Illinois Authors Map Highlights State Literary Ties
A group led by Prof. J. N. Hook at the University of Illinois created a literary map of Illinois to acquaint students with local authors. The project names about 125 authors on the map and includes a companion reference book Illinois Authors, with criteria guiding inclusion and placement across the state.
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Illinois
J. N. Hook
University of Illinois Department of English
Illinois Association of Teachers of English
Hook
Ellen Burkhart
Benton
Louise Lane
Aurora
Caccothes Scribendi
Prairie State
Chicago
Lincoln Hall
University of Illinois
Urbana
Ill
Murphysboro Chamber Set Meeting on Marker Proposal
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce will discuss the California Manufacturing Co. report and a proposal to place a Murphysboro marker on the roof of the B and K Furniture Co. at its 8 p.m. meeting at the Sallie Logan Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Chamber
Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
California Manufacturing Co
B & K Furniture Co
Setsior
Sallie Logan
Lawsuit Arises From 1951 Route 13 Crash near Murphysboro
Marjorie Nation of Murphysboro files a 20 000 damages suit in Jackson Circuit Court against Robert D Powell alleging his speeding intoxicated driving and improper lookout caused a four car collision near the Big Muddy River bridge on Route 13 east of Murphysboro. Nation was hospitalized several days after the crash which injured her right arm and hand. Attorneys Peyston Kunce Elm er Medlin and James Zimmer filed the suit.
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Big Muddy River
Route 13
Murphysboro
Jackson
Marjorie Nation
Robert D. Powell
Miss Nation
Powell
Everett Bivins Jr
Joe L. Sims
P. J. Demster
St. Andrew's Hospital
Peyston Kunce
Elmer Medlin
James Zimmer
Carbondale
State Awards Road Contracts for Illinois Counties
The Division of Highways in Springfield awards road building and rehabilitation contracts in Franklin Williamson and Johnson Counties as part of the Adlai Stevenson restoration program. Projects include concrete pavements widening resurfacing and bridge construction with firms S J Groves and Sons Co Arrow Petroleum Tri State Engineering and R Word.
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Springfield
State Division of Highways
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Franklin County
15Th St
Egyptian Ave
Christopher
Arrow Petroleum Co
Tri-State Engineering Co
Chicago
Williamson
Johnson Counties
Marion
S. J. Groves and Sons Co
Benton
R. W. Ord
Du Quoin Union Dispute Ends
Picket lines around six Du Quoin stores were lifted Friday as the jurisdictional dispute between the American Federation of Labor Retail Clerks and United Mine Workers District 50 Drug Store Employes ended. The unions reportedly agreed to recognize one another after talks with merchants. The Retail Clerks began picketing on April 29 after failing to organize the stores.
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du Quoin
American Federation of Labor Retails
United Mine Workers District 50
Murphysboro Rural Couple Report Fireball Sighting
Mr and Mrs John Leady of Murphysboro rural route near Sharon say they observed a ball of fire moving east to west across the southern sky about 9 p m on Wednesday. The object stayed visible for about two minutes according to Mrs Leady.
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Murphysboro
John Leady
Sharon
Jonesboro Soldier Receives Army Commendation Ribbon
Cpl. Bobbie J. Collie of Jonesboro has been awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon for meritorious achievement in Korea. He serves as a truck driver with Headquarters Company 3d Infantry Division, for service from January 3 to February 3, 1952.
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Jonesboro
Bobbie J. Collie
Reuben. Collie
Korea
3D Infantry Division
Collie
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Linois
U. of Illinois
By Helen Farlow
The
Southern Illinoisan
Jay Monaghen
Abraham Lincoln
John G. Nicolay
Vachel Lindsay
Eurenne Cadet
Henry Clay
Quincy
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Allan Nevins
Floyd Dell
John
John F
Campbell
Kirkland
Zury
Spring County
Marshall
Thaois
Logan
Washington
Nor
Duncan
Illinois Herald
Dell: Runewey
Nevins
Fremont
Spoon River
Membré
France
W. Peck
Daniel Boone
Austin
Southwest
Sheean
Gandh
Cartwright
Rockwoods
C. van Doren
Amer
Catherwood: Histo: Romanc
America
Hubbard
Garcia
Cabet
Icaria
Nauvoo's Vineyards
Sandburg
Mullord
Hep
Cassidy
Radisson
Tonti
le Salle
Starved Rock
Mehitebel
Williams
Dresbach
Grant
Moline Rock
Marjorie A. Seiffert
Cornelia L. Meigs
Ulysses S. Grant
Carl Sandburg
Eugene Field
Galesburg
Edgar Lee Masters
Glenn W. Dresbach
Jesse L. Williams
Will Payne
Don Marquis
Darwin Teilher
Peoria
Elizabeth Folsom
Henry de Tonti
Zenobius Membré
Edwin L. Sabin
M. Angle
Alice B. Parsons
Harry L. Wilson
John Bryant
James Henry Breasted
Sublette
William E. Barton
Lasalle
Bloomington
William Maxwell
Carlinville
John G. Neihardt
Franklin P. Adams
Nelson Algren
Margaret Ayer Barnes
John Dos Passos
Finley Peter Dunne
Janet Ayer Fairbank
James T. Farrell
Arthur Meeker, Jr
Elbert Hubbard
Streator
Clarence E. Mulford
Gwendolen
Richard Hovey
Harold A. Sinclair
James Harvey
Robin
Roy J. Snell
Peter Cartwright
Newark
Walter Havighurst
Frederic Goy
Vandalia
Lois S. Montross
Shelbyville
James Vincent Sheean
Charles
Elizabeth Corbett
Dora Aydeloite
Altamont
Nixon Waterman
Pierre Radisson
Bernadine
F. Bailey
Mattoon
William J. Bryan
Kenneth Fearing
Henry B. Fuller
John Gunther
Ben Hecht
Wheaton
Albert Harper
Ralph D. Paine
Ole Rynning
Mary H. Catherwood
Mark van Doren
Stuart P. Sherman
Fairland
Albion
Ernest Hemingway
Car! van Doren
Champaign Urbana
Morris Birkbeck
Robert Herrick
Archibald MacLeish
Harriet Monroe
Danville
Florence W. Taylor
Elizabeth H. Emerson
Rosamond N. du
Hunt
Burl Ives
Lawrenceville
Frances K. Crane
Louis Zare
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Inglis Fletcher
Mary Austin
Addams
Ot Hall House
Parsons: the Trictat
Helen MetLeod
Rachel Crothers
Hutchins Hapgood
Collinsville
Henry Villard
Belleville
Mathew Duncan
Lebannon
John Reynolds
Harry Hamilton
Kaskaskia
James Hail Adolph Bandelier
Lucy Larcom
Elizabeth Seifert
Irving Dilliard
John M. Peck
Will Griffith
Robert Lewis Taylor
John T. Faris
Marie Campbell
Blanche B. King
MT. Vernon
Ruby del] Bougher
Robert’g. Ingerson
Allen Smith
Golconda
Joseph Kirkland
James W. Buel
Shawne Etown
Sarah I. Marshall
William V. Moody
Frank Norris
Howard V. O’brien
Donald C. Peattie
Ernest Poole
Lew Sarett
Evanston
William L. Shirer
Charles V
Starrett
Mary Jane Ward
Richard Wright
Ilinois Association OF Teach
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