Source and Date Unknown

Marvin MALONE seven year old  son of Mrs. Norma Jane LITTLE of Brownsville Rd 
was taken by amlulance this morning to St Mary's Hospital in E. St Louis, Il, 
where he is in critical condition from poliomyelitis

Marvin was stricken after he returned from his classes at Bethel School last 
Friday evening and the case was diagnosed as polio late yesterday

He is a grandson of  the rev. and Mrs. Lepton HARPOOL of Brownsville Rd.



Mt. Vernon IL Register (Weekly) March 18, 1885

Asylum Children - A company of children, mostly boys, aged from 7 to 15 years, 
from the New York Juvenile Asylum, will arrive at Mt. Vernon at the Commercial 
Hotel Thursday morning March 26th. Homes are wanted for them with families where 
they will receive kiind treatment and fair advantages. They may be taken on trial 
for several weeks, and afterward, if all parties are suited, they will be indentured 
until of age. Person desiring to take these children on trial are requested to meet 
them at the Commercial Hotel Thursday March 26th.  They will remain only one day.

E. Wright, Agent



Mt. Vernon IL Register (Weekly) August 4, 1886

To Oregon
 

Last Thursday Mr. J. R. MADDUX of this city, visited Walnut Hill in Marion 
County and interviewed a number of the parties who are organizing a colony 
to emigrate to Oregon.  Mr. MADDUX says that they have an organization and 
a set of officers.  They hold meetings every Saturday, which are usually 
attended by hundreds of people and are in correspondence with parties all 
over Indiana and Illinois who desire to accompany them to Oregon. They have 
applied to the L. & N. railroad at this point for transportation rates.  
Mr. MADDUX reports the condition of the farmers of that part of Marion County 
much worse than here in Jefferson.


Mt. Vernon IL Register (Weekly) - May 5, 1886

Old Settlers Meeting

A relic of the last century there was exhibited a "Sum Book", the property of 
J. C. SUMMERS, of Spring Garden Township, formerly the property of his grandfather SUMMERS.  
This production ante-dated the American Revolution and for mechanical execution in the style 
of penmanship and general "make-up" is unsurpasssed by this day and generation.  
It was made in North Carolina........  A bouquet from Mrs. W. B. THORN was presented to 
Mrs. Annie MOSS, the oldest lady present - born May 6, 1798 in Louisa County, Virginia. - 
a citizen of Jefferson County, without intermission from the 17th of April, 1819, to the 
present time.......   Also, a bouquet from Mrs. J. O. CHANCE was ordered to be presented 
to David MCCONNAUGHAY, the oldest man present, he being 90 years of age.



Mt. Vernon, IL Daily Register, December 14, 1893
UNHAPPY COUPLES....Twenty-Four of Them Will Air Their Troubles in 
The CIrcuit Court Tomorrow.

Judge Youngblood announced this morning that tomorrow would be devoted
exclusively to the hearing of applications for divorce.  The following
cases are on the docket.

Mary E. Moore vs. James Moore
W. K. Whitlow vs. Elizabeth J. Whitlow
Malmadell Roach vs. Wm. E. Roach
Nebraska Lacey vs. Fremont Lacey
Sarah J. Snider vs. Zack P. Snider
Dora L. Platt vs. James T. Platt
Annie Kaneski vs. Frank Kaneski
Murrey J. Spirey vs. Daisy Spirey
Samuel Brown vs. Cinderella Brown
Kate Pasley vs. Chas. Pasley
Ora M. McLarin vs. Robert E. McLarin
Alva D. Whitlock vs. Geo. E. Whitlock
Amanda Badgett vs. J. H. Badgett
Nellie Malone vs. Dan Malone
Clara B. Berry vs. Charles Berry
Maggie Clifton vs. Benjamin Clifton
Sarah Robinson vs. Benjamin F. Robinson
Charles Aldrich vs. Rebecca Aldrich
James Kingston vs. Lou Kingston
Mollie Patterson vs. John P. Patterson
Edna Fitzgerrell vs. Wm. J. Fitzgerrell
Glendora Lindsay vs. Chas. B. Lindsay
Florence E. Flora vs. Samuel B. Flora




Mt. Vernon, IL Daily Register, Thursday, December 21, 1893

The announcement in yesterday's Register that John R. Allen, son of 
Thomas C. Allen had married Miss Belle Roach, developed a series of 
curious co-incidences in the Allen family showing a peculiar fascination 
for women whose given names are Belle.  John R. Allen of this city married 
Belle Maxey; his only brother married Belle Harper; and now Thomas C. Allen's
son has married Belle Roach, making three Belle Allens in that family.




