Illinois Newspaper Archives
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- Interracial Picnic
- Ruhe home
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago, Illinois
- July 31, 1967 - Page 22
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- Interracial Education
- Bahai Center
- Daily Illinois State Journal
- Springfield, Illinois
- April 26, 1974 - Page 13
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- New residence completed (Samuel White, Cairo, IL)
- House built for Samuel White will be occupied soon by Mr. I. Cohn and family. Cohn, really? Will the coincidences never end? The date is 23 Jun 1905, so not likely the Sam White we know, as he would have been just stepping off the boat (according to our understanding)
- Cairo bulletin
- Cairo, Illinois
- June 23, 1905 - Page 7
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- Samuel White attends funeral of Louis Bloom, with Mrs, Mary Bernstein, and M. Hyman (white?), Cairo, IL
- the attendees and the person who died are Jewish - what is this? 17 Sep 1907
- Cairo bulletin
- Cairo, Illinois
- September 17, 1907 - Page 5
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