Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Illinois)
~04 May 1928 page 1 col 1 & page 3 col 1 & 2
excerpt of newspaper article
• Tribute to the memory of one of Princeton's most outstanding characters was paid by a gathering of friends and acquaintances which filled the First Methodist church here to overflowing Wednesday afternoon, when funeral services were conducted for the late Palmer E. Anderson, United States marshal for the northern district of Illinois. The services were attended by friends of the deceased from throughout Bureau county and by a great many of his associates in politic from all sections of the state. Special cars, on the train which arrives here at noon, were provided by the Burlington railroad to accommodate the Chicago friends who came for the services.
• Mr. Anderson was found dead Saturday afternoon in his room at the Hotel LaSalle, where he had resided for about two and a half years. Heart disease apparently was the cause of death, according to a verdict of the coroner's jury.
• Shortly after 2 p.m. Mr. Anderson retired to his room, leaving instruction that he be called at 4:30 o'clock. When he failed to answer the ringing of his telephone bell, the operator notified D. C. Hughes, assistant hotel manger. Hughes and a house detective, J. Warren, entered the marshal's room with a skeleton key. They found the body of Mr. Anderson, clad only in undergarments, on the floor. It is believed that he was stricken as he dressed. Dr. Samuel Graden, house physician, was summoned and after making an examination asserted that all the evidence pointed to a heart attack.
• First news of the tragedy came in a phone message to sheriff Applen, who was asked to notify the local relatives. Mr. Applen call Guy Kasbeer (Mrs. Kasbeer being a niece of Mr. Anderson) and he immediately took charge of the arrangements, being assisted by Cairo A. Trimble and Mayor T. P. Gunning. Mrs. Kasbeer went to Chicago early Sunday morning and arranged for the shipment of the body to Princeton. Mayor Gunning and J. A. Omen went to Chicago Monday and brought the body home on the evening train.-Mr. Anderson, became a powerful political figure as the protege of the late United States Senator William B. McKinley. In July 1921, he was made chief deputy collector of internal revenue in Chicago, a position he held until February, 1925, when he was appointed U.S. Marshal to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert R. Levy.
• Recently he had been on friendly terms with the Deneen faction in Republican politics. Shortly before the recent primary election he suggested to superiors in Washington the the federal forces should furnish polls guards in the interest of a clean primary election.
• Mr. Anderson probably enjoyed as wide an acquaintance through the state as any man in politics, and his friends were legion. He was a man of pleasing personality; a loyal friend and he enjoyed the happy faculty of remembering those with whom he came in contact. It was due largely to these qualities that his influence in politics grew until he became one of the dominating personalities in Republican party affairs in Illinois.
• Mr. Anderson was a self made man and his rise from a 13 years restaurant employee to one of the best paid government posts in the state is closely linked with the development of this community. One of his first business ventures was in a dry goods store, located in the building now occupied by N. W. Isaacson, where he and Mr. Isaacson and J. S. Anderson were associated in business. Late he was in partnership with Ned Ferris and the late H. A. Clark in an insurance business which was located in the Clark building on South Main Street.
• Always interested in politics and ever an active worker in the interest of the Republican party, Mr. Anderson was rewarded with the Princeton postmastership, in which office he was succeeded by Atty. R. L. Russell when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. At that time Mr. Anderson took over the management of the Clark Hotel and the efficient manner in which he conducted the local hostelry was the subject of comment all through the state. He left the hotel to accept an appointment in the internal revenue office at Chicago.
• Mr. Anderson was never an aspirant to public office, is interest in politics lying chiefly in his effort to aid the election of those whom he considered best fitted for office. He was an important factor in the campaign during which Frank O. Lowden was elected governor, and he was a close friend and active supporter of both the late Senators William B. McKinley and Medill McCormick. He was identified with the Dennen-Emmerson-Glenn faction in the recent state primary campaign.
• For many years, Mr. Anderson served as president of the Union school board in Princeton. He was also active in the management of the Princeton Chautauqua association, and was president of the John Erickson Republican league of Illinois at the time the state convention was held in Princeton. He was elected delegate at large to the 1916 Republican convention by the largest vote received by any candidate.
• Mr. Anderson was the youngest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Anderson. The date was March 29, 1874. His mother died before he was six years of age. In later years, after the death of his father, he made his home with an older sister, Mrs. John Hanson.
