THE PUBLIC SQUARE OF JACKSON IN ABOUT 1908

This photograph of the Jackson public square about 1908.

It shows from left, the Jones Drug Store before it was turned and moved to its present location. The New McKendree Methodist Church is shown at its first location on the corner of North High and West Washington Streets. The old jail stands at the corner of the new courthouse. Part of the old courthouse is visible on the right. The small square building is a spring house.

This postcard picture was mailed to my father, John Daume, who was still living with his parents, William and Dorothea Suedekum Daume, at the family home in Tilsit, Mo. The address was Route 2, Jackson, and was probably mailed about 1908.

Mr. Daume attended Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois that year. The message on this card wishes him good-bye with hopes to hear from him soon.

Mr. Daume boarded the train at the Iron Mountain Depot at Gordonville for his trip to Elmhurst.