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1889
The Flourishing City of Colfax, Illinois, Thought To Be Doomed. Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 21. -- The flourishing city of Colfax, in this county, on the Illinois Central twenty miles northeast, is in flames, and it is believed will be entirely destroyed. Bloomington has been telegraphed, asking for aid from the fire department. No particulars are likely to be obtained for some time. The Fire Under Control. At 2 o’clock the fire was under control. The total loss will reach $75,000 and several of the largest stores in town were destroyed. [August 22, 1889 - Oregonian]
1909
Taylor
Tuesday, March 15, 1910 - The following messages were received from the President of the United Sttaes: To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the following-named persons to be postmasters: Zachary Taylor, at Colfax, Illinois, in place of Zachary Taylor. Incumbent’s commission expires April 5, 1910. [Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America. Volume XLI, Sixty-first Congress, second session, from December 6, 1909, to June 25, 1910, with index. December 6, 1909 Executive Journal]
1912
Arnold, Holmes, Selby, Sneed
Mesdames E. P. Holmes, S. R. Sneed and E. H. Selby spent Thursday in Biloxi the guests of Mrs. Arnold of Colfax, Illinois. [April 13, 1912 Daily Heald Gulfport, Mississippi]
1913
Arnold, Clarke, Clower, Holmes, Selby
Gulfport Society and Personal Items - Mr and Mrs E. P. Holmes gave an elegant course dinner Thursday as a compliment to Mr and Mrs Harry Arnold of Colfax, Illinois, who have been the guests of their relatives, Mr and Mrs E. H. Selby. In the center. Of the beautifully appointed table was a pyramid of roses, violets and freesias, from among which peeped tiny chickens and rabbits as if to remind the guests of the approach of Easter. Covers were laid for ten and the guests were: Mr and Mrs Arnold, Mr and Mrs Selby, Mr and Mrs J. C. Clower of Biloxi, and Miss Lula Clarke. [March 22, 1913 Daily Herald Gulfport, Mississippi]
1915
Radeke
Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 14. -- A mob of several hundred men, women and boys at Colfax organized this morning and proceeding to a building just erected by P. D. Radeke, a brewer of Kankakee, known as a “cold storage” plant, completely wrecked the structure. Threats had been made by the temperance element, but the contractor employed a large force of carpenters and planned to resist any attack. They were outnumbered, however. Warrants have been sworn out, and the trial has been set for next Wednesday. [November 15, 1903 - Philadelphia Inquirer]
1917
Hocke, Hughes, Meeker, Smith, Wilson
Biloxi Society and Personals - More Tourists Arrive. A number of tourists arrived in the city last night and registered at the Kennedy hotel. All of the party will spend the next several months in Biloxi. Among those coming in were Mr and Mrs W. Wilson, of Detroit; Mr and Mrs S. G. Meeker, of Pekin, Illinois; Mr and Mrs Fred Meeker of Colfax, Illinois; Mr and Mrs F. M. Hocke, of Colchester, Illinois; H. O. Smith and wife of Casper, Wyoming; Wilson Hughes and wife of Illinois. [November 23, 1917 Daily Herald Biloxi, Mississippi]
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