Extracted from the newspapers Marion Evening Post (MEP) and Herrin News (HN)
July
Anna Kilbreth, wife of John M. Kilbreth of Grassy Precinct, died Friday of cancer. She was born 17 Apr 1861 in this county, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Eli Lentz. Four brothers and two sisters survive: Prof. E.G. Lentz of Carbondale (S.I.N.U.), Robert Lentz of Enid, Okla., Marshall Lentz of Valpariso, Ind., I.N. Lentz of Wolf Creek, Mrs. S.M. Fowler of Herrin and Mrs. Elizabeth Throgmorton of Bardwell, Ky. One sister, Mrs. L.L. Gallimore preceded her to the grave. She is also survived by six children, two of whom are at home: Mrs. Ray Miller, wife of Deputy County Clerk, Mrs. Ralph Jones of Herrin, Allen Kilbreth of Clifford, James Kilbreth of Fordville and Joe Kilbreth at home. Burial will be in Wolf Creek Cemetery. MDR Saturday, 1 Jul & HN 6 Jul 1916
Marriages by Squire J.H. Schaffer
Lester Halstead, 21 and Eva Frost, 21, both f Carterville
Andrew Mabon, 30 and Sarah Hogg, 21, both of West Frankfort
Irwin Edwards, 22 and Ruby Owens, both of Pittsburg MDR 1 Jul 1916
Mrs. George Jones, living six miles east of Marion, died Monday of tuberculosis. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Kobler and was born 20 May 1891. She is survived by her husband who she married January 9th last year, also seven brothers and sisters: Jake, Dan, Henry, Albert, Bertha and Freida Kobler and Mrs. Anna Fry. Burial will be in Davis Prairie. MDR Monday, 3 Jul 1916
Fred Mitchell of Energy and Ruby McNeill of Carterville were married Saturday. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Carterville — Carl Hadfielld left Sunday for Harrisburg where he will be married to Chlo McMath, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George McMath of Harrisburg. They will return here to make their future home. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Vola Chirch, aged 1 year, 1 month and 19 days, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L.C. Chirch of 311 South Russell, died Sunday of pneumonia and other complications. Burial was at Centralia. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Lloyd Bracy, son of Mr. & Mrs. B.D. Bracy of this city, arrived in Marion Saturday night with his bride of a week. He had been in Texas studying law and no one knew of his expected arrival nor his marriage except his parents. He and Annette Shelby Quinlan were married in San Antonio last Tuesday. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Robert C. Fitzgerald, 103 East Allen Street, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.B. Rauter at Nashville, Ill. He was born 3 May 1863 in Jefferson County, Ill., son of James J. and Sarah Fitzgerald. He was the eldest of seven children, the others being Mrs. Mollie Goodner of Kankakee, Dan G. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Euterpe Chance of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Elenora Williams of Evansville, Indiana, Mrs. Kathryn Jessup of Richmond, Ind. and Edward Lee Fitzgerald, deceased. Mrs. Aud G. Mitchell of Marion is a half-sister. He also has a half-brother and two other half-sisters. He was married 5 Jul 1885 to Laura B. Hundley, daughter of Dr. Hundley. Four children were born: Sara of this city and Mrs. Euterpe Rauter of Nashville. Joe died in infancy and Robert died at the age of three years. MDR 3 Jul 1916
An eight-pound girl was born yesterday to Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pillow, their first child. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
Thomas Chioldini, 21 & Mary Marlo, 18, both of Herrin
Lester Halstead, 21 & Elva Frost, 21, both of Carterville
Wiley Falkins, 19 & Lula Ramsey, 17, both of Herrin
Thomas Mortimer, 24 & Ella Sevalls, 18, both of Royalton MDR 3 Jul 1916
Joe McLarney, a well-known wrestler of Southern Illinois, was killed by an extra on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway Sunday morning about 1:30. He had been drinking but started home and evidently fell asleep on the tracks. He was born in Ireland and would have been 30 years old on August 3. He leaves a wife and three children ranging in age from six years to five months. He was a machine runner at Peabody Number Three and devoted considerable time to wrestling. He was seen about 11 o’clock Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Tom Freece and was then on his way home. The funeral was held at the Catholic Church at Spillertown and burial was in the cemetery at that place. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Dr. Angus J. Barter, native of this county but since 1908 a medical missionary in the interior of China, arrived from St. Louis Saturday to spend a week at his old home in Crab Orchard Township. He still owns the old home place but wishes to sell before leaving this country again. He is stationed at Penghalen, two thousand miles inland from Shanghai. He has been back a year on furlough and has spent that time in post graduate work in St. Louis. He leaves July 7 and will sail from Vancouver on September 7. He is the son of the late William Barter and his wife is from Mt. Carmel. They have four children who are in St. Louis with Mrs. Barter. They went to the foreign field under the direction of the Canadian Methodist Mission. MDR 3 Jul 1916
James Bond, colored, drowned in the mine pond at Madison Number Nine Sunday despite his brother’s efforts to save him. He and four other colored men were swimming in the pond and his brother, Will Bond, was on the bank watching them. When James had been down a little while, Will pulled off his clothes and jumped in. He caught him when he came up the second time, but the drowning man broke away. When the body rose for the third time, another attempt was made to save his life, but he again broke away. He was between 19 and 21 years old and had been at Number Nine about 8 weeks, coming from Cairo. His former home was in Tennessee and the body has been taken there for burial. MDR 3 Jul 1916
Robert C. Fitzgerald was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery Tuesday. MDR Wednesday, 5 Jul 1916
Mrs. Nettie Gratz Spieldoch, wife of Herman Spieldoch, died at her home on South Market Street Monday after a long illness. She was born in New York City on June 2, 65 years ago, but has lived in Marion many years. Her husband was in business here. He died September 3 last year. One brother, Barney Gratz of Marion survives. The body was shipped to St. Louis and burial will be at the Mount Olive Cemetery in charge of a Jewish rabbi. MDR 5 Jul 1916
Lloyd Sheritz (Sheretz?), accompanied by his wife and her father, H.C. Duty, left Tuesday for Chicago where Mr. Sheritz will enter the Chicago outdoor sanitarium for tuberculosis. He has been ill since February. MDR 5 Jul 1916
The body of Helen Ludine Hill was shipped here on the fourth and buried at Maplewood. Death was due to scarlet fever which the child caught at Joppa. She was 2 years, 1 month and 4 days old and was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Hill of Joppa, formerly of Marion. MDR 5 Jul 1916
Mrs. Hannah Wells, 68, died yesterday at the home of J.A. Sutherland after a sick spell of two hours. She was the step mother of Mrs. J.A. Sutherland and had been visiting her. The body was shipped to Brownsfield, Ill. MDR 5 Jul 1916
Ray Hendrickson, 24, of this city and Myrtle Welburn, 19, of New Denison came to Marion to celebrate the 4th and were united in marriage by Justice John Schafer. MDR 5 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
James A. Roberts, 18, Creal Springs R 3 & Ina Peterman, 18, Goreville R 1
Ben Reid, 21 & Ruby Karnes, 18, both of West Frankfort
F.R. Abney, 34, Galatia & Elsie E. Lanningham, 22, Marion
Robert Spencer, 29 & Dillie Ezell, 31, both of West Frankfort MDR 5 Jul 1916
Because her husband failed to support her, one fair lady was unable to get a marriage license. Last month Miss Bertha Cunningham (maiden name restored) was granted a divorce in Kentucky thru her husband’s neglect. Yesterday she tried to get a license to wed Alva J. Lamb of Herrin, but Illinois laws prohibited a divorcee to wed so soon. MDR 5 Jul 1916
Metropolis, Ill., Jul 6 — Walter Fisher, a prisoner at the county jail, was burned to death yesterday in his cell. His clothes were saturated with kerosene and set on fire. “Bud” Fisher and George Gregory, alleged bootleggers who were in jail are being questioned. Fisher, who had been arrested for being intoxicated, was a farmer and from a well known family. MDR Thursday, 6 Jul 1916
The fourteen months old son of Mr. & Mrs. Pete Seerina of 404 N. 20th St. died Monday after a few days illness. Burial was in St. Carlo Cemetery. HN 6 Jul 1916
Jennie Peffer and Chester Parsons were married Wednesday. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. David Love and the groom is son of Mr. & Mrs. John S. Parsons. HN 6 Jul 1915
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Barney Propes, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Long, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Vilage Cantrell, girl
Mr. & Mrs. George Hudson, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Whittington, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Willis, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Smith, boy HN 6 Jul 1916
A boy was born Sunday to John B. Pillow. MDR Friday, 7 Jul 1916 [The 8 Jul edition says it is a girl.]
Marriage license
Adolphi Pelli, 23 & Lillian Otey, 18, both of Pittsburg MDR 7 Jul 1916
J.E. Perryman, linotype operator for the Republican, received word of the death of his father, James Lafayette Perryman, who died at Hopkinsville, Ky. He was a former Marion man but moved to Paducah last September. He is survived by his widow, Nancy Perryman, sons: James E. of Marion and William J. of Paducah, a daughter MRS. C.B. Bundesman of Moberly, Mo. MDR 7 Jul 1916
Mrs. Chas. Leasy was brought to the Marion jail yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Schafer. She is charged with trespass. It is alleged that, despite continued protests, she continued to cross and lead her cow thru a corn field belonging to neighbors. She was fined at Carterville but refused to pay the fine. MDR Saturday, 8 Jul 1916
Miss Wavey Brown and G.I. Chester went to Effingham and were married. MDR 8 Jul 1916
Sheriff W.T. Harris took Mrs. Julia Miller to Anna this afternoon for treatment at the state hospital. MDR Monday, 10 Jul 1916
Bessie Oldham, colored, was brought before Justice George Miller this morning on a charge of assault. She was up last Saturday on a charge of disturbing the peace and pled guilty, being fined $3 and costs. Sunday, she threw some carbolic acid on a man named Hallowell. She was fined $5 and costs, totaling $16.70. MDR 10 Jul 1916
Naturalization papers were granted this morning to Paul Barr, James William Barass, Charles Storey, William Briggs and Jack Donnely. MDR 10 Jul 1916
James Lafayette Perryman was born 30 Apr 1849 at Liberty, Tenn., the son of Joseph Perryman. He married Nancy E. Stark in 1870, who survives. Four children were born, three living: James E. of Marion, Mrs. C.B. Bundesman of Moberly, Mo. and William J. of Paducah. Ernest died in infancy. He is also survived by brothers and sisters: J.C. Perryman of Kuttawa, Ky., Elder C.E. Perryman of Texarkana, Tex., Elder J.B. Perryman of Louisville, Ky., Thomas Jefferson Perryman of Wheatcroft, Ky., Mrs. Sarah Cook of St. Louis and Mrs. M. Bruce of Okla. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and was a minister 49 years in that denomination. He moved to Moberly, Mo. He died 4 Jul 1916 at Hopkinsville, Ky. MDR 10 Jul 1916
William J. Tune of Creal Springs was sent to Anna yesterday for treatment. Moses C. Barham of Johnston City is to be before the county board today for an examination. MDR Tuesday, 11 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
T.W. Evans, 61 & Mamie Corder, 33, both of West Frankfort
Stanistaw Placzskynski, 27, Benton & Walera Troganowcke, 20, West Frankfort
Wm. J. Tomblin, 22 & Ellen McGuire, 17, both of West Frankfort MDR 11 Jul 1916
William Calvin Ward, 62, died Friday at Cambria. He leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs. Wood. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery. MDR 11 Jul 1916
The two-year-old child of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Bone, living five miles south of Carterville, was buried yesterday at Wolf Creek. Death was due to cholera infantum. MDR 11 Jul 1916
Nancy Hall, widow of Howard Hall, died Tuesday. She would have been 69 years old next Tuesday. She was formerly Miss Nancy Edwards and married Howard Hall at Crab Orchard in 1863. There are no children. She is survived by brothers and sisters: John Edwards of Creal Springs, George Edwards of Marion, Mrs. J.A. Wiggs of Wichita, Kansas, Bell Allen and Samantha Norman. Alderman Curtis Norman is her nephew. Burial will be in Edwards Cemetery. MDR 11 Jul 1916
Joshua A. Angel died Tuesday at his home two miles north of Crab Orchard and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. About a year ago he was in a runaway and was thrown out of his rig and onto the ground. His skull was injured and he had several strokes of paralysis since that time. He was born in this county 1 Sep 1862. Five children survive: Claude Angel, Moody Angel, Mrs. Will Turner, Mrs. Ina Etherton and Lloyd Angel. Two children and his wife preceded him to the grave. He is also survived by brothers and sisters: James Angel, Mrs. L.H. Pulley, Mrs. L.C. Pulley, Eli Angel and Will Angel. MDR Wednesday, 12 Jul 1916
