Music Boxes Indian Relics In Area Museum
Thousands visited the Union County Museum on Rt 1 Cobden since its 1961 opening. Joe and Charles Thomas and Conrad Baggot own it. Over 4,000 signed the registry, with many more strolling the aisles. Highlights include Geronimo’s signature, a prephonograph music box, old mail-order catalogs, Civil War relics, and a surgeon’s battlefield kit from Vicksburg. A 1776 Revolutionary War era English gun and a hummingbird egg versus ostrich egg display draw frequent comment.
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Union County Museum
Cobden
Joe and
Chares Thomas
Conrad Baggot
Joe Thomas
Thomas
Geronimo
Nior
St. Louis
Teft
Phillips House
Vicksburg
Warren Whelpley
Roy 'Glen,Lamer
Charles'Thomas
University
Masatta
Area Man Heads Explosive Disposal Unit at Fort Monroe
Maj. Robert F. Sill of Murphysboro leads the Continental Army EOD Detachment at Ft. Monroe Va. The unit handles explosive hazards for civilians, recalls a Sidewinder misfire near Poglidson, and trains constantly to treat explosives as dangerous. Sill highlights civilian aid, safety, and the squad’s wartime and Civil War memories as part of their routine work.
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Robert F. Sill
Murphysboro
Sill
George W. Sill
Rt. 3
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Army
Public Information Division
Poglidson
Patice
Air Force
Navy
Newport News
Sill Sail
New York
Chicago
St. Monroe
Imajor
Virginia
Jury Decides Against Suits In One Hour
A. Jackson County Circuit Court jury took one hour to dismiss both sides in a suit between Oliver Meade and Mary Blandford. Meade claimed Blandford owed him loans totaling 524, while Blandford countered Meade had not paid about 4 000 for food lodging and a farm purchase. Both residents of the Grand Tower area.
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A. Jackson County
Oliver’ Meade
Mary Blandford
Meade
Blandford
Hin
Ms. Blandford
Sa’lary
Grand Tower
Iho
Iit
Conitel-Cla
Springs liaison officer named for Air Academy
James Springs of Ava district named liaison officer for the Air Force Academy in the Ava area. The Springs major in the Air Force Reserve will provide information and be available to meet with young men interested in applying for cadet nomination.
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James
Springs of Ava
Trica Community Unit
Laison
Ava
Air Force Academy
Springs
Air Force
Reserve
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Carbondale
Woody Hall
Southern Illinois
Pan
Marian’ ‘Thrailkill
Willian
Athy Street
Herrin
Silely
Bituminous Casualty Corp
Rock Island
Charles’ “Blaylock
W. Oak
Mlinois
Tyre
Signature
Charles
Tomas Brothers
Vergennes High School
Armored Division
George S. Patton) Jr
Sil Syage
Belgium
Netherlands
Groningen
Jack Sumrall
AIR Academy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!