The Maryville Times, Thursday, August 18, 1927
Married in Cemetery
An unusual wedding occurred in a neighboring state. The bridegroom was an undertaker, whose father had been an undertaker before him.
The ceremony took place at midnight in the cemetery before the father's grave. Asked why, the bridegroom said, "Well, I've been to the cemetery so often on sad occasions that I felt I should like to come here just once for some happy event." Couples afraid of being to happy might try this this - Capper's Weekly The Maryville Times, Thursday Aug. 18, 1927
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Kenneth Sandy..... Newshacker
I am not sure when this article was written, but since I know that Sandy passed away at the age of 63, it was probably in 1975.
Last news hawker calls out end of era with retirement. by Mike Simmons C-N Staff Writer
The guy with the smile, bright orange cap and myriad slogan buttons has retired after 19 years as a Commercial-News carrier.
Kenneth E. Sandy, known as "Sandy" to his many friends and customers, will continue working at The Nook, a restaurant on Danville's Vermilion Street Park Mall.
At 62, Sandy said he intends to work three more years at The Nook before retiring completely. He has worked there for more than 30 years.
Sandy's retirement ends an era of the newspaper business in Danville because he is the last of the old-time "news hawkers" - the street corner carriers who made famous the cry of, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it."
Because The Commercial-News and most other newspapers no longer publish extras, "news hawkers" have been replaced by carriers who sell their newspapers to regular customers on specified routes.
Sandy's carrying career began in the mid-1950s after he had lived in Lincoln and Chicago.
"I was born April 11, 1913, on the South Side of Chicago where shooting scrapes were pretty common," he said.
"I was going to the theater when they shot John Dillinger. I thought it was just another shooting scrape," said Sandy.
Once in Danville, Sandy quick "Hello, Bill" or "Hello, Sam" soon made him one of downtown Danville's more familiar faces.
His customers - most of whom never knew his real name - included everyone from courthouse politicians to businessmen to the seat-warmers who pass the days on downtown benches.
They called him Sandy and knew him by the numerous slogan buttons he pinned to his clothing and the heavy, but brightly marked, bag of newspapers swinging from around his shoulders.
Sandy's "beat" included the Mall and downtown Main Street and making his rounds often involved slipping and sliding on dangerously wet or snow-packed streets amid a cold winter's wind.
Nevertheless, "I am going to miss my customers," Sandy said, adding that he had 34 regular customers and more non-regular customers who often stopped him to buy an issue.
About all that has changed in his years of lugging the heavy bag, he said, is the price of the paper itself.
"The customers haven't changed much," said Sandy, who lives at 601 W. Harrison.
Traveling is a major hobby, he said, and later this month he is going to leave Danville's cold streets behind for awhile and tour Hawaii.
His travels, in addition to Hawaii, have included various jaunts within the continental United States and trips to such exotic places as the Caribbean.
What does he have to say to his old friends and customers?
"Stop and see me at The Nook.
Last news hawker calls out end of era with retirement. by Mike Simmons C-N Staff Writer
The guy with the smile, bright orange cap and myriad slogan buttons has retired after 19 years as a Commercial-News carrier.
Kenneth E. Sandy, known as "Sandy" to his many friends and customers, will continue working at The Nook, a restaurant on Danville's Vermilion Street Park Mall.
At 62, Sandy said he intends to work three more years at The Nook before retiring completely. He has worked there for more than 30 years.
Sandy's retirement ends an era of the newspaper business in Danville because he is the last of the old-time "news hawkers" - the street corner carriers who made famous the cry of, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it."
Because The Commercial-News and most other newspapers no longer publish extras, "news hawkers" have been replaced by carriers who sell their newspapers to regular customers on specified routes.
Sandy's carrying career began in the mid-1950s after he had lived in Lincoln and Chicago.
"I was born April 11, 1913, on the South Side of Chicago where shooting scrapes were pretty common," he said.
"I was going to the theater when they shot John Dillinger. I thought it was just another shooting scrape," said Sandy.
Once in Danville, Sandy quick "Hello, Bill" or "Hello, Sam" soon made him one of downtown Danville's more familiar faces.
His customers - most of whom never knew his real name - included everyone from courthouse politicians to businessmen to the seat-warmers who pass the days on downtown benches.
They called him Sandy and knew him by the numerous slogan buttons he pinned to his clothing and the heavy, but brightly marked, bag of newspapers swinging from around his shoulders.