• In 1900, he married Miss Winnie Spake, and two children, Spake, and Darlene Mae, survive with the widow to mourn the death of a kind and devoted husband and father. Mr. Anderson's family had resided in Boulder, Colorado, in recent years; a change in climate being advised for the benefit of their health. Darlene May has just recovered from a severe case of scarlet fever; but she was able to return Monday evening with her mother and brother to attend the funeral.
• Besides his immediate family, the deceased leaves two brothers and two sisters: Will, of Peoria; Nathanial, of Texas; Mrs. John Hanson, of Rock Island; and Mrs. O. H. Skoglund of Princeton. An older brother, J. S. Anderson,. veteran Princeton grocer, died here recently.
• Business houses were closed during the funeral, which was held at 2:00 o'clock from the home of a sister, Mrs. O. H. Skoglund, 615 Park avenue east, and at 2:30 from the church.
• Two special coaches attached to the noon train on the Burlington railroad, brought down a delegation from Chicago, which included judges, layers, politicians and federal employees with whom Mr. Anderson had been associated in an official capacity.
Past and Present of Bureau County
• His parents were Jonas and Elizabeth [Nelson] Anderson, the father having died on the 1st of March, 1899, while his mother's death occurred Feb 1, 1890.
~04 May 1928 page 1 col 1 & page 3 col 1 & 2
excerpt of newspaper article
• Tribute to the memory of one of Princeton's most outstanding characters was paid by a gathering of friends and acquaintances which filled the First Methodist church here to overflowing Wednesday afternoon, when funeral services were conducted for the late Palmer E. Anderson, United States marshal for the northern district of Illinois. The services were attended by friends of the deceased from throughout Bureau county and by a great many of his associates in politic from all sections of the state. Special cars, on the train which arrives here at noon, were provided by the Burlington railroad to accommodate the Chicago friends who came for the services.
• Mr. Anderson was found dead Saturday afternoon in his room at the Hotel LaSalle, where he had resided for about two and a half years. Heart disease apparently was the cause of death, according to a verdict of the coroner's jury.
• Shortly after 2 p.m. Mr. Anderson retired to his room, leaving instruction that he be called at 4:30 o'clock. When he failed to answer the ringing of his telephone bell, the operator notified D. C. Hughes, assistant hotel manger. Hughes and a house detective, J. Warren, entered the marshal's room with a skeleton key. They found the body of Mr. Anderson, clad only in undergarments, on the floor. It is believed that he was stricken as he dressed. Dr. Samuel Graden, house physician, was summoned and after making an examination asserted that all the evidence pointed to a heart attack.
• First news of the tragedy came in a phone message to sheriff Applen, who was asked to notify the local relatives. Mr. Applen call Guy Kasbeer (Mrs. Kasbeer being a niece of Mr. Anderson) and he immediately took charge of the arrangements, being assisted by Cairo A. Trimble and Mayor T. P. Gunning. Mrs. Kasbeer went to Chicago early Sunday morning and arranged for the shipment of the body to Princeton. Mayor Gunning and J. A. Omen went to Chicago Monday and brought the body home on the evening train.-Mr. Anderson, became a powerful political figure as the protege of the late United States Senator William B. McKinley. In July 1921, he was made chief deputy collector of internal revenue in Chicago, a position he held until February, 1925, when he was appointed U.S. Marshal to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert R. Levy.
• Recently he had been on friendly terms with the Deneen faction in Republican politics. Shortly before the recent primary election he suggested to superiors in Washington the the federal forces should furnish polls guards in the interest of a clean primary election.
• Mr. Anderson probably enjoyed as wide an acquaintance through the state as any man in politics, and his friends were legion. He was a man of pleasing personality; a loyal friend and he enjoyed the happy faculty of remembering those with whom he came in contact. It was due largely to these qualities that his influence in politics grew until he became one of the dominating personalities in Republican party affairs in Illinois.
• Mr. Anderson was a self made man and his rise from a 13 years restaurant employee to one of the best paid government posts in the state is closely linked with the development of this community. One of his first business ventures was in a dry goods store, located in the building now occupied by N. W. Isaacson, where he and Mr. Isaacson and J. S. Anderson were associated in business. Late he was in partnership with Ned Ferris and the late H. A. Clark in an insurance business which was located in the Clark building on South Main Street.
• Always interested in politics and ever an active worker in the interest of the Republican party, Mr. Anderson was rewarded with the Princeton postmastership, in which office he was succeeded by Atty. R. L. Russell when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. At that time Mr. Anderson took over the management of the Clark Hotel and the efficient manner in which he conducted the local hostelry was the subject of comment all through the state. He left the hotel to accept an appointment in the internal revenue office at Chicago.