Moses Barham was taken to Anna today for treatment. MDR 12 Jul 1916
States Attorney Ed M. Spiller foiled the case against Joe Wallace. He shot and killed Charles McFadden in Burr Woods about a year ago. Evidence showed it was self-defense. MDR 12 Jul 1916
Monday a Ford auto driven by Sam Farris, 21, struck Rebecca, the seven-and-a-half-year-old daughter of Jeff and Mary Cooper just east of the City Cemetery gate. She died five hours later. His speed was estimated at 25 to 30 miles an hour. He is being held in jail at Marion. The parents of the child are horse traders and were camped in the wood just across the road from the cemetery. Their horses were roaming and about 3 o’clock Monday Ed McCreery and his father, J.M. McCreery of this city, came along in a machine and bumped into a colt which in turn kicked at the front of the machine and broke out a headlight. Young McCreery summoned Cooper from the camp and were trying to adjust damages. Quite a bunch of people were gathered near the front of the car which stood about in the middle of the road. Sam Farris, with Grover Haynes in the car with him, came upon the scene at a terrific rate of speed. Just at that moment, Mrs. Cooper, from the camp, called Rebecca who stepped from the front and in front of the Farris car. Her sister, Pansy, aged 13 years, is mentioned. The funeral was held at the chapel at the city cemetery right in the shadow of the camp where the accident happened. The Cooper family are gypsies. HN 13 Jul & MDR 11 Jul 1916
Lightning struck and killed Lawrence Harrison, 19-year-old son of George H. Harrison, vice president of the First National Bank Wednesday on the farm just at the south edge of the city. The same bolt killed one of the mules which was drawing a wagon loaded with hay on which the young man was riding and set the hay on fire. Mr. Harrison and his two sons, Fred and Lawrence and Dolph Vaughn, a farm hand, were in the hay harvest in a field close to the house. The gathering storm caused them to rush to the barn with the hay they had on the wagons. Mr. Harrison pulled out ahead, followed by Lawrence driving another wagon about half loaded. With him rode Vaughn. Fred had let both wagons into the pasture from the hay field and was closing the gate when the bolt struck. It came just at 2:27 p.m. All the men in the hay field were dazed by the lightning. The body was badly burned, the worst around the glasses and watch. It traveled down his left side and in leaving the body tore the right shoe all to pieces. His clothes were torn to shreds. The older brother, Carl, is at Lanesboro, Iowa. Lawrence had returned only a few weeks ago from a years study in the Ames Agricultural College of Iowa. His brother was in college with him and this summer is on a farm in Iowa getting credit for work he is doing there. Both boys planned to be scientific farmers. The father and two brothers, Carl, 21 and Fred, 14, and a sister Julia, survive. The mother of the children died several years ago. HN & MDR 13 Jul 1916
Mrs. Cortiss Cannon of this city, who has been employed in the state hospital in Elgin, took her life with poison there last Wednesday. Romeo Fox, her brother-in-law, and George Cagle, her brother, left to bring the body here. Mrs. Cortiss [as written] and her husband were separated and a divorce had been granted her a few months ago. She was formerly Miss Hattie Cagle of Herrin. She leaves her mother, Mrs. Chas. Cagle, two brothers and two sisters: C. Cagle of Herrin, Mrs. Romie Fox and Mrs. Crain living near Crainville. Her former husband is in Mexico in the regular army. Burial was in the City Cemetery. HN 13 Jul & MDR 10 Jul 1916
A girl was born to Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wade. HN 13 Jul 1916
John Seasock, a miner of Spillertown, died Wednesday. He was born in Austria Hungary on 1 Dec 1857 and has been in this country 36 years and in Illinois 12 years. He married Agnes Maranda in Maryland in 1884. She survives with five children: Mrs. Mary Brostoskie, John Seasock and Will Seasock of Spillertown, Mrs. Frances Blosich and Mrs. Anna Stako of Frankfort Heights. Four brothers and sisters also survive: Adam Semico of Spillertown, Eva Record of Braddock, Pa. and Pauline and Christine Seasock of Buffalo, N.Y. MDR Thursday, 13 Jul 1916
Little Eveline Litton, two months old daughter of Mrs. Berty Litton of Johnston City, died yesterday from convulsions. The mother had bathed the child shortly before noon. An hour later she found it in a dying condition. MDR 13 Jul 1916
William Rogers died last night at his home in the northeast part of the county. Dropsy combined with old age was the cause. MDR 13 Jul 1916
Rufus West, 58, died yesterday at the county farm of tuberculosis and was buried there in the afternoon. He had lived in this county all his life and had been at the farm about five months. MDR 13 Jul 1916
Tomorrow will be the case of Mrs. Mattie Erwin charged with encouraging her children to fight. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. MDR 13 & 14 Jul 1916
Nath Glenn, Hosea Glenn and Walter Glenn are charged with stealing a table at the fair grounds during the fair last September. MDR 13 Jul 1916
Everett Hester, 24 and Verna Wiley, both of Marion, were married last week in Benton. MDR 14 Jul 1916
John Brennen, 18, and Edward Meadow, 13, were arrested today for stealing the auto belonging to grocer George Nix. They crashed it into a telephone pole. Young Meadows is a stranger here, having come from St. Clair County. MDR 14 Jul 1916
Ada Edwards of Murphysboro and John Nicks of Herrin were married this morning. MDR Saturday, 15 Jul 1915
Florence Ryan pled guilty of adultery and was fined $25 and costs. MDR 15 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
Edna Edwards, 19, Murphysboro & John Nick, 28, Herrin
Herbert Ditterline, 24 & Lena Hopkins, 21, both of Cambria MDR 15 Jul 1916
Henry Jones, 60, died Friday of abscess of the liver. He had lived all his life in this county. He leaves a widow and three children: William, Myrtle and Herbert. Burial will be at Blairsville. MDR 15 Jul 1916
Marriage license
William Elliott, 21, DuQuoin & Elsie Hammond, 18, Cambria MDR Monday, 17 Jul 1916
Josie Binkley, 19, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Binkley, and Troy Clarida, 22, son of Mr. & Mrs. R.O. Clarida, were married Saturday. The only attendants were the bride’s sister, Mrs. Ben Lamaster and her husband. MDR 17 Jul 1916
James W. Vaughn, a farmer living near Creal Springs, died this morning, the first victim of typhoid fever for this year. He was born 12 Nov and would have been 29 years of age. He was visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs. Francis Vaughn on North Granite Street when he took sick. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Elva, his mother and brothers and sisters: Jesse of Dongola, Everett of Marion, Mrs. Carrie Moak of Dongola and Lizzie Vaughn of Marion. The funeral will be at Bethlehem Church. MDR 17 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
Harvey R. Bearden, 23 & Nellie E. Mosley, 24, both of Johnston City
Robert L. Baker, 29, Brownfield & Della Jennings, 23, Johnston City
Herman Rock, 26, Johnston City & Bertha B. McNeill, 24, Carterville
Oscar A. Thurmond, 26, Johnston City & Nellie McNeill, 20, Carterville MDR Tuesday, 18 Jul 1916
Last Friday night two racing automobiles on West Main Street crashed into a buggy and killed the horse. The automobiles then went on into town without stopping to see what damage had been done. Yesterday the first of these racers were brought up for trial when Hosea Cagle was brought forward. Witnesses estimated the speed as from 25 to 50 miles an hour. Persons in the cars said they didn’t know how fast they were going. This was the second time in little more than a month that Mr. Cagle has been arrested for speeding. He was found guilty and fined $200 and with costs makes a total of $239.95. Cagle was given until Tuesday to arrange for the payment or to make an appeal and to file bond. He appeared in court this morning and objected to paying the city attorney’s fee which the law provides for in this case. The argument became very warm and it is claimed he called the city attorney a thug and a thief and several other insulting names. He became so strong that the city attorney could stand it no longer and hit him. This brought the blood and in the scuffle City Attorney Rice’s shirt was torn and blood was spilt around on the floor. Cagle’s injuries were thought to not be at all serious. Late this morning Rice pled guilty to assault and was fined $25 plus costs. This morning, Arlie Ing pled guilty and was fined $200 and costs as the law provides which makes a total of $226.65. MDR 18 Jul 1916
Harvey R. Bearden and Nellie E. Mozley, daughter of Dr. J.M. Mozley and sister of Prof. Mosley of Brown’s Business College, will be married Wednesday at Johnston City. The groom is the proprietor of a grocery store at Johnston City. MDR 18 Jul 1916
John Q. Roberts and Mrs. Matilda L. Lewis, both of West Frankfort, were married in St. Louis yesterday.
Jail Flooded By Prisoners
Sheriff Harris is having troubles of his own now and he has five of his boarders locked up in individual cells at present and has threatened to put them on a diet of bread and water. Last night prisoners flooded the jail and on a second attempt so much water was liberated that it flowed out into the parlor of the sheriff’s home. About 11 o’clock the city editor of the Republican was on his way home from having mailed some letters when he heard calls of help from the jail and heard sounds of flowing water. Going to the jail one of the men called to him to summon the sheriff as the place was being flooded. Sheriff Harris was called and when he got downstairs into the cell he found the floor flooded. A valve had been taken off and hidden, but the sheriff finally got the valve closed with the aid of a monkey wrench. The sheriff then returned to his disturbed slumbers. The prisoners then conceived a new way of causing trouble. They closed up the drains this time so the water could not flow out and then released the water into a lavatory which had been previously stopped. The sheriff did not hear the water flowing until it had flowed over and flooded the jail floor and had seeped into the hallway and also flooded the parlor of the sheriff’s home. Harris then took the men and locked each in an individual cell and has not released them this morning either. These same men were the ones who tried to saw out on Sunday and were discovered by the sheriff. At that time they were locked into the big cell and not allowed the use of the runway anymore. John Post was the one thought to have been guilty at that time and the guilt for flooding the jail last night lies between Post and Rad Parmalee. Brennen was the person that shouted for help and finally aroused the sheriff. Although the sheriff has nine boarders now only five were in the big cage where the trouble occurred. Those in the cage were Rad Parmalee, charged with stealing an automobile on July Fourth, John Post, charged with the murder of Bob Austin, John Brennen who stole an automobile in Johnston City, Frank Sanders and “Jack Rabbit,” charged with bootlegging. MDR Wednesday, 19 Jul 1916
Mrs. George Corder, 69, died Monday at Carterville. She was raised in this county and lived in Carterville 25 years. She leaves three daughters and a son, Barney Corder. Burial was in the Corder Cemetery in West Marion Township. Mrs. Martha T. Carter also died Monday at Carterville and will be buried in Harrison Cemetery. She lived in this county 67 years and in Carterville 9 years. Six children survive: William, Richard, Perry, Mesdames Ida Williamson, Bessie Hadfield and Melia Sizemore. MDR 19 Jul 1916
The little 27-day old son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pape died this morning at its home west of Marion. MDR 19 Jul 1916
The first fatal case of infantile paralysis in Herrin during the recent epidemic which is raging all over this country, came Tuesday morning when the little year old/18 months old child of Mr. & Mrs. T.F. Crowell, residing on South 17th St., died in the hospital in Herrin after an illness of only a few days. Undertaker D.D. Williams was called and had the casket zinc lined and then sealed to prevent any escape of deadly germs. Burial was at Wolf Creek Cemetery close by where the family formerly resided. HN 20 Jul & MDR 18 Jul 1916
Thomas Atess, aged 65 years, died Monday at his home on W. Monroe St. He was born in England. Burial was in Tower Grove in Murphysboro. HN 20 Jul 1916
John Post, in the county jail, charged with the complicity of the murder of Bob Austin in Johnston City a few weeks ago, attempted to saw his way out of the jail but was caught by Sheriff Harris. HN 20 Jul 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Edmond [as written], girl
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Alsopp, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Ullen Barnett, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Youngblood, girl HN 20 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
Omer G. Guill, 19, Herrin R.R. & Hazel Lee Skelcher, 17, Energy
Aleie Anton, 24 & Mrs. Lethia Smith, 23, both of Carterville
Thomas H. Swift, 22 & Alice Hughes, 16, both of Johnston City MDR Thursday, 20 Jul 1916
Carterville — Mrs. Elizabeth Rushing of this city died of consumption Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Butts. Her husband, Darling Rushing, died about ten years ago. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Rushing leaves three sons: Will of Carterville, John of West Frankfort and Weslie Rushing of Hurricane, and a brother Jess Watson of Hurricane. Burial was in Wolf Creek. MDR Friday, 21 Jul 1916
