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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

15 Dec 1949

Page 7

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Southern Illinoisan

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Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1949

Page

7

Beginning Corner of America Stone Preserved at Southern Illinois University

A sandstone cornerstone once marking the vanished Southern Illinois town of America has been placed in the SIU museum. Inscribed with Beginnings Corner of America Found ed 1818 or 1819 and Executed at Cincinnati, the relic came from J. W. Mathes. The town faded after 1820 floods and yellow fever, with Unity becoming county seat in 1833.

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Southern Illinois Southern Illinois University America Ilinois University J. W. Mathes Cincinnati John Allen University Museum Maryland Street Hodges’ Bayou Ohio River Cairo Pulaski County Pulaski Alexander County Unity Ohio Allen
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Policeman Refuses Drink to Identify Whiskey on Duty

Washington AP reports Policeman Bernard W. Best testifying in a bootleggers case faced a defense challenge to his recognition of whiskey. He was asked to sample evidence liquor to say if it was bourbon or rye but replied he could not due to on duty regulations forbidding drinking while on duty.

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Bernard W. Best Best
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