THE DAILY REGISTER - Mt. Vernon, IL, April 9, 1913
Elk Prairie Column

We notice that in the last week's Register that Eva Y. Barton has an
old fashioned salt cellar that is over a hundred years old.  Mrs. E. B.
Dalby has a salt cellar that is a hundred years old and also a Cuban
waterpot that her grandfather brought from Cuba one hundred and ten years
ago. Her grandmother kept it until her death and left it to her son,
Thomas Vance, Mrs. Dalby's father, who gave it to her when he moved from
here to Missouri.



CARRIE TATE FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE, DESERTION COUNT

Carrie SETTLE TATE today, filed suit for divorce against 
Kerna Allen TATE in the office of the circuit court, 
Harley WARREN, charging desertion in the bill of complaint

She also seeks restoration of her maiden name, SETTlE and 
ask that the fdefendant's interest in real estate and personal 
property be forfeited by the court

They were married on or about August 12, 1922 and lived together 
until the month of August 1936, accroding to the bill of complaint

Attorney R. E. SMITH of Benton, represents the plaintiff.



The Register News, Monday, February 11, 1946, Mt. Vernon, IL

Ina Couple Web 64 Years....Tomorrow will be the 64th wedding anniversary 
of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Foster of Ina.  He is in his 89th year and Mrs. Foster is 85.

Of their seven living children, three are public school teachers and two are 
ministers.  Two of their daughters married ministers.  Three children are dead.

Mr. Foster was born one-fourth of a mile west of Ina and part of that village was 
built on his father's land.  Mrs. Foster was born in the Methodist parsonage at 
Old Spring Garden. They were married February 12, 1882.  Mr. Foster has been a 
member of the Presbyterian church for 75 years and an elder in the church for 50 years.

Mrs. Foster, the former Amanda Emmer Loyd came from a religous family and became 
Presbyterian before her marriage.

Their children are Mrs. Noah Douthit, wife of Mt. Vernon United Brethern pastor; 
the Rev. W. D. Foster, pastor of Pleasant Hill, IL; Mrs. R. C. Gray of Los Angeles; 
Clarence Raymond Foster of Ashland, Ore; James Paul Foster of Ashland, Ore., Mrs. 
Ruby M. Arnett, pastor of Netteleton, Miss.; and Mrs. S. E. Mariage of Danville IL.



Mt. Vernon Register News - March 27, 1942
Submitted By: Brenda Hereford and Nancy E. Davis

TWO DIE IN FLAMES AS HOME BURNS

Victims of Tragedy in South Part of City Tentatively 
Identified as Lydia Jackson and Charles A. Stratton

CHARRED BODIES ARE RECOVERED
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Flames Had Engulfed House When Firemen Arrived. Sparks 
Ignite Another Home Two Blocks Away.
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Two horribly charred bodies were recovered by firemen 
about 3 a.m. today from the smouldering(sic) ruins of 
a house which burned to the ground in the south part of 
Mt. Vernon. 

Fire Chief Paul Partridge said positive identification 
had not been made but that the victims of the early morning 
blaze had been tentatively identified as Lydia Bell Jackson, 
58, and Charles A. Stratton, 38.

Identification of the bodies was impossible. Firemen said 
that only charred torsos, bones and skulls were left when 
the bodies were dragged from the burning hot embers by use 
of ????.(unreadable word)

The (????????????) at 1:30 a.m. (????????????)at the Anchor
(?????????????????) over two blocks from the scene of the blaze 
he immediately summoned firemen.  On their arrival they found 
that the roof had toppled in and that the house was a mass of 
flames.(??? all unreadable words)

The house, alongside the Missouri Pacific railroad, was situated 
between Lamar and Onger and between 13th and 15th streets.