Calvin Cash was taken to Anna for special treatment at the hospital. MDR 21 Jul 1916
Marriage license
Marion Banks, 34 & Bertha Johnson, 21, both of Herrin. MDR 21 Jul 1916
Marion Boles of Johnston City attended the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Carter Wednesday at Carterville. MDR 21 Jul 1916
This morning two bashful people appeared at the courthouse and secured a marriage license. They told County Clerk E.H. Scobey that they wanted to be married there so Judge W.F. Slater was summoned. Judge Slater told them to take each other’s hand, but both held up their hands to be sworn. Finally, E.H. Scobey came to their rescue and gently put the girl’s hand in the hand of her husband-to-be and the knot was tied, making Miss Agnes Merchant of Weaver, Mrs. Samuel Marshall, now of Herrin. The bride is 18 and the groom 24. MDR Saturday, 22 Jull 1916
T.R. Smoot, son of B.F. Smoot and nephew of L.L. Smoot of Marion, was thrown from a buggy at Simpson and received injuries from which he died Friday. He was driving with his daughter, Nevie, when an automobile scared their horse in front of the Baptist Church in Simpson. Both were thrown from the buggy. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of Simpson. MDR 22 Jul 1916
Rev. J.C. Jones, pastor of the Methodist Church South, received word of the death of the wife of Rev. W.T. Mathis of Waverly, Ill. Rev. Mathis was pastor of the Methodist Church South here for four years. MDR 22 Jul 1916
Carl Hadfield, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jud Hadfield and Chloe McMath, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George McMath of Harrisburg, formerly of Carterville, were married Thursday at Murphysboro. MDR 22 Jul 1916
Lucile Lee Bevel, youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Bevel, was born on 3 Jul 1914 and died on the 13th. [as written] She is mourned by her parents and little sister. MDR 22 Jul 1916
Moody Greathouse was found guilty of rape and sentenced to one year. MDR Monday, 24 Jul 1916
W.T. Perry and Mrs. Winifred Harris Pritchett were married 14 July. The bride is a daughter of Sheriff Harris. MDR 24 Jul 1916
Justice George Miller was in Big Bay to attend the funeral of a son of his niece, Mrs. J.B. Meitzer. Herman Meitzer died Saturday and was buried at Temple Hill. He is survived by a sister, Beatrice, and two brothers. MDR 24 Jul 1916
Sina Peebles, a Williamson County girl and sister of Harry Peebles, was married in Chicago on 14 Jul to Dr. Harry J. Fickensher. MDR 24 Jul 1916
The small baby of Mr. & Mrs. Jasper Mitchell, an Italian family, died Sunday. MDR 24 Jul 1916
Wilma Gibbs, foster daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Gibbs of Marion, and Ferrel Crain, son of Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Crain of Marion, were married Saturday. MDR Tuesday, 25 Jul 1916
A boy was born this morning to Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Ingram of West Copeland, their second child. MDR 25 Jul 1916
Lucille Morris, the Carrier Mills infant stricken with infantile paralysis, died yesterday. MDR 25 Jul 1916
Sam Cleveland, a colored man working at Clifford Mine A, died yesterday. He was working with several others and said the air was bad and that he would have to get out. He sank down in the middle of the track. He was taken out, but died before medical aid reached him. He was 32 and came to Clifford from Alabama. MDR 25 Jul 1916
Mike Kish, a Hungarian miner, aged about 25, was found dead under a fall of slate at the East Side Mine in Johnston City Tuesday. He was single and had no relatives in this country. He was found in a sitting position. Burial will be in the city cemetery. MDR Wednesday, 26 Jul 1916
Nancy Bradley, widow of J.M. Bradley, died Wednesday at her home, 719 North Logan. She was born Sep 1856. She has one child, Mrs. Wilson Butts who died here in March 1915. A brother and two sisters survive: A.J. Moake of Marion, Mrs. Polly A. Bearden of Creal Springs and Mrs. M.E. Tope of Hurst. Burial will be at Shiloh. MDR 26 Jul 1916
Wetzel Borton died this afternoon at the hospital in Ashville. N.C. MDR 26 Jul 1916
A boy was born yesterday to Harry L. Farrar, their second child. MDR 26 Jul 1916
Marriage licenses
Levi Chandler, 21 & Susan Sims, 18, both of Marion
Charles F. Eldridge, 37 & Cora Sterns, 32, both of Herrin MDR 26 Jul 1916
Neva Chamness, 14, of Carterville drowned in the Big Muddy River just below the bridge at Blairsville Wednesday. She was wading when she stepped off into water over her head. The body was recovered a short time after the accident. Several young people were picnicking and some of them suggested they go wading. Jack Laddy, a man in the party, offered to escort the girls. He had a girl on each side of him leading them into the water. A few feet out, Miss Chamness and Laddy stepped off into a hole. The girl drowned and Laddy, who could not swim, had a struggle to save himself. Miss Chamness is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Everett Chamness of Carterville. HN 27 Jul 1916 MDR reports on 25 Jul that Neva and her sister, Gladys, were in a boat that upset and threw them in the water.
Harold Brown, 11-year-old son of Albert Brown of Weaver, shot and killed Robert Colquhoun, 7, a neighbor child July 20. He picked up a loaded shotgun and, in play, pointed it out the window at the three Colquhoun brothers. The Colquhouns are highly respected Scotch people. Two brothers, aged 4 and 9 survive. Burial was in Herrin Cemetery. MDR says on 21 July that the boys had gone into the house for a baseball glove, saw the gun in a corner and began playing with it. Young brown raised the gun and saying he didn’t know it was loaded, pulled the trigger. HN 27 Jul 1916
A baby girl arrived Sunday at the home of Coroner and Mrs. George Strike. HN 27 Jul 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Jordan, boy
Mr. & Mrs. John Harland, boy
Mr. & Mrs. John Tom Wilson, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Orvil Sercilla, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Jess Kays, girl
Mr. & Mrs. F.A. Lavender, boy HN 27 Jul 1916
Pauline McCarty, 5 months old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joe McCarty, died Saturday of gastritis. Burial was at Marion. HN 27 Jul 1916
Mrs. Vernon Malone died 20 Jul at her home in Cambria. Burial was in the Cambria Cemetery. HN 27 Jul 1916
Mrs. Marion Calvin died in the depot in Johnston City this morning while waiting for a train to take her to her home in Herrin. She had been to the hospital in Mount Vernon and was returning home. She had been suffering from tuberculosis and no hope was offered for her recovery, so her husband decided to remove her to their home in Herrin. The family was destitute, and the husband has gone to Herrin to raise the funds to take the body there for burial. He is a painter by trade but has just recovered from a sick spell himself. His wife was about 21 years old and leaves no children. MDR Thursday, 27 Jul 1916
Mrs. Wetzel Borton is now enroute to Marion with the body of her husband who died yesterday. He was born in Marion 31 May 1883 to Mr. & Mrs. Lubin Borton. His father died 27 years ago, but his mother survives. His wife, the former Winnie Purtell, and two children survive, Mary, 7 and Baker, 5. Also a brother, Baker Borton, a player for the ST. Louis Browns, and sister, Mrs. O.W. Henderson of Springfield, Mo. He first suffered from tuberculosis in May 1915 and went to Colorado, then to Ottowa and on May 1 was taken to Ashville, N.C. Mrs. Barton went to Ashville July 12 and stayed with him until his death. Her brother, Frank Purtill of DuQuoin, has left to meet her and they will return to Marion together. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR 27 & 28 Jul 1916
A son was born Thursday to Mr. & Mrs. Herman Abney, 413 East Reeves Street. MDR 27 Jul 1916
Johnston City, July 27 Word was received here today that Oscar Fleming, a veterinary surgeon at Vienna had been killed by an automobile blowing up. MDR 27 Jul 1916
Neva Chamness will be buried in Oakwood Cemetery. She was 14 years, 4 months and 10 days old. She fell out of a boat. The others were rescued, but she fought her rescuers and they could not save her. MDR 27 Jul 1916
William Talley, the 78-year-old boy from Cambria, was fined $10 and costs for fighting with John Crain, aged 75. MDR 27 Jul 1916
Marriage license
John Cavitt, 26 & Winnie Webb, 19, both of tunnel hill MDR 27 Jul 1916
The funeral of Dr. O.M. Fleming was held this afternoon in Vienna. He had started to the home of his father-in-law, Ted Stout, intending to take his wife home after a visit with her parents. He was driving a Ford roadster and was found under the car with a broken neck. He had been married only 3 months. MDR Friday, 28 Jul 1916
Marriage license
Hughey Thomas, 25, West Frankfort & Lula Thomas, 24, Herrin MDR 28 Jul 1916
Miss Ora Hufflines died 25 Jul of pulmonary tuberculosis at Winkle, Ill. and was brought to Carterville for burial. She is the sister of Mrs. Pierce Baswell of Carterville. MDR 28 Jul 1916
Mrs. Harriett E. Brickey, daughter of the late “Uncle Dick” Ward, died Friday at the home of her son-in-law on West Main Street. She was born and reared 5 miles south of Marion and lived there until her marriage to William Brickey of Randolph County. She lived in Randolph County 8 years until the death of her husband when she returned to the home place to take care of her father until his death in 1900, who was at that time over 100 years old. She lived at the home place until about 2 months ago when she was taken sick and brought to the home of her daughter in Marion. She would have been 85 years old Sep 25th. She leaves two sisters; Mrs. Sarah Cash and Mrs. Myram Moore, brother, Thomas Ward of Hudgens, daughters: Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Molly Cloud who lives on the home place. The funeral was at Shiloh Christian Church. MDR Saturday, 29 Jul 1916
Grover Hefflin was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Jacob Odum at Pittsburg 16 Jan 1916. A jury failed to reach a verdict in his first trial. MDR 29 Jul 1916
Meta Mildred, three months old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Theodore O’Neal, ten miles northeast of Marion, died Saturday and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. MDR Monday, 31 Jul 1916
Carterville Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Rowlett attended the funeral yesterday of Mrs. Willie Beltz In Herrin. MDR 31 Jul 1916
Tick Ridge Items A girl was born Saturday to Mr. & Mrs. Leon Rentfro. MDR 31 Jul 1916
A playful lodge initiation among some colored men at Colp Sunday night resulted in one of the would-be initiators being killed by the candidate. George Brewington, 18, is dead and George/Andrew Hartwell is being sought. Both parties are colored. Hartwell, 17 years old, was taken down and some water poured over him and a few other stunts were done at his expense when he became mad, pulled a gun, killing Brewington. Hartwell disappeared and has not been found. Brewington was under indictment in this county for shooting Roy Cochran at a ball game last summer. MDR 31 July & HN 3 Aug 1916
August
Mrs. Sarah Martin and Frank T. Day were married in St. Louis. She is a former resident of Marion, the daughter of H.C. Jones, former postmaster here. They were married at the Methodist Church, corner of Lafayette and Missouri Streets, accompanied by Mrs. Martin’s children, Ira and Laurine. MDR Tuesday. 1 Aug 1916
Mrs. Melvin Rentfro died Monday from consumption at her home ten miles east of Marion, aged 26 years, 11 months and 25 days. Burial was in Farrall graveyard. She was formerly Miss Weaver. MDR 1 Aug 1916
The infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Jessie Arnold, living east of Marion, died Monday. Burial was in Spring Grove Cemetery. MDR 1 Aug 1916
Pope County News Mrs. John Harvey Hoover was buried at Zion 27 Jul and Charlie Parsons was buried 30 Jul Mr. Jewel Parsons of Paducah attended the funeral of his father. MDR 1 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
Charles Treece, 22 & Minnie Walker, 18, both of Anna William Atess, 27 & Lilly Newton, 25, both of Weaver MDR 1 Aug 1916
A writ of habeus corpus was denied in the case of John Sposta who is held as an accomplice of Nell Bass in the killing of Bob Austin at Johnston City. MDR Wednesday, 2 Aug 1916
Felix Fontania/Fontano, 38, was stabbed in the abdomen several times in a fight at Weaver with Tony Bernardo/Bertonetti Monday and died Tuesday morning. Fontania was 39 and a widower, his wife having died some time ago in Colorado. Bernardo is single and 25. He is still at large. [A lengthy account.] HN 3 Aug 1916 & MDR 2 Aug 1916