Sandy's "beat" included the Mall and downtown Main Street and making his rounds often involved slipping and sliding on dangerously wet or snow-packed streets amid a cold winter's wind.
Nevertheless, "I am going to miss my customers," Sandy said, adding that he had 34 regular customers and more non-regular customers who often stopped him to buy an issue.
About all that has changed in his years of lugging the heavy bag, he said, is the price of the paper itself.
"The customers haven't changed much," said Sandy, who lives at 601 W. Harrison.
Traveling is a major hobby, he said, and later this month he is going to leave Danville's cold streets behind for awhile and tour Hawaii.
His travels, in addition to Hawaii, have included various jaunts within the continental United States and trips to such exotic places as the Caribbean.
What does he have to say to his old friends and customers?
"Stop and see me at The Nook.
Friday, February 22, 2013
I will...
I will be posting pictures of gravemarkers I have taken on my different travels and visits to cemeteries across this great country of ours... America. I will be doing as much research as I can on them also. ... FREE! However I will be willing to take donations to help with the expenses. If you feel compelled to help me keep going... email me.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Frederick H. Wortman
WORTMAN, FREDERICK H.
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George Herbert Miller Obit
Danville Commercial News
January 1951
George Herbert Miller, 70, life resident of the Rossville Community, died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 1951 at the home of his son, Meredith Miller, east of Rossville. Mr. Miller had been in ill health sixteen months and seriously ill the past three weeks.
He was born February 20, 1880 at Rossville, the son of George W. and Anna (Haas) Miller. In March 1907 he was married to Stella Cox, who preceded him in death.
Surviving are four sons, Meredith Miller of Rossville, Walter Miller with the U.S. Army in England. Captain Kenneth Miller, stationed at the Spokane Air Force Base in Washington, Edward Miller of Chicago; two daughters, Mrs. Alma Ritter of Rossville and Mrs. Marian McGath of Bloomington; two brothers, Samuel Miller of Rossville and Grover FMiller of Danville and three sisters, Mrs. Ed Hushaw and Mary Miller of Rossville and Mrs. Walter Ennis of Potomac.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Freese Funeral Home with Ralph Small, minister of the Antioch Church of Christ officiating. Mrs. W.L. Freese sang "The Haven of Rest" and "Good Night and Good Morning" accompanied at the organ by F.C. Reinbold. Flowers were in charge of Mable Hotsinpillar, Dorothy Weston, Jean Nixon, May Rose Fidler, Ardith Hughes, Gertrude Clapp, Annabelle Miller and Doreen Cox. Pallbearers were Edward Cox, Thomas Hushaw, Charles Hushaw, Don Cox, Carl Miller adn Dale Cox. Interment was in the Rossville Cemetery.
January 1951
George Herbert Miller, 70, life resident of the Rossville Community, died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 1951 at the home of his son, Meredith Miller, east of Rossville. Mr. Miller had been in ill health sixteen months and seriously ill the past three weeks.
He was born February 20, 1880 at Rossville, the son of George W. and Anna (Haas) Miller. In March 1907 he was married to Stella Cox, who preceded him in death.
Surviving are four sons, Meredith Miller of Rossville, Walter Miller with the U.S. Army in England. Captain Kenneth Miller, stationed at the Spokane Air Force Base in Washington, Edward Miller of Chicago; two daughters, Mrs. Alma Ritter of Rossville and Mrs. Marian McGath of Bloomington; two brothers, Samuel Miller of Rossville and Grover FMiller of Danville and three sisters, Mrs. Ed Hushaw and Mary Miller of Rossville and Mrs. Walter Ennis of Potomac.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Freese Funeral Home with Ralph Small, minister of the Antioch Church of Christ officiating. Mrs. W.L. Freese sang "The Haven of Rest" and "Good Night and Good Morning" accompanied at the organ by F.C. Reinbold. Flowers were in charge of Mable Hotsinpillar, Dorothy Weston, Jean Nixon, May Rose Fidler, Ardith Hughes, Gertrude Clapp, Annabelle Miller and Doreen Cox. Pallbearers were Edward Cox, Thomas Hushaw, Charles Hushaw, Don Cox, Carl Miller adn Dale Cox. Interment was in the Rossville Cemetery.
