Announcement of the closing of the Orpheum Theatre as a result of the owners decision not to correct fire and safety hazards cited by state and city officials rang down the curtain of a show house that was the city’s chief place of entertainment during most of its more than a half century of operation. Continue reading
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When William Odum of Williamson County was mustered out of the army after the War of 1812, he was given a mule and a section of land east of the present Cana Church in the southeastern part of the county. Continue reading
Joab Goodall 1904
Joab Goodall started the first telephone company in Marion in the late 1880’s. His first telephone building was located at 102 N. Liberty St. The Ohio and Mississippi Valley Telephone Co. operated with Goodall as president until 1917, when they sold to the Murphysboro Telephone Co. A. B. Minton was president and principal stockholder of this company and W. C. Alexander was an official of the company. Continue reading
Owners of the TVW Men’s Clothing Store which was destroyed in the Heyde building fire Sept. 18 announced Thursday that the store will re-open immediately in a new location. Continue reading