Mrs. Robert Swofford shot and killed her estranged husband, Quincy Roberts, a nephew of Mrs. Emanuel Cornaghi (Carnaghi?) of this city at West Frankfort Monday. Until a few months ago, Roberts and his wife were living together in a house owned by the husband. They separated and the wife returned to her divorced husband, Robert Swofford, but had continued to occupy the second husband’s house with Swofford. Monday, officers went to the home to put the family out and while the moving was taking place, Mrs. Swofford opened Robert’s trunk and got something out. It was a revolver he had brought home with him from the Philippines, where he served with the U.S. Army. She went uptown looking for Roberts and shot him four times causing instant death. HN 3 Aug 1916 MDR reports on 2 Aug that Mrs. Jucy J. Swofford killed Roberts in view of Constable Elza Wilkeson and attorney George A. Hickman who were accompanying Roberts to eject her from Roberts’ home. Two years ago, she divorced Swofford and married Roberts two weeks later in St. Louis, which was illegal under Illinois law. After living together some time she sued for divorce, charging extreme cruelty. Roberts filed a cross bill, asking for annulment of the marriage upon grounds of illegal ceremony, and won the suit. She then sued for $1000 for services for cooking and housekeeping and then caused Roberts to be indicted for an alleged attack on one of her daughters by her first marriage. Roberts then filed an ejection suit. It was while serving the papers she shot him. MDR Wednesday, 2 Aug 1916
Mr. & Mrs. Bert Perrine were called to Creal Springs Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Perrine’s father, W.J. Tune. HN 3 Aug 1916
Card of Thanks — For kindness in death of our daughter, Mrs. W.H. Beltz. Mr. & Mrs. E.G. Cook HN 3 Aug 1916
Felix, 2-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Pete Porddrznsar died at Clifford Saturday of Cholera infantum. Burial was in St. Carlo Cemetery. HN 3 Aug 1916
Joseph Ganes, son of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Ganes of Weaver, died Friday of diarrhea. Burial was in St. Carlo Cemetery. HN 3 Aug 1916
At the farm of Aca Anderson, mile and a half northeast of Cambria, his 12-year-old daughter went out in the orchard to pick apples. She climbed the tree, heedless of the fact her little one year old brother had followed her. She jumped out of the tree and her feet struck squarely on the back of her little brother. The blow killed him instantly. HN 3 Aug 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Carnaghi, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Brown, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Smith, girl HN 3 Aug 1916
Mabel Mullins and Frank Hill were married Sunday in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The bride had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Hugh Willis. HN 3 Aug 1916
Mrs. Merrill Calvin, wife of a Herrin painter, died Thursday in the Illinois Central station at Johnston City while waiting for a train. She was enroute to her home in Herrin from Mount Vernon. She had been suffering from tuberculosis and was being taken to her home on a stretcher. She had been visiting her sister in Mount Vernon and her condition grew worse. It was decided to remove her to her home. She was accompanied by her husband and mother. The body was removed to the J.C. Wildridge undertaking parlor and prepared for shipment to Herrin. She was 22 years old. HN 3 Aug 1916
Frances Nesbitt “Chub” Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John L. Smith of West Frankfort, and Clarence I. Turner were married Tuesday at West Frankfort. The bride is a graduate of Marion Township High School of 1914 and while here stayed at the home of W.J. Aikman on West Main Street. MDR Thursday, 3 Aug 1916
Harry Smith, son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith of Scottsboro, died Wednesday of brain fever. He was born 27 Aug 1914. MDR 3 Aug 1916
Marriage license
H.H. Gill, 26, Creal Springs & Emma Davis, 27, Marion MDR Friday, 4 Aug 1916
The wife of Perry Freese died Thursday at their home on South Hill Street. She suffered heart trouble and had been confined to her bed for nine weeks. She is survived by her husband. Her only child died a year ago, a mere baby. Also surviving are sisters and brother: Mrs. Will Blakely of Marion, Mrs. Will Freeman of Benton, two sisters of St. Louis and William Armes of Thompsonville, also her mother, Mrs. Arms of Thompsonville. She was 29 years old and had been married 5 years. MDR 4 Aug 1916
Charles Gallagher was arrested yesterday for running his automobile with his cut out open. MDR 4 Aug 1916
Reba Turner, 17 years and 10 months old, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Turner, died Thursday of typhoid fever in St. Louis. She was employed in a hat factory in St. Louis and was engaged to a young attorney in St. Louis and was to be married this coming winter. She is survived by her mother and brothers and sisters: W.R. Turner of near Marion, Lige Turner in the Philippines, Mrs. Augusta Weber of Marion and Mrs. Maggie Clate of St. Louis. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. MDR 4 Aug 1916
Miss Emma Gulledge, patient at Anna Hospital, is reported in a very critical condition after an attack by another patient. She was struck on the head, fracturing her skull. Miss Gulledge is a sister of Mrs. Monroe Moore of South Court Street. MDR 4 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
V.E. Haggard, 24, Benton & Anna Gualdoni, 17, Hurst
William Fry, 41 & May Chamness, 22, both of Marion
Lawrence Camore, 22, Carterville & Flossie Frost, 18, Carbondale R 6
Covert Harmack, 24, Johnston City & Elsie Bonner, 21, Herrin MDR Saturday, 5 Aug 1916
George D. Oglesby, 48, former druggist at Marion, died Friday of over work and the intense heat at his home in Chicago. His first wife was Etta Lang, a former Marion teacher. Two sons were born: George Jr. who died 9 years ago and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, and Herman, now serving in the U.S. Hospital Corps at the Mexican border. His second marriage was to a lady of Chicago and they have 4 children. In early life, he made his home with Judge Geo. W. Young. Mrs. Will Oglesby, sister-in-law, left today to attend the funeral. His son, Herman, was granted a 15 day furlough to attend his father’s funeral. MDR Monday, 7 Aug 1916
Vera May Townsend, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Townsend, died this morning. She was born 29 Oct 1901. She is survived by her parents, brother & sister: Harry of Mt. Carmel and Eva. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. MDR 7 Aug & 8 Aug 1916
Word was received Sunday of the death of Mrs. Martha Dawson at her home at Desloch, Mo. She is survived by brother and sisters: William McCown, Mrs. Mary Watson of Herrin and Mrs. Pleas Cagle of Marion. Mrs. Jenny Hendrickson is a niece and Jerry McCown a nephew. MDR 7 Aug 1916
Sylvester Palermo is dead and his brother, Tony, wounded in an actual war in Marion’s Little Italy Sunday. The two were on their way to the house of a friend, Mick Cristofaso. They had passed the home of Tony Baldassano when they were fired upon. Sylvester fell with a bullet in the head and Tony ran for cover and then opened fire upon the Baldassano home. The Palermo brothers are better known as TONY and Sylvester Mitchell, which names they use at the mines. Sylvester died this morning at the Marion hospital. Tony is shot in the shoulder. Mrs. Lizzie Lolells, of 105 North Pine, was sitting in a chair in the yard when the shooting started and she ran in the house. A bullet went through the back of the chair. “Big Tony’ Mitchell, who lives in half of the house of Baldassano, says he shot him this is doubted by the police. The shooting was done with double barrel shot guns and pistols. It is estimated between 75 and 100 shots were exchanged. Jake Collett, also known as “Big Tony” Mitchell is charged with the murder and Bart, Charles and Jake Baldassano are charged with attempted murder. Joe Bacinoccie also is held. Palermo is survived by his mother, brothers Tony and Jake and sister, Nina. All live with their mother here. MDR 7 Aug & 8 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
L.J. Corbitt, 43 & Mrs. M.E. Bryan, 36, both of Crab Orchard
George S. Davis, 29, West Frankfort & Tessie M. Lager, 24, Benton MDR 7 Aug 1916
Charles Crawfod of Madison Number Nine pled guilty to bootlegging and was fined $300. MDR Tuesday, 8 Aug 1916
Marion relatives returned home last night after attending the funeral of Mrs. Martha Coelson who was buried in Deslode, Mo. She was a sister to William and Elvia McCown of this city, Mrs. Mary Watson of Herrin and Mrs. Flora Cagle of Marion. She died of typhoid and pneumonia. Burial was at the K. of P. Cemetery in Deslode. MDR Wednesday, 9 Apr 1916
Lorene Farrar vs Ward Farrar, divorce, alimony and custody of child injunction, he a non-resident. MDR 9 Aug 1916
Lloyd Sherertz, 32, son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Sherertz, died this morning of tuberculosis. He was born in Crab Orchard Township and taught in the schools of this county. He is survived by his parents, wife, formerly Bessie Duty, brothers Clyde and Carl and a sister, Mrs. Clyde Angel of Marion. Burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery. MDR Thursday, 10 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
John R. Baker, 23, Carbondale & Gladys Parrish, 22, Goreville
James Greeman, 24 & Charlotte May Obrien, 24, both of Colp MDR 10 Aug 1916
Friends of Joe Rodgers of Carterville were rummaging thru his suitcase and found a marriage certificate that revealed Rodgers had been married on 8 Jul in St. Louis to Hester Russell, daughter of Abe Russell. The groom is a coal miner at DuQuoin where they will make their home hereafter. MDR 10 Aug 1916
Monday, A. Sherertz of Pittsburg passed thru Marion on his way to Battle Creek, Mich. to enter the sanitarium for treatment. MDR 10 Aug 1916
Bert Calliss arrived home Monday from the Modern Woodmen sanitarium at Woodman, Colorado, where he has been since March taking treatment. He looks the picture of health and says he feels it. Joe Murray who left here a few months ago for the camp is getting along nicely. HN 10 Aug 1916
Daisy Rix, youngest child of Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Rix, died Thursday at the home, 706 West Central Street. She was born 6 Aug 1915 and is survived by her parents and brothers and sisters: Stanley, Howard, Henry, Earl, Kate and Esther. Burial was in Rose Hill. MDR Friday, 11 Aug 1916
Charged in the Palermo murder Sunday, Barlow Baldassano was released and Joe Baccinoccie was held to the grand jury. MDR 11 Aug 1916
E.E. Snyder, 45, died this morning in Los Angeles, Calif., where the family had gone several months ago in hopes he could regain his health. He leaves an aged mother, wife, daughter, Sarah, and brother John. MDR 11 Aug 1916
Benton, Ill. Dr. John P. Brown, 73, one of the pioneer physicians of Franklin County, died at his home in Benton Wednesday night. He was born at Pinckneyville, Ill. and enlisted in Co A 18th Ill. Inf. and later entered Missouri Medical College in St. Louis. He opened his office in 1881 in Benton. He was married three times, his last wife being Mrs. Cora Stone of St. Louis who he wedded two years ago. He is survived by children: Harry, Stanley and Mrs. F.M. Mills of Benton, Mrs. F.E. Topping of Centralia, Ill. and Mrs. Addie Darrough of Los Angeles. MDR 11 Aug 1916
Mrs. Alta Wicks died this afternoon from tuberculosis at her home on South Holland Street. She was formerly Miss Prudie Estelle Lands, born 13 Nov 1891 in St. Louis. She married Alta Wicks 20 Aug 1910. One child, Ervin, age 4, survives with the husband. She is also survived by her father, James Lands, and a sister, Mrs. Jenny Heck of Sesser. MDR 11 Aug 1916
Several months ago the undertaking firm of Frick and Ozment purchased a Lungmotor and said they would do what they could to save lives instead of burying them. This morning the first call for the Lungmotor came and the first life was saved. C.W. West, an employee of the Parks and Lewis strip mine near Marion, was the victim and is now able to walk around and tell the story of his narrow escape from death. He was overcome from gas fumes from an engine. It was thought he had been unconscious for over an hour when Mr. Frick arrived. The Lungmotor was fastened on Mr. West and in three and a half minutes he opened his eyes and asked what they were doing. MDR Saturday, 12 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Orval Bennett, Indianapolis, Ind. & Mae Estella Tate, Herrin MDR 12 Aug 1916
Joe Jamroy of Spillertown was jailed for beating a woman. It is said he beat her with a gasoline can. MDR Monday, 14 Aug 1916
County Court
Lucy Abbott vs Clate Dollar, both of Carterville, bastardy MDR 14 Aug 1916
The funeral of E.E. Snyder will be Tuesday at Carbondale. He was born in Carbondale and moved with his parents in early boyhood to Marion. He married Laura Young, a sister of Jim Young of Marion, and one child, Sarah, was born. Burial will be beside his father in the mausoleum. MDR 14 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Dewey Cummins, 18, & Lillie Baker, 24, both of Herrin MDR 14 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Henry Wilhite, 18, Thompsonville & ELsie Fletcher, 18, Banklick MDR Tuesday, 15 Aug 1916
Clate Dollar was found guilty of bastardy and sentenced to jail for six months. MDR 15 Aug 1916
James R. Swafford died last night at his home, 801 East Carter Street. He will be remembered by old timers as the carrier of the old “Star Route” mail delivery. He would drive to town with his team, get a fresh team here and then make a big circle with the mail. He received for his services then one dollar a day and that was considered fine pay in those days. His wife, “Aunt Mary” is 79 years old. Last week she fell and broke her hip and is in bed now. Mr. Swafford was born in Tenn. and married Mary Curtain of Chattanooga, but has lived in this section most of his life. Had he lived until October he would have been 84 years old. He is survived by his wife and children: Rufus of Big Muddy, Mrs. Will (Kate) Hastings of Pittsburg, Mrs. Eldridge Pulley (Margaret) of Pittsburg, George of Marion and Joe of Carterville, brothers: Reynold of St. Louis, Alford of Carthage, Mo., Joseph of Richmond, Mo. Grandsons, Will and Ross Swafford are at Lansing, Mich. and have been notified. Minnie Ramage of Paducah and Harry Hilton of Herrin are here now. [as written] Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR Wednesday, 16 Aug 1916