• Mr. Anderson was never an aspirant to public office, is interest in politics lying chiefly in his effort to aid the election of those whom he considered best fitted for office. He was an important factor in the campaign during which Frank O. Lowden was elected governor, and he was a close friend and active supporter of both the late Senators William B. McKinley and Medill McCormick. He was identified with the Dennen-Emmerson-Glenn faction in the recent state primary campaign.
• For many years, Mr. Anderson served as president of the Union school board in Princeton. He was also active in the management of the Princeton Chautauqua association, and was president of the John Erickson Republican league of Illinois at the time the state convention was held in Princeton. He was elected delegate at large to the 1916 Republican convention by the largest vote received by any candidate.
• Mr. Anderson was the youngest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Anderson. The date was March 29, 1874. His mother died before he was six years of age. In later years, after the death of his father, he made his home with an older sister, Mrs. John Hanson.
• In 1900, he married Miss Winnie Spake, and two children, Spake, and Darlene Mae, survive with the widow to mourn the death of a kind and devoted husband and father. Mr. Anderson's family had resided in Boulder, Colorado, in recent years; a change in climate being advised for the benefit of their health. Darlene May has just recovered from a severe case of scarlet fever; but she was able to return Monday evening with her mother and brother to attend the funeral.
• Besides his immediate family, the deceased leaves two brothers and two sisters: Will, of Peoria; Nathanial, of Texas; Mrs. John Hanson, of Rock Island; and Mrs. O. H. Skoglund of Princeton. An older brother, J. S. Anderson,. veteran Princeton grocer, died here recently.
• Business houses were closed during the funeral, which was held at 2:00 o'clock from the home of a sister, Mrs. O. H. Skoglund, 615 Park avenue east, and at 2:30 from the church.
• Two special coaches attached to the noon train on the Burlington railroad, brought down a delegation from Chicago, which included judges, layers, politicians and federal employees with whom Mr. Anderson had been associated in an official capacity.
Past and Present of Bureau County
• His parents were Jonas and Elizabeth [Nelson] Anderson, the father having died on the 1st of March, 1899, while his mother's death occurred Feb 1, 1890.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Illinois)
~04 May 1928 page 1 col 1 & page 3 col 1 & 2
excerpt of newspaper article
• Tribute to the memory of one of Princeton's most outstanding characters was paid by a gathering of friends and acquaintances which filled the First Methodist church here to overflowing Wednesday afternoon, when funeral services were conducted for the late Palmer E. Anderson, United States marshal for the northern district of Illinois. The services were attended by friends of the deceased from throughout Bureau county and by a great many of his associates in politic from all sections of the state. Special cars, on the train which arrives here at noon, were provided by the Burlington railroad to accommodate the Chicago friends who came for the services.
• Mr. Anderson was found dead Saturday afternoon in his room at the Hotel LaSalle, where he had resided for about two and a half years. Heart disease apparently was the cause of death, according to a verdict of the coroner's jury.
• Shortly after 2 p.m. Mr. Anderson retired to his room, leaving instruction that he be called at 4:30 o'clock. When he failed to answer the ringing of his telephone bell, the operator notified D. C. Hughes, assistant hotel manger. Hughes and a house detective, J. Warren, entered the marshal's room with a skeleton key. They found the body of Mr. Anderson, clad only in undergarments, on the floor. It is believed that he was stricken as he dressed. Dr. Samuel Graden, house physician, was summoned and after making an examination asserted that all the evidence pointed to a heart attack.
• First news of the tragedy came in a phone message to sheriff Applen, who was asked to notify the local relatives. Mr. Applen call Guy Kasbeer (Mrs. Kasbeer being a niece of Mr. Anderson) and he immediately took charge of the arrangements, being assisted by Cairo A. Trimble and Mayor T. P. Gunning. Mrs. Kasbeer went to Chicago early Sunday morning and arranged for the shipment of the body to Princeton. Mayor Gunning and J. A. Omen went to Chicago Monday and brought the body home on the evening train.-Mr. Anderson, became a powerful political figure as the protege of the late United States Senator William B. McKinley. In July 1921, he was made chief deputy collector of internal revenue in Chicago, a position he held until February, 1925, when he was appointed U.S. Marshal to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert R. Levy.
• Recently he had been on friendly terms with the Deneen faction in Republican politics. Shortly before the recent primary election he suggested to superiors in Washington the the federal forces should furnish polls guards in the interest of a clean primary election.
