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1937, Marion’s Last Two Civil War Veterans

Posted on by November 20, 2013

Last Two Veterans of Civil War Living In Marion Recall Days of War Period In South

G. W. Ingels, 88, and Phil Johnson, 100-year Old Colored Veteran, Are Survivors In Marion

Memorial Day in Marion in 1937 finds the thinning ranks of Civil War veterans has dwindled to two Union soldiers, one of them a white man who shouldered a gun at the age of 15 years and the other a colored man who at the age of 17 went away to war from a Kentucky plantation with the echo of the slave-driver’s lash and the cries of beaten human beings echoing in his ears. Continue reading →

1922, New Buildings on North Market

Posted on by November 20, 2013

Fluke, Maurer and Duke Plan Business Houses for North Market Street Soon

Ground was broken Saturday morning for the foundation of a two story brick building on a part of the site on North Market Street formerly occupied by the Garden Airdome and plans have been made for the erection of another business house on the remainder of the site within the near future.

The entire plat of ground at the corner of West Calvert and North Market Streets belonging to Fluke and Weber has been sold into three lots, the corner site being purchased by George Duke for a consideration of $6,500, the center lot by John Maurer for $5,500 and the third part of the site being retained by Louis Fluke who has already started work on his building. Continue reading →

1946 Public Square and N. Market Business Improvements

Posted on by November 17, 2013

Many Improvements in Business Houses on the Square and North Market

Despite Shortages of Building Materials, Stores and Sales Rooms Are Being Modernized As Rapidly As Possible Now.

The Republican recently printed a story about some of the improvements made on West Main Street and today a few of the business places on the Public Square and North Market Street are listed. This is still, only a partial list of the work being done to modernize and improve the business places of Marion and vicinity. Continue reading →

1946 West Main Business Improvements

Posted on by November 16, 2013

1946, Many Improvements and Changes Since First of Year on West Main Street

More than a dozen Marion business firms on West Main Street have remodeled, redecorated or otherwise improved their places of business since the first of the year. Some of these are still in the process of construction and still more improvements are planned as material becomes available. All this has taken place despite the many inconveniences and shortages that face prospective builders today. Continue reading →