County Court
Clark Calvert & Fred Barth, bootlegging, not been fined
John Garavalia & Paul Frattima, bootlegging, $50 each
Mont Bradley, wife & child abandoment, fined $400, he agreed to pay $8 a month to his wife and $4 to his child
Bertie Borum, charging her husband with wife abandonment, compromised out of court
A. Dial, colored, 6 counts of bootlegging, $50 each count & 30 days in jail MDR 16 Aug 1916
William Hawkins and Roxie Adamson were married 15 Aug in Johnston City. MDR 16 Aug 1916
Miss Flora Westbury of Wednesburg, England, arrived in Herrin Tuesday to become shortly the bride of her lover of her childhood days, Joe Woodhouse, son of Thomas Woodhouse of this city. Long before the Woodhouse family left England some ten years ago, when Joe was a lad in knickerbockers, he and Miss Westbury were sweethearts. Just a few months before the war in which England is now engaged, Joe, accompanied by his chum, Charles Green, returned to England and there he renewed his devotion to the young lady. If the good ship St. Louis of the American line on which she sailed from Liverpool was attacked by submarines, she was never apprised of the fact. HN 17 Aug & MDR 18 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
Nick Tudoff, 25, Weaver & Bessie Level, 16, Herrin
Ernest M. Hiller, 21, Carbondale & Ruby Loceler, 21, Colpville
Will Bean, 21, Murphysboro & Julia Marrs, 20, Johnston City
N. Legros, 21 & Maggie Campbell, 16, both of Herrin
Andy Sarko, 25 & Nell Oneal, 22, both of Clifford [They had been married before and divorced.] HN 17 Aug 1916
John Carr was killed 8 Aug near Pittsburg, Pa. He was a fireman on the B. & 0. Ry out of Pittsburg and was cleaning the ash pan under his engine which was standing on the main track alongside of which ran a switch. As he was crawling out from under the engine, a switch engine struck him. He died 18 hours later He made his home in Energy with his brother, Harrison Carr, and left three months ago for Pa. The body was taken to Storme Undertaking and burial was in City Cemetery. He leaves five brothers and two sisters, most of who reside here and at Energy. HN 17 Aug 1916
A romance started half a dozen years ago on the campus of an Indiana college was wound up happily in this city Sunday when Miss Mae E. Tate, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Tate of S. 11th St. became the bride of Prof. Orval Bennett of Indianapolis, Ind. Ruth Tate, the bride’s sister, was bridesmaid and Ray Camden was best man. Miss Tate met Mr. Bennett in 1910 while attending college at Danville, Ind. He was a student there at the same time. The newlyweds left this morning for Bloomington, Ind. where the groom will enter the University of Indiana. He is working on his Ph. D in the department of political science. Mrs. Bennett will take advantage of the university and continue her study of voice and piano. [A list of guests at the wedding.] HN 17 Aug 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Isiah Dougherty, boy
Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker, girl HN 17 Aug 1916
Squire George Miller performed a double wedding ceremony this morning when he united E.D. West, 31 and Oddie Stills, 34, both of Carterville and S.O. Taylor, 24 of Marion and Janie Franklin, 21 of Carterville. MDR Thursday, 17 Aug 1916
Dona Howard pled guilty to running a house of ill fame and was fined $25 and costs. MDR 17 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
Robert White, 24, Marion Route 4 & Myrl Carter, 18, Creal Springs R 3
Segal Parks, 21 & Mabel Hancock, 18, both of Carrier Mills MDR 17 Aug 1916
Billy Watson died today at Herrin. He taught school many years in Williamson and Johnson Counties. He was accounted to be the best grammarian in the county. He was about 40 years old and leaves a wife. The funeral was at Liberty Church in Southern Township. MDR Friday, 18 Aug 1916
Phillip Fontono, a small Italian boy, was arrested Thursday for stealing clothing and things from a livery stable. He left home several days ago to visit relatives in Johnston City, but instead stayed in Marion. He had been selling papers here and was very well liked. MDR 18 Aug 1916
Ruby Crowell of Marion and Prof. George Attebery of Laramie. Wyoming, were married 12 Aug at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. W.R. Matthews at Greeley, Colorado. The bride and groom formerly attended the S.I.N.U. at Carbondale. She has taught school the past five years in Marion. Prof. Attebury went west two years ago. The ceremony was witnessed by the bride’s mother, Mrs. J.B. Crowell of Marion, Mr. & Mrs. Matthews of Greeley and Prof. J.B. Crabb of Laramie and was on the second wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Matthews. MDR 18 Aug 1916
Gladys, the year-old child of Mr. & Mrs. Fount Hastings died yesterday at the home four miles east of Marion. Three sisters and four brothers at home survive. The funeral will be at Prairie Church. MDR 18 Aug 1916
Carterville A girl was born this week to Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Ladget. MDR 18 Aug 1916
A girl was born Thursday to Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Summers of 805 S. Bentley, their third child and first girl. MDR 18 Auq 1916
Rev. Giles Nelson, pioneer preacher in this section, was taken to the state hospital at Anna this morning for treatment. MDR Saturday, 19 Aug 1916
Moody Greathouse’s petition for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. MDR Monday, 21 Aug 1916
Homery Avery Padgett and Lillian Ross, both of Princeton, Ky. were married Saturday. MDR 21 Aug 1916
Mrs. Emeline Copher died Saturday at her home, 908 South Market Street and was buried at the Perry Camp Ground. She was born in Tennessee and was 81 years, 10 months and 4 days of age. She was the widow of James Copher and among those that survive are Isom, George and John Copher. MDR 21 Aug 1916
A boy was born 19 Aug to Mr. & Mrs. B.F. Jackson and was named Wallace Albert for his uncle, J.A. Bandy. MDR 21 Aug 1916
James A. Bainbridge’s Jewelry store is located at the northeast corner of the State Bank Building. MDR 21 Aug 1916
Mrs. Mary Mitchell, a young Italian lady, died Sunday at the Marion Hospital. She was 19 years, 4 months and 5 days old. She gave birth to a child July 23 and it died the following day. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Nick Cuccia who, with the husband, survive. Burial was in Rose Hill. MDR 21 Aug 1916
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Tony went to Carbondale Monday to attend the funeral of the former’s sister, Mrs. G.L. Jackson whose body was brought from Lockhart, Tex. to Carbondale for burial. MDR 21 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Mark Nickelson, 50 & Isabelle Tapley, 50, both of West Frankfort MDR Tuesday, 22 Aug 1916
Benton Tony Jaynick, 38, a miner, was killed by an Illinois Central freight between here and Christopher Monday afternoon. He had just come out of the mine. MDR 22 Aug 1916
Amy Ramsey vs Leo Ramsey, bill for divorce, he a non-resident. MDR 22 Aug 1916
Kankakee, Ill. Aug. 22 A marriage in which the principals were both attendants at the state insane hospital is asked annulled in a suit filed here today by Lura B. Kirkman, mother and next friend of Fay Deweese. The bill states Charles Deweese, after becoming acquainted with Miss Fay Mockley at the hospital, induced her to go with him to the marriage license clerk. Deweese is alleged to have sworn falsely as to the age of the girl, who was not yet 17 when they were married Dec 21, 1915. The bill alleges Deweese only lived with his wife for 17 days. He is said to live in Galatia, Ill. MDR Wednesday, 23 Aug 1916
Nora Ward died yesterday of typhoid fever at the home of her sister in Herrin. She was 31 years, 0 months and 9 days old, her birthday being Oct 13. [as written] She was born near Marion and lived there all her life. For the last few years, she made her home with her mother, Mrs. Oscar Ward in Marion. Not long ago she went to visit her sister, Mrs. Ora Hudspeth in Herrin and took typhoid fever. She is survived by brothers and sisters: Coy Ward of Hot Springs, Ark., Oscar, Ezra and Chas. Ward of Marion, Mrs. Ora Hudspeth of Herrin and Mrs. Olive Eddings of Hudgens. Burial was in Rose Hill. MDR 23 Aug 1916
Fred Whiteside vs Roxie Whiteside, bill for divorce, he a non-resident MDR 23 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Cologero Vagadamo, 25 & Vincenzia Diliberto, 18, both of White Ash MDR 23 Aug 1916
Lawrence Sanders, clerk at the post office, tried to slip away this morning, but his destination was found to be Pinckneyville where the Old Soldiers and Sailors reunion is being held. Mr. Sanders’ father is one of the officers and both his father and mother are attending the reunion. MDR Thursday, 24 Aug 1916
Word reached here Saturday morning of the shocking death of Rosa Merlo, wife of Paul Merlo, of Murphysboro. Childbirth was given as the cause of death. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Taveggia and until her marriage was employed at the Taveggia Confectionary. She married last fall to Paul Merlo, manager of the Commercial Hotel in Murphysboro. Burial was in St. Andrew’s Cemetery. HN 24 Aug 1916
Leaving here several days ago in company with a party which was headed for the lake resorts in Michigan for an outing, Mrs. Elizabeth Spiller turns up in Los Angeles, Cal., from where she writes home folks this week that she was married again to her former husband, Jack Spiller, a few days ago. Sometime ago, she expressed to some of her friends her intention of going West, but they persuaded her to remain here and continue her boarding house which she has been conducting on S. Park Ave. for a number of years. In company with her sister, Miss Francis Stearns and Miss Mollie Maughn, she left here about two weeks ago. At Chicago, she left the party and proceeded to California where she met Mr. Spiller who had been residing in the West a number of years and at Los Angeles they were married. In her letter, she intimated they might return here to reside. Mr. Spiller has not been in the best of health for a number of months and may not risk this climate for awhile. HN 24 Aug 1916
A fall of slate in the Possum Ridge mine of Taylor Coal Co. at Freeman Spur Monday killed Frank Mundinger instantly. He lived in Franklin County, just over the line. He was 33 years old and is survived by a wife and five children. HN 24 Aug 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. L.W. Hundley, boy Mr. & Mrs. Allen Davis, boy Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Vaughn, boy HN 24 Aug 1916
Walter Page, colored, who is charged with assault to murder in this county, was arrested in Murphysboro and brought to Marion today and is now in jail. MDR Friday, 25 Aug 1916
Maude Boren of Marion, after a 36-hour joyride was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Tom Freece on a charge of using profane language on a public highway. She was fined $20 and costs by Squire Dudley and left court in tears declaring that she would go back to Oklahoma. MDR 25 Aug 1916
Q.A. Morgan received word this morning that Harry Ours had died at his home in Phoenix, Ariz. and that the funeral would be conducted there. Mr. Ours was formerly a merchant here. Mr. & Mrs. Ours left Marion about 6 years ago. He had been in the grocery business of Ours & Daniels. He was about 35 years old and left one son, Robert, aged 9. Death was due to tuberculosis which he contracted before he left Marion. MDR Saturday, 26 Aug 1916
The five months old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Jones of Stockton Street died this morning of a congestive chill. The Lungmotor owned by Frick and Ozment was used upon the baby, but it was unable to save the child. MDR 26 Aug 1916
Marriage license
Artie Trout, 21 & Edna Hawthorne, 18, both of Johnston City MDR 26 Aug 1916
Lucille Jones, four months and 26 days old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Jones was laid to rest Sunday in Rose Hill Cemetery. She died of a congestive chill Saturday. She was the granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Jones. The lungmoter was used on the child. MDR Monday, 28 Aug 1916
Mr. & Mrs. John Durham of W. College Street are the proud parents of a baby girl, their second child and first girl. MDR 28 Aug 1916
The West Frankfort American has the following to say about the wedding of a Johnston City couple which occurred near West Frankfort on August 16th:
On Wednesday evening, August 16, just after prayer meeting was over, Covert Harmon and Miss Elsie Bonner, a splendid couple from Johnston City, came to the parsonage of the Methodist Church to get married, but when the minister looked at the license he saw it was issued in Williamson County and told them he was very sorry, but they would have to be married in the county where the license was issued. After a little thought as to the matter it was decided the parson would get in the automobile with them and cross into Williamson County and there perform the ceremony. The car was driven across the county line and, by the spreading boughs of an oak, Rev. J.C. Kinison spoke the words that made this happy couple one. Mr. Harmon is a butcher in Murmann’s Meat Market in Johnston City and has furnished a nice new home for his bride and they will make their home in Johnston City where they will receive their friends. MDR 28 Aug 1916
