TESSENT S SUCCES LEADER IN ILLINOIS POLITIES
W R Jewell of Danville Illinois a former county resident rose to prominence in the newspaper business and Republican politics. He published The News for thirty years before joining The Commercial in 1903 and retiring in 1906. Jewell built local influence as postmaster for twenty years and as a friend of Speaker Cannon.
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William B. Jewell
Danville
Cannon
W. R. Jewell
Ill
Kentucky
Jewell
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
The
News
Commercial
William R Jewell of Danville Republican Pioneer
William R Jewell, long time Danville resident and newspaperman, built the Danville News, served as secretary, president and manager of Illinois Printing Co., and led Vermilion county Republicans for about thirty years. A familiar figure in 19th century campaigns, he supported Lincoln and later McKinley, and is praised as a steadfast party organizer and counselor to Speaker Cannon.
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Church of Christ
Danville
Illinois Printing Co
Jewell
Abraham Lincoln
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Vermillion County
Republican Central Committee
Joseph G. Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Jewell
County
County Clerk Reports 1906 Morality Rise and Legal Activities
Tilghman Ogle County Clerk releases 1906 figures showing increased divorces, misdemeanor and felony filings, and liquor-law prosecutions. The report lists civil cases filed and disposed, administrations, foreclosures, sheriff sales, marriages, naturalizations, and divorces by category with year over year comparisons.
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Tilghman Ogle
Amex plans uptown office and local subscriptions rise
The American Express Company seeks an uptown office with Thornberry and Walston named agents at their south side shop. Local subscription favors come from B C Martin of Malvern Iowa, formerly of this county, brother of Ezra Martin.
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American Express Company
Indianapolis Southern Depot
Thornberry and Walston
B. C. Martin
Malvern
Iowa
Martin
Ezra Martin
Frank Latshaw
Kimberley
Utah
Carlisle
Latshaw
Ed W. Akin
John W. Cooper
Florida
Evansville
Wilbur Ersking
Akin
Sanibel Islands
Gulf of Mexico
New Smyrna
Sullivan County
Fragmentary Family Reference in Elder’s Speech
A garbled passage mentions a wife six children and seven grandchildren with a grandfather term. The text reads like a lifelong family tally or tribute read aloud, indicating a large family without clear context or event.
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Pather
Ana
Record of year convictions and misdemeanors listed
Over the past year the record shows 4 convictions for assault and battery, 1 for burglary, 4 for drunkenness, 2 for embezzlement, 1 for forgery, 3 for gambling, 1 for larceny, and 19 for all other misdemeanors.
Old Reliable Quick Meal Range Promises Efficient Kitchen Work
Advertisement touts an old reliable range that saves fuel and speeds cooking. It mentions Barb and Smooth Wire, Union Lock Poultry, Netting, Clover and Timothy Seed, and washing machines as accompanying items.
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Tessent
Illinois
Taylorville
Hoosier
Terre Haute
Col
R. W. Thompson
Northwestern Christian University
Indianapolis
Butler College
Irvington
Indiana
Wilder Brigade
Morton
William Ray Jewell
Benson
Martha Jewell
William O’neal
Curry Township
Samuel Douglas
Bailey Jewell
Moses Jewell
Billy Hazelrigg
John Hazelrigg
Lankford Peak
Landon Dodd
Allen Pittman
Benson Jewell
W. R
Turman’s Creek
McDonald Log
Johney Bailey
Joe Wolf
Bro. Howard
William McBride
Sainte
England
Cox
Ilinois
William R. Jewell
Unty. Glerk Ogle
Savini
Aig Hermdus
Ainwid Ett
Deelersteetenteeterten Teatenteetes
Phe Hahah
John Coffee
Paxton
L. J. Aldrich
New Rockford
N. D
Aldrich
Union Christian College
Merom
Phillip
North Dakota
Union
Sullivan
Old College
John Alkire
Fairbanks Township
M. A. Dawson
Muddy Fork
Arkansas
Dawson
Alkire
Amanda Sherman
Farmiersburg
L. W. Brown
Elkhart
Cora Case
Shelburn
John Anderson
North Hamilton
Oliver J. Cartwright
Epiitt House
Slemp
Virginia
Miss Lee
Board Chaney
John H Bonide
Tive Holliday
Whit di Hl
Josephine Foster
Foster
Washington Evening Star
Charles F. Walters
Reed & Batey
F. E. Walters
Warden Griffith
Bell Telephone Company
Otho P. Fairfield
Alfred University
New York
R. A. Plunkett
Fairfield
Cynthiana
al M. Turman
Sulivan
A .M Turman
Dolores
Colorado
Tme
Silverton
Ridds & Wolfe
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