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Interurban Meeting Favors Terre Haute to Palestine Line
A large crowd in Fife's opera house Palestine Illinois heard Attorney Geo B Parker Robinson advocate an interurban from Terre Haute to Robinson via Merom and Palestine with possible ties to Newton or Olney. He cited a Terre Haute Star dispatch on a 750000 line and predicted a 1000 job factory in Palestine, urging local cooperation to cross the Wabash River and push a strong regional college effort. The event featured musical and literary performances by U C C students and local speakers, concluding with Mrs McDuffy on Baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine, Ill
Fife
Opera House
Congressman Chaney
C. D. Hunt
Sullivan
Merom
G. R. Hammond
Willis Wright
College
J. J. Parker
Merom Chautauqua Association
Nile W
Peta
Geo. B. Parker
Robinson
Terre Haute
Palestine
Newton
Olney
J. J. Parrxer
Ruby Sutton
Gertie Plunkett
U. S
Champ Clark
Chas,e, Deneen
Illinois Folk
Missouri
Frank Hanly
Indiana
Nicholas Longworth
Palestine Band
Duane Gaines
Wabash River
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