Daniel Pope Cook: Illinois pioneer and first attorney general
Daniel Pope Cook shaped early Illinois politics from 1817 as territorial secretary to the first attorney general in 1819. He helped push statehood, county formation, and then served four terms in Congress before his death in Kentucky. Cook County later bears his name.
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The
Territorial House of Representatives
Shadrach Bond
Congress
John McLean
Liberty
Illinois
House of Representatives
Hubbs
Judge Cook
Survivor Marion Lazan recalls life in camps and a hopeful stride
Holocaust survivor Marion Lazan recounts the brutal conditions in the camps and the daily death toll. She describes using make believe games to cope, the meaning of four pebbles for family survival, and her eventual emigration to the United States. Now residing in New York, she and her husband Bradley University alumnus Nathaniel Lazan celebrate 50 years of marriage and have three children and nine grandchildren. She speaks in Southern Illinois at Carbondale Civic Center with copies of Four Perfect Pebbles for sale.
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Marion
Peoria
Bradley University
Nathaniel Lazan
New York
Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Spaghetti Supper Funds Murphysboro Main Street and Liberty Theater
Murphysboro Main Street hosts a spaghetti supper Saturday 4 to 7 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center with a five dollar donation for adults and two dollars for children 12 and under. Proceeds go to Murphysboro Main Street and Liberty Theater. call 687-3732. Osamu Tsukimori reports from Pinckneyville.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Main Street
Liberty Theater
Call
Harrisburg Medical Center
Harrisburg
Wal- Mart
Harrisburg Golden Circle Senior Citizen's Center
Pinckneyville Fall Carnival boosts school programs tonight
Pinckneyville District 50 PTO hosts a 6 30 to 9 p m Fall Carnival at the junior high to fund classrooms and students. Teachers may sponsor booths with proceeds to their classrooms. PTO games, silent auctions, a food basket auction, and a stereo raffle accompany $1 raffle tickets and 25 cent game tickets.
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Pinckneyville
PTO
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Chamber of Commerce
America
Christi Mathis
Travis DeNeal
Carbondale
Friends of the Carbondale Public Library
W. Main St
Monroe Street
Linda Rush
Ellis Grove
Illinois Frontier
Menard
Erin Bishop
Pierre Menard
Judy Baar Topinka
County Board
W. Jefferson St
Cash Cash
Cashdash.net
Cedar Lake
Southern
Sue Strozewski
Church of Scientology
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Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Illinois Centre
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Whippoorwill Lane
Mre
Tim Ae
Winchester
Winchester Gun Safes
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M@NESSEN HEARTH SYSTEMS
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Carbondale Brick & Block Company
Industrial Park
Oxpines
Audiut
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Kool
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Ataaud
Leite
Etree
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Illinois Epa
Division of Water Pollution Control
North Grand Avenue East
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