Editor of Republican Sends Letter from Frisco in Two and Half Days
The first airplane mail letter to reach Marion arrived here Wednesday night (July 1, 1924). The letter was a message from Editor and Mrs. W. O. Paisley of the Republican-Leader mailed in California on Monday to the readers of this paper. Continue reading
In the early days, all the newspaper printing in Marion was done primarily in one small section in the southeast corner of the square known as the 1000 block. Over the years, it housed the Egyptian Press, Marion Evening Post, Marion Evening Herald, Marion Leader Publishing and the Illinois Baptist Association Printing. Continue reading
Among the citizens of this county who have had much to do with the community’s development from a civic as well as an educational point of view is A. C. Hentz of Marion. Continue reading
With the issue of the Marion Weekly Leader dated March 18, 1971, it will cease to exist after 133 years of service to the people of Marion and Williamson County. Continue reading
James Polk Copeland was born September 24, 1845 in Johnson County at Vienna, Illinois to Samuel and Sarah Copeland. Continue reading
