Landmark Williamson County Courthouse Has Colorful Past
Ben Gelman outlines the long history of Williamson County courthouses from 1839 through the 20th century. The current 1889 Marion structure faced a 1938 WPA remodel. proposals to move county offices to a hotel threaten its future but keep its public square prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion Public Square
John A. Logan
Illinois
31St Illinois Regiment
Williamson
Franklin County
Marion
Francis Marion
William and
Bethany Benson
Marion Square
Nannie G Parks
Benson
Wilson - Frick
Luke Simmons
Simmon
John Pascal
Robert M. Hundley
Cox Hardway
Hundley
Gen. Logan
Robert G. Ingersoll
Church Land
Marshall Crain
William Spence
Goodall
Grant Department
Charles E. Brush
Carbondale
Isaac Rapp
Rapp
Murphysboro
Illinois Normal School
Rapp’s
Charlie Birger
Rado Millich
Birger
Seth Thomas
Benton
Pinckneyville
Vienna
Preparedness Pays Negro Arms Self To Defend Home
Lonnie Perry, a 45 year old Black truck driver, moved his family into an all white Miami neighborhood. After a cross was burned on his lawn and windows were pelted with rocks, he began keeping a loaded pistol ready to defend his family while insisting he does not want trouble. No further incidents occurred.
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Miami
Fla
N.W. 36Th Street
Lonnie Perry
Perry
Inflation pain hits farmers as costs soar
Washington reports that farm production expenses rose from 6.2 billion in 1938 to 24.9 billion in 1958 with inflation costing farmers about 800 million annually. Dr. Frederick V. Waugh, an Agriculture Department economist, notes a quarter of the rise stems from materials like fertilizer and machinery, while three quarters come from higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Frederick V. Waugh
You Be Damn Mystery Is Half-Solved
A reader recalls the You Be Hollow name origin in Union County. Ada Hagler recalls a saw mill owner named Euby who dammed a stream creating You Be Dam Hollow. The note asks if another local saw mill operator named Eyeby or Fby dammed another stream.
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Union County
Jonesboro
Valley Mission
Ada Hagler
Murphysboro
Ada Black
Hagler
Euby
Buby Dam Hollow
Youth climbs lion cage to win circus job in Dudley
Dudley England June 6 AP Edward France 17 a butcher's boy proved his love for live animals by climbing into a lion cage at Dudley Zoo. He was fined by a magistrate for entering the lion den but earned a junior elephant minder post with Dick Chipperfield after court. He told the judge he wants to be a wild animal trainer and said he would work to be happy with animals.
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Dudley
England
Edward France
Dudley Zoo
France
Dick Chipperfield
Hair replaced thread in Edha portrait in Japan
Mrs Chiyono Inoue of Himeji completed a hair embroidery portrait titled the Edha using hair from 15,000 donors including Empress Nagako. The work began May 8, 1940 and took 19 years, with each donor contributing five strands of hair for the religious picture.
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Himeji
Japan
Chiyono Inoue
Empress Nagako
Asahi
SIU Sphere Landmark to Headline New York Exhibit
SIU design students Dan Konko and Howard Cotton transported a seven foot discontinuous sphere to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Form Givers at Mid Century show. Conceived by Buckminster Fuller, the sphere uses aircraft aluminum tubing and monel wire, suspended by a double bonded system of pentagons hexagons and triangles. It showcases a tension based construction with removable sections for repair and will travel to Boston and Chicago after New York before remaining in the United States.
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Tan Museum of Art
New York
STU Design
Dan Konko
Alton
How
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Southern Illinois University Design Department
SIU
America
Cranston Jones
Time, Inc
R. Buckminister Fuller
Monel
Fuller
Dan
Princess Margaret Visits Portugal to Boost Trade
Princess Margaret arrives in Portugal for a six day visit to promote British trade. Thousands of Portuguese fans greet the 29 year old royal as she attends the British Trade Fair aimed at overtaking Germany as Portugal’s top supplier.
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Margaret
Portugal
Germany
Britain
Fire Fighter's Lament How To Confuse Firemen
Fire fighters describe challenges in locating a house fire at night with porch lights on and hidden or same colored house numbers. They note people’s curious behavior, wrong alarms, and the difficulty of distinguishing the burning address from surrounding homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Herron
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Lloyd Moore
Moore
Ed Perks
Perks
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By Ben Gelman
Ers
MET
Metropoli
Bradley
Konko
Howard Cotton
Russia
Boston
Chicago
Portugese
Lisbon
Chester Steel
Steele
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