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Tags: Augustus Murry, Bachman Brothers, Calendar of Historical Events, Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County, Charles and Ida Bachman, Charles Caldwell, Charlotte Meyer, Cheryl Peck, city directories, city directory, D. Brintlinger, David Miller, David Petrina, Decatur Diary, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur Public Library, Elevator, Erie Shaffer, fire, Franklin and Mary Priest, Hawkins and Davis, History, James and Sally Renshaw, John Keckley, Linn and Scruggs, obituaries, Obituary, Peter and Carrie Perl, photos, R. C. Rosen Architect, R. E. Strongman Architect, Rodger Quigle, William and Elizabeth Mitchell, William Shaffer

Tags: 1899-1974, Article, assessor's office, biography, CA Gillie, Charlotte Givens, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, city directory, Dentenial History of Decatur and Macon County, description, drawing, Forrest Hill's Addition, Fred and Emma givens, George and Irene Mueller, Herald and Review, History, History of Macon County, Jeannette Gillie, Linn and Scruggs, Mabel E. Richmond, Macon County Coordinating Council, Mrs. Orlando Powers, Obituary, owners, Powers Opera House, Register of Old Buildings, Russel Gilbert

Tags: 1888-1974, Article, assessor's office, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, city directory, Dawson and Wikoff, Decatur Tribune, Decatur Women's Club, description, Grace Middleworth, H. Lynn Bohon, Herald and Review, History, James Dedmon, Linn and Scruggs, M.A. DeForrest, Macon County Historical Coordinating Council, owners, photos, Recorder of Deeds, Register of Old Buildings, W.H. Linn

Tags: "HMS Pinafore", "Little Prince", "Quality Street", "Red Mill", 1990, Alex Van Praag Sr., Armistice Day, Betty Jo Eickenberry, Central Railroad Depot, childhood, classified ad department, DAR, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr. Jones, Elmer Nickel, Ethel Parkinson, Fires, Freda Douthit, GAR, Glee Club, Governor Oglesby Mansion board, Grand Army of the Republic, Great Depression, grocery stores, H.C. Schaub, Helen Gorham, Herald and Review, home birth, Howard Millard, ice block, Illinois Central Railroad, Indian schools, international traveling, Interurban, Interurban station, interview, January 1990, Jeanette MacDonald, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, Linn and Scruggs, Louise Fyke, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Hospital, Macon County Newsletter, Marietta School, Moweaqua mine disaster, Mrs. Jane Lee, Mt. Zion IL, oral history, plays, Poetry, poetry club, recording, Red Cross, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Shellabarger Mansion, St. Mary's Auxiliary, stalker, Stephen Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, streetcar, Switchboard, Toonerville Trolley, Transfer House, traveling, typing, Westminster Presbyterian Women, Women's Relief Corp, World War I

Tags: 1988, Amusement Park, Betty Turnell, Billy Sunday, carnivals, Circus, clearing tracks, crank, Decatur Club, Decatur IL, December 1988, drainage ditch, Dreamland Park, early 1900s, electric cars, gasoline heater, Home Telephone System, horse-drawn plow, horses, Hotel Orlando, interview, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, Millikin National Bank, oral history, plowing streets, Polar Ice Company, Postal Telegraph, Powers Opera House, Presbyterian Church, recording, Richard Rodgers, Riverside Park, sidewalks, sled, sleigh, Street Cars, Streets, tires, touring car, Western Union, wood block pavement, YMCA

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Tags: biography, Decatur IL., Linn and Scruggs, Linn and Scruggs Dept. Store, Minnie Prentice, Mrs. Thomas J. Prentice, Oakland Calif.