• Mr. Anderson probably enjoyed as wide an acquaintance through the state as any man in politics, and his friends were legion. He was a man of pleasing personality; a loyal friend and he enjoyed the happy faculty of remembering those with whom he came in contact. It was due largely to these qualities that his influence in politics grew until he became one of the dominating personalities in Republican party affairs in Illinois.
• Mr. Anderson was a self made man and his rise from a 13 years restaurant employee to one of the best paid government posts in the state is closely linked with the development of this community. One of his first business ventures was in a dry goods store, located in the building now occupied by N. W. Isaacson, where he and Mr. Isaacson and J. S. Anderson were associated in business. Late he was in partnership with Ned Ferris and the late H. A. Clark in an insurance business which was located in the Clark building on South Main Street.
• Always interested in politics and ever an active worker in the interest of the Republican party, Mr. Anderson was rewarded with the Princeton postmastership, in which office he was succeeded by Atty. R. L. Russell when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. At that time Mr. Anderson took over the management of the Clark Hotel and the efficient manner in which he conducted the local hostelry was the subject of comment all through the state. He left the hotel to accept an appointment in the internal revenue office at Chicago.
• Mr. Anderson was never an aspirant to public office, is interest in politics lying chiefly in his effort to aid the election of those whom he considered best fitted for office. He was an important factor in the campaign during which Frank O. Lowden was elected governor, and he was a close friend and active supporter of both the late Senators William B. McKinley and Medill McCormick. He was identified with the Dennen-Emmerson-Glenn faction in the recent state primary campaign.
• For many years, Mr. Anderson served as president of the Union school board in Princeton. He was also active in the management of the Princeton Chautauqua association, and was president of the John Erickson Republican league of Illinois at the time the state convention was held in Princeton. He was elected delegate at large to the 1916 Republican convention by the largest vote received by any candidate.
• Mr. Anderson was the youngest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Anderson. The date was March 29, 1874. His mother died before he was six years of age. In later years, after the death of his father, he made his home with an older sister, Mrs. John Hanson.
• In 1900, he married Miss Winnie Spake, and two children, Spake, and Darlene Mae, survive with the widow to mourn the death of a kind and devoted husband and father. Mr. Anderson's family had resided in Boulder, Colorado, in recent years; a change in climate being advised for the benefit of their health. Darlene May has just recovered from a severe case of scarlet fever; but she was able to return Monday evening with her mother and brother to attend the funeral.
• Besides his immediate family, the deceased leaves two brothers and two sisters: Will, of Peoria; Nathanial, of Texas; Mrs. John Hanson, of Rock Island; and Mrs. O. H. Skoglund of Princeton. An older brother, J. S. Anderson,. veteran Princeton grocer, died here recently.
• Business houses were closed during the funeral, which was held at 2:00 o'clock from the home of a sister, Mrs. O. H. Skoglund, 615 Park avenue east, and at 2:30 from the church.
• Two special coaches attached to the noon train on the Burlington railroad, brought down a delegation from Chicago, which included judges, layers, politicians and federal employees with whom Mr. Anderson had been associated in an official capacity.
Past and Present of Bureau County
• His parents were Jonas and Elizabeth [Nelson] Anderson, the father having died on the 1st of March, 1899, while his mother's death occurred Feb 1, 1890.
~04 May 1928 page 1 col 1 & page 3 col 1 & 2
excerpt of newspaper article
• Tribute to the memory of one of Princeton's most outstanding characters was paid by a gathering of friends and acquaintances which filled the First Methodist church here to overflowing Wednesday afternoon, when funeral services were conducted for the late Palmer E. Anderson, United States marshal for the northern district of Illinois. The services were attended by friends of the deceased from throughout Bureau county and by a great many of his associates in politic from all sections of the state. Special cars, on the train which arrives here at noon, were provided by the Burlington railroad to accommodate the Chicago friends who came for the services.
• Mr. Anderson was found dead Saturday afternoon in his room at the Hotel LaSalle, where he had resided for about two and a half years. Heart disease apparently was the cause of death, according to a verdict of the coroner's jury.
• Shortly after 2 p.m. Mr. Anderson retired to his room, leaving instruction that he be called at 4:30 o'clock. When he failed to answer the ringing of his telephone bell, the operator notified D. C. Hughes, assistant hotel manger. Hughes and a house detective, J. Warren, entered the marshal's room with a skeleton key. They found the body of Mr. Anderson, clad only in undergarments, on the floor. It is believed that he was stricken as he dressed. Dr. Samuel Graden, house physician, was summoned and after making an examination asserted that all the evidence pointed to a heart attack.
