Bloody Williamson and the Little Egypt uprising
An account recalls the Muddy River clash as 18 500 pickets faced deputies in a delta region nicknamed Little Egypt. Williamson County’s Bloody Williamson lineage is traced from post Civil War feuds to labor and race riots, Birger and Shelton gang era, and Prohibition struggles shaping southern Illinois. The piece weaves in local social notes and visits amid the broader historical panorama.
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Marion
IIL
Illnois
Little Egypt
Muddy River
Mississippi
Ohio
Williamson County
Franklin
Perry
Perry County
Franklin County
Williamson
Jackson
Carterville
S. Glenn Young
Birger and Shelton
Illinois
Charlie Birger
National Air Races Scene Promises Record Falls
At the Cleveland National Air Races more air records are expected to be broken as crowds view hangars and stands at Cleveland airport and a racing plane turns at night. The article also reflects on immigrant blends from the Revolutionary era and mining communities shaping local labor history.
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Cleveland
Pittsfield Community Notes and Southern Amherst Affairs
Pittsfield residents visited friends and attended the Hileman Executor's Sale in Sulli. Wellington Fair drew many locals for exhibits and races. South Amherst church board discussed finances and routine work. Dinner guests included Elyria visitors. Grange picnic planned September 1 at the Squires farm. Several locals called on friends in nearby towns and shopped in Elyria.
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Pittsfield
Wellington
South Amherst
Methodist Church Board
Wm. Allsop
Harald Allsop
Garfield Harris
Belle Brocksicker
Lodi Gibson
William Fountain
Carlisle Grange
Birmingham Church Announcements and Outreach Plan
Birmingham August 26 notices list regular services and Sunday school times for the Birmingham church and Florence visit. Rev George T Hanna leads services with J Darby as Sunday school superintendent and Mayme Church as pianist. A council plan to visit every home aims to grow the congregation. nearby social updates include visits by Kenneth Mathers and the Portman family and a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Garlock.
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Birmingham
George T. Hanna
RE. J. Darby
Schoo
Mayme Church
Mayme Howe
Florence Church
Christian Endeavor
Elbert Rolland
W. Reising
Church Council
Kenneth Mathers
Hartford
Conn
Jesse Portman
Ardith Bauman
Lois
Phyllis
Doris Portman
Carl Paton
Marion
Charles Garlock
Underhill reunion and various visits across towns
Mrs Mary Long attended the Underhill family reunion in North Olmsted Sunday. Harold Rowley and family visited Well ington residents Harold Rowley Jr and others. C N Williams and grandson Robert Renouard dined with W H Hart in Oberlin road Sunday. Nettie Klady and Gary Brooks called on the Hart family. P A Spie th and daughter Marjorie of Elyria visited Raymond Simms and Eleanor. Leroy Rowley from Columbus visited his parents Monday and Tuesday. Mary Long and son Robert visited Wellington with Albert Reese and Norma. Carlton Squire and Urbana guests were noted in the Wellington area.
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William Lewis
Tommy
Ceinwen Lewis
Edward Carmen
Albert Coleman
William Curnow
Cleveland
Pauline Burdick
Elyria
Fd Haueisen
Margaret Haueisen
Lydia Portman
Jesse Portman
Amy Young
Oberlin
Claude Collingwood
Doris Prince
Louise Avery
Lawrence M. Boughton
Wesley Smart
Emma Brown
Fremont
A. J. Clemons
Brown
Clemons
M. A. Ewell
Ardith
C. Gatts
Florence
North
Ruth Eleanor Dulmage
C. F. Fogel
Dunkirk
Ohio
John Ludwig
Middle Ridge
J. Ruth
Charles Corbett
Ruth
William Slack
Norma
Urbana
Alfred Squire
North Eaton
B. C. Pope
Underhill
Mary Long
North Olmsted
Wellington
Harold Rowley
Violet
Esther
Russel and
Delly
Fred Lorence
Nettie Klady
Gary Brooks
W. H. Hart
P. A. Spieth
Marjorie
Raymond Simms
Eleanor
Columbus
Leroy Rowley
Columbus, C
Robert
Albert Reese
Elbert Pratt
Texas highway financing plan shifts cost to state
Austin reports a new highway financing plan by the Texas Highway Department. Previously state funds matched with counties, leaving gaps where counties failed to provide money. The revision has the state covering all expenses and filling in gaps in the roads.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Highway Department
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Tennessee
Mr. Decker
Rhodes
A. M. Johnston
Freda
Cora Sprague
Bernie
Ralph
Shauf
Carl Sprague
George Burred
Belden
E. J. Burrer
Freda Johnston
Thelma Wagher
Leota Drusendahl
Glenn Martin
Johns
Ry ‘Auto Supply
BROAD
Simonize
Cestry
Fionary War
Central
Nothern I Illinois
May Moses
Danny
Lorain
LeRoy Lounsbrough
Peter Springer
Emma and
Eliza Watkins
L. G. Watkins
Ford Crosier
Hileman
Sulli
George Carrington
J. Smith
Grafton
Eaton
M. L. Burden
Billy of
Sullivan
Mildred Lounsbrough
L. R. Lounsbrough
John StoyWa
Frends
Camden
Wm. Emery
Alfred Emery and Sons
Junior
Melvin
Wilma Emery
Ed Whiton
Leavitt Road
Charles Schwartz and
George Decker
Frank Bechtel
Edison
Leonard Smith
Eimer Trinter
Vermilion
E. A. Bond
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ely
Quality Clothes Shop
Westridge
Mr. and
Mrs
Carlton Squire
Musical
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Lorain County Savings
Amherst
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