Carlyle House and Braddock Hall Link Washington Era
Alexandria's Carlyle house hidden behind the Braddock inn recalls Washington's youth and Braddock era. Braddock's staff met there in 1755 as Washington advised and earned Braddock's trust. Markets and hospitality shaped colonial life with Sally Fairfax and Mount Vernon in view.
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Alexandria
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Virginia
Belle Haven
Carlyle House
Alexandrria
Braddock House
John S. Carlyle
Isle of Wight
Hunting Creek
Carlyles
East
West Indies
Sally Fairfax
John Carlyle
Braddock
Berlin Tango Ban Surprises World War I Officers
A stern kaiser bans tango for officers in Berlin. A young lieutenant vents loneliness after being unable to visit friends or invite people home due to the dancing prohibition, illustrating social isolation amid wartime restrictions.
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Berlin
Neye
Irening
Trigg Surrenders Over 27 Year-Old Lynching Confession
Robert Trigg, released from Monticello jail after the grand jury found insufficient evidence for conviction, confessed to helping lynch Henry Wildman 27 years ago and walked out content. Illinois health board announces typhoid vaccine distribution and regional plans.
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Robert Trigg
Monticello
Decatur
Rearson Trigg
Pratt County
Grand Jury
Trigg
Henry Wildman
Illinois News Briefs from Metropolis to Bloomington
Metropolis reports First United Brethren church calls Rev Claude E Sayré of Freeport. Springfield notes Everett Jennings chosen chief counsel for Illinois utilities commission. Galena obituary for Emmeline Lucey born 1837. Monmouth reports Artley Brandt fatally hurt by freight train while delivering dinner. Springfield notes Secretary Woods injured in Chicago fall. Murphysboro convict Charles Clark guilty on 80 liquor counts, fined and jailed. Morris quarantines 15 houses for smallpox. schools stay open. Peoria banquet for Ambassador Pindell canceled due to sudden travel. Mount Vernon sees two women announce for tax collector. Jerseyville man James Muneray dies after 15 years in bed. Joliet guard shoots escapee Oscar VonHagan. other inmate recaptured. Shelbyville workers build union revival tabernacle for 3,000. Bloomington Adlai Stevenson mourns Senator Cullom, notes his role with Lincoln era figures.
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Metropolis
First
United Brethren Church of
Monmouth
Artley Brandt
Ruelington
Springfield
Harry Woods
Chicago
Woods
Murphysboro
Charles Clark
Carbondale
Morris
Bureau County
Peoria
Association of Commerce, Knights of Columbus
Peona Board of Trade
Crewe
Henry M Pindell
Pindell
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Township
Daisy Lloyd
Laura Satterfield
Jerseyville
James John Muneray
Jersey County
Muncray
VonHagan
Jeremiah Collins
Collins
James O’neill
Cook County
Vonllagan
University of Heidelberg
Shelbyville
E. C. Miller
South Bend
Ind
A.L. Davidson
Bloomington
Cullom
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Lincoln
Douglas
Trumbull
Browning
Yates
Oglesby
Palmer
Lincoln Monument
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Mr. Weems
Times
A. D
Custis
Colonel Washington
Lord Faltapax AF
Alex
Presbyterian Church AF Alerandiia Vie
Lee
AD Rolddins
News OF Illinois
State Board of Health
John Wyeth & Brother
West Lake Street
Duquoin
Christian Endeavor
Perry
Jackson
Franklin
Walliamson
Randolph
Sparta
Presbyterian
W. W. Edwards
Carterville
James R. & Craighead
China
W. M. K. Wintfield
Illinois Knights of Pythias
Charles I. Ritter
Knights of Pythias
Ritter
Charles A. Sullivan
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Carmi
Andrew Carnegie
Ilinois
Joliet
Dunne
Board of Pardons
James J. Cahill
Cahill
Tamaroa
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Charles Blodgett
Orville T. Bright
Freeport
F. P
Lockwood
Danville
W . F. Conway
Troy City
Wis
McLeansboro
Austin Allen
Wesley
Broughton
Austin
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