Florists Review, Volume 40, Issues 1015-1027, regarding a tornado storm May 26-27, 1917 - Charleston, Ill.
“Charleston is a city of 7,000 inhabitants just east of Mattoon. It was in the direct path of the cyclone that hit the larger city and suffered as badly. Miss Etta J. Nott, proprietor of the Charleston Greenhouse, is the only florist in the town itself. She had about 5,000 feet of glass and the establishment was practically destroyed by the wind. No hail fell. The Review's other subscribers at Charleston are located on rural routes. Hardy F. Hill has 5,000 feet of glass on Route No. 7. C. E. Eaton, whose speciality is dahlias, has no greenhouses."
Etta Nott of Charleston Dies
CHARLESTON, Ill. Miss Etta Jane Nott. 89, was found dead at her home here about 8:30 a. m. today by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rogers, who live at the same address. She bad been ill a week. Coroner H. V. Clark said she apparently died about 2 a m. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. "
Journal Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, 27 Feb 1952, Wed, Page 10
NOTT, Etta Jane. 89. Charleston, died Wednesday morning at home; leaves sister. Mrs. Harve Dowling, Charleston: brother, Allen Nott, Oklahoma: body in Clark funeral home, Charleston: arrangements incomplete.
The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, 28 Feb 1952, Thu, Page 29
Contributor: A A Shriver (49746050)
Florists Review, Volume 40, Issues 1015-1027, regarding a tornado storm May 26-27, 1917 - Charleston, Ill.
“Charleston is a city of 7,000 inhabitants just east of Mattoon. It was in the direct path of the cyclone that hit the larger city and suffered as badly. Miss Etta J. Nott, proprietor of the Charleston Greenhouse, is the only florist in the town itself. She had about 5,000 feet of glass and the establishment was practically destroyed by the wind. No hail fell. The Review's other subscribers at Charleston are located on rural routes. Hardy F. Hill has 5,000 feet of glass on Route No. 7. C. E. Eaton, whose speciality is dahlias, has no greenhouses."
Etta Nott of Charleston Dies
CHARLESTON, Ill. Miss Etta Jane Nott. 89, was found dead at her home here about 8:30 a. m. today by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rogers, who live at the same address. She bad been ill a week. Coroner H. V. Clark said she apparently died about 2 a m. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. "
Journal Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, 27 Feb 1952, Wed, Page 10
NOTT, Etta Jane. 89. Charleston, died Wednesday morning at home; leaves sister. Mrs. Harve Dowling, Charleston: brother, Allen Nott, Oklahoma: body in Clark funeral home, Charleston: arrangements incomplete.
The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, 28 Feb 1952, Thu, Page 29
Contributor: A A Shriver (49746050)
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