The Eldorado Journal for last week has the marriage license of Albert Hann, 34, of Harrisburg and Edith Hankins, 27, of Williamson County. MDR 28 Aug 1916
Cairo Herald Miss Helen Stewart of Crab Orchard and Joseph Edwards of Galatia were married Friday at the parsonage of the Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. T.W. Tate, pastor, officiating. MDR 28 Aug 1916
Dick Adams was found guilty of maintaining a nuisance and selling liquor in anti-saloon territory. He was fined $200 and costs, the full limit of the law. During the course of the trial, Lloyd Boles had finished testifying and was started down the steps from the courtroom when Adams attempted to kick him. “Doc” Thompson went after Adams and it took several bystanders to separate them. Warrants were issued charging Adams with assault and intimidating a witness. Gus Rummage, who was arrested at the same time as Adams was fined $100 and costs and is now working out his fine upon the streets. MDR Tuesday, 29 Aug 1916
Dennis Moore, little child of Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Mack Moore of Fordville, died yesterday and will be buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was one year and eighteen days of age and was the only child in the family. MDR 29 Aug 1916
Artis Cameron’s child died at Carterville yesterday. The little child is a grandson of “Uncle John” Cameron, sexton at the cemetery. MDR 29 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
Joseph Henry Woodhouse, 27 & Florence Westbury, 26, both of Herrin
Sam Corona, 27 & Amy Dial, 25, both of Christopher MDR 29 Aug 1916
Odis Blagg vs Elsie Blagg, bill for divorce, she a non-resident. MDR Wednesday, 30 Aug 1916
Charles Bridwell vs Sallie Bridwell, bill for divorce, she a non-resident. MDR 30 Aug 1916
Barney Propes, 38, shot and killed James Huggins Saturday evening in view of scores of men clustered about the Herrin Supply corner on N. Park Ave. It is said there was ill feeling between the two for over a year. Propes is said to have separated Huggins and his wife about a year ago and the home has been broken up ever since. Saturday evening, James Huggins and his brother, William “Plug” /Clenie Huggins, came up with Propes in front of the hardware department of Herrin Supply. In a few moments, some blows were struck. Propes then shot Huggins. Plug Huggins wrestled with Propes and police arrested both men. Huggins leaves two children and an estranged wife who is now in Missouri. He had been keeping the children since his wife left him. Burial was in City Cemetery. Propes resided with his family in the southeast part of town. He has a wife and six children. Propes is a miner and Huggins was a holiness preacher and both men were members of the same church. HN 31 Aug 1916 & MDR Monday, 28 Aug 1916
An engine backing east out of Cambria Sunday evening ran down and killed John W. Jones, aged 60/65 years, who lived a short distance east of Cambria. Jones had been to DuQuoin to visit a son and had alighted from the I.C. passenger train at Cambria. He was walking on the track and was struck by a detached freight train engine which came creeping noiselessly, approaching him from behind and going in the same direction he was walking. He is survived by a widow and three sons, one, Norman, lives at DuQuoin. The youngest is 8 years old. HN 31 Aug & MDR 29 Aug 1916
The nine months old child of Mr. & Mrs. Iomini, an Italian family residing at 1101 West Adams, died Monday of infantile paralysis. This is the second fatal case in Herrin. When the body was prepared for burial, it was placed in a casket and sealed to prevent the spread of the disease, and as is required by the state board of health. HN 31 Aug 1916
Ernest Smith, 11, hopped an Iron Mountain coal drag train Monday at Bush and fell to his death. His legs were mangled. A train was quickly pressed into service and given the right of way and a race against death was started to Herrin. He died about midnight. He was the son of George Smith and worked for Sid Griggs who operated ice wagons. HN 31 Aug & Tuesday, 29 Aug 1916
A pipe conveying compressed air to the mining machines in No. 8 mine of the Big Muddy Coal & Iron Company at Clifford burst Monday and fatally injured Robert Meadows, 38, who resides at 1304 West Cherry in this city. He died a short time after reaching the hospital. He is survived by a wife and little child. Burial was in City Cemetery. HN 31 Aug 1916
Ferda Cline, 7-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Cline of W. Sycamore St. in Carbondale, was accidentally shot to death by Luther Cherry, 7-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Thos. L. Cherry, with a 22 rifle Monday. Mrs. Cline and little son had gone to the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Friedline, residing on West Oak St. The little Cherry boy, who lives across the street from Friedline’s, came over and brought a gun which belonged to his older brother. He pointed it at Ferda and was told to put it up, but pointed it again and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered just under the left eye and death resulted in less than five minutes. HN 31 Aug 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Omer Triplett, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Walker, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Will McMurray, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Frank King Jr., girl HN 31 Aug 1916
Ada Wells, aged 32 years and 5 months, wife of Charlie Wells of North Russell Street, died Wednesday of pellegria. They moved here from Kentucky recently. Two children survive. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR Thursday, 31 Aug 1916
Marriage licenses
Will Harris, 39, Co1p & Mellie Ramsey, 21, Carterville
Joe Turck, 22 West Frankfort & Myrtle Maushardt, 19, Herrin
Orval Moore, 24, Stonefort & Elizabeth Beltz, 20, Carterville MDR 31 Aug 1916
September
Mrs. James Swafford died this morning after lingering nearly a month. She fell and broke her hip on August 12th and since that time had been unable to move from her bed. She was the widow of James Swafford who died August 15. She was born in Tennessee and was 79 years, 3 months and 12 days of age. She has a brother living, Will Cartain of Tennessee. Five children survive: George of Marion, Mrs. Margaret Pulley of Pittsburg, RUFUS of Marion, Joseph of Carterville and Kate Hastings of Crab Orchard. Two sons, John and Al, preceded their mother to the grave. Among the grandchildren: Robert, Paul, Monroe, Bonnie, Roy, Eva, and Fay Swafford of Marion, Lora Kelton and Troy Swafford of Shakerag, Mary Swafford of Carrier Mills and Grant Swafford of Johnston City. MDR Friday, 1 Sep 1916
Petro Ralacenti vs Victoria Ralacenti, bill for divorce, she a non-resident. MDR Saturday, 2 Sep 1916
Fred Whiteside vs Roxie Whiteside, bill for divorce, she a non-resident. MDR 2 Sep 1916
Minnie Austin vs Edward Austin, bill for divorce, he a non-resident. MDR 2 Sep 1916
Lorene Farrar vs Ward Farrar, divorce, alimony, custody of child and injunction, he a non-resident. MDR 2 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
S.N. Sanderson, 49, Kansas City, Mo. & Mrs. Lou M. Follis, 37, Herrin
John Sanders, 20, Pittsburg & Lois Davis, 18, Marion R 1
Richard Peterson, 21, Goreville & Nellie Bloodworth, 18, Marion R 5 MDR 2 Sep 1916
Amy Ramsey vs Leo Ramsey, bill for divorce, he a non-resident. MDR 2 Sep 1916
Principal J.H. Seikman of Brown’s Business Collage and wife are parents of a ten-and-a-half-pound baby girl born this morning. She was named Mary Elizabeth Seikman in honor of her two grandmothers. MDR Tuesday, 5 Sep 1916
Conles Stewart, colored, was killed by a gun shot thru a window at a dive in Donely Row at Colp Saturday night. Circumstances point to Ed Smith, colored, as being the assassin. Smith has fled. Stewart and Smith were known to have some differences earlier in the day and Evelyn Johnson, colored, testified she had fired a shot at Smith in the afternoon. Smith was known to have gone home and secured a shotgun. The shot entered the right side of Stewart’s head and he died Monday morning. He was a miner at Colp and is survived by a wife but no children. He was 38 years old, born in Alabama, but lived here a long time. MDR 5 Sep 1916
Arthur Farrell Jr., 4 years and 24 days old son of Arthur Farrell of Scottsboro, died Sunday from diphtheria. He was born in West Virginia. He is survived by his parents and three brothers. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR 5 Sep 1916
William Arthur McCain, son of Mr. & Mrs. W.A. McCain, died Saturday He was born in Missouri and was 3 years, 5 months and 28 days of age. His parents and another child survive. Burial was in Union Grove. MDR 5 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Earl Rushing, 24, New Burnsides & Lizie Lawrence, 27, Creal Springs
Otis W. King, 33, Carterville & Jessie P. McClanahan, 27, Marion
Allie J. Houston, 30, Herrin & Dovie Hortense Mckinney, 24
Halley White, 27, Marion & Emma Penrod, 19, Carterville MDR 5 Sep 1916
Ida Clarida and Laurence Boswell were married Monday. MDR 5 Sep 1916 Lucy Baldassano was arrested for bootlegging. MDR Wednesday, 6 Sep 1916
Marriage license
W.M. Smith, 65, Rushville & Mrs. Amberilla Westcott, 53, Alton MDR 6 Sep 1916
Sheriff W.T. Harris took Theo Combs, colored, and Charles Pease to St. Charles. MDR 6 Sep 1916
The body of John McFarland/Mcpheron, a miner employed at Jeffrey, was picked up a few yards east of the Jeffrey station on the Illinois Central tracks early Wednesday morning by the crew of a passenger train that had passed over the body. There were five portions of the remains. The legs were completely cut off, the body cut in two at the waist line and one of the arms severed. He was in Herrin Tuesday evening and went home on the train and got off at Jeffrey where he lived with his parents. Just two years ago, his brother was killed near the same spot by a train in the same manner. He was 29 and unmarried. He leaves 7 brothers and sisters. Burial was in City Cemetery. MDR 6 Sep & HN 7 Sep 1916
Uncle Hez Arnold, Carterville, died Sunday morning after having been ill but a few minutes. He was the father of Mrs. U.L. Walker of this city. He was a native of this county and is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Luther Mofield and Mrs. O.V. Walker, 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He owned half interest in the Carterville Milling Co. and was the man who put in water works for Carterville at the time the city had same. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR 5 Sep & HN 7 Sep 1916
Florence Westbury, recently arrived from England, and Joe Woodhouse, son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Woodhouse Sr., were married Sunday. HN 7 Sep 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Bagwell, boy
Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Morgan, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd T. Hicks, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Geo. A. Popham, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Oldani, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Childers, boy
Mr. & Mrs. John Piatt, girl HN 7 Sep 1916
Mount Vernon Register — Marriage licenses
Ernest Deadmond & Nellie Richardson, both of Marion
C.P. Lehman, Mt. Vernon & Sarah Thornberry, Marion
Charles Summers, West Frankfort & Ethel Lowder, Bell Rive MDR Thursday, 7 Sep 1916
Nancy Katherine Williams, 65, died this morning at her home on West Goodall Street following a stroke of paralysis on 30 Aug. She was born Nancy Katherine Atteberry on 20 Oct 1851 at Carmi and married James C. Williams 30 Nov 1867. Four boys and one girl were born: Oscar M. Williams, Otis W. Williams and Mrs. Laura Quinn of Marion and Eddie and Charlie R. Williams, deceased. The latter was killed in a railroad wreck at Harrisburg about 8 years ago. She is survived by her husband, Rev. James C. Williams, children, grandchildren and sisters & brothers, Ezekiel Atteberry of Corning, Ark., Mesdames John Williams of Corning, Ark., May Schwartz of St. Joseph, Mo. and Anna Crisip of Carmi, Ill. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. MDR 7 Sep 1916
Marriage license
George King, 28 & Sylvia Helms, 16, both of Herrin, the mother of the bride, Mrs. Sarah Helms, consented. MDR 7 Sep 1916
Mary Sanders, wife of Roy Sanders, died last night at their home near Peabody Number Three Mine. She had been ill nearly three months with blood poison. She was born in Illinois and lived in this section a great many years. She was 27 years, 9 months and 21 days of age. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. MDR Saturday, 9 Sep 1916
Mrs. Phoebe Reagon died here last night from cancer of the liver and the body was shipped to Thebes for burial. She came to Marion 3 weeks ago to visit her son, C.W. Reagon and took sick while here. She was born 8 Sep 1855 near Ozark, Johnson County. She is survived by her son, a husband at Thebes who is sick and a brother, James Mccoy, pumpman at one of the local mines. MDR 9 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Herbert E. Roberts, 21 & Magdelene Stein, 22, both of Marion
H.I. Furlow, 24, Marion & Hester Pleasant, 17, Cambria
D.R. Wilfong, 21 & Dollie Hunt, 18, both of Carterville MDR 9 Sep 1916
