Notable deaths and civic updates from Illinois and beyond
Obituary notes for Rev. C A Bucks of the Rock River Methodist Episcopal conference who died in Ottawa at his daughter's home after long pastorates in Chicago Aurora and Morris. A coroner's jury criticizes highway safety after the Flow ers tragedy near Danville. A park preserve plan at Old Fort Massac is approved with trespass bans. Mines reopen in Saline county with Ogara No 15 Carrier Mills employing 350 and Saline No 2 Ledford employing 800. Legion aims to surpass 1924 membership before Quincy convention. Marion murder case updates discuss Shoemaker release and Arthur trial. Dedication set for the Mothers house at Roma and a $300000 Murphysboro building program by Southern Illinois Gas Company with major upgrades planned.
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C. A. Bucks
Rock River Methodist Episcopal Conference
Ottawa
G. N. Kneuss
Chicago
Aurora
Morris
Illinois
Ogara Coal Company
Saline County
Carrier Mills
Saline County Coal Corporation
Ledford
Murphysboro
Southern Ilnois Gas Company
A. F. Townsend
Carbondale
Carterville
Marion
Crainville
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Christopher and
Duquoin
Grand jury indicts Illinois prohibition leaders and associates
Maj. Percy Owen, Ralph Stone, and seven others are indicted by a Chicago federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate prohibition. Named are ex agents Albert Bennett Bernard Lump and Louis Abelson plus Harry Sechlau Dr Louis Quabar George Bruce Morris Zimbross and a state senator. Owen has been on leave due to ill health amid prior suspension reports. Indictments follow the sacramental wine scandal and related probes by Roche and Fadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Owen
Ralph Stone
Chicago
Albert Bennett
Bernard Lump
Harry R. Sechlau
Chateau Bath and Sanitarium
Louis Quabar
George Bruce
Louis Abelson
Gasoline line motorcar begins Dixon to Peoria service
Rail line service shifts from train to gasoline motorcar on the Dixon to Peoria route. Multiple Illinois incidents include a McLeansboro Civil War veteran death, a Kankakee cashier deputized as town guard, and a St Charles Chronicle purchase. Also reports three killed and three injured in a Toledo Peoria Western crossing crash, a police chief murder case in Mounds, and North Chicago sewer project arrests.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Dixon
Peoria
Eureka
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Marvin Mangold
Wilma Mangold
Ella Leman
Roanoke
Anna Mangold
Melba Mangold
Harley Mangold
Early Baptists in Alabama From Frontier Roots to Camp Meetings
Lorenzo Dow, hailed as a thunderous Baptist preacher, reached Alabama frontiers around 1793. The first Baptist presence is traced near Huntsville with later footing near St Stephens. Rev John Nicholson organized the state’s first church and in 1831 a camp meeting near Elyton drew remarkable religious manifestations with convulsions, groans, shouts, and a chaotic concert.
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Lorenzo Dow
Alabama
Tombigbee
Thunder
Star
Birmingham News
Huntsville
St. Stephens
John Nicholson
First Baptist Church
Elyton
Seemed Ideal Match in Witty Family Exchange
A cautious fiancée judges a match as likely to be happy while a skeptical uncle jokes about mutual affection and vanity amid wedding talk. The banter hints at underlying affection and humor within a household preparing for marriage.
Level Surfaces Define Perpendicular to Gravity
A level surface remains perpendicular to the direction of gravity at every point. The surface of water in still conditions forms a level surface, illustrating this principle.
Blissful Fads of Fifth Avenue Bus Marital Displays
A New York Sun item notes a quirky scene where a husband explains his barber visit to his wife. The couple shares a moment as the husband’s hat and hair tonic aroma are sampled by the wife, illustrating playful domestic humor on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Noted Woman Artist Anne Carlisle in Charles II era
Anne Carlisle, praised by Walpole for her copies of Italian masters and life portraits, lived during Charles II's reign and died around 1680. Her work earned significant credit for both copies and original portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Carlisle
Charles II
England
Walpole
The Pope's Chair Worth Sixty Thousand Dollars
A modern chair for the pope, ordered by an American banker, crafted in solid silver and heavily chased. Weighing about half a ton, it reportedly cost around $60,000.
Thirteen as unlucky omen ends in hopeful revelation
The passage argues that thirteen, though linked to unknown dangers, yields growth and learning. It asserts luck shifts from misfortune to good, with difficult times teaching the best lessons and eventual sunshine after adversity.
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Illinois News
Alexander Flowers
Danville
Curtis P. Roby
Old Fort Massac
Metropolis
State Fish and Game Commission
The
American Legion
Quincey
the Legion
L. T. Shoemaker
Williamson County
Creston Baston
Lawrence Surat
Shoemaker
E. R. Gale
Pratt County
Charles Martin
Opal Arthur
Tuscola
Arthur
Monticello
Gale
the Sisters of the Order of the Precious Blood
Roma
East St. Louis
United States
Ruma
Randolph County
Red Bud
St. Louis
Chester
Martin Mann
McLeansboro
Eighty-Seventh Illinois Infantry
Ruth Dale
Kankakee
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Lester Norris
Delora Angell
John W. Gates
St. Charles
Lina Paschal
Marshall Bagby
Mounds
John Struer
Ripley
Tenn
Pulaski County
Bagby
Struer
North
Edward Ahlstrom
Lake County
Gus Santry
Dennis J. Donovan
A. V. Smith
Paul Blackburn
Carlinville
William Barnes
Nilwood
Blackburn
Lockwood
Charles Lewis
Lewis
Mary
Cynic
Calumet Concrete Construction Co
West
115Th ST
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
East
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