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1887
At Stanford, Ill., a man who was digging a natural gas well lit a pipe and was blown up. The hole was only 27 feet deep. It is dangerous for red-nosed men to live in Illinois.
[1887 July 24 - Wheeling, WV]
1912
Humphrey, White
Catholics and Protestants Arrayed Against Each Other in Kansas. Topeka, Kas., November 1. -- Advices received here to-day by Governor Humphrey say that the Protestant and Catholic factions at Axtelle, Marshall county, are at war and that a riot is threatened. Last week the Rev. J. G. White of Stanford, Illinois, announced that he would lecture in the Methodist Church against the Catholics on Saturday night. Axtelle is a strong Catholic community, and an organization to prevent the lecture was parfected. The preacher persisted, however, and when about to speak was seized by a mob and thrown out of the church window, along with several of his followers. The present riot is said to be an outgrowth of this affair.
[1889 Nov 2 - Wheeling Register, WV]
1933
Armstrong
Dec. 25, 1933: It’s Christmas Day. Stanford residents are relieved that the volunteer fire department could save their bank building from a difficult blaze that began night before last in Armstrong’s Hardware Store.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
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