The three months and twenty-four days old baby girl of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scurlock died this morning at the home on South Granite Street. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. MDR 9 Sep 1916
Horace Patterson, son of Mr. & Mrs. Freeman Patterson, 1709 West Faust, died of pneumonia yesterday. He was 4 years, 3 months and 14 days old. Burial was in Bankston Fork, Saline County, MDR Monday, 11 Sep 1916
Mrs. Mary Sanders was buried in Maplewood Cemetery Sunday. Her death was very quiet and she stated many times she was prepared to meet her maker. She requested her husband take good care of their only child, Bert. MDR 11 Sep 1916
Assistant Chief of Police “”Doc” Thompson discovered Florence Colwell, colored, locked under the steps at a house in Gent Addition Sunday. She disappeared from her home Saturday and her father, Ed Colwell, had been to Murphysboro and had the police assisting in an effort to find her. A raid was made on the house and Charles and Hazel Meeks and Clara Kirk Were arrested. She had been hid under the steps ever since her disappearance and when found the door was padlocked. MDR 11 Sep 1916
Nine new lodgers were brought to the county jail over Sunday and all but one are colored. Charles Meeks, Mrs. Hazel Meeks and Mrs. Clara Kirk were charged with kidnapping Florence Colwell. Five were brought in from Donely Row and charged with bootlegging: Nora Page, Will Pinkney, Wyman Meeks, James Johnson and Richard Gray. The only white was George Morgan from Number Nine, charged with attempt to murder. He shot Hugh Chamness and injured another man. MDR 11 Sep 1916
Mayor Hartwell is making all city prisoners work out his or her fine on the street. Mrs. Martha Stone and George Warren were arrested for violating city ordinances and both pled guilty and were fined $25 and costs. Mrs. Stone worked out part of her fine by sweeping the pavement so the square could be relined for handling automobiles. George Warren refused to work and city authorities placed a ball and chain on his leg and he stood on the square all morning and was still there after dinner. This is the first time a woman has ever been worked upon the streets of Marion. MDR 11 Sep 1916
The small son of Hosea Borum died Saturday and was buried in Shiloh graveyard. The family resides six miles southeast of Marion. MDR 11 Sep 1916
Robert Forquhar, 81, died today at the home of his niece, Mrs. George Raines. He was a bachelor and for many years had made his home with his sister, Mrs. M.E. Bryan. He was born in Tennessee and later moved to Metropolis where he engaged in farming. After retiring, he moved to Creal Springs and came to Marion about 10 years ago. He is an uncle of Robert Bryan, shoe merchant at Marion. He served during the Civil War. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MDR 11 Sep 1916
Barlow Baldassano was found guilty of bootlegging and fined $25 and costs. MDR Tuesday, 12 Sep 1916
Reba Ellis, colored of this city, and Carlton N. Johnson, 2740 Lawton Street, St. Louis, were married there yesterday. MDR 12 Sep 1916
Married at Harrisburg yesterday
Orville Russell, 20, Carrier Mills and Minnie Evetts, 21, Williamson County
Howard Winters, 21, Crab Orchard & Margaret Richie, 18, Saline County MDR 12 Sep 1916
Justice George Miller heard three pleas of guilty this morning of night prowling and in each case assessed a fine of $5 and trimmings. Those fined were Clyde Roberts, Myrtle Borum and Marie Simpson. MDR Wednesday, 13 Sep 1916
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Motsinger, living two miles south of Crab Orchard, lost their second child this week to diphtheria. The first was a small baby, but this was a boy of seven years. The other child was buried at Mt. Pleasant last Sunday and today the second child was laid to rest alongside the other body. Two other children have diphtheria now but it is thought they will recover, one being pronounced by the doctor out of danger already. MDR 13 Sep 1916
Manuel Veto, an Italian miner at Peabody No. 3 near Marion, was shot from ambush Wednesday as he was coming home from work. He was 38 years old, unmarried and lived with his brother in Marion. One of his brothers was shot and killed a year ago at Johnston City. [Name given as Emanuel Zito in MDR account.] HN 14 Sep 1916
Louis Contoni, 33, an Italian miner, was found dead in his room in the Pond Creek mine north of this city. Two ugly gashes in the side of his head, apparently made by a pick, plainly indicated he had been sent to his death by a blow. Contoni worked by himself. Just about an hour before the driver found the body, when he came to Contoni’s room to pull his coal, the track men had been there and layed up a piece of track. They saw and talked to Contoni and noted there were two picks in the room. When the body was found there was but one pick to be found. He was a resident of Freeman Spur. He leaves a wife and six children. A few years ago he married the widow of Dick Spesia, her husband having been killed at mine “A” of the C. & C. Coal Company only a few years before. He was a peaceable Italian and if he had recently been in any trouble no one seems to have known of it. HN 14 Sep 1916
On September 20 to 22 is the date for the Williamson and Franklin County Soldier’s and Sailors Reunion at the City Park in Johnston City. Vast preparations are underway to make it one of the biggest occasions in the history of the association. A meeting was held there at City Hall for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements. R. Lawrence was elected chairman and B.L. Baiar secretary. The following chairmen were appointed and are to select the remaining committee members. On arrangements, Mayor Harry Barlow; privileges, W.H. Forbes; speakers, R. Lawrence; music, G.W. Baiar; railroads, Chas. Cazaleen; decorations, B.L. Baiar; reception, Dollins Post No. 562 G.A.R.; wood and straw, Ren Roberts. R. Lawrence has been in communication with the state military department and has secured sufficient tents to accommodate everyone who attends the reunion. This success is unexpected because as the state is using a large number of tents for the boys on the boarder. HN 14 Sep 1916
Mrs. Sarah Hunter Perry, 55, passed away Friday at her home on 304 S. 19th St. after a long illness which for months had made her an invalid. She was born 22 Nov 1860 and married John Perry in 1878. Three children were born. The oldest, a boy, died at the age of two years. The two daughters, Miss Stella and Mrs. Gale Wakefield, survive and live in Herrin. The husband died in 1896, after which the family moved from their farm near here into the city. He was buried at the old Perry burying ground. Since her death, the body has been removed and placed by her side in the City Cemetery. She is also survived by two sisters and three brothers. Two brothers, one from Marion and one from Piggott, Ark. and a sister from Hudgens, Ill., were present at the funeral, also a cousin and wife, Mr. & Mrs. John Lee. The other brother and an invalid sister from Hudgens were unable to attend the funeral. HN 14 Sep 1916
Marriage license
H.L. Furlow, 24, Marion & Hester Pleasant, 17, Cambria HN 14 Sep 1916
Announcements have been sent out telling of the marriage at Paducah, Ky. on Sunday of Miss Eva Miller and Guy Kerley. They will reside at 103 S. 11th a. HN 14 Sep 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Corcoran, boy
Mr. & Mrs. James McClaren, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer McMillan, boy HN 14 Sep 1916
There will be a picture show at the opera house Tuesday afternoon “for women only.” The operator and stage boys will be locked to their posts or blindfolded so that they cannot molest this “for women only attraction.” Wayne Smith, manager of the dry goods department of the Herrin Supply Company, will hand out tickets in the meantime at the store free. The title of the film will be known as “The Social Key.” It is the advertising film of the Gossage corsets and probably only one or two of Herrin’s straight laced gentlemen would gain any useful benefits by viewing this film. HN 14 Sep 1916
News has reached here of the marriage in Mound City on 29 Aug of Miss Hattie Bandy of this city to Rudolph Green of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Green will teach in the public schools of Christopher this season and Mr. Green will continue his position in Washington. HN 21 Sep 1916
Early Thursday morning Sheriff Harris brought blood hounds from Kentucky to follow the trail of the man who shot Emanuel Zito from ambush Wednesday afternoon near the Peabody No. 2 Mine. Zito was a single man, born in Italy, aged 30 years and 3 months, who boarded at the home of Charles Baldassano in Marion. He came up from the mine through the air shaft at 1:45 and started toward a car. He had gone about 50 feet when a man rose from the weeds and fired three shots at him, one of which took effect. The shots were from an automatic shot gun at a range of between ten and fifteen paces. Nathan Huff and Ed Russell were close enough to see the shooting but not near enough to identify the man. Sixteen buckshots took effect in Zito’s right side. The body was taken to the Co-Operative Undertaking Establishment and cared for by Messrs, Frick & Ozment. This morning it was removed to the home of Charles Baldassano where funeral services are to be held this afternoon. MDR Thursday, 14 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Charley J. Moore, 24, Marion & Claude Ozment, 24, Creal Springs
J.M. Lacy, 69, Metropolis & Mary A. Kolks, 44, Grand Chain
Shafton Fleener, 18, Energy & Lolo Poole, 17, Herrin
J.H. McGill, 40, Carbondale & Ida Reynolds, 18, Livingston, Tenn. MDR 14 Sep 1916
Bob Burkitt of Christopher is under arrest in the Williamson County jail on charge of shooting Roscoe C. Parks while both were attending the county fair. The shooting occurred when Burkitt found Parks in an automobile with Mrs. Burkitt. They have been separated a year and she has had a divorce for five months. Parks, who is a widow, has kept company for about a month and yesterday brought her and two other ladies from Christopher to the fair. Parks was shot three times, once in the shoulder and twice in the leg. He was treated at Emma Jones Hospital and taken to his home in Christopher. MDR Friday, 15 Sep 1916
Vivian Motsinger, daughter of Theda and Ada Motsinger of Johnston City, died of diphtheria Friday. This is the third death in the family this week from that disease. The other children were aged two and a half and seven years. A grown son has also been ill but is now thought to be out of danger. [Account of death of another child says they lived south of Crab Orchard. MDR 15 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Fred L. Jones, 39 & Mrs. Altha Jones, 28, both of West Frankfort
Harry Babbs, 24, Danville & Esther Knapp, 18, West Frankfort
Chas. Gore, 34, Harrisburg & Alice Wadkins, 34, Carterville MDR Saturday, 1916
Word reached Marion Saturday that Oscar Malaer, son of John Riley Malaer, former Marion livery man, had been killed at Hayti, Mo. No particulars were received other than he had been shot four times. The family was formerly from Creal Springs and the body is to be taken there for interment. He was 38 years old. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lulu Peterson of Creal Springs and a brother, Bert Malaer. MDR 16 Sep 1916
James Bozia of Herrin was held by the coroner’s jury to await the investigations of the next grand jury into the cause of death of Louis Contini. MDR 16 Sep 1916
Oscar Malaer was laid to rest at Creal Springs. He was shot and killed at Brinkley, Ark. He and W.R. Castleman had been operating a sales stable at Brinkley. They were stooped over a young colt on the ground in their barn when a man named White entered the barn, pulled a gun and shot Malaer twice. He then tried to shoot Castleman who escaped. White was arrested. MDR Monday, 18 Sep 1916
Avery’ Chicken” Henry of Donelly Row was arrested for bootlegging. MDR 18 Sep 1916
In Miller’s court
D.L. Duty, $3 and costs for assault
H.L. Gleason, $3 and costs, intoxication
I. Copher, $3 and costs, intoxication
Clyde Roberts, $3 and costs, disturbing the peace MDR 18 Sep 1916
Loren, 12-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Porter Todd, of East Boulevard, died yesterday of typhoid fever. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and two sisters: Mabel, Lawrence, Leo and Virginia. Burial will be in Marion. MDR 18 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Rollie Cravens, 18 & Rosie Brown, 16, both of Herrin
Gordon Cargal, 19, Herrin & Edith King, 17, Johnston City MDR 18 Sep 1916
The paper signed by W.R. Qualls distributed in Marion Saturday stated that I, Bertha May Qualls, had voluntarily left him was positively false as he took his clothes on his arm and left me and two babies without anything to eat and my only chance was to go to my parents to help take care of my sick children. Mrs. Bertha Qualls MDR 18 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Date McNeill, 21 & Minnie Corzine, 22, both of Carterville
W.C. Robertson, 51 & Angeline Tanner, 43, both of Stonefort
Claude Farthing, 21 & Clara Stricklin, 19, both of Marion MDR Tuesday, 19 Sep 1916
James Mathis of Galatia, brother of Mrs. J.S. Raybourn and Mrs. T.L. Coffee of Marion, died last night of consumption. The funeral was held this afternoon at Galatia. He was about 35 years old. He is survived. by a wife, sisters, Mrs. Coffee and Mrs. Raybourn and a sister in St. Louis, and a brother, John C. Mathis of Montreal, Canada. MDR 19 Sep 1916
