Coal Prospecting Pushes Ahead in Palmyra
In Palmyra on December 16, prospecting for local coal continues despite news of a strike end. Samples from Elmerson near the vein show fairly good quality. mine supply appears dwindling as work has persisted. Local volunteers, including American Legion members, opened the mine and found several bushels usable in stoves and furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Elmerson
Fred Jacobs
J. C. Haynes
H. 8. Taylor
Taylor
Johnson
BF. G. Caristead
Wm. Payne
Rinehart Ranch
Payne
American Legion
Camp Point Methodist Bazaar Draws Crowd and Donations
The Philathea class held an annual bazar and supper at the church hall in Camp Point with three booths including handmade candy aprons and fancy work. A large cedar Christmas tree with electric lights centered the hall and packages sold for ten cents each. Proceeds benefited the class treasury amid a crowded turnout with out of town guests.
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Camp Point
III
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. B. Satterfield
Robert Myers
Plymouth
Kenner Seaton
R.A. Omer
William Downing
Golden
Ray Miler
Elizabeth Sparks
Bess
Quincy
Homer Williams
Hamilton
Dorothy Folckemer
James Bryan
Colchester
Gladys Frazier
John Thing
Roy Beckett
Allce Meatheringham
Margaret Gay Sunny
Ruby Raiinier
Liberty
Hudson
Gerald Frey
Ice dealers plan crews as thick ice forms for storage
Ice dealers prepare crews this week as weather permits thicker ice for storage. Prof John B Gragg named chairman of the Red Cross home service department to aid discharged soldiers. County Supt T C Moore issues first and second grade teaching certificates to several area teachers in Pittsfield Pleasant Hill Griggsville and Hockport.
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Pittsfield
Edward Moocy
Marcus Hardy
Hull Friay
K. J. Chamberlain
Sun Island
Pittsfield Lodge No. 95
Floyd W. Allen
Ben H. Matthews
Chicago
Routt College
Jacksonville
Pittsfield Lodge Noa
O. F
Nobie Grand
Albert Hoos
Hurley Groom
Charles W. Caughlin
Eddy
Red Cross
Bush Hall
Granville Smith
Central Tilinois Public Service Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Eutsfield Ice Dealers
John B. Gragg
Home Service Department of the Red Cross
N. L. Eddy
T. C. Moore
Ruth Bower
Pleasant Hill
Emily Burbridge
Mildred Crawford
Griggsville
Homer L. Johnson
Anna Rush
Dorothy Ellis
Clara L. Sapp
Hockport
Lela Williams
Clarksdale
Frances Cham
Sutherland for President group formed in West Virginia
Berlain of Hull and Alice Myers of New Canton helped launch a nationwide campaign for Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia. In Wheeling on December 16 plans were finalized to organize a "Sutherland for President" club to support his presidential bid.
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Berlain
Hull
Alice Myers
New Canton
Sutherland
Wheeling, Va
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
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TEL
Weinberg Bros
Quincy, Il
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Miller
Helhaie Shoes
Miller-Heshake Shoe CO
the House of Satisfactory Shoes
Maine
Marion
Savings Club
Fourth and
Hampshire Sts
Quincy, Ill
Ware-Wayland Co
West Side Square
Sole Ware-Wayland Co
Pfano
Weilers
Thomas A. Brown
Hampshire
Orpheum
Bress
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Georgette
Omag
Brown
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