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Remembering Our History – Constitutional Law

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By Ed Oliver

The supreme law in the United States is the U. S. Constitution.  Next in each state is the constitution of that state.  Therefore the constitution of Illinois is the supreme law in Illinois secondary to the constitution of the United States. There is no provision in either constitution for anyone to “interpret” the words written in these constitutions, not even a Supreme Court Judge on either the Federal or State level. Also, there is no provision for anyone to say “I believe what was written is a mask of what the author or authors really meant, and what they really meant is so and so.” [Read more...]

EPIDEMICS SINCE 1900 AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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By Edward Oliver

Our nation and the world are going through another virus, flu, or whatever you want to call this current health epidemic (threat). What is different this time is that both some government officials and some people have gone into a stage of panic instead of using common reasons (sense) or just using “horse sense” as we used to say when I was growing up. [Read more...]

Historical Marker Dedication for “Big Inch” Set for Monday, Nov. 11

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Ed Oliver of Norris City stands with a new historical marker recognizing the War Emergency Pipeline, titled the "Big Inch," which was completed in 1943 at Norris City.

 Historical Marker Dedication at Enbridge-Texas Eastern at  316 County Road 700 N (East Main Street and Illinois Route 1), Norris City, IL

A Dedication Ceremony of an Illinois State Historical Society historical marker honoring the completion of the War Emergency Pipeline at Norris City will be held at Enbridge – Texas Eastern in Norris City on November 11, 2019 (Veterans’ Day) at 2 p.m.

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Norris City Newspaper History 1895-2019

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 On August 22, 1895, Anthony C. Clippinger and B. B. Miller established the Norris City Record.  Graham Black bought Miller’s interest and a short time later, A. C. Clippinger and Sons bought complete interest in the newspaper.  His three sons were Ralph, Roy, and Cecil.  Roy Clippinger was later active in various newspapers in Carmi.  Roy worked with his father in Norris City until 1909, when he moved to Carmi to begin his newspaper career there.  Following the death of A. C. Clippinger, Ralph continued to operate the business until the 1930s and the depression era, when it was discontinued.  The last issue in the possession of the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield (the Abraham Lincoln Library) is dated January 3, 1935.

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