About 3 a.m. when the building had been reduced to a pile of 
smouldering (sic) embers, a boy in the crowd saw a skull in the 
northwest corner of the ruins. Firemen used a pike pole to drag 
the body of the man clear, after Coroner Ben Roeder had been summoned 
to the scene.

A short time later the body of the woman was found near the southeast 
corner of the ruins.  Her body was dragged clear by the same method.

The heat from the wind-whipped flames was so intense that it was an 
hour and a half after the arrival before firemen were able to begin 
their search for the bodies. 

Shortly after daylight this morning, firemen again visited the scene 
of the tragedy and armed with shovels, searched the ruins to make 
certain that only two persons had burned to death.

Auxiliary firemen, who serve the city without pay, helped search 
for the bodies.

A brisk wind whipped the flames carrying sparks over houses in the 
immediate neighborhood.  Firemen were spotted at different places 
to guard against other homes catching fire. 

This precautionary measure was credited with saving the home of 
Arthur Randolph, 1125 S. 13th, which is two blocks from the scene 
of the fire.  A fireman saw the wooden shingle roof of the Randolph 
home ignite from a spark.

Firemen immediately climbed to the roof and extinguished the blaze 
with a fire extinguisher.  The sleeping family was awakened.

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Stratton Services

Charles A. Stratton was born February 9, 1904 in Jefferson county, 
the son of Roscoe and Jessie Yost Stratton. He formerly was a shoe 
cutter at the International Shoe Company but at present was employed 
by the Missouri-Pacific railroad. 

Funeral services will be held at Hawkins Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday, 
conducted by the Rev. R. B. Guthrie, and burial will follow in Oakwood 
cemetery.  Friends may pay their respects at funeral home after 6 p.m. 
today. The casket will not be opened.



Mt. Vernon Register News - March 08, 1959
Submitted By: Jim and Nancy E. Davis

ACCIDENTS NEAR MT. VERNON AND NASON

Robert Lee Smith, 22 of Mt. Vernon Killed on Nason Blacktop Road, Ina
Woman Badly Hurt in Route 37 Crash

Two accidents took this tragic toll in Jefferson County during this weekend.
One young Mt. Vernon man dead. Two young men seriously hurt, an elderly Ina 
woman near death. Three other people less seriously hurt.

Robert Lee Smith, 22, of 1621 Forrest Avenue was killed at 12:25 a.m. Sunday
and two passengers in his car were hurt in an accident on the Nason blacktop road
a half mile south of State route 148.

In fair condition at Jefferson Memorial Hospital are Robert L. Stewart, 22, of
Route 7, and Jerry W. Rightnowar 20, of 411 south Sixth street.

Sherriff Bob Ruddick said the Smith car went out of control on a curve. It
careened down a ditch until it crashed into a culvert, then rolled over and over 
down a fence row. All three men were thrown out of the car. It was first reported
that Stewart had suffered a broken neck, however x-rays revealed there were no fracture
in the neck but that he had suffered a fracture of the shoulder. He was getting along well
at the hospital today.

Rightnowar who sustained a concussion and multiple cuts and bruises was unconcious for
hours. His physician said that he was semi-concious this morning and he is in fair
condition.

Smith a young veteran of the U.S. Navy was a pumper for the Strickland oil Company.

His funeral will be held Wednesday at the General Baptist Church, the Rev. Tracy Dees and 
Rev. John Hurt will officiate and burial will follow in Wolf Creek Cemetery near Eldorado.

Military services will be conducted by the local American Legion Post. At 4:00 p.m. today
the body will be removed from the Pulley Funeral Home to the family home where friends may call.
At noon Wednesday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour.

The young man was born June 01, 1936 at Eldorado, IL the son of Arthur Smith and Mildred Elizabeth
(Reeder) Smith. He served four years in the U.S. Navy, receiving his discharge August 19, 1958. 
Surviving besides his parents are two brothers, James E. of Mt. Vernon and Ronald E. of Camp Gordon, 
Georgia.