• First news of the tragedy came in a phone message to sheriff Applen, who was asked to notify the local relatives. Mr. Applen call Guy Kasbeer (Mrs. Kasbeer being a niece of Mr. Anderson) and he immediately took charge of the arrangements, being assisted by Cairo A. Trimble and Mayor T. P. Gunning. Mrs. Kasbeer went to Chicago early Sunday morning and arranged for the shipment of the body to Princeton. Mayor Gunning and J. A. Omen went to Chicago Monday and brought the body home on the evening train.-Mr. Anderson, became a powerful political figure as the protege of the late United States Senator William B. McKinley. In July 1921, he was made chief deputy collector of internal revenue in Chicago, a position he held until February, 1925, when he was appointed U.S. Marshal to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert R. Levy.
• Recently he had been on friendly terms with the Deneen faction in Republican politics. Shortly before the recent primary election he suggested to superiors in Washington the the federal forces should furnish polls guards in the interest of a clean primary election.
• Mr. Anderson probably enjoyed as wide an acquaintance through the state as any man in politics, and his friends were legion. He was a man of pleasing personality; a loyal friend and he enjoyed the happy faculty of remembering those with whom he came in contact. It was due largely to these qualities that his influence in politics grew until he became one of the dominating personalities in Republican party affairs in Illinois.
• Mr. Anderson was a self made man and his rise from a 13 years restaurant employee to one of the best paid government posts in the state is closely linked with the development of this community. One of his first business ventures was in a dry goods store, located in the building now occupied by N. W. Isaacson, where he and Mr. Isaacson and J. S. Anderson were associated in business. Late he was in partnership with Ned Ferris and the late H. A. Clark in an insurance business which was located in the Clark building on South Main Street.
• Always interested in politics and ever an active worker in the interest of the Republican party, Mr. Anderson was rewarded with the Princeton postmastership, in which office he was succeeded by Atty. R. L. Russell when Woodrow Wilson was elected president. At that time Mr. Anderson took over the management of the Clark Hotel and the efficient manner in which he conducted the local hostelry was the subject of comment all through the state. He left the hotel to accept an appointment in the internal revenue office at Chicago.
• Mr. Anderson was never an aspirant to public office, is interest in politics lying chiefly in his effort to aid the election of those whom he considered best fitted for office. He was an important factor in the campaign during which Frank O. Lowden was elected governor, and he was a close friend and active supporter of both the late Senators William B. McKinley and Medill McCormick. He was identified with the Dennen-Emmerson-Glenn faction in the recent state primary campaign.
• For many years, Mr. Anderson served as president of the Union school board in Princeton. He was also active in the management of the Princeton Chautauqua association, and was president of the John Erickson Republican league of Illinois at the time the state convention was held in Princeton. He was elected delegate at large to the 1916 Republican convention by the largest vote received by any candidate.
• Mr. Anderson was the youngest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Anderson. The date was March 29, 1874. His mother died before he was six years of age. In later years, after the death of his father, he made his home with an older sister, Mrs. John Hanson.
• In 1900, he married Miss Winnie Spake, and two children, Spake, and Darlene Mae, survive with the widow to mourn the death of a kind and devoted husband and father. Mr. Anderson's family had resided in Boulder, Colorado, in recent years; a change in climate being advised for the benefit of their health. Darlene May has just recovered from a severe case of scarlet fever; but she was able to return Monday evening with her mother and brother to attend the funeral.
• Besides his immediate family, the deceased leaves two brothers and two sisters: Will, of Peoria; Nathanial, of Texas; Mrs. John Hanson, of Rock Island; and Mrs. O. H. Skoglund of Princeton. An older brother, J. S. Anderson,. veteran Princeton grocer, died here recently.
• Business houses were closed during the funeral, which was held at 2:00 o'clock from the home of a sister, Mrs. O. H. Skoglund, 615 Park avenue east, and at 2:30 from the church.
• Two special coaches attached to the noon train on the Burlington railroad, brought down a delegation from Chicago, which included judges, layers, politicians and federal employees with whom Mr. Anderson had been associated in an official capacity.
Past and Present of Bureau County
• His parents were Jonas and Elizabeth [Nelson] Anderson, the father having died on the 1st of March, 1899, while his mother's death occurred Feb 1, 1890.
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