Friday, February 15, 2013
McReynolds, John
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Infant Tilton passes
Danville Commercial News
July 15, 1881
A Sad Case
The remains of an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tilton, of Newtown, who died at Walnut Ridge, Ark., on Monday morning, arrived in the city this morning via Terre Haute over the Vandalia road from St. Louis. It will be remembered that Mr. and Mrs. Tilton left for Hot Springs, Ark., about four weeks since on a health-seeking expedition. After they had been there two weeks their six month old child was taken ill. It gradually grew worse until Sunday last when the attending physician advised Mr. and Mrs. Tilton that there was no hope for the child if they remained there and further advised the bereaved parents that there was a possibility of the child's recovery if they would start for home. Accordingly they boarded the Sunday night train and got as far as Walnut Grove, Ark., when the failing condition of the little sufferer necessitated a lay-over. The child did not live but a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton arrived in the city Tuesday afternoon.
July 15, 1881
A Sad Case
The remains of an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tilton, of Newtown, who died at Walnut Ridge, Ark., on Monday morning, arrived in the city this morning via Terre Haute over the Vandalia road from St. Louis. It will be remembered that Mr. and Mrs. Tilton left for Hot Springs, Ark., about four weeks since on a health-seeking expedition. After they had been there two weeks their six month old child was taken ill. It gradually grew worse until Sunday last when the attending physician advised Mr. and Mrs. Tilton that there was no hope for the child if they remained there and further advised the bereaved parents that there was a possibility of the child's recovery if they would start for home. Accordingly they boarded the Sunday night train and got as far as Walnut Grove, Ark., when the failing condition of the little sufferer necessitated a lay-over. The child did not live but a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton arrived in the city Tuesday afternoon.
Joseph Williams ~ Mine Accident
Danville Commercial News
July 15, 1881
Another Coal Mine Accident occured to Joseph Williams, a miner at Grape Creek, on Thursday afternoon. While attending to his duties a large lump of coal fell from the roof of the room striking the unfortunate man on the back, inflicting severe bruises and causing concussion of the spine. His injuries will probably result in paralysis. He is under the care of Dr. Morehouse.
July 15, 1881
Another Coal Mine Accident occured to Joseph Williams, a miner at Grape Creek, on Thursday afternoon. While attending to his duties a large lump of coal fell from the roof of the room striking the unfortunate man on the back, inflicting severe bruises and causing concussion of the spine. His injuries will probably result in paralysis. He is under the care of Dr. Morehouse.
John Murray Obit
Danville Commercial News
July 15, 1881
Young John Murray, of Tilton, crushed to death by coal falling on him in the Ellsworth Mines, Monday.
John, aged 14 years, son of John Murray, sr., of Tilton, while working in company of his father and brother in the old Ellsworth mines, which are located between South Danville and Tilton, a quantity of coal and soapstone fell from the roof Monday at 12 o'clock, a portion of which struck the unfortunate boy, breaking the left leg at the ankle and cutting his head, and it is supposed also, causing internal injuries. Although the attending surgeon could find no outward bruises to indicate that he was internally hurt, yet it is the opinion that such injuries existed. He was conveyed to his home at Tilton in an unconscious condition, where he received professional attention from Dr. Morehouse. He lived until 2:30 p.m., when he expired.
The employees at the Ellsworth and Western mines quit work as is their usual custom when one of their own number is fatally or dangerously injured.
July 15, 1881
Young John Murray, of Tilton, crushed to death by coal falling on him in the Ellsworth Mines, Monday.
John, aged 14 years, son of John Murray, sr., of Tilton, while working in company of his father and brother in the old Ellsworth mines, which are located between South Danville and Tilton, a quantity of coal and soapstone fell from the roof Monday at 12 o'clock, a portion of which struck the unfortunate boy, breaking the left leg at the ankle and cutting his head, and it is supposed also, causing internal injuries. Although the attending surgeon could find no outward bruises to indicate that he was internally hurt, yet it is the opinion that such injuries existed. He was conveyed to his home at Tilton in an unconscious condition, where he received professional attention from Dr. Morehouse. He lived until 2:30 p.m., when he expired.
The employees at the Ellsworth and Western mines quit work as is their usual custom when one of their own number is fatally or dangerously injured.
Friday, February 1, 2013
And I thought....
And I thought Illinois fees were high... Here is a chart from Wisconsin...
CERTIFIED COPY OF WISCONSIN DEATH
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Processing Fee
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$40.00 Wisconsin State Government
Fee
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Delivery (includes multiple copies)
Free Regular Mail
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$33.00
Now that is ridiculous. I don't need certified, just verification!
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