Nell Bass and John Post or Polson were taken to Benton this morning for a change of venue trial is set for today. Mrs. Robert Austin, whose husband was killed by Nell Bass, has brought suit against Jim Harris, owner of the building where the shooting occurred, and Nell Bass for damages. The suit came up at Johnston City and from there was taken to Benton. On the night of June 24, Austin went to the home of Nell Bass, which is owned by Jim Harris, and got to drinking and from that an argument arose and finally, it is said, Nell Bass shot Austin to save Poison’s life. The man Poison or Post, as he has come to be known at the jail, is considered by the sheriff to be a rather mean man. He is the one that is thought to have caused the trouble there before when the jail was flooded one night. MDR Wednesday, 20 Sep 1916
Clarence Holt was arrested for cutting a Russian from West Frankfort last night in Johnston City. The Russian had come here with several friends and they were all drinking. A fight started and Holt hit the Russian over the left eye with a beer glass. His left eye came out and the cut went thru the bone. Holt was found on the street near his boarding house with a bad cut on his hand. MDR 20 Sep 1916
The case of kidnapping against Charley Meeks and Hazel Meeks was dismissed for lack of evidence. MDR 20 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
J.T. Swafford, 31 & Alma Russell, 25, both of Marion
W.M. Meeks, 25 & Mrs. Rena Burnett, 21, both of Dewmaine
T.W. Baldaya, 58 & Mrs. Hattie Murray, 44, both of Freeman Spur MDR 20 Sep 1916
The four-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Venegoni fell into a basin of boiling brine Friday and was severely scalded, dying the following day. Mrs. Venegoni had been putting up some peppers and was using hot boiling brine. She had set the vessel on the floor and the child crawled up to the side and tumbled in. Burial was in St. Carlo Cemetery. HN 21 Sep 1916
John C. Whittenberg, 68, died Saturday at his home at 325 South 18th St. after a long illness. He was born in Richview, III. and moved to Murphysboro where he lived until moving to this city 12 years ago. He leaves a wife and 10 children: R.C. of Murphysboro; MRS. J.M. Boyle, Belleville; Mrs. L.A. Mifflin, Mrs. Alfred Embleton and Charles of Herrin, Arthur, Allen, Paul, Violet and Geneva. HN 21 Sep 1916
William A. Saunders died last Thursday at his home on N. 30th St. of peritonitis. He was 45 and leaves a family. HN 21 Sep 1916
The infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Pete Barni died at the hospital in Murphysboro Friday. Burial was in St. Carlo Cemetery. HN 21 Sep 1916
Robert, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Dunn of near Sunnyside, died Sunday of cholera infantum. Burial was at Murphysboro. HN 21 Sep 1916
Births
Mr. & Mrs. John Coates, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Priddy, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Gust Ninos, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Meisker, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Salome, boy HN 21 Sep 1916
Gordon Cargal, 19 of Herrin and Edith King, 17, of Johnston City, were married Monday at the courthouse. The father, E.E. King, signed the consent for both. Young Cargal’s father is dead and his mother lives in the northern part of the state, but the young man has been away from home for about ten years, so Mr. King was appointed guardian. HN 21 Sep 1916
John Owens, who was operated on at the hospital for tuberculosis of the bowels a week ago, passed away Wednesday. He came to Herrin from Kentucky several years ago and worked in the mines in this city. He is survived by a wife and several children who are grown. Burial will be in City Cemetery. HN 21 Sep 1916
Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of John C. Hamilton, died suddenly Thursday morning at her home in Newark, Ohio. They recently moved from Marion to their former home in Ohio on account of the health of Mr. Hamilton. While here, they lived on North Market Street and he was president and treasurer of the West Virginia Coal Co. She is survived by her husband and one son, D.S. Hamilton of Boulder, Colorado. MDR Thursday, 21 Sep 1916
Gus Rummage, one of the men working out his fine upon the streets, left us this morning according to the report at noon that he could not be found. MDR 21 Sep 1916
Word was just received that a baby girl was born to Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Cline at Los Angeles, Calif. The happy father is the son of A.L. Cline of this city and the mother was Miss Ella Herbert of Murphysboro before her marriage. MDR 21 Sep 1916
Tony Arnone, an Italian child aged 4 years and 14 days, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Arnone of Johnston City, died this morning at the hospital from typhoid fever. Burial will be in Johnston City. MDR 21 Sep 1916
Dallas Beers, a young man of this city, was thrown from an electric light pole at the substation in Marion and is at his home in serious condition. He went out to change an insulator on the platform north of the sub-station power house and had gotten on the pole. In some manner he was thrown from the pole and fell about ten feet to the ground. He is said to have received 19,100 volts. The legs from the hips down were burned in several placers and there was a bad gash on his face from the fall. The doctor said there were no bones broken and no internal injuries. He had been married a short time and was employed by C.I.P.S. MDR 21 Sep 1916
Mabel Morris vs Herbert Morris, bill for divorce, he a non-resident. MDR 21 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
William Edelman, 22 & Phillis Mackey, 19, both of Christopher
Everett Ellis, 22, Marion & Mary Walker, 18, Carmi, both colored
J.M. Mathis, 24 & Myrtle Short, 31, both of Vienna MDR Friday, 21 & 22 Sep 1916
James M. Gill, 77, died Saturday morning at the home of his son-in-law, Mint Sims near Pittsburg. Burial will be at Drake Cemetery, five miles east of Creal Springs. MDR Saturday, 23 Sep 1916
Marion friends of Mrs. Lil Haeberle have just received word of her marriage on Thursday to F.G. Lackey of Litchfield. The bride is the daughter of J.H. Burnett of West Boulevard. The wedding was at Hillsboro and later the couple went to their home in Litchfield. MDR Monday, 25 Sep 1916
The three-day old baby girl of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Doughty died Saturday at the home near Corinth. The funeral was at Shiloh Church. MDR 25 Sep 1916
Ben Ragsdale died this morning of old age at Creal Springs. He was past 70 and an old soldier. He leaves a widow and family. MDR 25 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
F.U. Galloway, 40 & Bessie Martin, 31, both of Herrin
Pete Prnek, 32 & Nellie Twczakol, 36 both of Clifford
Will Eialey, 25 & Monie Simpson, 37, both of Co1p
Harry Walker, 28, Herrin & Catherine Whitlock, 29, Ozark
Joel A. Dubois, 55 & Belle Paty, 40, both of Cypress
E.T. Parks, 26 & Lula Criss, 20, both of Marion MDR 25 Sep 1916
F.L. Barringer and Marie E. Wilmot, both of Goreville, came to Marion Saturday to see the circus and at the same time were married by Justice Marion J. Hunter. MDR 25 Sep 1916
Naturalization papers were granted this morning to Joe Pirrello, John Machis, John Elko, John Elevnik, Francesco Marco Rieggeri, William Podlieski, Anton Kasca, Ben Truskowski, Felix Glance, Andy Grabowcky and Zenon Jacunxki. The cases of Josef Aniotowsky and Stanley Turbervill were continued. MDR 25 Sep 1916
Mary E. Hill, widow of Henry Hill, died last night from cancer trouble after two years illness. She was born in this county. Her parents died when she was young. She is survived by two daughters, Eunice Hill who lived with her mother and Mrs. Hosea Borum who lives on an adjoining farm four miles south of Marion, two sisters, Mrs. Susan Simmons and Mrs. Baz Murphy, two brothers, Jim Lewis of Johnston City and Wash Lewis of West Frankfort. Burial was in Shiloh graveyard. MDR Tuesday, 26 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Fred Bravie, 35, Evansville & Grace Daugherty, 21, Herrin
Edgar Burlison, 21, & Audrey Thornton, 18, both of Goreville MDR 26 Sep 1916
Fred Whitesides was granted a divorce from his wife, Roxie Whitesides. MDR 26 Sep 1916
Divorces
Lorene Farrar from Ward Farrar
Alice Bennett from William J. Bennett MDR Wednesday, 27 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Dave Jeralds, 31 & Gussie Patterson, 23, both of Herrin MDR 27 Sep 1916
A Lithuanian named George Zataviackas is in the insane cell at the county jail. He arrived Monday on the public square barefooted and with his flesh torn in many places. He said he had escaped in his bare feet. He claimed he was at home in West City, near Benton, when a man came to his door and tried to get in. He held the door and the man shot several times, trying to kill him. He managed to get away, taking his child which he said he left on a farm two miles from Herrin. The man who tried to slay him was Enoch Krutulie. Letters in his pocket showed his name and that he had been working at a mine in Benton. A man was found who recognized him as a man he once knew in Herrin. This man said he was not married and had no children. A number was found in his coat,” No. 4″ and was put there at the Illinois southern hospital [as written] to denote he was a patient in ward 4. His name, as placed by the hospital people, was found in his hat. It is believed that after having been a patient at the hospital, he regained his mental health and returned to Benton, but became insane again on Sunday. HN 28 Sep 1916
Barney Boren, 25, died Tuesday at the home of his parents at 905 West Monroe, of typhoid. He is survived by his parents and brothers and sisters: Postmaster Alonzo Boren, Tom, Lem, Eph S., all of this city and James of Carterville. The sister is Mrs. Edward Mcvey of this city. Burial was in Snyder Cemetery near Carterville. HN 28 Sep 1916
Mrs. Al. B. Edmonds died Tuesday of quick consumption at her home at 717 S. 11th St. She was 37 years, 5 months and 11 days old. She is survived by her husband, a little son and two daughters. Burial was in City Cemetery. HN 28 Sep 1916
Clarence Bradshaw died Tuesday at the home of his parents at 216 S. 14th St. of tuberculosis. Several months ago he removed to Ashville, N.C. and for some time showed improvement. He was brought back home a few weeks ago. A wife and little daughter survive him, also brothers: Miles, Dolph and Dallas and sisters: Pansy and Mrs. Luther Clem. Burial was in City Cemetery. HN 28 Sep 1916
John D. Wilson, embalmer and manager of the Hunter & Company undertaking establishment, was called to Carterville Sunday to assist in embalming the body of Burgess Ray, the young man who was thrown from a motorcycle Saturday morning and died Sunday morning. He was 25 years old and married. He drove an oil wagon for Standard Oil in Carbondale and was on his way to work. In front of the Baptist Church there, his machine struck a rock and skidded and he was hurled through the air for several feet, alighting violently on his head. He had lived in Carterville several years. His parents died there a few years ago and two brothers met violent deaths in that section. One was killed in a runaway five years ago and one was drowned before that. His wife is the daughter of Frank Impson of the well-known firm of Moake & Impson. He leaves a widow and a brother in this city and two sisters in Kentucky. MDR 25 Sep & HN 28 Sep 1916
Fred Bravie of Evansville, Ind. and Grace Dougherty were married Tuesday at Marion. They left Wednesday to make their home in Evansville. HN 28 Sep 1916
Enos Holbrooks and Mabel Ross were married in Elgin. The groom is formerly of this city but has been employed the last few years at the state hospital in Elgin. HN 28 Sep 1916
Amy Ramsey was granted a divorce from Leo Ramsey. MDR Thursday, 28 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Jas. L. Barham, 58, Johnston City & Mrs. Florence Hubbard, 33, JC
John D. Henderson, 42 & Mrs. Maude Rackley, 43, both of Herrin MDR Thursday, 28 Sep 1916
William Claunch, 61, living 3 miles northeast of Carbondale, was squirrel hunting with his son, Marion yesterday. Mr. Claunch stumbled on something in the underbrush and fell, throwing his shotgun, a Marlin 12 gauge, to one side. The gun hit a tree and the shell exploded, striking Mr. Claunch in the right side of the head. He is survived by his wife and three children: Marion, 32, Claude and Mrs. Mae Stocks. For the past 20 years, he had been hindered in his labors by the loss of an arm. While engaged in operating a threshing machine, one of his arms came in contact with the fly wheel of the engine and the arm was taken off. MDR Friday, 29 Sep 1916
Mrs. Laura Riddle of Creal Springs was granted a divorce from Wiley Riddle on Friday. She was given custody of two children. MDR 29 Sep 1916
Mrs. Annie McKeg, colored of Donelly Row, and her son, John, were arrested for bootlegging. MDR 29 Sep 1916
The nine-month-old baby of Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Bloodworth living 2 miles west of Marion, died at midnight last night of whooping cough and pneumonia. This is the second child out of a family of thirteen to be lost. Burial was at Liberty Church. MDR Saturday, 30 Sep 1916
Petro Ralacenti was granted a divorce from Victoria Ralacenti this morning. MDR 30 Sep 1916
Marriage licenses
Hugh P. Reid, 18, New Burnsides & Ruth Campbell, 18, Creal Springs
Curt Tanner, 21 & Julia Hall, 18, both of Stonefort MDR 30 Sep 1916
(Extracted from microfilm at Morris Library and/or Illinois State Library by Helen Sutt Lind, published in Events in Egypt, Vol. 14)