C. M. Miller
Southern Illinois
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lebanon
J. H. Metzger
Grandma Dees
Oblong, Lr
Clyde Dees
Helen Jean
Cc. M. .Miller
Southeast Town Sunday Meetings At Temple
There were thirty eight at Sunday Johos at Temple Sunday. There will be preaching at Fair man, Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. Bro Noah Belcher will preach. Everyone is invited to come and attend the meetings. Pete Bopp and family visited Sunday with Harry Bopp and family and other relatives. Charley Bowen and wife and Dan Reeter and family visited Sunday with Jake Bowen and family of near Centralia. Mr John Bopp and wife visited Sunday with Harry Bopp and family. Mrs A Lockard and little daughter Norma Jean visited a few days last week with Charley Bowen and wife. Miss Lorene Williams visited Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Henry Williams and wife.
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Forbes
Eddie
Davenant
Coreral
Long Portage
Patsy
Kinnane
Mr. Kinnane
Mr. Forbes
Temple
Fairman
Noah Belcher
Pete Bopp
Harry Bopp
Charley Bowen
Dan Reeter
Jake Bowen
Centralia
John Bopp
A. Lockard
Norma Jean
Lorene Williams
Henry Williams
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Michael V. Phillips
Henry Jay Lee
Autocaster Service
Millig
Squarehead
Bull
Chapter
Peter Wimple
Peter
Portage Creek
Long Portage Bank
Gray Little Gilman
Harold Faunce
Gilman
Henry W. Robbins
Senate
Weiss
University of Ilinois
Baker
Beckman
Cities Court
Martens
Curran
General Assembly
Circuit Court
Union
Illinois
Division of Co-Operative
Department of Agriculture
Springfield
House
Sinnett
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