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CARROLLTON,
ILL., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897
LOCAL HISTORY
OF 1897
COMPILED FROM THE PATRIOT FILES
January
1. Mrs. Jane
McDonald died, age 60.
2. Carrollton
post office burglarized and $97 in case taken.
3. Re-opening of
the remodeled Baptist church.
4. Frank Hills
and Stella Crum married.
8. Jackson may
celebrate at court house.
8. D D Pierson ,
Jr. died, age 11 months.
8. James N
Brown, a Chicago attorney, formerly of Carrollton,
found dead in
Hotel Barnum,
St. Louis; heart disease.
8. Operetta,
“Red Riding Hood,” given by Carrollton Symphony Club.
9.
Kane-Carrollton telephone line completed.
12. Officers
elected to Greene County National Bank: John I Thomas,
president;
D D
Pierson, vice-president; Oran Pierson, cashier.
14. Public
instillation of officers in Masonic lodge and Eastern Star
chapter.
15. “Charity Ball”
by Carrollton Dramatic Club.
19. Greene county
farmers’ institute convened at White Hall; river convention 20th.
19. Mrs. John
Solomon died at Greenfield.
19. Mrs. Nancy
Brannan died at Woody, age 76.
20. W K Sullivan,
Roodhouse implement dealer, made an assignment.
22. Robert Y Smith
died at Greenfield, age 53.
23. Aggie Ryan
died at Atlanta, Ga.; buried at Carrollton 26th.
24. Georgia,
daughter of Mrs. Milton Smith, died at Greenfield, age 3.
24. Wm Dickey and
Mrs. Jennie Johnsten married at Roodhouse.
25. Mrs. Elam
McAdams died at Bluffdale.
25. Frank Frech
sold his interest in Advance mill to A Pegram.
25. Thermometer at
school house registered 8 below zero.
28. Wm G Evans and
Mrs. Mary E Evans of Eldred married at Carlinville.
29. Arnold, little
son of Wm Tucker and wife, near Rockbridge, burned to death.
29. Roy Williams
and Jodanna Gentry married at Mexico, Mo.
30. Wm S Dayton of
Eldred and Lillie Turpin of Knox City, Mo, married at
Carrollton.
30. Jonathan Postlewait died in Carrollton, age 86; body taken to Winchester,
Ohio, for burial.
31. Mrs. David
Dodgson died.
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